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Stansilaus James Marobo

Assistant Lecturer

School of Education

Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies

Biography

I serve as a graduate research assistant in the Department of Human Development and Child Studies at the School of Education and Human Services, Oakland University, where I am pursuing a PhD in Early Childhood Education. I possess both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Research Interest

  • Child development
  • Early childhood curriculum, pedagogy and instruction
  • Parenting
  • Social-Emotional competencies
  • Transition
  • Assessment, Screening, and Evaluation.

Contacts

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Projects

Researcher on the World Bank Group project: Undertaking Research and Evaluation for Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) pilot in 26 Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Tanzania. December, 2021 to 2024.

Researcher and focal person on the PLAN International LEARN Plus project on Adapting, Testing, and Scaling the Proven Summer Pre-Primary (SPP) Model in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Tanzania. December 2021.

 

Researcher and focal person on the UWEZO project: Tanzania Pre-Primary Children Assessment Study. November 2021.

  • Researcher and data analyst on the UNICEF Implementation Research for the Satellite and INSET Models in Tanzania: Phases I & II, October 2019-2021.
  • Research assistant and data analyst on the UNESCO project: Needs Assessment on Current State of Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Young Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania. December 2020.
  • Research assistant and data analyst on the HakiElimu project: Access to Pre-Primary for Children with Disabilities in Tanzania. December 2019–April 2020.
  • Data analyst on the ADD International Organization project: Modelling Inclusive Pre-Primary Education (MIPE) Focusing on Children with Disabilities. June, 2019.
  • Research assistant and data analyst on the Global Learning XPRIZE Project: The Promotion of Early Learning and Social-Emotional Competencies through Innovative Technologies in Tanzania. 2018–2019.

Publications

Shukia, R., & Marobo, S. (2024). Parental Engagement in Children’s Pre-Primary Education in Marginalized Communities in Tanzania Before and During the COVID-19 Era. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 38(sup1), S61–S76. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2023.2281556

Shukia, Richard, and Stansilaus Marobo. 2022. “Early Childhood Education Pedagogical Transformation in Tanzania: Innovations, Challenges, and Prospects for Marginalised Children.” In Pedagogy—Challenges, Recent Advances, New Perspectives, and Applications, edited by Hülya Senol, 1–16. London: IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105413