Empowering Physical Education Programme in Tanzania and Finland (EPEP)
Funders
Main funder
Funding for the project will come from Team Finland Knowledge programme (TFK). The purpose of the TFK programme is to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the target regions and countries selected to the TFK network, and to design new operating models for cooperation. The programme funds educational cooperation between higher education institutions through cooperation and mobility projects.
Contact persons
The aim of empowering physical education program in Tanzania and Finland (EPEP) is strengthening the role of physical education (PE) in Tanzania. In addition, the project aim is to increase the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the physical education teacher education (PETE) in Tanzania and Finland.
The project is coordinated by the University of Oulu (UOULU). Partners are the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) and the Tanzanian and Finnish NGOs Sports Development Aid (SDA) and LiiKe ry.
The first objective of the project is to design and implement a course on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the physical education curricula of the participating universities.
The second aim of the project is to make the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals more concrete at the level of physical education (PE) teaching practices. This means, for example, developing training in swimming and life-saving skills as part of physical education teacher education (PETE).
Based on participatory action, global education (GCED) and co-learning, the main task of the project is to bring into dialogue the different starting points, values, contents and cultures of Finnish and Tanzanian physical education.
Cooperation
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Niina Loukkola
The project is coordinated by the TESS unit of the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Oulu.
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Dr. Joyce Sifa Ndabi
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Dr. Said K. Juma