Dr. Christine Owinyi has been confirmed as a keynote speaker during Research Week 2020. She will speak during the virtual 2nd Annual International Conference on Open, Distance and e-Learning. The theme of the conference is Optimising Open, Distance and e-Learning Approaches for Effective Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Christine Owinyi is an educationist, enterprise and public policy practitioner with more than ten years’ experience across administrative levels of Government and development sectors and higher education. She is currently stationed at Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) as a National Leadership and Learning Facilitator and HOD of Research, Consultancy and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). She is a certified ESD Mentor and Coach and e-learning promoter. In her professional career, she is the founding Leader of the ESD Model Centres in Kenya, Ministry of Education (MOE).
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Education Planning, Management and Policy Studies from MMUST, a Master of Education Administration, Planning & Economics and a Bachelor of Education in Arts from Egerton University. She also holds a Diploma in ESD and Teacher Professional Development (TPD), both from Ofri Centre in Israel as well as Global Peace Education from HWPL in South Korea and TESSA Certificate; ‘Making Teacher Education Relevant for 21st Century Africa’ on Future Learn from the Open University. Dr. Owinyi has spearheaded several programs in Kenya ranging from Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship Education, Teacher Professional Development, Competence Based Education, Education Leadership and Management to Peace education.
Through her diligent efforts as facilitator and mentor, Dr. Owinyi has received numerous invitations to facilitate learning in various platforms including the highly valued festival in the United Kingdom for the Jews; Limmud at Birmingham, the Launching of African- Israel partnership in Manchester, delivered Key note addresses in national and international conferences, summits, career fairs and camps, parallel to her usual business of capacity developing education managers across Kenya.
She has worked closely with MOE, UNESCO, KNATCOM, TSC, KNEC, KICD, KISE as Facilitator of CBC, ESD, GCED, Peace Education, TPD and other ongoing National Programs. Her recent publications include a research paper on Secondary School Principals’ Management Styles and Teacher Motivation” in IJSRP Volume 9, Issue 12, December 2019 edition and Secondary School Principals’ Management Styles and Teacher Performance in IJSRP Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2019 edition. She also authored Oral Literature for Schools and Colleges Revision book-2010.
Her Grit “ Promote Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship Education and Peace Education to build a better World for all”
For more information visit the conference page: https://uonresearch.org/current-events/rw-odel2020/
