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3rd MaK-SUN ADA Joint Doctoral School Tackles Supervision & Literature Review
The Joint Doctoral School between Stellenbosch University (SUN)’s African Doctoral Academy (ADA) and Makerere University is now in its third year and seemingly, going from strength to strength. Organised by the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT), this year’s School started on Monday 3rd July 2017 and concludes today 7th July 2017. The two themes being tackled this year are Postgraduate Supervision and Working With Literature; the former running from 3rd to 5th July and the latter from 6th to 7th July 2017.
Speaking at the launch of the Joint Doctoral School on Monday 3rd July 2017, The Director-DRGT, Prof. Mukadasi Buyinza commended the participants for taking time off their rigorous academic schedules to attend the workshop. “Participants at the Third Joint Doctoral School hail from Makerere, Busitema, Gulu, Kyambogo and Mbarara Universities” he said.
He welcomed the week’s facilitators Prof. Liezel Frick and Dr. Ruth Albertyn and thanked the African Doctoral Academy for collaborating with DRGT in the training of Faculty in research relevant courses. Prof. Frick is the Director of and an Associate Professor in the Centre for Higher and Adult Education at SUN while Dr. Albertyn is a Research Fellow and SUN’s Business School and Research Associate, Centre for Higher and Adult Education, SUN.
“I am hopeful that the courses will present an opportunity for participants to network and exchange ideas and knowledge concerning research education” added Prof. Buyinza.
Prof. Liezel Frick and Dr. Ruth Albertyn on behalf of Stellenbosch University then presented Prof. Buyinza with a donation of relevant textbooks on doctoral supervision and working with literature. Professor Buyinza informed participants that these materials were to be accessed from the institutional repository, the Makerere University Library.
At the close of the Joint Doctoral School, participants in the two courses will each be awarded a certificate by Stellenbosch University.
Please see Downloads for an outline of the course content and short biographies of the course facilitators.
By Agnes Namaganda
On July 22nd 2022, Makerere University–Child Health and Development Centre (Mak–CHDC) launched a draft manual for the National Parenting Standards. The Centre has been working together with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) with funding from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund), to develop standards that are agreeable to all organisations in the country that are involved in parenting work. The draft manual was being presented to members of a consortium that brings together all these organisations together, called the Parenting Agenda Consortium.
“We produce many documents and they are shelved,” Irene Ayot Chono, who was speaking on behalf of UNICEF said. “We hope that this document will not be one of them,” she emphasized.
Dr. Godfrey Siu, the Principal Investigator from Mak-CHDC who presented the draft manual to participants, emphasized that if any organization is doing parenting work, there should be a minimum package that they should offer.
Draft Manual Content
The manual which will have several modules. These modules will be delivered face-to-face in 1.5 hour sessions. Some of these include; Module 6 which will focus on “understanding responsible masculinity and fatherhood” and on “understanding the concept of head of family.”The draft manual also proposed that Module 11 focuses on Parenting in the 21st Century. Some of the sessions in this module will include Children and Technology, Contemporary Influence on Children and Modernity, Culture and Morality.Module 9 will focus on Parenting for Adolescents and some of the suggested sessions within this module are Needs for Adolescents and The Art of Communicating with Adolescents. Module 5 will focus on Preventing Violent Parenting and Promoting Alternative Discipline Strategies while Module 10 will be about Parenting to Address the Mental Health for Children and Adults.
Participants’ suggestions
After the presentation, participants raised several suggestions for discussion and consideration. These included whether there should be a module on spirituality since Uganda is a strongly religious nation. There was also the concern of how children in remand homes should be parented. Another concern raised by a participant was as to whether teachers who make an undeniable contribution to parenting, should be taken through the parenting manual.
In her closing remarks, Ms. Juliana Naumo Akoryo, the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) said that the manual is for the parenting organisations to utilize and not for MGLSD.
Ms. Chono also adjured the team behind the manual to use picture illustrations in the manual that can be relatable by the Ugandan parents.
Contact: Agnes Namaganda – agnesvioletnamaganda@gmail.com
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