Dr Tarisai Chanetsa

Dr Tarisai Chanetsa is the Head of education and learning Sub- Saharan Africa for Cambridge International. Her role is to quality assure all Cambridge professional development programs in the region. Tarisai holds a doctorate in education from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where she has also lectured in early childhood development. Her key research focus has been on equipping teachers with tools for professional development. Tarisai promotes the development of future ready skills in teachers through her publication in the textbook Science teacher learning for the 21st century and beyond. Tarisai has experience teaching across all levels of the Cambridge pathway having taught mathematics and sciences in Zimbabwe and South Africa. 

First author: The development and piloting of an instrument to measure nature of science understanding (2021), paper virtually presented at (END) International Conference on Education and New Developments, organised by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science, Madeira, Portugal

First author: Development of a lesson observation schedule to document pedagogical content knowledge for nature of science (2022), paper virtually presented at Education and New Developments Conference, June 2022

Oracy and dialogue in teaching, leadership workshop, Cambridge principals forum, Lusaka, Zambia. October 2024

Leading on Metacognition, leadership workshop, Cambridge schools conference, Harare, Zimbabwe. May 2025

Climate change literacy, International Schools Conference, Accra, Ghana. February 2026