Caroline Nakidde Kavuma

Caroline Nakidde Kavuma

Lecturer Kyambogo University Department of Early Childhood Education Emails: karolina.kavuma2020@gmail.com knakidde@kyu.ac.ug

I am a Teacher Educator and a finalist Student offering a Ph.D. in Education (2016-2020); Kyambogo University. I possess a Master’s in Education (Teacher Education) Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Bachelor of Education Degree Makerere University; Diploma in Teacher Education, Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo (ITEK); Grade II and III Teachers’ Certificate of Makerere University and former ITEK respectively.

My areas of specialty are Teacher Education; Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Studies, and English Language. I diversified my areas of specialization due to the progressive career path I have walked from certificate to pursuit of a Ph.D.  My areas of interest in research are Teacher Workplace Learning; Curriculum: Pedagogy, Literacy, Play, Numeracy and Science Education. The title of my Ph.D. research is “Influence of Indigenous Nurturing Practices and Contemporary Early Years’ Education Pedagogy on Development of Children’s life-skills, Masaka District-Uganda.”

My publications include: Kavuma C, (2004). “Teachers’ Workplace Learning in a Developing Country: Facilitating and Inhibiting Conditions;” Abstract is available at Farah, I. and Kavuma C. et al (2009). Where are the gaps? HIV and Gender Pre-service Training Curricula and Practices in East Africa. Washington: COMMONWEALTH; Kavuma et.al. (2014). Enhancing Teachers’ Use of Rights-Based Pedagogy to Promote Child Participation in Learning. LUVIT.  I am in search of publishing houses for 5 papers:

  1. Indigenous Child Nurturing Practices and Life Skills Development: A case of the Baganda of Masaka District, Uganda.
  2. Factors influencing the application of indigenous pedagogy in modern Early Years’ Education.
  3. Headteacher Pedagogical Leadership and Teacher Performance in Literacy Teaching: A Case of Global Partnership in Education Supported Districts in Uganda
  4. “Teacher Pedagogical Competence and Learner Achievement in Early Grade Reading.” Presented at the PAN African conference on Literacy
  5. The Profile of a proficient teacher of literacy in Uganda