EDNA S. KYARUZI

Assistant lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education

Education:

MA (Applied Social Psychology), University of Dar es Salaam

Teaching:

• Educational Measurement and Evaluation
• Intoduction to Educational Psychology
• Special Needs Education
• Guidance and Counselling

Research:

• Special Needs Education
• Mental Health Issues in relation to Education Guidance and Gounseling
• Gender Issues in Education

Projects:

1. Teachers and Parents Collaborative Inquiry (TPC-I): An Intervention approach for identifying burdened school children, reducing children's problems in schools and improving school outcomes. (In-progress)- DUCE funded project.
2. Promoting Parents' and Teachers' Awareness on the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Pupils in Boarding Schools in Tanzania. (In-progress)- UDSM funded project.

Publications:

1. Scharpf, F., Kyaruzi, E., Landolt, M. A., & Hecker, T. (2019). Prevalence and co-existence of morbidity of posttraumatic stress and functional impairment among Burundian refugee children and their parents. European journal of psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1676005. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1676005
2. Nkuba M, & Kyaruzi E. (2015). Is it not now? School counselors’ training in Tanzania secondary schools. Journal of Education and Practices, Vol.6 (19).