Organization:  Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Background/Context:

In Tanzania, as with many other countries, university lecturers are learning more about how faith, spirituality, education, and research all connect. This is especially true at religious universities, where the Bible and science often offer different ways of looking at the world.  Social science helps us understand real-life problems by studying how people live and behave. It aims to find solutions and learn more about how communities work. At the same time, it also tries to build knowledge that respects culture and spiritual beliefs.  This project looks to capture input from university lecturers and university students in Tanzania about their knowledge, attitudes, and practices about including faith and spirituality with community health teaching and learning.

Research Question:

1. What attributes of lecturers and students integrate faith in higher learning institutions?
2. How does teaching and learning about faith enhance community health?
3. How can teaching methods integrate faith in higher learning institutions in Tanzania?

Study Aims:

1. To explore faith attributes into teaching health ministry in higher learning institutions.
2. To examine intersectionality of faith and community health within the Tanzanian context.
3. To identify teaching methods for integrating faith in higher learning institutions in Tanzania.

Impact:

Finding out what over 300 university lecturers and students already know and believe about integrating faith into health courses can help to identify opportunities to strengthen and expand teaching methods to better address the spiritual side of community health needs in Tanzania through professional development workshops, updating curricula, and expanding student learning activities.

Open Positions:

No Open Positions

Timeline:  Subject to funding, 6-9 months

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