Part 5/6 in a series on the history of Tanzanian universities So far, we’ve covered a bunch of historical info about education and politics in Tanzania: postcolonialism, founding and accreditation, the 1960s-70s and 2001 onwards. What does this mean for universities in Tanzania today? One writer has described Tanzanian universities […]
Part 4/6 in a series on the history of universities in Tanzania A big change for Tanzanian universities, and for much of education in Tanzania generally, came in 2001 with the government’s Primary Education Development Plan, a push by the government to raise the standard of education and increase the […]
Part 3/6 in a series on the history of Tanzanian universities It’s often said that the key to understanding the last 50 years of Tanzanian history is the legacy of Julius Nyerere. This is also a useful lens for understanding the educational philosophy and development of Tanzanian universities.
Part 2/6 in a series on the history of Tanzanian universities What universities are in Tanzania and where have they come from? We started with a quick search of Wikipedia and university websites. Some of the universities listed here have multiple campuses: for simplicity we’ve just included the ‘originals’. Here […]
Part 1/6 in a series on the history of Tanzanian universities As part of our intercultural training we presented a history of Tanzanian universities. It was a scary thing to do for a few reasons: There is very little written on the topic. Our personal experience of Tanzania is limited. […]
Diana Lynn Severance takes the moral high ground in Feminine Threads, asserting that her work ‘aims to equip the reader to refute the distortions of women in Christian history which are often being made in academia.’ This book is rich in primary sources and that’s a great strength. Its focus, […]
Wendy has recently blogged about the idea of teaching her children a catechism, a supplement to learning Bible stories in helping her kids to grow as Christians. It got me thinking about the usefulness of catechisms today.
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