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Mercy Kazima

Professor, Science and Mathematics Education https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-2749

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Professor Mercy Kazima, focuses on the following key SDGs through interdisciplinary work addressing global challenges.
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Brief profile


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Research fields of focus

mathematics education: mathematical knowledge for teaching, teaching and learning mathematics in multilingual contexts, mathematics teacher education, professional development of teachers, teaching numeracy in early years of primary school

Education/Academic Qualification


  • University of Leeds

  • Qualification
    Doctor of Education (Mathematics Education)
  • Start year - Award year
    1999 - 2002
  • Address
    Leeds, Leeds, GB

Undergraduate courses


  • SCE341 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics 1
  • SCE342 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics
  • SCE341 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics 1
  • SCE441 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics I
  • MAT111 - College Algebra
  • SCE324 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics II
  • SCE314 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics I
  • SCE424 - Curriculum Studies Mathematics II
  • SCE321 - Teaching Strategies in Computer Science II
  • SCE421 - Curriculum Studies in Computer Science II
  • SCE323 - Teaching Strategies in Chemistry II
  • SCE423 - Curriculum Studies in Chemistry II
  • SCE325 - Teaching Strategies in Physics II
  • SCE425 - Curriculum Studies in Physics II
  • SCE322 - Teaching Strategies in Biology II
  • SCE422 - Curriculum Studies in Biology II
  • SCE326 - Teaching Strategies in Human Ecology II
  • SCE426 - Curriculum Studies in Human Ecology II
  • SCE414 - Curriculum Studies Mathematics I
  • SCE324 - Teaching Strategies in Mathematics II
  • SCE414 - Curriculum Studies Mathematics I
  • SCE424 - Curriculum Studies Mathematics II

Postgraduate courses


  • SCE620A - Learning and Teaching Science 1
  • LED630 - Language Curriculum Design, Development and Evaluation
  • PPL600 - Advanced research methods
  • SED610 - Curriculum Development and Instructional Design in Social Studies Education
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Publication Year

2023

Teaching the concept of zero in a Malawi primary school: illuminating the language and resource challenge

Author(s) : Mercy Kazima, Arne Jakobsen, Lisnet...

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2023, doi: 10.1007/s11858-023-01473-8

Syllabus Zero (linguistics) Affordance Computer science Sociology

Promoting citizenship education in the mathematics curriculum: The Malawi secondary school experience

Author(s) : Mercy Kazima, Peter N. Namphande,...

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2023, doi: 10.4102/ajoted.v2i1.29

Computer science Sociology Geography Context (archaeology) Pedagogy

2022

Factors Influencing Preservice Teachers’ Adoption of WhatsApp as an Interactive Social Media Platform in Mathematics Teacher Education in Malawi

Author(s) : Fraser Gobede, Mercy Kazima, Justina...

Research output : book-chapter

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-13927-7_14

Computer science Sociology Psychology World Wide Web Pedagogy

Mathematics Mediational Means and Learner Centredness: Insights from ‘traditional’ Malawian Secondary School Geometry Lessons

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.1080/18117295.2022.2055910

Teacher Educators’ Word Use when Teaching Student Teachers how to Teach Place Value to Early Years Learners

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.1080/18117295.2022.2135291

Improving teaching and learning mathematics in Malawi primary schools: a review of reforms, interventions, successes and challenges

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.37074/jalt.2022.5.s2.3

Numeracy Christian ministry Math wars Medicine Political science

2021

Would female student teachers at primary teacher education colleges study mathematics were it optional?

Author(s) : Lisnet Mwadzaangati, Mercy Kazima

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2021, doi: 10.15700/saje.v41ns2a2021

Thematic Analysis Qualitative property Core-Plus Mathematics Project Psychology Social science

Improving Mathematics Education in Malawi Through the Collaboration of Teacher Educators

Research output : book-chapter

Publication Year: 2021, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-82723-6_15

2019

An Exploration of Teaching for Understanding the Problem for Geometric Proof Development: The Case of Two Secondary School Mathematics Teachers

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2019, doi: 10.1080/18117295.2019.1685221

Malawi mathematics teacher educators’ understanding of Lesson Study

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2019, doi: 10.1108/ijlls-06-2018-0039

Awards

Professional Services

Funding and grants acquired

  • Improving quality and capacity of mathematics teacher education in Malawi

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    2014 - 2019
  • Funder
    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
    Oslo, Oslo, NO

  • Strengthening numeracy through professional development of teachers

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    2017 - 2022
  • Funder
    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
    Oslo, Oslo, NO

  • Teachers’ Understanding of Learning Progressions in Foundational Numeracy in Malawi

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    2025-01 - 2026-01
  • Funder
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    WA, WA, US
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Employment and positions held

  • Professor

    University of Malawi — Curriculum and Teaching Studies
  • 1994 - Present
  • Zomba, Southern Region, MW

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