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“I had to adjust my character so I was able to help”: how community volunteers in rural Zimbabwe developed as educators in a context of crisis and school closures

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-025-09535-2

Published Online: 2025-08-23

Published Print: 2025-12

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Authors

Buckler, Alison https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6501-5412
Twiner, Alison

Power, Tom
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Funding for this research was provided by:

EdTechHub
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Article History

Accepted: 29 July 2025

First Online: 23 August 2025

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: The authors declare they have no financial interests.

: The fieldwork was funded by the EdTech Hub , to support a report on changing educational contexts during COVID-19. The additional stage of analysis and writing for this submission to the Journal of Educational Change was completed in the authors’ institutionally funded research time. Ethical approval was granted by The Open University, UK.

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