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The Digital Lifeworld and Salutogenesis.
(SpringerNational Library of Medicine, 2022)In this chapter, the authors explore salutogenesis in the context of the 'digital world', concerning both high- and low-resource countries. The digital world is rapidly developing and can transcend physical and financial ... -
The Salutogenic Approach to Childcare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Focus on Children who Thrive in the Face of Adversity.
(Springer, 2022)In this chapter, the authors examine the potential of a salutogenic orientation to childcare in poor urban African settings. There is an, as of yet, limited but growing body of evidence on the application of the salutogenic ... -
EdTech and COVID-19 Response: A Case Study of Kenya
(EdTech Hub, 2022)In Kenya, the first COVID-19 case was reported on 13th March 2020 (Tyce, 2020). This led to a number of education policy decisions as well as decisions aimed at containing the spread of the disease (Kenya Human Rights ... -
Internal Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Dynamics, Destinations, and Implications.
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)Internal migration is an age old practice. UNDESA/UNESCO estimates that about 763 million people are involved in internal migration, nearly three times higher than international migrants. Internal migration is, therefore, ... -
Levelling the Terrain for Women in Global Health Leadership: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Springer, 2022)Stella Bakibinga, Elizabeth Bakibinga, John Daniel Ibembe, and Pauline Bakibinga reflect on mechanisms to narrow the gender employment and representation gap in global health in sub-Saharan Africa. They call for better ... -
Gender Norms and Sexual Behavior Among Very Young Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)Gender norms contribute to the inequalities that shape sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviors and outcomes. Exposure to unequal gender norms and practices for many young people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) intensify ... -
Evaluation of Pedagogical Approaches on Access to Education Among Early Childhood Learners With Disabilities in Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Review of Available Literature
(Intech Open, 2022)The COVID 19 pandemic suddenly hit the world disrupting access to education especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, threatening the future of millions of learners. This chapter discusses the effects of COVID-19 on early childhood ... -
Educational Technology: The Ethical and Sociological Imperative for Equity and Inclusion
(ResearchGateIGI Global, 2023)Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become ubiquitous and integral in daily living. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed educational technologies to the centre of teaching and learning in an unprecedented fashion, ... -
Decoloniality, Disability Studies and the Parental Involvement in the Schooling of Children with Impairments
(UCT libraries, 2023)In this chapter, we take the important step of looking at our own African context and asking questions about some of the problems with adopting ideas that come from the Global North as well as the importance of acknowledging ... -
Utility and Implications of Using Education Technologies as Distance Learning Solutions for Inclusive Education and Lifelong Learning in Africa. In Inclusive and Life Long Learning
(ResearchGate, 2023)This paper highlights utility and implications of using education technologies as distance learning solutions for inclusive education and lifelong learning in Africa. -
Translanguaging for multiliteracy development: pedagogical approaches for classroom practitioners
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)When teaching multilingual learners, it is critical for teachers to use instructional strategies that engage and nurture language and biliteracy skills. In this practice-based paper, we address how teachers can utilize ... -
Spatial and Postcolonial Reflections on Inclusive Education in Africa
(Taylor & Francis GroupResearchGate, 2023)Contemporary efforts to provide education for learners with disabilities have mostly focused on moving learners from the special school into the mainstream school. African countries have been long pursuing this goal, but ... -
"Online Lessons are a Waste of Time?: Peer to Peer Reflections on Online Learning in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 School Closures
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)This qualitative case study, informed by constructivist pedagogical perspectives which position students as active creators of their knowledge, elicited student perspectives as regards online learning in the aftermath of ... -
The Aftermath of COVID-19 School Closures in Uganda: Exploring the Willingness of Teenage Mothers to Re-enter Schools
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)The escalation in teenage pregnancies reached unprecedented heights within Africa during COVID-19 school closures. In Uganda, about 2,400 girls became pregnant during the lockdown. While the Revised Guidelines for the ... -
Overview: Connecting Schools, Families and Communities, and Decoloniality in Disability Studies in Education
(UCT libraries, 2023)In this section, we focus on how to enhance collaboration between schools, families and communities in order to improve the education of children with disabilities. Schools are part of our communities and our communities ... -
The Sexual Health of Adolescents in Uganda: When Restricting Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs Is All About Girls. In The Routledge Companion to Girls' Studies. Routledge. pp. 350-362, .eBook ISBN 9780367821890
(Taylor & Francis, 2024)Young people in Uganda face significant health challenges when navigating through the second decade of life. These may lead to increased morbidity or mortality in the short term or chronic health conditions in adulthood. ... -
Professor Joyce Muhenge Olenja: Spreading the Wings Abroad. In Amutabi, M.N., Akuno, E. A. Ojwang, H. J. and Fleuss D. (Eds.), African Women and Intellectual Leadership Life Stories from Western Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2024)While the number of women with high levels of education and in higher positions continues to rise in sub-Saharan Africa, the academic and career development and leadership of women have not been without challenges, especially ...
