Dr. Machaya Trust

Qualifications:

• PhD in Geography Education. (Climate Change Education) [University of Fort Hare] • Master of Science in Education (Geography and Environmental Science Education) [University of Zimbabwe] • Bachelor of Science Honours in Education (Geography [St. Mary’s University of Minnesota] • Diploma in Education [St. Mary’s University of Minnesota] • Diploma in Religious Studies [Catholic University of East Africa] • Certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. (ZEGU)

Academic Appointments:

Research Interests:

Education: STEM Education (Geography and Environmental Science), Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pedagogy, Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Faculty: Education

Department: Science Design and Technology Education

Research Category: Education

Biography:

Email: machayatrust1@gmail.com

Phone: +263772784166

Publications:

Education: STEM Education (Geography and Environmental Science), Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pedagogy, Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Patented Work:

Grants & Funding (current and Past projects):

• Resilience Building: Advancing Sustainable Climate Change Education for Refugee Children and Families in Zimbabwe, (Faculty of Education, UZ, 2025).
• Inclusive Early Learning Material Production for Integrated and Sustainable Early Childhood in Zimbabwe, (Faculty of Education, UZ, 2025).

Awards & Achievements:

• Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education-The secretary’s merit award 2014

Consultancy and advisory work (current and past):

• Lecturer Professionalism (UZ, 2024)
• Indigenous Herbal Guidebook Initiative (UZ, 2025)
• Zimbabwe Geography Teachers’ Association (2017)

Supervision information (MPhil, DPhil, etc.):

Supervised M.Phil. and MSc. Ed students for over 8 years.

Professional membership, Committees, Boards:

• Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
• Zimbabwe Geography Teachers Association
• International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)