About GETRUDE VONGAI CHIPARANGE
-
Academic Level Master’s Degree
-
Age Above 57 Years
-
Industry Development
-
Viewed 180
About me
Getrude Vongai Chiparange is a ‘Senior Student Advisor’ in the Department of Centre for Student Management with Zimbabwe Open University in Manicaland Regional Campus. She holds the highest professional qualification of a Doctor of Philosophy in Early Childhood development with the Zimbabwe Open University Higher Degrees and is a qualified and renowned educationist who possesses 23 years of Primary education and eleven (12) years of University work experience. She is also a Provincial coordinator for Angel of Hope Foundation for community empowerment in Manicaland
Education
-
2003 - 2004
GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Education Degree (Primary) Teacher Education
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE HAD THE FOLLOWING COURSES: Communication skills, History and philosophy of Religion & Moral education, Curriclum Theory, Historical and philosophical foundations, principles of Teaching Regious and Moral education Research Methods and Statistics Psychological Foundations of education Information Technology in Education special needs education educational Administration socilogical Foundations in Education
-
2023 - 2023
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
I EARNED A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WITH THE ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
-
2005 - 2009
UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE
MASTERS' DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY)
Master of Education Degree in Educational Foundations (Psychology) Institution: University of Zimbabwe (Faculty of Education: 2005-2009) Courses Studied: 1. Human Development 2. Human Learning and Performance 3. Personality Theories and Personality Development 4. Cognition and Moral Development 5. Social Psychology 6. Educational Testing and Measurement 7. Information Technology in Education 8. Research Methods 9. Statistics 10. Morality and Education 11. Dissertation
-
1983 - 1986
UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE
CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION
Teaching Practice Theory of Education Environmental Studies Applied Education
Experience
-
2010 - 2023
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Lecturer in the Faculty of Education
Lecturing/ Tutoring in the Faculty of Education specializing in Educational Psychology in the following Department (Post Graduate Diploma Education (PGDE); Bachelor of Education in Early childhood development (BECD); Bachelor of Educational Management (BEDM), Diploma in Education (DIPED).
Teaching research methods
Supervising projects in the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and PhD students from other University like Africa University.
Marking assignments online
Orient students who will have failed various courses
Providing expert academic advisory services to students during their passage through university.
Providing professional individual psychosocial counseling and support services to needy students -
2010 - 2023
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
lecturing / student management
Lecturing/ Tutoring in the Faculty of Education specializing in Educational Psychology in the following Department (Post Graduate Diploma Education (PGDE); Bachelor of Education in Early childhood development (BECD); Bachelor of Educational Management (BEDM), Diploma in Education (DIPED).
Teaching research methods
Supervising projects in the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and PhD students from other University like Africa University.
Marking assignments online
Orient students who will have failed various courses
Providing expert academic advisory services to students during their passage through university. -
2010 - 2023
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
SENIOR STUDENT ADVISOR / PART TIME LECTURER
Lecturing/ Tutoring in the Faculty of Education specializing in Educational Psychology in the following Department (Post Graduate Diploma Education (PGDE); Bachelor of Education in Early childhood development (BECD); Bachelor of Educational Management (BEDM), Diploma in Education (DIPED).
Teaching research methods
Supervising projects in the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and PhD students from other University like Africa University.
Marking assignments online
Orient students who will have failed various courses
Providing expert academic advisory services to students during their passage through university.
Providing professional individual psychosocial counseling and support services to needy students
Acquainting students with modes of learning (including study skills), assessment, and examination processes in the context of Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
Supporting students with Special Learning Needs to ensure that they get maximal support in order to minimize barriers to their learning and success
Preparing students for the world of work through provision of professional career guidance regarding job opportunities and demands of the occupational market
Collaborating with the Zimbabwe Open University Regional Chapters of the Students Representative Council (SRC) and Alumni Association.
Participating in regional academic activities including lecturing, setting and marking of coursework assignments and examinations -
2010 - 2023
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
LECTURING IN FACULTY OF EDUCATION / STUDENT ADVISOR
1. Conducting Tutorials and Supervising Projects
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
• Bachelor of Education Secondary (BEDS)
• Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education (BECD)
• Teaching Practice
• Bachelor of Science in Counselling (BSCC)2. Setting of assignments, examinations and marking online
Diploma in Education in Psychological Perspectives (DEPP101)
Diploma in Education in Philosophical Perspectives (DEPP105) Orient students who will have failed various courses
Providing expert academic advisory services to students during their passage through university.
Providing professional individual psychosocial counseling and support services to needy students3. Module Writing
Black Theology: DEP272: African Theology: (2013) Zimbabwe Open University: Harare Christianity and African Culture. .DEP371 (2013) Christianity in Africa: Zimbabwe Open University: Harare.
Honors & awards
-
2022
ANGEL OF HOPE FOUNDATION COORDINATOR CERTIFICATE
Getrude voluntered to be the Provincial Coordinator for Angel of Hope Foundation for community empowerment and trained 2061 beneficiaries who graduated on the 30th of December 2022. These short courses are in partnership with Zimbabwe Open University.