Department of Curriculum and Educational Management Studies

Diploma Programme on Offer

• Diploma in Science Education – Mathematics and Geography (3 years)
  

Undergraduate Programmes on Offer

• Bachelor of Science Education Honours Degree Geography – Pre-Service (4 years)
• Bachelor of Science Education Honours Degree Geography – In-Service (2 years)
  

Postgraduate Programmes on offer

• Master of Science Education Degree in Curriculum Studies
• Master of Science Education in Geography (1 ½ years)
• Master of Philosophy (Mphil) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Degrees

The Research Agenda 2019 was crafted by the Department of Curriculum & Educational Management Studies. It is intended to present a framework for global change and sustainability agenda-setting for researchers and funders, and to identify key priorities for the next 5 years which can be used as starting points for the development of research strategies and funding programmes.

To facilitate Research Culture, the Department sets the Department Research Agenda with the following research thrusts or directions:

1. Curriculum assessment and evaluation
2. Interdisciplinarity in instruction
3. Science and technology education
4. Innovation in teacher education
5. Learning and instruction
6. Indigenous knowledge and science education
7. Use of indigenous knowledge in the teaching of science
   

Integration of Instruction, Research, Community Engagement, Innovation and Industrialisation
The Department of Curriculum & Educational Management Studies as a dynamic and proficient centre of education rests on the premise that education should be transformative, creative, relevant and is an essential service. The department is an academic unit that espouses excellence and perfection and therefore strives to put into place an environment and mechanisms that ensure the creation and production of new knowledge significant to the country, region, and the world at large. This can be done best through a rationalized integration of instruction, research, community engagement, innovation and industrialisation. Research serves as medium that connects instruction to the extension activities of the Department. Convergence of these five pillars would mean higher quality of education and realization of higher academic standard.

Aims

1. To consolidate initiatives of the different lecturers/researchers in integrating Instruction, Research, Community Engagement, Innovation and Industrialisation
2. To converge the research program with the research agenda and the academic formation.

Objectives

1. To establish research as a link between instruction and Community Engagement activities in the department and the university
2. To bridge the gap between theory learned in instruction and praxis found in the Community Engagement activities through academic research
3. To ground instruction to the community extension programs of the university
4. To conduct researches based on the needs and priorities of the society and the individual.
5. To establish research culture in the department and community through well-articulated research agenda
6. To create an action group that would serve as the pool of researchers of the department and the university at large

Specific Objectives

1. To research on the relevance and effectiveness of curricular programs to the interests and achievements of students in the different disciplines
2. To research on educational strategies, programs, and projects for livelihood and sustainable development
3. To research on the richness of indigenous culture and the ways and forms by which it can be developed, showcased, and appreciated
4. To research on systems and procedures, theories and concepts, models and frameworks in curriculum and educational management disciplines for full realization of transformative education

Community Engagement (Extension Services) Strategic Plan (2019-2020)

Introduction
The department’s extension service plan draws heavily from the Bindura University of Science Education Community Engagement Plan (CEP) displaying the department’s actions and commitments to community engagement. Embedded in the Bindura University of Science Education mission statement is the proclamation that the institution is committed to “community transformation”. This strategic plan reflects this aspiration and goal and resonate with the University’s vision of becoming- an internationally renowned university producing transformative and innovative graduates; and the core values- innovativeness and teamwork.

Purpose of the Extension Service Strategic Plan
The primary goal of community engagement is to create societal value through research-based education and training that is relevant to the needs of the community. The Department therefore defines community engagement as engaging in activities with the purpose of initiating, catalysing, and/or sustaining the development of communities, using available experience and resources. This involves packaging, demonstration, and application of appropriate technology, tools, materials, services, processes and products, generated through research and technical studies for building capacities and transforming lives in communities.

Key goals
The Department of Curriculum & Educational Management Studies strategic plan shall be guided by the following key goals which seek to:

1. Engaging communities through training and workshops
2. Developing and running short courses
3. Strengthening and expanding mutually beneficial partnerships

Departmental Staff

Dr.  Young Mudavanhu – Chairperson

Dr. Partson Virira Moyo – Senior Lecturer

Mr. Misheck Mhishi – Lecturer

Dr Chikuvadze Pinias – Lecturer

Dr. Christopher Mutseekwa – Lecturer

Ms Mandebvu Chioneso – Department Secretary