Educational Foundations: Recent submissions
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Teacher efficacy: is student engagement essential in Botswana junior secondary schools?.
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-09)This paper discusses student engagement in learning in junior secondary schools classes. Concern has been raised on the declining performance of students in junior secondary schools. The 2009 junior certificate results are ... -
Theory vs practice: the case of primary teacher education in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-03)This study investigated the perceptions on pre-service or student teachers regarding their teacher education program. Data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 pre-service student teachers in ... -
Relative levels of eLearning readiness, applications and trainee requirements in Botswana’s private sector
(Athabasca University Press, http://www.aupress.ca/index.php, 2009)The rapid growth and modernization of economies in developing countries like Botswana creates new and unmet demands for certain kinds of educated and skilled labour. The expansion of secondary and tertiary school systems ... -
The influence of school and community choral contests in the introduction of music education in Botswana schools
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-06)This article examines choral contests in Botswana’s music education. Choral contests have been conducted for many years in Botswana and predate the introduction of formal music teaching in schools. These early contests ... -
Democratic education in the classroom: an education law perspective
(JEAPS, http://www.academicjournals.org/ijeaps, 2010-04-20)This paper sought to unpack the extent of students’ democratic involvement in the teaching and learning processes. Data that were analyzed were obtained from 253 teachers and 194 students from 15 secondary schools in ... -
New developments in the national examination system in Botswana
(National Council on Measurement in Education. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com, 1999-12)The study briefly looks at the new developments in the national examination system in Botswana. With this new system, the government opted for a criterion-referenced testing (CRT) model for primary and junior secondary ... -
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, ... -
Towards equity in assessment: crafting gender-fair assessment
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2000-03-01)This article explores definitions of achievement and their relationship to gender-fair assessment. A framework to discuss achievement is drawn from the affinities of standpoint theory and post-structural theories' emphasis ... -
HIV/AIDS-anxiety among adolescent students in Botswana
(Springer Netherlands, http://www.springerlink.com, 2008-09)This research investigated the incidence of HIV/AIDS anxiety among students in Botswana. The sample comprised 240 randomly selected students from six schools in three districts in Botswana, with data collected via a ... -
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. ... -
Writing a quantitative research thesis
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises. http://www.krepublishers.com, 2009)Research is an exciting adventure which if properly carried out adds richly to the student’s experience, to the school academic prestige and to the society through the new knowledge it creates which could be applied in ... -
English language and gender influences on the prediction of junior certificate perfomance among students in Botswana
(African Educational Research Network. http://www.ncsu.edu, 2008-06)The poor and deteriorating overall performance in Botswana junior school certificate (JSC) examination is a problem that tends to defeat all efforts at finding a solution to it. Language has been found to be a powerful ... -
Relevance, equivalence and progression in an adult basic education curriculum for Botswana
(Washington State University, http://www.wsu.edu/~wjbs, 2009)The Department of Out of School Education and Training, Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Republic of Botswana has been engaged in a rigorous exercise to reform the adult basic education program. In this paper, ... -
Leadership from two cultural perspectives—a tune or discord: Botswana's experience
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2008-07)This article provides traditional and teachers' academic views on school leadership in Botswana. The traditional view is based on the practice used in the kgotla's system. This is a traditional way of engaging all people ... -
Assessing the impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Botswana
(Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana. http://www.thuto.org, 2001)The article reports findings on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Botswana. Data from multiple sources was used to ascertain prevalence rates, morbidity and mortality among students and staff. Prevalence rates ... -
Primary teacher’s perceptions of classroom assessment practices as means of providing quality primary/basic education by Botswana and Nigeria
(Academic Journals. http://www.academicjournals.org, 2007-04)More than any other of its aspects, assessment plays a central role in determining the quality of education. Quality of primary/basic education (QoE) can be viewed as the extent to which the process of education at the ... -
Mbizi: empowerment and HIV/AIDS prevention for adolescent girls in Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2010-06)This article describes a small group intervention for HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescent girls in Botswana. The psychoeducational group model is designed to empower girls to overcome the gender inequality that puts women ... -
Secondary school leadership practice in Botswana: implications for effective training
(SAGE Publications. http://ema.sagepub.com, 2008-01)This article analyses the views of selected headteachers on the impact of the 10-year basic education policy on the leadership skills of secondary school headteachers in Botswana. Research literature on school leadership ... -
Barriers to teaching non-speaking learners with intellectual disabilities and their impact on the provision of augmentative and alternative communication
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-12)The purpose of this investigation was to gain an understanding of the challenges of teaching non-speaking learners with intellectual disabilities and the scope of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) used in ... -
Peer Victimization in Schools: Response from Botswana
(Kamla Raj; http://www.krepublishers.com/, 2005)This study made an investigation of the nature of peer victimization and its causes and effects on its victims. The investigation was carried out in six primary and twelve secondary schools in Botswana using questionnaires ...