Browsing Research articles (Dept of Adult Education) by Subject "Botswana"
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Adult education and social transformation in the south: the Botswana experience
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals, 2010-11-23)The article argues that, historically, universities have served a select few individuals as part of modernist not transformative agenda. This highly selective process guarantees students good life. The article argues that ... -
Analysis of participants’ perceptions of REFLECT approach in their lives and work: the case of Botswana
(Florida International University, http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons, 2008)This manuscript documents the perceptions of teachers and learners towards the Regenerated Freirean Literacy Empowerment and Community Techniques (REFLECT) approach in the delivery of literacy in Ngamiland District, ... -
Beyond the rhetoric of empowerment: speak the language, live the experience of the rural poor
(Springer Netherlands. http://www.springerlink.com, 2006-05)Growth in rural communities, along with attendant changes in social, economic and environmental conditions, challenges members of these communities to take even more responsibility for their lives than in the past. While ... -
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 ... -
A departure from the past? Extension workers and participatory rural development: the case of Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 1998-07)This article addresses the question of whether extension workers can change their attitudes and practices in order to promote participatory rural development by considering the case of Botswana. It discusses the emergent ... -
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, ... -
Intergenerational practices and possibilities related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana and Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 2003-03)The future of Botswana and Nigeria hangs precariously on the balance of life and death. In recent years, the latter seems to be winning as both countries face the devastation of their middle generation due to the HIV/AIDS ... -
Leadership in civil society organisations in Botswana
(Development Policy Management Forum, http://www.dpmf.org, 2002)The paper is based on a study conducted in Botswana from June 2001 – February 2002 as part of an larger regional research project on Leadership, Civil Society and Democracy in Africa. In Botswana, the research was based ... -
The perceived effects of field-based learning in building responsive partnerships for community development
(Oxford Journals. http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org, 2005)This paper argues for the use of field-based learning activities in the training of community-based extension workers (CBEWs). CBEWs are in a challenging position. They are expected to provide services to local communities ... -
Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality
(Routledge. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0376835x.asp, 2005-09)A phenomenological study that was carried out among five ethnic groups of Botswana revealed the importance of taking into account culturally situated sexual realities when prevention policies for HIV/AIDS are considered ...