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Maregesi A.M. Machumu

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies (EPCS)

Biography

Biography

Dr. Maregesi A.M. Machumu is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE). He holds a Ph.D. in Education (specialising in Early Childhood Education) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dr. Machumu also holds a Master of Arts in Applied Social Psychology (MA ASP) and a B.A (Education) from the University of Dar es Salaam. His research areas of interest include linking play and learning, Child protection, Developmental psychology, integrating STEM in early years teaching, early literacy development, monitoring and evaluation, learning assessment, and professional development.

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maregesi.machumu@duce.ac.tz

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Research Interest

Research Interest
Linking play and learning, Child protection, Developmental psychology, integrating STEM in early years teaching, early literacy development, monitoring and evaluation, learning assessment, and professional development.

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Publications

  1. Florian, Scharpf., Mkinga, G., Neuner, F., Machumu, M., & Hecker T. (2020). Fuel to the fire: The escalating interplay of attachment and maltreatment in the transgenerational transmission of psychopathology in families living in refugee camps. Development and Psychopathology 2020, 1–14.

  2. Hecker, T., Mkinga, G., Hacha, K., Ssentuuwab, R., Machumu, M., Ygaard, P. N.,Godiksen, L., & Scharpf,F.(2022). Testing the psychometric quality of screening tools for the well-being of children and caregivers in alternative care-settings: a multi-informant study with families in Tanzania. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2022.2075068

  3. Kejo,S.M., Machumu, M.M., , Kinyota, M (2024). Practising inquiry-based instruction (IBI) in Tanzanian early years education: an assessment of teachers’ views and curriculum contexts. Papers in Education and Development 42 (1)

  4. Ndijuye, L. G, Mligo, L. R., & Machumu, M A. M. (2020). Early childhood education in Tanzania: Views and beliefs of stakeholders on its status and development. Global Education Review, 7 (3), 22-39.

  5. Wilinski B., Machumu, M., & Sharma, A.  (2021). Playing to Learn: Playscapes as sites of pedagogical transformation in Tanzania. care settings Education Innovation, 16-23.

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  6. Wilinski, B., Alte, R.K., Sharma, ChildhoodS.A., M Machumu, N Arbogast, S Kejo. From Conceptualization to Construction: A Model Playscape in Tanzania. Childhood Education 101 (1), 42-49