Faculty of Education: Recent submissions
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Acute effects of electronic and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood count
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/foodchemtox, 2012-10)The World Health Organisation called for research assessing the safety of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). We evaluated the acute effect of active and passive e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette smoking on complete blood ... -
Peer provocation in physical education: experiences of Botswana adolescents
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-05)Critical incidents of peer provocation in physical education were investigated among 675 junior secondary school students in Botswana. Data were generated through a brief, open-ended questionnaire requesting the students ... -
Causes of poor parental involvement in education activities: case study of a primary school in Gaborone West, Botswana
(University of Botswana; http://www.ub.bw, 2011)Poor parental involvement in schools and educational activities at basic education level is a concern the world over. Governments have promulgated deliberate educational policies to institute parental involvement through ... -
Barries to parental involvement in primary schools: a case of Central North Region of Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2013-03)Research in Botswana has shown the importance of parental involvement in primary school education. Consequently, researchers have argued for strengthening the school-community relationship in order to improve the quality ... -
Short communication socioeconomic status and urbanization are linked to snacks and obesity in adolescents in Botswana
(PHN, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=phn, 2011-08)Objective: To describe patterns of food consumption associated with overweight\obesity (OW/OB) and their links to socio-economic status (SES) and urbanization. Design: A nationwide cross-sectional survey. Setting: Secondary ... -
Beginning primary teacher's perspectives on the role of subject specialization in Botswana colleges of education: implications for the professional development of those who did not specialize in languages (English & Setswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2013-03)In recent years, there have been a number of innovations and reforms aimed at making education relevant to the needs of the society. Despite the premium placed on education, there continue to be challenging and persistent ... -
Cultural concepts learning and development
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-12)People in different cultures vary in their descriptions of their self-concept. These descriptions tend to be either individualistic or collectivist. Individualistic cultures preface independence and self-fulfillment, while ... -
Training and availability of skills for sustenance of standard in classroom assessment practices among Lesotho teachers
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com/, 2011-11)The study used an inferential survey design in which a validated questionnaire was used to gather and analyze the views and perceptions of a random sample of 146 primary and 102 high school teachers at Qacha’s Nek district ... -
African literature: Matshoba's "call me not a man"
(National Council of Teachers of English, http://www.ncte.org/, 1990-12)Suggests using Mtutuzeli Matshoba's "Call Me Not a Man" as the central text in a unit on oppression to help students understand and make them better able to respond to oppression. Provides key questions for structuring the ... -
An insight into an African perspective on lifelong learning: towards promoting functional compensatory programmes
(IJLE, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tled20, 2011-02)This paper argues that lifelong learning can be a torch for education that is relevant, appropriate and appreciated by many Africans if conceptualized within the African Indigenous Learning (AIL) framework. Such learning ... -
Culturally sensetive transformational learning: incorporating the Afrocentric paradigm and African feminism
(AEQ, http://aeq.sagepub.com, 2011-11)Informed by the Afrocentric learning paradigm, this conceptual piece argues that Mezirow’s version of the theory of transformative learning is useful, but it would be more so if applied to be culturally sensitive. Using ... -
Performativity in school management and leadership in Botswana
(EMAL, http://ema.sagepub.com, 2011-11)The thesis of this article is that the uncritical adoption of Western models of education management and leadership policies results in poor performance in schools in disadvantaged communities in developing countries. The ... -
Exploring the contextual limitations of Angoff grading model: the case of Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com/, 2012-12)Grading is a central component of educational assessment because it is through grading that a student’s performance is judged as having satisfied the requirement for a given unit or grade level. Accurate determination of ... -
Using focus group interviews to research adolescents' beliefs and perceptions of sex, sexuality, HIV and AIDS in educational settings: methodological successes and challenges
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2011-06)The paper draws attention to the relationship between the research process and the production of knowledge on adolescent sexual behaviours and HIV and HIV and AIDS issues by adolescents in Botswana schools. Within this ... -
Out-of-school experiences in science classes: problems, issues and challenges in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals, 2004-03-19)This paper sets out to identify some key problems, issues and challenges relating to out-of-school experiences of learners in science teaching that emerged during classroom observations in schools in Botswana. Generally, ... -
The correlates of the socio-cultural background of Botswana junior secondary school students with their attitudes towards and achievements in science
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals, 2002)The study was undertaken to find out whether there is a significant relationship between the socio- cultural beliefs held by beginning junior secondary school (JSS) students in Botswana and their attitudes towards school ... -
Perceptions of the water cycle among primary school children in Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals, 1999)The study was designed to elucidate the nature of the perception of the water cycle held by Botswana pupils in standards 4 to 7 of primary schools in three different areas (namely, remote area dwellers’ settlement, peri-urban ... -
Sociocultural differences in self-construal and subjective wellbeing: a test of four cultural modelsl
(JCCP, http://jcc.sagepub.com, 2011-07)In this study, the authors tested four cultural models—independence, interdependence, conflict, and integration—that describe the hypothesized relationships between dimensions of self-construal and components of subjective ... -
The effectiveness of information and communication technology curriculum: a case of private senior secondary schools in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-09)This formative evaluation seeks to measure the effectiveness of Botswana ICT curriculum (Code 0417) by evaluating the content taught and the instructional strategies used to deliver the course contents. It also seeks to ... -
Sociolinguistic research and academic freedom in Malawi: past and current trends
(Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES). http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sare.html, 2006-10)During the first 30 years of Malawi’s independence (1964-1994), the country was under President Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s one-party authoritarian rule. In line with Banda’s nation-building ideology, Malawi pursued the ...