Contact details
Title: Dr
Name: Mwajuma Siama Vuzo
College/School/Division: University of Dar es Salaam School of Education
Section:
Role: Senior Lecturer
Current Summarised CV:

Mwajuma Siama Vuzo is a Senior Lecturer, since April 2014 in the Department of Education Psychology and Curriculum Studies of the School of Education. She holds a PhD in Education from the University
of Oslo Norway (2007). She has a Masters of Philosophy in International and Comparative Education from the University of Oslo, Norway (2002) and a Bachelor of Arts with Education from the University of Dar es Salaam (2000) First Class Honours GPA 4.6. Her areas of speciality are language education, language teacher training, language teaching, education and development; curriculum and teaching.

Dr. Mwajuma Vuzo has been involved in the following research projects; Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa (LOITASA) [2005-2012] funded by Norway where the collaborating partners were the University of Oslo, Norway, University of Dar es Salaam and University of Western Cape, South Africa; and Transformation, Language and Education Development (TRANSLED) [2015-2019] a NORHED project
funded by NORAD where the collaborating partners were the University of Oslo, Norway, State University of Zanzibar and the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Education.  The project at UDSM has sponsored a total 6 PhD students, five of whom have completed successfully and initiated the start of the Masters of Education in Language Education that is still ongoing. Other project outputs include a book titled: ‘Transforming Education for Development in Africa’ edited by, Brock-Utne, Birgit; Ismail Mariam and Vuzo Mwajuma.

Dr. Mwajuma Siama Vuzo has held the following Administrative positions at the University of Dar es Salaam:

Director of Social Services at University of Dar es salaam (2018- to date)

Head of Department, Department of Education Psychology and Curriculum Studies (2015-2018)

Director, Centre for Educational Research and Professional Development (2012-2015).

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