Dr. Charles
Kivunja
School of
Education
The University
of New England, Australia
Associate Professor
Email: ckivunja@une.edu.au
Qualifications
2006
Ph.D., Pedagogy and Leadership, University of Western Sydney, Australia
2002
M.Ed., Leadership, University of Western Sydney, Australia
1986 M. Agric. Econ., Management, University of
Sydney, Australia
1976 M. Sc. (Hons)., Marketing, University of
Nairobi, Kenya
1974 B. A. (Hons)., Economics, Makerere
University, Uganda
1974 Dip. Ed., Teaching, Makerere University,
Uganda
Publications (Selected)
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Kivunja, C. (2016). How to Write An Effective Research
Proposal For Higher Degree Research in Higher Education: Lessons From Practice. International Journal of Higher
Education, v.5 (2), p. 163-172.
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Kivunja, C. and Sentongo, J. (2016).
Uganda: The Teaching of Science in Secondary Education. In Vlaardingerbroek, B.
and Taylor, N. (Eds.). Teacher Quality in
Upper Secondary Science Education: International Perspectives, p. 247-263.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Kivunja C. (2015). Creative Engagement of Digital
Learners with Gardner's Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence to Enhance Their
Critical Thinking. Creative Education, v. 6 (6), p. 612-622 (2015).
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Kivunja, C. and Sims, M. (2015). Demystifying the
Misperceptions and Realities about the Efficacy of Monograde and Multigrade
Pedagogies: Africa's Response to Globalisation in Education Africa in the Age
of Globalisation: Perceptions, Misperceptions and Realities, Book Chapter, p.
203-217, isbn:9781472436696, Ashgate Publishing Limited.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Exploring the Pedagogical
Meaning and Implications of the 4Cs "Super Skills" for the 21st
Century through Bruner's 5E Lenses of Knowledge Construction to Improve
Pedagogies of the New Learning Paradigm. Creative Education, v. 6 (2), p.
224-239.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Innovative Methodologies for
21st Century Learning, Teaching and Assessment: A Convenience Sampling
Investigation into the Use of Social Media Technologies in Higher Education.
International Journal of Higher Education, v. 4 (2), p. 1-26.
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Kivunja, C. and Kuyini-Abubakar, A. (2015).
Investigating the Gaps Among Policy, Teacher Education, and Practice in
Multigrade Education in Bhutan. International Journal of Educational Reform, v.
24 (2), p. 116-135.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Leadership in Early Childhood
Education Contexts: Looks, Roles, and Functions. Creative Education, v. 6 (16),
p. 1710-1717.
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Kivunja, C. and Shizha, E. (2015). Pedagogy of the
Dispersed: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the African Diaspora Phenomenon through
the Human and Social Capital Lens. International Journal of Higher Education,
v. 4 (2), p. 159-171.
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Kivunja, C. and Sims, M. (2015). Perceptions of
Multigrade Teaching: A Narrative Inquiry into the Voices of Stakeholders in
Multigrade Contexts in Rural Zambia. Higher Education Studies, v. 5 (2), p.
10-20.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Redesigning the 3R's and Core
Academic Subjects to Improve Learning, Teaching and Assessment in the New
Learning Paradigm. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, v. 5
(1), p. 30-42.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Teaching For Understanding:
Spotlighting the Blythe and Associates Pedagogical Model. Cultural and
Pedagogical Inquiry, v. 7 (1), p. 84-99.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Teaching Students to Learn and
to Work Well with 21st Century Skills: Unpacking the Career and Life Skills
Domain of the New Learning Paradigm. International Journal of Higher Education,
v. 4 (1), p. 1-11.
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Kivunja, C. (2015).
The Efficacy of Social Media Technologies in Academia: A Pedagogical
Bliss or Digital Fad? International Journal of Higher Education, v. 4 (4), p.
33-44.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). The Use of Social Media
Technologies in Collaborative Learning in Higher Education. International
Journal of Conceptions on Management and Social Sciences, v. 3 (4), p. 74-80.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Unpacking the Information,
Media, and Technology Skills Domain of the New Learning Paradigm. International
Journal of Higher Education, v. 4 (1), p. 166-181.
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Kivunja, C. (2015). Using De Bono's Six Thinking
Hats Model to Teach Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Essential for
Success in the 21st Century Economy. Creative Education, v. 6 (3), p. 380-391.
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Kivunja, C. (2015).
Why Students Don't Like Assessment and How to Change Their Perceptions
in 21st Century Pedagogies. Creative Education, v. 6 (20), p. 2117-2126.
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Kivunja, C. (2014). Do You Want Your Students to Be
Job-Ready with 21st Century Skills? Change Pedagogies: A Paradigm Shift from
Vygotskyian Social Constructivism to Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and
Siemens' Digital Connectivism. International Journal of Higher Education, v. 3
(3), p. 81-91.
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Kivunja, C. (2014). Innovative Pedagogies in Higher
Education to Become Effective Teachers of 21st Century Skills: Unpacking the
Learning and Innovations Skills Domain of the New Learning Paradigm.
International Journal of Higher Education, v. 3 (4), p. 37-48.
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Kivunja, C; Kuyini-Abubakar, A. and Maxwell, T. W.
(2014). Settlement Experiences of African Refugees: A Case Study of the
Armidale, Tamworth and Coffs Harbour Regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of Asian and African Studies, v. 49 (1), p. 64-79.
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Kivunja, C. (2014). The Urgent Need to Train
Teachers for Multigrade Pedagogy in African Schooling Contexts: Lessons from
Uganda and Zambia. International Journal of Higher Education, v. 3 (2), p.
63-72.
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Kivunja, C. (2014). Theoretical Perspectives of How
Digital Natives Learn International Journal of Higher Education, v. 3 (1), p.
94-109.
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Kucita, P., Kivunja, C., Maxwell, T. W, and
Kuyini-Abubakar, A. (2013). Bhutanese
stakeholders' perceptions about multi-grade teaching as a strategy for achieving
quality universal primary education. International Journal of Educational
Development, v. 33 (2), p. 206-212.
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Kivunja, C. (2013). Embedding Digital Pedagogy in
Pre-Service Higher Education To Better Prepare Teachers for the Digital
Generation. International Journal of Higher Education, v. 2 (4), p. 131-142.
Profile Details
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