Leadership for Learning Zimbabwe Open University | Prof. Chrispen Chiome

3 Weeks

Leadership that influence learning

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Welcome to this course, leadership for Learning. This is a rare opportunity to improve your leadership skills so that you can focus on learning. The main reason educational institutions are established is that they need to foster learning. This course is designed to equip educational leaders in schools, colleges, Universities and other learning centres so that they can promote learning.

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Bio of the teacher

Professor Chrispen Chiome holds a Bed, MEd and PhD in Educational Leadership and policy studies. He is the Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre of the Zimbabwe Open University and a Professor of Educational Leadership. He joined the University in 2006 as a Programme Co-ordinator in Education having worked in teacher education colleges prior to that. He rose through the ranks to become Professor of Educational Leadership in 2015. He has published 11 books, 18 book chapters and 53 research articles in refereed journals. He has presented over 71 papers at local, regional and international conferences. He is a researcher, who has traversed the globe to places such as Belgium, France, China, Morocco, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya and others. He is a member of the Distance Education Association of Southern Africa, (DEASA); World Social Science Forum (WSSF); African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), International Task Force for Teachers for Education for All (EFA), Policy Capacity for Innovative Governance and E-infrastructures for Africa (eI4Africa) among others. His research interests are in educational leadership, renewable energy, gender, leadership, poverty, sustainable development, inclusive education and open and distance teaching among others. He is the author of the sought-after book on school leadership entitled “School Leadership in a hyper-turbulent Environment.”

Leadership that promotes learning.

 

 

Syllabus

  • Leadership has taken currency
  • Leadership Discourse
  • Discussion on leadership and direction
  • Video on leadership discourse
  • Leaders transforming learning
  • Importance of learning
  • Discussion on leadership discourse
  • Discussion on learning
  • Leadership discourses
  • Leadership for learning: Making the connections.
  • Training and transformative leadership
  • Shared vision
  • Lead and share vision

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