The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) and Syracuse University collaborated to hold a two-day research workshop for Education doctoral students July 18-19, 2018 at CUEA. There were 32 participants in the workshop.
Opening remarks were provided by Prof. Benson Mulemi, Acting Director of Research, Innovation and Graduate Training at CUEA. Prof. Joanna Masingila, Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Syracuse University, gave the first presentation on “Developing a Research Concept and Question” followed by a working group session. Prof. Duane Graysay, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Syracuse University, gave the second presentation on “Writing a Literature Review” followed by a working group session.
On the second day, Prof. Joanna Masingila gave a presentation on “Designing a High-quality Research Study: Qualitative, Quantitative or Mixed Methods” followed by a working group session, and Prof. Penina Kamina gave a presentation in the afternoon on “Collecting Data: Qualitative and Quantitative” followed by a whole group discussion. Closing remarks were given by Prof. Marcella Momanyi, Professor in the School of Education at CUEA.
The working group sessions were facilitated by Sr. Dr. Jacinta Adhiambo, Dean of the School of Education at CUEA and Prof. Marcella Momanyi, Prof. Penina Kamina and Prof. Mary Gitau, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Clarke University, and Prof. Joanna Masingila and Prof. Duane Graysay.
CaptionProf. Benson Mulemi giving opening remarks
CaptionProf. Joanna Masingila presenting
CaptionProf. Joanna Masingila presenting (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionProf. Duane Graysay presenting
CaptionProf. Joanna Masingila presenting
CaptionProf. Penina Kamina presenting
CaptionProf. Penina Kamina presenting (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
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CaptionApplying ideas during a presentation (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionApplying ideas during a presentation (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionApplying ideas during a presentation (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionApplying ideas during a presentation (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionApplying ideas during a presentation (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionWorking group discussion (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionWorking group discussion (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionWorking group discussion (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionProf. Joanna Masingila and Sr. Dr. Jacinta Adhiambo making remarks (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
CaptionGroup photo at the end of the research workshop (Photo credit: Nancy Akoth Mware)
About Joanna Masingila
Joanna Masingila is Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Syracuse University. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Kenyatta University in 1998, and since that time Syracuse University and Kenyatta University have an institutional linkage.
The workshop was wonderful and very educative.
For sure, Joanna, you have been an inspiration to me. I like the prowess with which you worked. May you receive God’s favour. I don’t mind another opportunity of working with you. Be blessed abundantly.
I really enjoyed the wealth of knowledge that I got from the workshop. The presentations were followed by group sessions that were very insightful.
The workshop was very educative and the atmosphere very friendly because the participants shared knowledge freely and there was no distinction between the students and the dons. This created a very conducive environment for learning and indeed this was evident as one of the dons commented at the end of the workshop that the forum was for both the students and the lecturers to learn from one another.
Secondly, the forum was a common ground to meet my former colleagues we attended some course work with and to learn their struggles and we encouraged one another to continue with the long academic journey, as was well put by Prof. Mulemi, that being a doctoral student is a journey!
I was very much impressed by those sharing after the input. I am very encouraged because I discovered that my fears and worries are fears and worries experienced by others. Even our facilitators were courageous to share with us their own experiences of the PhD journey.
I hope this will become a forum where we can share and encourage one another.
Thanks all for your cooperation. It was was great.