2018 DA DAY Y ONE: NE: W WEDNE EDNESDA SDAY 6 Y 6 TH TH JUNE - - PDF document

PR PROGRA GRAMME DA DAY Y ONE: NE: W WEDNE EDNESDA SDAY 6 Y 6TH

TH JUNE

UNE 2018 2018

8:00 - 8:45 Registration of conference participants and guests

DI DIRECT RECTOR OF OR OF PR PROGRA OGRAMM MME E FOR T OR THE CONF HE CONFEREN ERENCE: J CE: JUL ULIUS US MAORE MAORE SESSION 1: OPENI ON 1: OPENING CEREMO NG CEREMONY NY - CHAR CHARTER HA ER HALL

9:00 - 10:00 Opening Prayer Bis Bishop hop Paul Kariu ariuki ki Catholic Bishop of Embu Dioceses Welcoming Remarks Prof.

• rof. Eucharia

haria Ken enya ya Chairman, Planning Committee for the 1st Annual International Conference on Decolonizing Education Remarks Prof.

• rof. Da

Dani niel el Mu Mugen gendi di Vice-Chancellor, University of Embu Remarks Dr.

• Dr. Margaret

Margaret Gik ikuhi hi Chairman, University of Embu Council Guest Speech Prof.

• rof. Japheth

apheth Mic Michen eni i Nt Ntiba iba Principal Secretary, University Education and Research, Ministry of Education, Kenya 10:00 - 11:00 GRO ROUP PHOTOGRA OGRAPH HEALTH BR BREAK

SESSION 2: CHAR ON 2: CHARTER HAL ER HALL

11:00 - 13:00 HIGH LEVEL PANE NEL DI DISCUS USSI SION ON ON ON DECO DECOLONI ONIZI ZING NG EDUCA DUCATION MODERA MODERATOR OR: : Prof

• rof. Njoki
• ki Wa

Wane ne RA RAPPOR ORTEURS: : Cir iriaka iaka Gito itonga ga & Alex lex Kip ipny nyarg argis is 13:00 - 14:00 LUNC NCH BR BREAK

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BR BREAKO EAKOUT S UT SES ESSIONS ONS VENUE VENUE

SESSI SSION ON 3: 3: RO ROOM OM 1 1 – CHART RTER R HALL CHAIRMAN: Madrine King’endo RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: R: Jonathan

• nathan Saina

aina SESSI SSION ON 4: 4: RO ROOM OM 2 2 – BOARDR RDROOM OM B CHAIRMA RMAN: N: Lucy y Kir irim ima RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: R: Tim imothy

• thy Kinoti

noti SU SUB-THEME MES  De Decoloni

• lonizi

zing ng edu education ation: : Why Why doe does s it it really really Matter Matter?  Trans ransfo formati rmative ve pedagogi pedagogies es.  De Decoloni

• lonizi

zing ng the the Min Mind d for for a tran transf sformati

• rmative

e edu educati ation

• n

 Inc nclu lusi sive ve Edu ducat ation ion for for al all  Qu Qual ality ity of

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education ation in in a a chang hangin ing g world. world.  Indi ndige genous nous edu education ation. 14:00 - 14:20 What does it mean to be a Black Entrepreneur? A Decolonizing Epistemology in Education.

Sein Kipusi

Inclusive Education: a Transformative Curriculum Intervention for the 21st century. Catherine Machyo & Florence Ateka 14:20 - 14:40 Decolonizing Global Health Education Ezi Toochukwu Odozor The Gathering: Black Women’s resistance to Anti-Blackness in Academic Spaces Jacqueline Spenser 14:40 - 15:00 Transformative Science and Technologies for Bioeconomy in

• Africa. Paul Njiruh Nthakanio

and Eucharia Kenya

The importance of documenting and preserving the history of Embu County. Josemarie Nyagah 15:00 - 15:20 Spirituality, Transformative Education and Resistance. Lwanga Gasuza Musisi Implementing of Inclusive Education and Community Based Rehabilitation Embu Diocese Kenya – Experience. Cecilia Nyaga 15:20 - 15:40 Is a Decolonial Education in Kenyan Schools Possible? Njoki Wane Transformative Pedagogy for Sustainable Marketability of Graduates. Milcah Nyaga 15:40 - 16:00 Intimate Care as a Decolonial Pedagogy and Resistance in Arts Education. Henrjeta Mece In School but not Learning for almost a Quarter of the time. Grace N. Orado and Dr. Peter Rugano 16:00 - 16:20 Transformative Approaches to Teacher Education Within a Context of

• Diversity. Jackie Button

The African Need for a Paradigm Shift toward Education for Industrialization. Taderera Hebert Chisi

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DAY TW Y TWO: THUR HURSDAY SDAY 7 7TH

TH JUNE 2

UNE 2018 018

SESSION 5 ON 5: : ROOM ROOM 1 – CHAR CHARTER HA ER HALL

09:00 - 10:00 PLENAR NARY SESS SSION ON 1 – MODERA MODERATOR OR: : Pete eter r Rugano gano RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: Vic ictori toria a Ny Nyaga aga KEYNOT NOTE SPEAKER: R: Prof.

• rof. Ann

nn Lopez

• pez

Supporting Student Engagement and Achievement Through a Transformative Decolonizing Approach to Educational Leadership 10:30 - 11:00 HEALTH BR BREAK

BR BREAKO EAKOUT S UT SES ESSIONS ONS

VENU NUE SESSI SSION ON 5: RO ROOM OM 1 1 – CHART RTER R HALL CHAIRMA RMAN: N: Jack ackie ie Bu Butto tton RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: Ric Richard hard Mu Muthaki thakia SESSI SSION ON 6 RO ROOM OM 2 2 – BO BOARDR RDROO OOM M B CHAIRMA RMAN: N: Zach achary ary Njagi agi RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: Joanne

• anne Ogu

Ogunah nah SU SUB-THEME MES  Sust stainable ainable Developmen Development t Goals

• als

in n Edu ducation ation.  Inc nclu lusi sive ve Edu ducat ation ion for for al all  Impac mpact t of

• f arts

arts in in edu educatio tion. n.  Re Re-en envis isio ioni ning ng the the role role of

• f

edu educati ation

• n in

in Afri frica  Edu ducat ation ion for for sustai sustainabili nability ty  Qu Qual ality ity of

• f edu

education ation in in a a chang hangin ing g world. world. 16:20 - 16:40 “Books are full of lies”: Presenting wrong information to learners.

• Dr. Peter Rugano, Dr. Eric Wangila

and Dr. Zachary Njagi Teachers and learners voices in a teaching learning environment: - A case study of

• ne school in Kisii.

Njeri Mburu and Mungai Njoroge 16:40 - 17:00 DECOLONIZING EDUCATION – Why Does It Really Matter? Robert Jallan’go Akello PhD Indigenous Education Simon Murangiri

Page iii 11:00 - 11:15 Head teacher-parent Collaboration Policies' Usefulness for the Improvement of Inclusive Education in Public Primary Schools in Meru County, Kenya. Severina Mukokinya Mwirichia Mathematics for Sustainable National Development.

Jacob Oketch Okumu

11:15 - 11:30 Inclusive access to information in the libraries for persons with special needs. Saina Jonathan, Victoria Nyaga & Elizabeth Kawira Assessment of Basic Education Curriculum Reforms in Nigeria and Implications for Sustainable

• Development. Alade

Ibiwumi Abiodun

11:30 - 11:45 An individual based perspective to acquisition of Education: Evidence from Kenya and Ghana. Andrew Kiiru Githinji & Stanley Kinoti Refocusing Student Assessment and Evaluation Strategies for Quality Education. Kirema Nkanata Mburugu 11:45 - 12:00 Tone as a stylistic device in Swahili poem composition in relaying information by the author to the audience. Lucy Nakhanu Wanyela Quality of Education in a Changing Educational Landscape: A Comparison

• f the Kenyan 8-4-4 and 2-6-6-3

Curriculum Frameworks. Lakhani A. Zohra 12:00 - 12:15 Challenges of Inclusion of Persons with Disability in Kenya. King'endo Madrine Trends in Nigerian Educational Development and Decolonizing Efforts in Secondary School Curriculum for Youth Sustainability. Alade Ibiwumi

Abiodun

12:15 – 12:30 Education for Liberalisation. Paul Were Nyagol The Groundings with my Mothers: Learning to decolonize from oomanist space

• Dr. Hermia Morton Anthony

12:30 – 12:45 Presentation, Practice and Production Pedagogical Approach to Teaching English as a Second Language

• Dr. Erick Okwako

Re-defining the Intangible Cultural Heritage for Peace and Development in Curriculum Development in Kenya.

Barasa Remmy Shiundu

13:00 - 14:00 LUNC NCH BR BREAK

SESSION 7 ON 7: : ROOM ROOM 1 – CHAR CHARTER HA ER HALL

MODERA MODERATOR OR : Dr.

• Dr. Kir

irema ema Nk Nkanata anata RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: Elizab lizabeth eth Nj Njagi gi 14:00 – 14:20 Examining Prospective Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Through Clinical Simulations

• Dr. John Mungai Njoroge

Page iv 14:20 – 14:40 Challenges Facing Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs in Public Primary Schools in Machakos Sub – County, Kenya. Ajuoga Milcah Aoko 14:40 – 15:00

Effects of Nomadic Activities on Quality of Education Performance at K.C.S.E in

Mandera County Abdimalik Ibrahim Farah 15:00 – 16:00 SPECIAL SESSI SSION ON PRES RESENTER: NTER: Dr.

• Dr. James

ames-Wilso Wilson n Soni

• nia

a Violet iolet Art, Identity, and the Decolonizing of Education in the Kenyan Context 18:00 COC OCKTAIL

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DA DAY Y THR HREE: : FRIDA RIDAY 8 Y 8TH

TH JUN

UNE 20 E 2018 18

SESSION 8: ROOM ON 8: ROOM 1 – CHAR CHARTER HA ER HALL

09:00 - 10:00 PLENAR NARY SESS SSION ON 2 2 – MODERA MODERATOR OR: : Grac race e Orad Orado RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: Chri hrist stin ine e Njue KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Atieno Kili K’Odhiambo, University of Nairobi Analysis of the Determinants that Impede Decolonising the Mind for a Transformative Education in Africa 10:00 - 11:00 HEALTH BR BREAK

BR BREAKO EAKOUT S UT SES ESSIONS ONS

VENU NUE SESSI SSION ON 9: 9: RO ROOM OM 1 1 – CHART RTER H R HALL CHAIRMA RMAN: N: Severi everina na Mw Mwir iric ichia hia RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: R: Alex lex Kipn ipnyarg yargis is SESSI SSION ON 10 10: : RO ROOM OM 2 – BO BOARMRO RMROOM OM B CHAIRMA RMAN: N: Ala lade de Abiodu iodun n RA RAPPOR ORTEUR: R: Zohra La Zohra Lakh khani ani SU SUB-THEME MES  Indi ndige genous nous edu education ation.  Scie ience e edu education ation and and cultu lturally rally re resp spons

• nsive

ive approach approaches. s.  Inn nnova

• vatio

tions ns for for Afri frica  Qu Qual ality ity of

• f edu

education ation in in a a chang hangin ing g world. world.  Re Re-en envis isio ioni ning ng the the role role of

• f edu

education ation in n Afri frica  Impac mpact t of

• f arts

arts in in edu educatio tion 11:00 - 11:15 Decolonizing the industrial complex. Indigenous praxis and epistemology in education. Dionisio Nyaga & Rose Ann Torres Education at Crossroads: Can Kiswahili and Other African Languages emancipate it? Timothy Kinoti M’Ngaruthi 11:15 - 11:30 Rhizosphere Soil Phosphorus Enhancement through Mycorrhizal Colonization by Aspilia pruliseta Schweif in Tropical Soils. Muchoka, J.P, Mugendi, Daniel .N, Njiruh Paul Nthakanio, Kamau P.M, Njeru E.M. and Nyawira, M. An interrogation of the role, nature and significance of EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES of selected degree programs in achieving the NATIONAL GOALS OF EDUCATION in Kenya. Gitonga Ciriaka, Kisaka, Linet and Karuku, Simon 11:30 -11:45 The Recognition of African Indigenous Healing Practices as a Self-determining Approach to Preserve Cultural Identities Within a Social Work Context Hoda Samater Effects of Home - Based Parental Involvement Practices in Promoting Quality of Education in Public Day Secondary Schools in Igembe Central Sub County, Meru County – Kenya Esther Thuba 11:45 - 12:00 Scientific research: a potential tool for addressing the challenge of insect pests Relationship between Play Implementation Practices and ECDE Learner Performance in Kangari Zone,

Page vi in Africa. Grace Kinyanjui and E. U. Kenya Kigumo Constituency, Murang’a County in Kenya. Kirima Lucy Karimi and Veronicah Wanjiru Karanja 12:00 - 12:15 Changing Attitude towards Medicinal Plants’ Use in Kenya. Lillian Kemunto Omoke Decolonising Language in Kenya by Use

• f Kiswahili and Other Indigenous

Languages for Public Education. Evans M. Mbuthia 12:15 - 12:30 Effects of Commercialization of the Gospel: An Investigation of the Prosperity Gospel in Meru County, Kenya.

Mary K. Nkari

Towards Enriching University Curricula for Vocational and Entrepreneurship Empowerment of Youths.

Alade Ibiwumi Abiodun & OJO, Abiodun Adebowale

12:30 - 13:30 LUNC NCH BR BREAK 14:00 EXCURSION ON/F /FREE REE AFTERNOON RNOON