Mazvita Cecilia Tawodzera

I am looking for a job as a teacher or lecturer. I am an education practitioner with more than 20 years teaching experience. My tertiary education experience includes teaching at Belvedere Technical Teachers College (Zimbabwe: 2008-2009), West Coast FET College (South Africa: 2010-2013) and College of Cape Town (South Africa: 2014). I have taught Geography and Maths Literacy in high schools for more than a decade. In my years in the tertiary education sector, I have taught courses in: Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education, Theories and Issues in Education and Research Methods. I am therefore capacitated and competent to teach these most modules in education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to teaching, I have also supervised and evaluated teaching practice in both Zimbabwe and also supervised students on Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Programs in South Africa. I have considerable experience in teaching large classes and in applying numerous teaching methodologies that are either teacher-focused, learner-focused, content-focused, interactive or participative. These methods entail direct instruction, demonstration, collaborative learning, memorization and recitation, peer-based learning, discussions or brainstorming, role-play, group work, cooperative learning, problem-solving, gaming, facilitation and many other approaches. I regard teaching as a process where the teacher creates an environment that is enabling for students to make connections between the knowledge that they already possess and that which they need to have through active participation.