Prof. Maurice Amutabi

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Prof. Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi teaches at the Technical University of Kenya where he serves as Professor and Director of the Centre for Science, Technology and Society Studies (CSTS). Email: amutabi@yahoo.com
Mourning Prof. Bethuel Allan Ogot, a Great Thinker, Historian and Philosopher
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Prof. Ogot still supervised many graduate students in Maseno University where he was professor emeritus and spoke at a couple of events per year, and continued writing.
In 1992, we were made aware that Prof. Ogot paid for our meals and beverages and the entire conference expenses from his pocket with some support from Maseno University. That is how big...
Mourning the Passing of the ‘Father’ of Educational Studies in Kenya, Prof. Daniel Namusonge Sifuna
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I first met Prof. Daniel Sifuna in 1986 at the University of Nairobi when he stumbled into the office of Prof. Gideon Saulo Were when we were in a tutorial group class meeting in Prof. Were’s office.
He tutored us on how to live with professors and how to become ones. He always bought meals for us unlike other professors...
BOOK REVIEW: Philosophy of Teachers’ Epistemic beliefs for Changing Pedagogy: A paradigm Shift to Competency Based Education
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Book Title: Philosophy of Teachers' Epistemic Beliefs for Changing Pedagogy: A paradigm Shift to Competency Based Education.
Authors: Dr Michael Kariuki and Prof Misia M. M Kadenyi.
Reviewer: Prof Maurice N. Amutabi, PhD.
There have been many debates about the introduction of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) in Kenya, especially the manner in which this was done.
The finger pointing has been about the...
Honestly, the age of students graduating with PhDs in Kenyan universities is worrying, because many of them are in their 50s and 60s and something needs to be done about it.
Gerontocracy (study of aging) experts will tell you that scholars are most productive between the ages of 30 and 50, and afterwards they begin to decline.
Students who have...
Why there’s critical need for Central Database of theses submitted in Kenyan universities
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Kenya needs all graduate students to submit both electronic or digital copies as well as manual so that they can be subjected to checks against existing database before defences.
At many American universities, all dissertations and theses are subjected to anti-plagiarism software at the library to make sure that at least 70 per cent of the work is original and...
Dangers of Academic Inbreeding in African universities, with special reference to Kenya
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Many universities in Europe and North America discourage their own students from being employed at their Mother University or Alma mater immediately after doctoral studies.
It remains taboo in many African societies for one to have relations within the same clan, and can lead to excommunication.
Listen, ladies and gentlemen, the idea of ‘academic mongoloids’ is real, alive and well in...
Need to address Supervisor menace for graduate students in African universities
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There are many cases where masters and doctoral supervisors have just completed their own degrees and lack proper skills on supervising a research student.
Some supervisors suffer from trauma of their own days as students and exert revenge on their graduate students. If they face brutality, they retaliate on their students.
There are also cases where some lecturers prefer...