Dr. Richard Shukia : Media Studies and Education

👨‍🏫 Dr. Richard Shukia is a dedicated scholar and educational practitioner with a wealth of experience in Media Studies and Education. He holds a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning to Read in Pre-Primary Classes in Tanzania, focusing on Teachers’ Beliefs and Instructional Practices, from Linnaeus University, Sweden. His academic journey includes an M.A. in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Dar es Salaam, where his dissertation explored the Relationship between Self-Esteem and Intention to Use Condoms among Female Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Tanzania. Dr. Shukia also earned a Bachelor of Education in Psychology and a Diploma in Education from the University of Dar es Salaam.

Throughout his professional trajectory, Dr. Shukia has demonstrated leadership and expertise in various research and consultancy roles. Currently serving as a Lead Researcher, he is undertaking Research and Evaluation for Tanzania Teacher Continuous Professional Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, President Office Regional Government Authorities, and the World Bank. His role as a Regional Consultant for CAMFED – Tanzania involves overseeing a Youth-Led Support and Mentorship Programme aimed at enhancing the quality of education for marginalized girls in Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Professional Profiles:

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🎓 Education:

2014: Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning to Read in Pre-Primary Classes in Tanzania: Teachers’ Beliefs and Instructional Practices, ,Linnaeus University, Sweden,2007: M.A. in Applied Social Psychology ,,Dissertation: Relationship between Self-Esteem and Intention to Use Condoms among Female Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Tanzania ,Courses: Early Childhood Development and Learning, Research Methodology, Advanced Social Psychology, etc. ,University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,2005: Bachelor of Education in Psychology, ,Concentrations: Social Psychology and Counseling, Child Development and Learning, Early Childhood Education, and Adolescents, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,2001: Diploma in Education ,,Mpwapwa Teachers’ College,1995: Certificate in Teacher Education, ,Mpwapwa Teachers’ College

📆 Professional Experience:

November 2022 – June 2024

• Title: Undertaking Research and Evaluation for Tanzania Teacher Continuous Professional Development in 26 Pilot Local Government Authorities in Tanzania
• Role: Lead Researcher
• Client: Ministry of Education Science and Technology, President Office Regional Government Authorities, World Bank

August 2021 – June 2023

• Title: Scaling a Youth-Led Support and Mentorship Programme to Improve Quality of Education for Marginalized Girls in Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
• Role: Regional Consultant: Overseer of the research conduct: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing
• Client: CAMFED – Tanzania

November 2021 – October 2022

• Title: Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa
• Role: Consultant: Overseer of the research conduct, tools development, enumerators training, data collection and analysis, and report writing
• Client: Milele Foundation Zanzibar

August 2019 – April 2022

• Title: Implementation Research on the Satellite and INSET Models for Improved Equitable Access and Quality Early Learning in Tanzania
• Role: Lead Consultant: Overseer of the research conduct: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing
• Client: UNICEF, Dar es Salaam Office

December 2020

• Title: Needs Assessment on Current State of Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Young Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar
• Role: Country Consultant: Overseer of the research conduct: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing
• Client: UNESCO, Dar es Salaam Office

June 2020

• Title: Access to Pre-Primary for Children with Disabilities in Tanzania, HakiElimu
• Role: Researcher: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing

April 2020

• Title: Baseline Assessment of Integrated School Readiness Programme, Dodoma Region
• Client: Children in Crossfire
• Role: Lead Researcher: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing

January 2016 to 2022

• Title: Research in Improving Systems of Education, Tanzania Country Research Team
• Role: Researcher: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing

August 2017 – 2019

• Title: UNESCO – Global Learning XPRIZE Project for the Promotion of Early Learning and Social-Emotional competencies through Innovative Technologies in Tanzania
• Role: Lead researcher, design research methodology, oversee data collection, analysis and report writing, recruit and train researchers and research assistants

April 2017 – February 2018

• Title: Early Learning and Development Systems Diagnostic in Tanzania
• Client: Research Triangle International – RTI
• Role: Researcher: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing

August 2017

• Title: Baseline Assessment of Integrated School Readiness Programme, Mwanza and Morogoro Regions
• Client: Children in Crossfire
• Role: Lead Researcher: designing research, tools development, quantitative and qualitative data collection, and analysis and report writing

November 2016 – May 2017

• Title: National Assessment Framework for Assessing Children’s Literacy and Numeracy in Tanzania
• Client: Ministry of Education Science and Technology – Tanzania
• Role: Technical Adviser: Designing the project, mapping out early literacy and numeracy competencies, developing framework

October 2016

• Title: The Impact of the Implementation of Fee-Free Education Policy on Basic Education in Tanzania
• Client: HakiElimu
• Role: Researcher: Research design, questionnaire development, data analysis, and report writing

September 2016

• Title: Evaluation of Readership Programme in Kongwa and Bagamoyo – August – September 2016
• Client: Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation
• Role: Researcher: designing research, development of tools, data collection, and analysis, and report writing

January 2016

• Title: Are Our Children Learning (literacy and Numeracy?) Uwezo Tanzania Learning Assessment Report
• Organizer: Uwezo Tanzania
• Role: Quantitative data analysis and report writing

June – July 2015

• Title: Evaluation of TUSEME Project in Tanzania
• Client: UNICEF
• Role: Principal Researcher – Design, data collection, quantitative analysis, and report writing

June 2015

• Title: Qualitative Assessment on Reaching and Working with Strong Cultured, Nomadic and Gatherers Communities for Acceptance of NTD Drugs in Hanang, Kiteto, Longido, and Ngorongoro Districts in Tanzania: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Client: Inter-church Medical Association Tanzania
• Role: Team Leader. This was a qualitative assessment. I was involved from designing the research design to writing the report

June 2015

• Title: Are Our Children Learning? Uwezo Tanzania Learning Assessment Report
• Client: Uwezo Tanzania
• Role: Quantitative data analysis and report writing

January-February 2011

• Title: Addressing sexual health and reproductive health of female youth working in the informal sector (SRH) status-Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Tanga regions
• Client: German Foundation for World Population / Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) through Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Dar es Salaam
• Role: This was a mid-term project evaluation. I collected data using questionnaires, interviews, group discussions, and observational checklists. I was involved in data analysis and report writing.

April-November 2010

• Title: Situational analysis of HIV/AIDS at the University of Dar es Salaam: HIV /AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Related Behaviours Survey
• Client: HIV/AIDS Technical AIDS Sub-Committee, University of Dar es Salaam
• Role: I was involved in data collection, analysis, and report writing. Development of questionnaire, data analysis, and report writing

November 2007

• Title: Relationship between Self-Esteem and Intention to Use Condom among Female Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Tanzania, Masters Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam 📚

 

Publication Top Note :

1. “Fee-free basic education policy implementation in Tanzania: a ‘phenomenon’ worth rethinking”
   • Published in Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania
   • Cited by: 18
   • Year: 2020
2. “Achieving education for all: dilemmas in system-wide reforms and learning outcomes in Africa”
   • Published by Lexington Books
   • Cited by: 13
   • Year: 2016
3. “The Impact of the Implementation of Fee-free Education Policy on Basic Education in Tanzania: A Quantitative Study”
   • Published by HakiElimu
   • Cited by: 10
   • Year: 2017
4. “Learning and Teaching to Read in Kiswahili in Pre-Primary Classes in Tanzania: Teachers’ Beliefs and Instructional Practices”
   • Published by Linnaeus University Press
   • Cited by: 9
   • Year: 2014
5. “Pre-primary Education in Tanzania: Teachers’ Knowledge and Instructional Practices in Rural Areas”
   • Published in Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania
   • Cited by: 6
   • Year: 2019
6. “The role of parental involvements in children’s acquisition of Kiswahili pre-reading skills in Tanzania”
   • Cited by: 5
   • Year: 2022
7. “Accountability Relationships in 3Rs Curriculum Reform Implementation: Implication for Pupils’ Acquisition of Literacy and Numeracy Skills in Tanzania’s Primary Schools”
   • Published in RISE Working Paper Series 21/065
   • Cited by: 3
   • Year: 2021
8. “Early childhood care in Tanzania: experiences of mothers working in the informal sector in high-density urban areas”
   • Published in Early Child Development and Care
   • Cited by: 2
   • Year: 2018
9. “Match and Mismatch between Pre-Primary Teachers’ Beliefs and Classroom Instruction in Teaching and Learning to Read Kiswahili in Tanzania: Implications for Teacher Education”
   • Published in Papers in Education and Development
   • Cited by: 2
   • Year: 2018
10. “The relationship between perceived self-Esteem and intention to use condom among female adolescents in selected secondary schools in Dar es salaam Region”
    • Published by University of Dar es Salaam
    • Cited by: 2
    • Year: 2007
11. “Early Childhood Education Pedagogical Transformation in Tanzania: Innovations, Challenges and Prospects for Marginalised Children”
    • Published in Pedagogy-Challenges, Recent Advances, New Perspectives, and Applications
    • Cited by: 2
    • Year: 2022
12. “Perceived Socio-cultural Barriers to Children’s Acquisition of Kiswahili Pre-Reading Skills in Rural Pre-primary Schools in Tanzania”
    • Published in Papers in Education and Development 41 (1)
    • Cited by: 1
    • Year: 2023
13. “An Analysis of the Basic Education Curriculum in Tanzania: The Integration, Scope, and Sequence of 21st Century Skills”
    • Cited by: 1
    • Year: 2023
14. “Helping Children Experiencing Difficulties in Learning to Read Kiswahili: Perspectives of pre-primary teachers in Tanzania”
    • Published in Papers in Education and Development
    • Cited by: 1
    • Year: 2018
15. “Parental Engagement in Children’s Pre-Primary Education in Marginalized Communities in Tanzania Before and During the COVID-19 Era”
    • Published in Journal of Research in Childhood Education
    • Cited by: Not available
    • Year: 2023
16. “Teachers’ Perceptions on the Relationship between Social Competence and Reading Skills Acquisition in Primary School Pupils”
    • Published in Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania 29 (1)
    • Cited by: Not available
    • Year: 2022
17. “Components of Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge Associated with Children’s Acquisition of Kiswahili Pre-reading Skills in Rural Tanzania”
    • Published in Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania 28 (1)