Dr. Oswell Hapanyengwi

Qualifications:

DPhil, MA, BA (Dual Hons), Grad C.E, (UZ), SNE (UNISE), SNE (UiO)

Academic Appointments:

Dean of Education

Research Interests:

Philosophy and Philosophy of Education; Indigenous Philosophies and Knowledge Systems; Indigenous Philosophies of Education; Citizenship Education; Human Rights Education; Philosophy for Children

Faculty: Education

Department:

Research Category: Education

Biography:

Email: oswelltap@gmail.com

Phone:

Publications:

Journal articles
1. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O., Makuvaza, N, & Mutasa, J. (2016). Hunhu: making human rights education discourse relevant. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies 9(2).75-88. Available at http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol9no2/9.2-8-Oswell-final.pdf
2. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2015). Education for all in Zimbabwe: A critique. The African Symposium 15(1). Available at http://www.africanresearch.org
3. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2015). Streaming: An analytic critique from the aim of education perspective. Indo-African Journal of Educational Research. Available at http://iajer.rstpublishers.com/full_view_46.jws
4. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2015) Corporal punishment: A holistic consideration. International Journal of Social Science and Education 5(2). 252-261. Available at http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/100432387/corporal-punishment-holistic-consideration
5. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Makuvaza, N. (2014 August). Hunhu: In search of an Indigenous Philosophy for the Zimbabwean education system. Journal of Indigenous Social Development 3(1). 1-15. Available at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/33334/v3i1-01hapanyengwi-chemhuru.pdf?sequence=1
6. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2013, December). “Odera Oruka's four trends in African philosophy and their implications for education in Africa”. Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK) New Series, 5(2). 39-55. Available at http://www.ajol.info/index.php/tp/article/viewFile/104303/94391
7. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2013, July) Inclusion or integration: Towards conceptual clarity in the provision of Special Needs Education in Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research 25(2).201-216
8. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2013). Reconciliation, conciliation, integration and national healing: Possibilities and challenges in Zimbabwe. African Journal on Conflict Resolution, 13(1). 79-99. Available at http://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/reconciliation-conciliation-integration-and-national-healing/
9. Hapanyengwi – Chemhuru, O. & Shizha, E. (2012). Unhu/Ubuntu and education for reconciliation in Zimbabwe. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education 7(2), 16-27. Available at https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JCIE/.../15158
10. Hapanyengwi, O. (2009), November. Why we should teach democracy in Africa. Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, 21 (3), pp. 375 – 391
11. Hapanyengwi, O. (2002). Justice and the land question: The historical experience of Zimbabwe. Journal of Peace, Conflict and Military Studies. Pp29-40
12. Hapanyengwi, O. (2000). Secondary school teacher preparedness for the introduction of human rights education in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe: Bulletin of Teacher Education. pp.38-46
Chapters in books
13. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2019). Multiculturalism and class in Zimbabwe. In F. Mangena & J. D. McClymont (eds.). Philosophy, Race and Multiculturalism in Southern Africa (Seri. II. Vol. 22). The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy.
14. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Chataika, T. (2018). Do academic grades really matter? Perspectives of parents, teachers and primary school learners in Mashonaland Central and Matabeleland South Regions. In F. Machingura & T. Chataika (eds). The Intersection of Ubuntu, Education and Ethics in Zimbabwe. Harare: UZ Publications.
15. Makuvaza, N. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2018). Chivanhu/Isintu and children’s philosophical dispositions to philosophise: Reflections on children’s inquisitiveness and a call for philosophy for children in Zimbabwe Primary Schools. In F. Machingura & T. Chataika (eds). The Intersection of Ubuntu, Education and Ethics in Zimbabwe. Harare: UZ Publications.
16. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Makuvaza, N. (2017). Rethinking education in postcolonial Africa: Educating Munhu/Umuntu in Zimbabwe. In E. Shizha & N. Makuvaza (eds). Rethinking Post-Colonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century Post Millennium Development Goals. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers
17. Makuvaza, N. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2017). Unpacking the ‘Relevance/Irrelevance of education problematic’ in Zimbabwe: A postcolonial discourse. In E. Shizha & N. Makuvaza (eds). Rethinking Post-Colonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century Post Millennium Development Goals. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers
18. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2016). Music as a contested terrain in the dynamics of politics in Zimbabwe. In F. Mangena., E. Chitando & I. Muwati (eds.). Sounds of Life: Music, Identity and Politics in Zimbabwe. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Company.pp.145-164
19. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Makuvaza, N. (2014). Hunhu/ubuntu: Interrogating the concept. In M. Madondo, G. Museka & M. Phiri (eds.), The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (Nziramasanga Commission): Implementation Successes, Challenges and Opportunities vol 1. Harare: Human Resource Research Centre.
20. Makuvaza, N. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). Towards a hunhuist/ubuntuist philosophy of education in post-colonial Zimbabwe. In M. Madondo, G. Museka & M. Phiri (eds.), The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (Nziramasanga Commission): Implementation Successes, Challenges and Opportunities vol 1. Harare: Human Resource Research Centre.
21. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). Foundations of modern education. Theory of Education. Diploma in Education (Primary): Open and distance learning. Harare: UZ Department of Teacher Education.
22. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). Freedom and authority. Theory of Education. Diploma in Education: Open and distance learning. Harare: Department of Teacher Education.
23. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). Comparative education. Theory of Education. Diploma in Education: Open and distance learning. Harare: Department of Teacher Education.
24. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). Human rights and citizenship education. Theory of Education. Diploma in Education: Open and distance learning. Harare: Department of Teacher Education.
25. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2014). The philosophy of hunhu as the philosophical foundation of Indigenous education. Theory of Education. Diploma in Education: Open and distance learning. Harare: Department of Teacher Education.
26. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Makuvaza, N. (2013). Hunhu as the philosophical foundation of Mashona indigenous education. In O. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru (ed.), Issues in Foundations of Education in Africa. Gweru: Booklove Publishers.
27. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Makuvaza, N. (2013). Rethinking the philosophy of technical and vocational education in Zimbabwe: Towards a holistic curriculum. In O. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru (ed.), Issues in Foundations of Education in Africa. Gweru: Booklove Publishers.
28. Makuvaza, N. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2013). Philosophy, education and educatedness in Africa: A theoretical perspective. In Oswell Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru (ed.), Issues in Foundations of Education in Africa. Gweru: Booklove Publishers.
29. Makuvaza, N. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2013). Dominant paradigm of teaching and the effective/good teacher: A critique with special reference teaching and education in Zimbabwe. In O. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru (ed.), Issues in Foundations of Education in Africa. Gweru: Booklove Publishers.
30. Hapanyengwi – Chemhuru, O. & Shizha, E. (2011). Citizenship Education in Zimbabwe. In E. Shizha & M. T. Kariwo, (eds), Education and Development in Zimbabwe: A Social, Political and Economic Analysis (pp. 107-121). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
31. Hapanyengwi, O. & Dyanda, C. (2003). Skills and confidence in teaching. In F. Zindi, M. Nyota & R. B. Batidzirai (eds.) Improving Teacher Preparation: Teaching Practice Guide. Harare: SAPES. Pp 59 – 80
32. Hapanyengwi, O. (2003). Modern trends in teaching practice. In F. Zindi, M. Nyota & R. B. Batidzirai, (eds.) Improving Teacher Preparation: Teaching Practice Guide (edit) Harare. SAPES. Pp 6 – 12
33. Hapanyengwi, O. (1998). Culture and environment: The present crisis in development. In M. Chiwome. M. & Z. Gambahaya (ed) Culture and Development: Perspectives from the South. Harare: Mond Books. Pp. 35 – 39.
Book Reviews
34. Hapanyengwi, O. (1999) Through Zimbabwean Eyes: A Review of Hans M. Zell's Publishing in Africa in Now and in the Next Millennium, 1990s – 3000 CE Pp.53-54
35. Hapanyengwi, O (1999) Universities, Research and Publishing in Africa: A view from Zimbabwe, in Now and in the Next Millennium, 1990s – 3000 CE.
Books Published
36. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (editor). (2013). Issues in Foundations of Education. Gweru: Booklove Publishers.
37. Hapanyengwi - Chemhuru, O. (2011). Philosophy of Education: Its Relevance to Teacher Education. Gweru: Booklove Publishers

Patented Work:

Grants & Funding (current and Past projects):

1. (2016). Quality of Education: Interrelationships between Learning Environments and Learning Outcomes and Child Development in Basic Education in Zimbabwe. Harare: Save the Children.
2. (2013). Enhancing Quality Learning Environment in Primary Schools in Zimbabwe Through “I’m Learning!” Programme. Harare: Save the Children.
3. (2011). Education in Zimbabwe. In Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Marist International Solidarity Foundation (FMSI)

Awards & Achievements:

Dr Oswell Hapanyengwi, Dr Tsitsi Chataika & Mr Crispen Dirwai’s research on the impact of learning environments on learning outcomes was judged to be the best in its category in the Humanities Cluster during the 2017 University of Zimbabwe Research Week which took place between 24 and 30 July 2017.

Consultancy and advisory work (current and past):

1. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. Chataika, T, & Dirwai, C. (2014-2017). Quality of Education: Interrelationships between Learning Environments and Learning Outcomes and Child Development in Basic Education in Zimbabwe. Harare: Save the Children.
2. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Chataika T. (2013). Enhancing Quality Learning Environment in Primary Schools in Zimbabwe Through “I’m Learning!” Programme. Harare: Save the Children.
3. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2011). Education in Zimbabwe. In Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Marist International Solidarity Foundation (FMSI)