THAUDENSIA NDESKOI

Lecturer, University of Dar es Salaam School of Education
Education:

• PhD (Education), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. • Masters of Arts in Education, (MAED), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. • Bachelor of Arts with Education (Hons),(History,Geography Education) University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. • Dipl

Teaching:

Specialised areas of teaching:

  • History of Education
  • Sociology of Education
  • Comparative Education
  • Principles of Education

 

Research:

Research interests:

  • Education and school Curricula
  • Gender and Education
  • Educational transformation and school renewal
  • Environmental education & Education for Sustainable Development
  • Teacher education and professional development
  • Gender and Environment

Projects:

  • Team member in the Project ‘Managing Higher Education Institutions in the Context of Covid-19: Experiences of Tanzanian Institutions on Emergency Remote Teaching and its Implications for Education Quality, Equity and Access’ Funded by UDSM, 2022
  • Co-researcher in the Project ‘Reducing Gender Inequality in Kenya and Tanzania’, Funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) August 2019-June 2021.

 

Publications:

Ndeskoi, T (2021). Primary School Pupils Acquisition of Environmental Education in Moshi-Rural District, Tanzania. Papers in Education and Development (39) 140-156.

Ndeskoi, T. (2018). The status of Tanzania’s primary school curriculum on environmental education from 1980s-2010s.  Papers in Education and Development (36) 74-99.

Ndeskoi, T, (2021). Historical Analysis of Status and Trends of Gender Gaps in Provision of Higher Education in Tanzania between 1960s and 2000s: A Case of University of Dar es Salaam, UDSM.