Dr. Charles Kivunja is a Lecturer in Leadership and Pedagogy in the School of Education at UNE where he won the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009.
He gained his PhD in Leadership and Pedagogy from the University of Western Sydney. He holds..
Dr. Charles Kivunja is a Lecturer in Leadership and Pedagogy in the School of Education at UNE where he won the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009.
He gained his PhD in Leadership and Pedagogy from the University of Western Sydney. He holds three Masters degrees in Economics and Management one from each of the University of Sydney, University of Western Sydney and the University of Nairobi. His first degree was a Bachelor of Economics with Honours and a Diploma in Education.
He lectured at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney before taking up his current appointment.
His current roles include coordination of the doctoral Unit on Leadership and Culture in the Workplace, the teacher preparation Unit on Pedagogy and the Course for Master of Teaching (Primary). He is also the Project Manager for the development of Leximancer qualitative software.
He is Leader of an international, capacity building research partnership, funded by the British Council (DelPHE), involving UNE, the University of Zambia and Kyambogo University in Uganda, to boost the use of multigrade pedagogy and strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
He has published and presented at conferences internationally details of some of which are given in his webpage at:
http://www.une.edu.au/ehps/staff/kivunja.php
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