Full Description
This volume explores educational transformation as a tool for community development in northern Uganda, with an emphasis on student-centred, hybrid and problem-based learning. It addresses key questions about existing education systems, the need for transformation, desired outcomes and foreseeable challenges. The introductory chapter contextualises the reforms within Uganda's colonial history, while subsequent chapters analyse institutional practices, curriculum design, quality of education and innovation in teaching and learning. The book argues for new participatory learning infrastructures, real-world problems and curricular entrepreneurship to enhance graduates' employability and position them as active contributors to community development. The book is the result of a long-term partnership between universities.
Contributors are: Rozalba Aciro, Agatha Alidri, Helen Amongin, Adebua Asaf, Judith Awacorach, Jerry Bagaya, Peter Kakubeire Baguma, Abola Bernard, Ann Bygholm, Helene Balslev Clausen, Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Betty Akullu Ezati, Cornelia Thea Seger Jakobsen, Iben Jensen, Annebeth Colic Landsvig, Inger Lassen, Zakaria Hanan Lassen, Stephen Odama, Denis Ofoyuru, Collins Okello, Charles Nelson Okumu, John Bismarck Okumu, David Ross Olanya, David Onen, Joseph Oonyu, George Openyjuru, George Orangi, Palle Rasmussen, Arne Remmen, Frida Skovgaard Sørensen, Geoffery Olok Tabo and Wycliffe Scot Wafula.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: Why Transform Education?
1 Towards Transforming Higher Education
Inger Lassen, Geoffrey Olok Tabo, Charles Okumu and Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld
PART 2: Historical Background to Transformation of Education
2 Decolonising or Localising Higher Education in the Global South? Historical Perspective of Transforming Education under the South-North Collaboration in Gulu University
Agatha Alidri
3 Okot p'Bitek's Literary Inspirations for Decolonisation of Education
Charles Okumu
4 Curricula Transformation in Gulu University: A Response towards Community Needs and Challenges
Denis Thaddeus Ofoyuru and Collins Okello
5 Community Transformation by Higher Institutions of Learning: An Engendered Perspective in Northern Uganda
Asaf Adebua, George Oriangi and Abola Bernard
PART 3: Institutional Practices and Access to Quality Education
6 Secondary School Inspection Practices in Western Uganda: Implications for Pedagogy
Jerry Bagaya, Betty Akullu Ezati, Wycliffe Scot Wafula and Palle Rasmussen
7 Educational Leadership Styles and Quality of Primary Education in Gulu City, Northern Uganda
Stephen Odama, Agatha Alidri, Charles Okumu and Iben Jensen
8 Exploring the Determinants of Entry Grades and Challenges: Faced by Students Admitted to Public Universities in Uganda through Direct Entry Schemes
Rosalba Aciro, George Oriangi, George L. Openjuru, David Onen, Palle Rasmussen and Betty Akullu Ezati
9 Emotional Intelligence and Non-Academic Achievement
Helen Christine Waiswa Amongin, Peter Kakubeire Baguma and Joseph Oonyu
10 Co-Curricular Activities and Students Discipline in Higher Institutions of Learning in Gulu City
John Bismarck Okumu
PART 4: Innovation in Teaching and Learning: IT, Participatory Practices, and Employability
11 Advances toward Digital Learning: A Scoping Review of Research and Practices from East Africa
Ann Bygholm, Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld and Geoffrey Olok Tabo
12 Introducing Problem-Based Learning in MA Programmes at Gulu University for Community Transformation: Reflections and Lessons
Iben Jensen, Geoffrey Olok Tabo, Judith Awacorach, Hanan Lassen Zakaria, David Ross Olanya and Inger Lassen
13 Rethinking Transformative Learning in Higher Education: Contextualizing Pedagogical Tools to Create Employable Graduates at Gulu University, Northern Uganda
Judith Awacorach and Helene Balslev Clausen
14 Circular Entrepreneurship in Northern Uganda
Frida Skovgaard Sørensen, Cornelia Thea Seger Jakobsen, Annebeth Colic Landsvig, Judith Awacorach and Arne Remmen
15 Developing Infrastructures for Learning: Perspectives and Proposals in Design of New Practices
Geoffrey Olok Tabo, Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld and Ann Bygholm
PART 5: Lessons Learned
16 Lessons Learned - Building Stronger Universities, Transforming and Transitions: Education as a Driver for Development
Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Charles Okumu, Geoffrey Olok Tabo and Inger Lassen
Index