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Name
Oscar Joel Magava

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Educational Foundations and Management

Biography

Biography
Dr. Oscar Joel Magava is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations and Management at Mkwawa University College of Education, a Constituent College of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is an educationist specialised in Educational Management and Administration. Magava’s research interests include policy studies in education; management of education and school administration; planning, qualitative research methods, administrative and organisational behaviour, and human resource management in education; school governance; project planning and management in education. He holds Doctorate Degree in Education Management and Administration with particular focus on primary educational policies in Tanzania, graduated in 2015, from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Before that, Dr. Magava studied Bachelor of Education in Arts majoring in Linguistics and Education from 2003 to 2007 and an M. A in Education from 2007 to 2009 both from the University of Dar es Salaam. He teaches courses in Educational Policy, Planning, Leadership, Management and Administration; and Qualitative Research Methods in Education. Before joining the University teaching Magava worked as an Education Officer I at Kilolo District, Iringa Region-Tanzania. During his undergraduate studies, Dr. Magava worked shortly practising teaching English in secondary schools and Educational Foundations and Management in Teacher Colleges in Tanzania.

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oscar.magava@muce.ac.tz

Research Interest

Research Interest
policy studies in education; management of education and school administration; planning, qualitative research methods, administrative and organisational behaviour, and human resource management in education; school governance; project planning and manage

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Projects

Projects
2026: Principal investigator to the proposed project on “Pathways to Strengthening Equity and Inclusion in Secondary School Leadership Positions in Rural Tanzania” to be funded by African centre for School Leadership (ACSL) upon approval. 2019: National Facilitator for Teacher Education Support Project-TESP. The project, jointly funded by Canada and Tanzania, conducts In-Service trainings to tutors from Teacher Colleges in Tanzania with the aim of equipping them with necessary skills of training competent teachers in their subjects of specializations. I facilitate trainings in English Subject and in other management and administrative issue in educational institutions. 2014-2019: National Facilitator for Kigoma and Katavi Regions to Education Quality Improvement Programme in Tanzania (EQUIP-T), a DFID (Department for International Development-UK)-funded programme managed by Cambridge Education, a member of the Mott MacDonald Group.

Publications

Publications
2009: Determinants of Teacher Motivation in Tanzania Primary Schools: The Case of Kilolo District and Iringa Urban in Iringa Region. Unpublished M.A (Ed) Dissertation: Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam 2015: Constraints to the Successful Implementation of the Universal and Compulsory Primary Educational Policies in Tanzania, 1967-2013 (Unpublished Doctoral Thesis). Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam. Upcoming • Realising leadership qualities to student government leaders in Tanzanian Universities: The implications for university governance policy • Alternative teacher accommodation in Tanzanian public primary schools: Improving policy and practice • Policy Reforms and Curriculum Transformation in the 21st Century Education, Tanzania. • Basic education curriculum in a chain of socialism and self-reliance policy in Tanzania.