UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (SOED)

NKANILEKA LOTI MGONDA

Senior Lecturer, Head of EFMLL, University of Dar es Salaam School of Education
Education:

2013-2017 - PhD in Education, Faculty of Education-University of Leipzig, Germany 2008-2010 - Master of Arts in Education Degree, University of Dar es Salaam, 2003-2007 - Bachelor of Education Degree, University of Dar es Salaam 2000-2012 - Diploma

Teaching:

Teaching roles and interests – teacher education, teacher professionalism and ethics, comparative education, philosophy of education, principles of education.

Research:

Research roles and interests – teacher education, teacher professionalism, teacher ethics, morality and ethics, life skills education, socio emotional development.

Projects:

  • 2020-Researcher: RTI: Learning at Scale: Review of EQUIP (T), Experiences and lessons of the successes in Tanzania. Funded by Bill & Belinda Gates Foundations.
  • 2017-2019 Researcher: RTI/UNICEF funded project. Life Skills Education in Tanzania. Tools preparation, piloting and facilitation, validation of instruments.

Publications:

Recent publications:

 

Mgonda, N. L, Jukes, M, Tibenda, J, & Sitabkhan, Y. (2022). The role of teachers’ implicit social goals in pedagogical reforms in Tanzania. Oxford Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2022.2093178

 

 

Shagembe, M & Mgonda, N. L. (2022). Does parents’ socio-economic status make a difference in preschoolers’ cognitive development? Evidences from a rural context of Tanzania.

Journal of Education, Humanities and Science. Vol 10 (6) pp. 36-49.

 

Jukes, M., Mgonda, N. L., Jeremiah, G. (2021). Building an assessment of community defined social- emotional competencies from the ground up in Tanzania. Child Development, Vol 92 (6) pp. 1095-1109

 

Mgonda, N. L. (2021). Teacher-student relationships: Reflection of methods in teacher education in Tanzanian universities. The Namibian Journal for Teacher Education, Vol. 6 (1) pp. 239- 267. https://doi.org/10.32642/ncpdje.v6i1.1562

Mgonda, N. L., Samsudin, A.,et al (2021). Indicators for the measurement of teacher professional identity (TPI) across Asia and African: A Delphi Study, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol 0 (00) pp. 1-14

Yoshida, K., Komba, W. L., & Mgonda, N. L. (2020). Effort toward the policy-practice linkage for learning outcomes improvement-the case of secondary schools in Namtumbo District, Tanzania.

 

Jukes, M., Mosha, P, Mgonda, N. L. Nzolezi, F, Jeremiah, G, & Bub, K. (2018). “Respect is an investment” community perceptions of social and emotional competencies in early childhood from Mtwara, Tanzania. Global Educational Review, 5 (2) 160-188

 

Mgonda, N. L. (2019). Moral formation in secondary schools: Reflections on the approaches. Papers in Education and Development. Volume 37(1).

 

  Mgonda, N. L. (2019). Positive teacher-student relationships: do student teachers have what it takes?        Analysis of Germany and Tanzania. Huria Journal of the Open University of Tanzania, Vol. 26 (2) pp. 81-97

Anagisye, W. A. L & Mgonda, N. L. (2021). Historical dimensions of education for self-reliance in Tanzania. In A. G. Ishumi & W. A. L. Anangisye, Themes in the Tanzanian History of Educations. (forthcoming a book chapter).

Mgonda, N.L. (2021). Moral values orientation in Tanzanian schools: Parents’ voices and perspectives (forthcoming).

 

 

Membership and Registration: 

Professional:

Councils/Boards/Committees:

University of Dar es Salaam, Academic Staff Assembly (UDASA)

Associate Editor: Journal of International Cooperation in Education Hiroshima University (Published by Emerald)

Editor: Papers in Education and Development, University of Dar es Salaam

 

Important Contribution:  

Developed a tool for assessing the social-emotional competencies among students in Mtwara Region, Tanzania