The Pedagogy Centre supports the Vice Chancellor and Commandant by providing educational leadership to the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) through administrative and academic support programmes. The Department is responsible for maintaining and developing the University as a centre of quality and excellent teaching, training,and learning.  This involves modelling high-quality teaching practices across the University and to lead academic staff in the  development and refinement of their teaching methodologies to improve student learning outcomes.As a key component of the ZNDU leadership structure, the Pedagogy Centre performs the following functions:

• Integrates the ZNDU vision, mission and goals into all aspects of teaching, training and learning.
• Contributing to and leading colleagues in the implementation of the University’s Staff Development Plan leading to improved student outcomes.
• Engage in the professional community of teaching and learning by using the ZIMCHE Professional Standards for Lecturers and the professional learning needs of colleagues to plan and lead in the development of professional learning policies and programmes.
• Manages the University data to demonstrate evidence based teaching by monitoring students’ and university’s teaching and learning outcomes to identify areas of students’ needs and staff professional development.

Activities

The Department adopts a needs based approach to staff development and therefore programmes are tailor-made to close identified gaps. The Department is usually guided by the ZNDU Calendar of Events in fulfilling its mandate.

Future Plans

With the Vice Chancellor and Commandant’s approval, the Department intends to attend relevant conferences, seminars and workshops hosted by other Universities to broaden its scope of understanding the diversity of university education and emerging trends in educational technology.