title: Development Agendas and Their Relationship with Secondary Education in Tanzania: (A Historical Analysis from the Late 1800s until the 2000s)

authors: Brooking, Loren Rachel

subjects: Secondary education

abstract: Secondary education has, in recent years, been recognised globally as a development issue that needs urgent attention. The United Nations released a set of Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 that contained targets aimed to be reached by 2030. Secondary education was included in this set of goals, demonstrating the global move to improve access to this level of schooling. 

The United Republic of Tanzania is an ethnically diverse country located in East Africa. It has had a complex and contested history, with many different groups having influenced its present day shape. This thesis focusses on the various perspectives which have shaped the current formation of the education sector. This examination begins during the period of colonialism under the German Empire (late 1800s) and moves through to the 2000s. Understanding the historical context of the modern day situation is particularly important for effective implementation of future policy. This thesis seeks to bring together a wide range of literature on this topic, hoping to shed light on the current situation in Tanzania. 

Development discourse and policies have shaped secondary education in Tanzania for many years, and still continue to do so. This means that any investigation of education needs to take into account the broader field of development. Development as an ideology emerged after World War II at the same time as many countries gained independence from their colonial rulers. The context of its emergence necessarily influenced the type of ideas and policies promoted, an influence which is still apparent today. Some of the main educational development ideas examined in this thesis are those of the Tanzanian government, international multi-lateral agencies, local non-government organisations and the Tanzanian people themselves. These diverse groups have had differential impacts on the secondary education system’s formation and development. I draw on various development theorists and frameworks to provide an in-depth analysis of this. 

The thesis is focussed on five main themes. These themes run throughout and include an examination of the structural factors influencing the secondary education system, the emergence of a dualistic education system, the progression of a Tanzanian national identity through the education system, a specific analysis of Tanzanian girls’ access to secondary education, and the relationship between neo-liberal policies and the secondary education system. These themes connect each time period together and illustrate the importance of gaining a contextual understanding so that future secondary education system policy is both equitable and culturally relevant.

text: Development Agendas and Their Relationship with Secondary Education in Tanzania: (A Historical Analysis from the Late 1800s until the 2000s) Secondary education has, in recent years, been recognised globally as a development issue that needs urgent attention. The United Nations released a set of Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 that contained targets aimed to be reached by 2030. Secondary education was included in this set of goals, demonstrating the global move to improve access to this level of schooling. 

The United Republic of Tanzania is an ethnically diverse country located in East Africa. It has had a complex and contested history, with many different groups having influenced its present day shape. This thesis focusses on the various perspectives which have shaped the current formation of the education sector. This examination begins during the period of colonialism under the German Empire (late 1800s) and moves through to the 2000s. Understanding the historical context of the modern day situation is particularly important for effective implementation of future policy. This thesis seeks to bring together a wide range of literature on this topic, hoping to shed light on the current situation in Tanzania. 

Development discourse and policies have shaped secondary education in Tanzania for many years, and still continue to do so. This means that any investigation of education needs to take into account the broader field of development. Development as an ideology emerged after World War II at the same time as many countries gained independence from their colonial rulers. The context of its emergence necessarily influenced the type of ideas and policies promoted, an influence which is still apparent today. Some of the main educational development ideas examined in this thesis are those of the Tanzanian government, international multi-lateral agencies, local non-government organisations and the Tanzanian people themselves. These diverse groups have had differential impacts on the secondary education system’s formation and development. I draw on various development theorists and frameworks to provide an in-depth analysis of this. 

The thesis is focussed on five main themes. These themes run throughout and include an examination of the structural factors influencing the secondary education system, the emergence of a dualistic education system, the progression of a Tanzanian national identity through the education system, a specific analysis of Tanzanian girls’ access to secondary education, and the relationship between neo-liberal policies and the secondary education system. These themes connect each time period together and illustrate the importance of gaining a contextual understanding so that future secondary education system policy is both equitable and culturally relevant.

year: 2016

title: Taumafaina o le ‘ava Samoa, a’afiaga o le mafaufau, ma le ave taavale (Traditional kava-drinking, cognition and driver fitness [Samoan])

authors: Aporosa, S. 'Apo'

abstract: ‘Ava, po'o se 'La’au mai le Atua o le Lagi', ua fa’aigoaina ai e nisi. Ua fa’atupulaia lona ola lauusiusi i so’o se vaega o le Pasefika (Moananuiakea). Ua fa’aaogaina foi mo vaila’au ma togafitiga fa’afoma’i fa’ale-aganu’u, ma o ona a'a foi ua fa’aaoga e tu'itu'i fa’amalu, ona palu fa’atasi lea i se suavai ma tatau fa’amama, ona inu lea e malolo i ai pe fa’amalolo ai foi le tino. O le ava e maoa'e tele lona taua ma lona fa’aaogaina i le aganu’u, ae talu ai ona ua inuina e tagata se suavai ava tele mo se taimi umi foi, ua fa’aleoina ai ni lagona popole ma atugaluga o le toatele ona o ni a'afiaga e ono alia'e ma tutupu mai ai, e a'afia ai le saogalemu o le aveina o se ta’avale. O le ali’i su'es'ue mai le Iunivesite o Waikato i Niu Sila o Dr Apo Aporosa, ua ia su'esu'eina ni a'afiaga po'o ni fa’afitauli e ono alia'e mai, pe afai o le a e aveina se ta’avale ae sa e taumafa/inu ava. E aofia ai aafiaga i le mafaufau lelei ma le ave taavale saogalemū. O lo’o su'esu'eina e le ali’i su'esu'e ia Dr Apo Aporosa ni a'afiaga ma se malamalama’aga fa'ale-mafaufau, po'o ni fa’alavelave e ono tutupu foi, pe afai e te aveina se ta’avale, ae sa e taumafa pe inuina foi se ava. 

(Kava, or ‘the plant of the gods’, grows widely across tropical Moananuiākea (the Pacific). Used in traditional medicine, its roots are also pounded and strained through water to make a drink with relaxant effects. Kava has deep cultural significance, but because it is drunk in large quantities over several hours, concerns have been raised about its effects on driver safety. Dr ‘Apo’ Aporosa, a Research Fellow at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, has studied the impact of traditional kava use on cognition and its implications for driver fitness. The findings of that research are presented here in the Samoan language.)

text: Taumafaina o le ‘ava Samoa, a’afiaga o le mafaufau, ma le ave taavale (Traditional kava-drinking, cognition and driver fitness [Samoan]) ‘Ava, po'o se 'La’au mai le Atua o le Lagi', ua fa’aigoaina ai e nisi. Ua fa’atupulaia lona ola lauusiusi i so’o se vaega o le Pasefika (Moananuiakea). Ua fa’aaogaina foi mo vaila’au ma togafitiga fa’afoma’i fa’ale-aganu’u, ma o ona a'a foi ua fa’aaoga e tu'itu'i fa’amalu, ona palu fa’atasi lea i se suavai ma tatau fa’amama, ona inu lea e malolo i ai pe fa’amalolo ai foi le tino. O le ava e maoa'e tele lona taua ma lona fa’aaogaina i le aganu’u, ae talu ai ona ua inuina e tagata se suavai ava tele mo se taimi umi foi, ua fa’aleoina ai ni lagona popole ma atugaluga o le toatele ona o ni a'afiaga e ono alia'e ma tutupu mai ai, e a'afia ai le saogalemu o le aveina o se ta’avale. O le ali’i su'es'ue mai le Iunivesite o Waikato i Niu Sila o Dr Apo Aporosa, ua ia su'esu'eina ni a'afiaga po'o ni fa’afitauli e ono alia'e mai, pe afai o le a e aveina se ta’avale ae sa e taumafa/inu ava. E aofia ai aafiaga i le mafaufau lelei ma le ave taavale saogalemū. O lo’o su'esu'eina e le ali’i su'esu'e ia Dr Apo Aporosa ni a'afiaga ma se malamalama’aga fa'ale-mafaufau, po'o ni fa’alavelave e ono tutupu foi, pe afai e te aveina se ta’avale, ae sa e taumafa pe inuina foi se ava. 

(Kava, or ‘the plant of the gods’, grows widely across tropical Moananuiākea (the Pacific). Used in traditional medicine, its roots are also pounded and strained through water to make a drink with relaxant effects. Kava has deep cultural significance, but because it is drunk in large quantities over several hours, concerns have been raised about its effects on driver safety. Dr ‘Apo’ Aporosa, a Research Fellow at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, has studied the impact of traditional kava use on cognition and its implications for driver fitness. The findings of that research are presented here in the Samoan language.)

year: 2023

title: Mental health inpatient services: Improving our understanding of the needs of Maori when acutely unwell

authors: Wharewera-Mika, Julie

subjects: Maori

abstract: There are many possible explanations for the pattern of Maori overrepresentation in mental health acute services. This research project focuses on how services can optimally meet the needs of Maori to improve outcomes. This doctoral research in progress is about claiming space for Maori to have a voice in identifying factors that contribute to recovery and Whanau Ora, and offering recommendations to improve the effectiveness of existing services to better meet the needs of Maori Tangata Whaiora and Whanau.

text: Mental health inpatient services: Improving our understanding of the needs of Maori when acutely unwell There are many possible explanations for the pattern of Maori overrepresentation in mental health acute services. This research project focuses on how services can optimally meet the needs of Maori to improve outcomes. This doctoral research in progress is about claiming space for Maori to have a voice in identifying factors that contribute to recovery and Whanau Ora, and offering recommendations to improve the effectiveness of existing services to better meet the needs of Maori Tangata Whaiora and Whanau.

year: 2008