BA (Humanities, 1985) + PGDE (4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû, 1986)
MEd. (Victoria University of Manchester (1989)
PhD (Education) (University of Birmingham, 1995)
Richard Tabulawa is Associate Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Education, 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. He currently acts as Director, Centre for Continuing Education, 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. His areas of interest are pedagogy, education policy analysis, higher education, teacher education and the interface of education and globalization. Tabulawa received his BA (Humanities) in 1985 from the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû where he majored in English and Environmental Science. In 1986 he received from the same institution a Post-4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû Diploma in Education (PGDE. ÌýIn 1989 he graduated from the Victoria University of Manchester (UK) with a Master in Education (Med, Curriculum Development). He read for a PhD between 1992 and 1995 at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Tabulawa is the author of the book Teaching and Learning in Context: Why pedagogical reforms fail in sub-Saharan Africa (2013), Dakar: CODESRIA. He has published chapters and journal articles in a variety of outlets.
Tabulawa's teaching areas include the following: Geography methods; comparative education; higher education; curriculum development.
Prof. Tabulawa's research interests span the following areas: pedagogy; education policy studies; globalization and its intersection with education; curriculum studies; and teacher education.
Currently, Prof. Tabulawa supervises two doctoral students. One is doing a study on the state of geography in the Botswana school system. The other one is looking at the political economy of performance management system in the Botswana school system.
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* Tabulawa, R. (2013) Teaching and Learning in Context: Why Pedagogical Reform Fails in Sub- Saharan African. Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA): ÌýÌýÌýÌý Dakar. ISBN: 978-2-86978-56
* Tabulawa, R & Youngman, F. (2017) The 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû: A National University in Decline?ÌýIn Teferra, D. (Ed.) African Flagship Universities (pp. 17-56). Chum: Springer Nature.
Tabulawa, R., Polelo, M. & Silas, O. (2013) The State, Markets and Tertiary Education in Botswana. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11 (1), 108-135. Taylor & Francis.
* * Tabulawa, R. T. (2003) International Aid Agencies, Learner centred Pedagogy and Political Democratisation: A critique. Comparative Education (UK), 39 (1), 7-26. Taylor & Francis.