Christopher Haambokoma, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend his PhD thesis: Influences on female pupils' decisions to join the junior engineers, technicians and scientists clubs in selected schools in Zambia, on 30 April 2015.
Norwegian title of thesis:
Hva påvirker jenters beslutning om å ta del i junior ingeniør, tekniker og forskerklubber ved utvalgte skoler i Zambia
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Equity and epistemological access of women to the field of science and technology: My Zambian experience
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday 30 April 2015 in TF102, Kajaveien 11, 1430 ÅS
10:15 Trial lecture
11:00 Lunch break
12:15 Public defence
Supervisors:
Associate Professor Astrid Tonette Sinnes, NMBU, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (Main supervisor)
Associate Professor Nyna Amin, University of KwaZulu, Natal (Co-supervisor)
Dr. Alan Pillay, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Co-supervisor)
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Meshach B. Ogunniyi, School of Science and Maths Education, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Second opponent: Professor Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA), Norway
Coordinator: Associate Professor Knut Omholt, NMBU, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2014:19, ISSN 1503-1667, ISBN 978-82-575-1192-0