Dr Aaron Sigauke
Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
PhD (Citizenship Education) University of Aberdeen
M Ed. (Sociology of Education) University of Zimbabwe
Adv. Dip. Ed. (Sociology of Education), University of London
B.Ed, University of Zimbabwe
Secondary Teacher Certificate in Education, Zimbabwe
Contact
| Email: | a.sigauke@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Milton Building (E6) 12 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3885 (or +61 2 6773 3885 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 5078 |
| Mobile: | 0415 571 366 |
Aaron is a lecturer in the Social Sciences Education.
Aaron started his teaching career in 1979 after training as a high school teacher in Zimbabwe. In 1994 he was appointed lecturer at the United College of Education (UCE), a teacher training college in the same country. He moved to the Midlands State University (MSU) in Zimbabwe in 1998 joining the Faculty of Education as lecturer. In 1999 he was appointed lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe until 2005 when he received a PhD studentship from the University of Aberdeen (UK) and, in the same year, embarked on studies at that university. During his studies he was involved in part-time teaching at the same institution and graduated with a PhD in 2009. He took up a two-year full-time Teaching Fellowship contract at the University of Aberdeen. In 2012 he joined the University of New England (UNE).
Affiliations
Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen. http://www.cisrul.ning.com
Education Policy, Social and Educational Inclusion, University of Aberdeen School of Education Research Group.
Education Policy and Children’s Services, University of Aberdeen School of Education Research Group.
International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS).
General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), Secondary Education: Geography.
Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA).
Citizenship and Democracy in Schools Policy Group of the School Management and Governance (SMG) Network: The Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS), Scotland.
Areas of Teaching
EDSS968: Secondary Education: Society and Environment Curriculum 1
EDSS975: Secondary Education: Geography - Unit Co-ordinator
EDSS971: Secondary Education: Business Studies, Commerce - Unit Co-ordinator
EDSS979: Secondary Education: Studies of Religion - Unit Co-ordinator
Research interests
Young People, Citizenship Education and Social Justice
Education Policy, Social and Educational Inclusion
Adult Literacy Programmes
Publications
Awards
University of Aberdeen Studentship: Funding for a 3 year PhD programme at the University of Aberdeen, UK.
Grant from the Advanced Research Training Seminars (ARTS): Participation at the Seminar on Large-scale International Data sets for Research in Educational and Developmental Psychology: Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
Various Grants and Bursaries from University of Aberdeen, British Educational Research Association (BERA), Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) and the International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS): Participation at conferences.
Invitational key note lectures
“Primary Education for the 21st Century: Global Education Issues and Priorities”: A Presentation at the Overseas Training Programme for PTI/URC Instructors in association with SRG Bangladesh Limited (The Bangladesh Project in Association with the School of Education, University of Aberdeen).