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Dr. Philpo John - Language Educator, Editor, Lecturer and Researcher

Name
Philpo John Gwevu

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Languages and Literature

Biography

Biography

Dr. Philpo John began to work with Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) in 2010 after he was retained as a Tutorial Assistant in the Department of Languages and Literature from the 1st MUCE graduation ceremony held on 12th December 2009. In 2010, I was awarded a scholarship by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to pursue Master of Arts in Linguistics (M.A. Linguistics) at the University of Dar es Salaam which I successfully completed in 2012. In same year (2012), I was promoted to the rank of Assistant Lecturer after earning my M.A (Linguistics) degree with honours. In 2015, I joined the University of Dar es Salaam to pursue PhD in Language Education through Transformation in Language Education and Development (TRANSLED) project funded by NORHED/NORAD the programme which I completed in 2020. After my PhD graduation in July 2020, I was promoted to the rank of Lecturer of Language Teaching and Language-in-education at MUCE. Currently, I supervise M.A. and Ph.D. students who are interested in areas of Language Teaching; Literacy learning in childhood education; Multilingualism, Language rights, Language policy; Language ecology, Language teacher education, and Language-in-education. Dr. John has adequate knowledge and skills in the following:

  1. Classroom manage and lesson preparations;
  2. Planning, defining and assessing the set goals for implementation; 
  3. Writing educational contents; design academic courses, providing mentorship, and career development and coaching;
  4. Computer Ms-word, PowerPoint, zoom, excel and internet surfing; 
  5. Editing and translation skills in Kiswahili and English languages;
  6. Project designing and implementation; and
  7. In Qualitative data analysis skills and design.

John has been either engaged or co-commissioned to carry out various projects with TEN/MET, LANES/GPE through MoEST, Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), TWAWEZA, EQUIP-T:ELT, UDSM and MUCE. 

My research publications can be accessed through:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2229-5033 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en-US&user=t9_MYaIAAAAJ

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philpo-John

Contacts

Email:

Email Address
philpo.gwevu@muce.ac.tz

Research Interest

Research Interest
Dr. John’s research interest lies in qualitative and mixed-methods research in language teaching; classroom discourse; language teacher education; literacy learning; multilingualism, language ecology, language rights and translanguaging.

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Projects

Projects

1. What Motivates and Demotivates the College Students’ Reading Behaviour: Implications for Academic Achievement, a one-year intervention project funded by UDSM/MUCE, July 2022 through June 2023.

2. Enhancing teaching and learning of Swahili as a foreign language through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) platform, a one-year intervention project funded by UDSM/MUCE, July 2022 through June 2023.

 

3. Promoting Endogenous Knowledge through Oral Tales in Tanzania Primary Schools: A Case of Sangu People in Mbarali District, a one-year intervention project funded by UDSM/MUCE, May 2023 through June 2024.

 

4. Use of Media Technology in Low-resourced Classrooms: Rethinking of English Language Teaching in Tanzania Secondary Schools, an empirical research conducted in three secondary schools in Iringa Municipality, Tanzania, January through June 2023.

Publications

Publications

1. John, P. (2024).Enhancing Digital Literacy and Language Rhetoric among School Leavers: Rethinking Tanzania’s Basic Education Language Curriculum.Indonesian Educational Research Journal, 1(3), 120-130.https://journal.id-sre.org/index.php/ierj/article/view/25/12

 

2. Qorro, M.A.S., & John, P. (2023). Nafasi ya Lugha katika Elimu Barani Afrika: Suala la Kiswahili na Lugha zingine za Kijamii nchini Tanzania. Mulika, 42 (2), 139-163.  https://doi.org/10.56279/mulika.na42t2.1

 

3. Mtesigwa, P. & John, P. (2023). Implementation of Competence-Based Language Teaching Approach in Tanzania Lower Secondary Education English Classrooms. In: D. Fussy, H. Hassan, J. Moshi, O.    Kapinga, O. Magava, S. Mkimbili and V. Cosmas (Eds) Proceedings of the 1st International  Conference on Education, 1(1), 180-197. DUP. https://doi.org/10.37759/ICE01.2023.09

 

4. John, P., Mwajuma, V., & Mkumbo, K. (2020). Contextual and pedagogical challenges facing English language teachers in using communicative language teaching approach in Tanzanian primary schools. Papers in Education and Development, 38 (2), 108-136.             https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ped/article/view/4338 

 

5. Jackson, A. & John, P. (2020). “Improving Local Products in Tanzania for Global Market Competition:A case of Iringa Region”. Lagos Historical Review, 20, 124-145.             https://www.ajol.info/index.php/lhr/article/view/225312

 

6. John, P. (2019). “English Language Teachers’ Understanding of the Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Public Primary Schools in Tanzania”. Mkwawa Journal of Education and Development (MJED), 3(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.37759/mjed.2019.3.1.1 

 

7. John, P. (2018). English Language Teaching in Tanzania and the Question of Communicative Language Teaching Approach: Evidence from Literature. In: B. Brock-Utne, M. Ishmail & M. Vuzo (Eds), Transforming Education for Development in Africa, 99-116. TRANSLED Book Series 1. Dar es  Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers

 

8. John, P. (2017). Language Teaching and Literacy Learning in Tanzania Primary Education: A Critical Review. Papers in Education and Development, 35, 87-106.             https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ped/article/view/1493

 

9. John, P. (2017). Promoting Multilingualism in Tanzanian Education Policy: Challenges and Options. The Cradle of Knowledge African Journal of educational and Social Science Research, 5(2), 43-51. Nairobi:  Society of Educational Research and Evaluation in Kenya (SEREK).             https://www.academia.edu/63329457

 

10. John, P. (2016). Constructivism: Its Implication in Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition. Papers in Education and Development, 33/34, 217-230.             https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ped/article/view/1483

 

11. John, P. (2016). Language Curriculum Design in Tanzania Primary Education: Emerging issues. The 3rd Annual Conference Book of Proceedings on Language and Education, 27-35.             https://www.academia.edu/63329457

 

12. John, P. (2015). Primary School Leavers’ English Skills and their Adequacy for Knowledge Acquisition at Secondary School: The Case of Iringa Municipality. Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 9 (2), 60-72. https://journals.udsm.ac.tz