Browsing by Subject "Education"
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Assessment of learners with special needs for inclusive education in Botswana: issues and challenges for schools
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-06)This study examines the role and functions of the Botswana Assessment Centre in diagnosing the learning needs of primary school students. It also examines the issues and challenges faced by learners with special needs who ... -
Building computer graphics education in southern Africa
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cag, 2003)This note discusses issues in building the educational base for computer graphics growth in developing countries, particularly in southern Africa. It is based on a delegation’s visit to southern Africa in the spring of ... -
A case for a dual education system in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-11-05)The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Botswana put forth a task force to look into challenges facing the Faculty. The challenges are multiple. My argument in this submission is that it is urgent to assess the whole ... -
Competing gender ideologies: a conceptual framework for the analysis of education amongst Batswana of Botswana, c.1840-c.1994
(Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana. http://www.thuto.org, 1997)In both precolonial and Westerm forms of schooling, education was a crucial medium of construction and articulation of ideas concerning the role and behaviour of women. Precolonial education reproduced and maintained sharp ... -
A critical review of the declining role of agriculture for economic diversity: implications for adult education as a change agent
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2009-11)This paper provides a critique of globalization with a special focus on the declining role of subsistence agriculture as the backbone of peasant economy in colonial Botswana and the changes that have occurred since ... -
Democratizing education for the enhancement of education for sustainable development: a challenge in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-10)This paper registers that there is a strong relationship between the prevailing global discourse on Education for Sustainable Development and Democracy in Education. As such, in order for any nation to be seen to be having ... -
Gender and minority issues in planning literacy education in Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2005)This empirical paper demonstrates that in spite of being a multiethnic society, literacy education in Botswana has ignored gender and cultural diversity. It demonstrates how planners endorsed a technocratic view of planning, ... -
Geography in the Botswana Secondary curriculum: A study in curriculum renewal and contraction
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2002-06)Curriculum reviews during the past two decades in Botswana have had mixed fortunes for geography in secondary schools. While the subject has modernised over the years it has at the same time shrunk in terms of its spread ... -
Geography students as constructors of classroom knowledge and practice: a case study from Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2004-01)This study reports on the strategies (overt and subtle) employed by students in one senior secondary school in Botswana to keep their teachers in an information-giving position. Contrary to the prevailing view that the ... -
International Aid Agencies, learner-centred pedagogy and political democratisation: a critique
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2003-02)Recent pronouncements by international aid agencies on their interest in and preference for a learner-centred pedagogy so far appear not to have attracted much scholarly attention. This paper attempts to explain this ... -
Mainstreaming environment and sustainability issues in institutions of higher education: the case of the University of Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-06)Environment and sustainability issues are contemporary in educational innovations in institutions of higher education particularly in their core business regarding teaching, research and community engagement. The introduction ... -
National policies on pregnancy in education systems in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Botswana
(Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com, 2002-03)The article critiques pregnancy policies in the education systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Policies discussed are divided into expulsion, re-entry and continuation policies. Arguing from the standpoint of theories of oppression, ... -
Rates of return to education in Botswana: results from the 2002/2003 household income and expenditure survey data set
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, www.blackwellpublishing.com, 2008)Using the most recent Household Income and Expenditure Survey data (2002/2003), this paper presents current rates of return to education for Botswana. The results show that the rates of return have in general declined by ... -
Reflections on the University in Africa: the role of the past in education
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) www.routledge.com, 2007)The colonial and postcolonial experiences of Africans reflect the myriad changes which African societies have undergone over the last few centuries. These include cultural, political and economic transformations mainly ... -
Research orientation and research-related behaviour of graduate education students
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises http://www.krepublishers.com, 2009-04)At the students’ level, researchers’ orientation tends to be undefined and hence students easily fall prey to having their orientation determined by factors other than those related to the nature of their research problems. ... -
The role of art in early childhood education in primary schools in Botswana: a case of Kgatleng region
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-08)Art education and Early Childhood Education have been developing at a slow pace in the education sector in Botswana. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of art in Early Childhood Education, to find out if ... -
Some key issues in African traditional education
(McGill University, Faculty of Education, http://www.mcgill.ca/education/, 2002)Against a background discussion of the concept and general purpose of education, this article examines some key issues in African traditional education, namely its philosophical foundations, content and methods, strengths ... -
Teachers' perspectives on classroom practice in Botswana: implications for pedagogical change
(Routledge http://www.informaworld.com, 1998-04)Attempts to improve the quality of education in Botswana have, inter alia, included an emphasis on a learner-centered pedagogy. Attempts at implementing this pedagogy have been made within the ambit of the technical rational ... -
Training tomorrow’s global health leaders: applying a transtheoretical model to identify behavior change stages within an intervention for health leadership development
(Sage publications//www.sage.com/, 2014)Training health professionals in leadership and management skills is a key component of health systems strengthening in low-resource settings. The importance of evaluating the effectiveness of these programs has received ...