Archive (5 life histories found)
We went through the process of trying to recruit locally someone who would take over from me'
By the end of year 2 the PMUP project was making great progress. We had materials prepared and tested for the lower primary grades. Team spirit was at an all-time high. Then DFA got an external consultant to have a look at what we were doing. The…
Tags: leaving, management, Maths Project, Tanzania, teaching
'We went through the process of trying to recruit locally someone who would take over from me'
By the end of year 2 the PMUP project was making great progress. We had materials prepared and tested for the lower primary grades. Team spirit was at an all - time high. Then DFA got an external consultant to have a look at what we were doing. The…
Tags: leaving, management, Maths Project, Tanzania, teaching
'Tanzania has much to offer to both its residents and visitors in the line of great scenery and a huge variety of wildlife'
During our time in Korogwe we had a chance to see quite a lot of the country. Tanzania has much to offer to both its residents and visitors in the line of great scenery and a huge variety of wildlife. During the 1980s tourists were not made to feel…
Tags: accomodation, poverty, slaves, Tanzania, wildlife
'When I visited a primary school in Old Korogwe I entered a classroom, in which there were about 50 children, through a hole in one of the walls'
The college Principal, with assistance from the Ministry of Education, identified a team of 7 to work with me on the project, which became known as the Primary Mathematics Upgrading Project (PMUP). The oldest member of the PMUP team was Gasper, who…
'The ambitious aim of the project was to upgrade the teaching and learning of primary maths in Tanzania'
It was June 1993 when a friend in HEDCO asked me if I would be interested in managing a project in Tanzania. HEDCO supported Higher Education projects in developing countries. Most of its funds came from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). When…