Harrison Daka

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Department of Educational Administration
Lecturer
Researcher
Biography

Harrison Daka is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy studies. He specializes in education, science education, medical education, educational administration and management and anthropology. He also has formal training in leadership, HIV programme delivery and strategies of assessment.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D- Health Professions Education
  • MA.Ed - Educational Administration
  • Pg Masters non-degree-HIV delivery
  • Pg Diploma-Medical Education,
  • BSc.Ed
  • Diploma in Theology

 

Research Interests
  • Gender Issues in Education
  • HIV Issues in Education
  • Educational Assessment
  • Curriculum Development
  • Pedagogy and Learning
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Educational Leadership

 

Publications
  1. Mukuka, L.M., Daka, H. and Msango, H. J. (2014). Assessment as a Means of Improving Student Achievement: Lessons from Selected Primary Schools in Lusaka. www.aeafrica.org/portals/o/conference paper 2014.
  2. Kakupa, P., Tembo P., and Daka, H. (2015). “Linking Teacher Effectiveness to School Performance: Evidence from Rural Day-Secondary Schools in Western Province of Zambia” Zambia Journal of Teacher Professional Growth. Vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 17-30.
  3. Tembo, P. N. and Daka, H. (2016). Use of Contract Teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa, UNESCO, Lusaka
  4. Jacobs, W. J., Daka, H., and Mbewe, S. (2016). The integration of HIV and AIDS into pre-service and In-Service Teacher Training Programs in Zambia. Lusaka, USAID.
  5. Daka, H., Sekelani, S. S. and Namafe, C. M. (2017). Course management, Teaching and Assessing Undergraduates at the Medical School of the University of Zambia. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education. 4 (10), 10 – 18.
  6. Daka, H., Jacob, W.J., Kakupa, P. and Mwelwa, K. (2017). “The Use of Social Networks in Curbing HIV in Higher Education Institutions. A Case of the University of   Zambia. World Journal of AIDS, Vol. 7, 122-137.
  7. Mukuka, L.M., Daka, H. (2018). From Theory to Practice: Young People’s Views on Medical Circumcision as an Intervention against HIV/AIDS and other STIs in Kaputa and Mporokoso Districts of Zambia. Journal of Positive Psychology and Counselling, Vol. 1 (2), 78 – 86.
  8. Mukuka, L.M. and Daka, H. (2018). Sustainability and Accessibility of Private Schools in Zambia: Experiences of Low-Cost Private Primary Schools in Lusaka’s Peri-Urban Areas. Journal of Positive Psychology and Counselling, Vol. 2 (2), 47 – 77.
  9. Mkandawire, S. B. and Daka, H. (2018). Cultural Preservation Literacy in Zambia: A Case Study of the Lala People of Chitambo Chiefdom in Serenje District.
  10. Mukuka Hagane, M., Daka H., Msango H. J., Mwelwa K and Kakupa p. (2019). Formative Assessment as a means of Improving Learner Achievement: Lessons from selected Primary Schools of Lusaka Zambia. Journal of Lexicography and Terminology, Vol. 3 (1), 33 – 54.
Contact Details
Harrison.daka@unza.zm