PedaL is a suite of intentional and integrated interventions in design, context, processes, and content of teaching and learning aimed at maximizing learning outcomes among students. The PedaL curriculum was developed around the innovative teaching tools (pedagogical strategies) of the collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP): case study teaching, role plays, simulations, flipped […]
PASGR has commenced designing a new doctoral initiative with a multidisciplinary focus on public policy as well as social science research methods. The design process was informed by the findings of a scoping study on the doctoral provision on the continent undertaken by PASGR in 2016. The first doctoral design workshop was held on September 5-7, […]
The CSAAD Research Fellowship invites scholars based and living in Africa and the Diaspora ( outside of North America and Europe), and who have completed the terminal degree in their field, to submit applications for the opportunity to spend either one or two semesters at New York University. While the fellowship is open to all […]
Something exciting is happening in higher education in Africa. Unlike basic education where the curriculum is centralized and often changed at whim, higher education curriculum tends to be stabilized for a longer time. Universities also have the right to select what to teach, who to teach and how to teach. But in there lies the […]
Background In 2014, MRPP network universities and PASGR worked closely with the University of Minnesota, to author 38 digitally enabled case studies (e-cases) on a range of public policy issues on the continent. An e-case is an interactive multimedia case that presents real life scenarios that encourage learners to be inquisitive and actively explore concepts […]
Pedagogical leadership skills among others have been described as “must-have” to transform Higher education on the continent of African. The Director of Higher Education at the Partnership for Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Nairobi, Kenya, Dr Beatrice Muganda stated this while featuring on Diamond Fm Radio, University of Ibadan. The Education Policy expert asked lecturers and […]
African Higher Education must incorporate pedagogical leadership skills in teaching to transform teaching and learning on the continent. The Director of Higher Education at the Partnership for Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Nairobi Kenya Dr Beatrice Muganda stated this while featuring on Diamond Fm Radio University of Ibadan. The Education Policy expert asked lecturers and […]
The Director of Higher Education Programme at the African Partnership for Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Nairobi Kenya, Dr. Beatrice Muganda has declared that Higher Education must incorporate pedagogical leadership skills in teaching to transform teaching and learning on the continent. Dr. Beatrice Muganda who stated this while featuring on Diamond Fm Radio, University of […]
A full scholarship is offered by the Scottish Government for PhD study at the University of Glasgow under its Hydro Nation Scholars Programme. The PhD project entitled “Participation, Inclusion, Transparency, Integrity and Rights to Domestic Water Provision in Dar es Salaam.” Details of the project are to be found here The deadline for applications is January 10, 2019.
Dr. Beatrice Muganda Dir. Higher Education Programme at PASGR in an interview with Association of African Univeristies (AAU) Talks on Pedagogical Leadership and its Contribution to Higher Education in Africa. This has been re-posted from: https://youtu.be/PqAJ8a9oEbM