Masters Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Customer satisfaction in the airline industry: the role of service quality, brand image and customer value
(2016-07-15)Botswana is a landlocked country and therefore air transport is of strategic importance to the nation as it offers an alternative gateway to the rest of Africa and the world. However the Airline industry is experiencing ... -
Status of emergent literacy in preschools of one county, Republic of Liberia: a proposal
(2016-07-14)Emergent literacy is a term used to explain how young children develop skills of prereading and pre-writing before they actually start to read and write. It is believed that young children even from one year old and above ... -
Comparative analysis of the predictive validity of Botswana 2012 and 2013 JCE results using 2009 and 2010 PSLE grades in mathematics
(2016-07-14)A significant number of students obtain better grades in mathematics in PSLE, but fail to maintain or obtain higher grades in JCE mathematics examinations. Given that content in the mathematics syllabus is arranged in a ... -
Induction for newly appointed school heads in primary schools in Botswana – the case of Mahalapye sub-region
(2016-07-14)The purpose of this study was to determine whether induction is necessary in order to reduce the challenges faced by novice school heads in Botswana. The ultimate goal of the study was to come up with strategies that can ... -
An investigation into students attitudes towards learning French language in Gaborone secondary schools
(2016-07-14)This study was an endeavour to investigate attitudes of students towards learning French in Gaborone secondary schools. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaire was used to gather data. The participants were ... -
Teachers’ perceptions on pre-school attendance on pupils’ learning of oral English: the case of pre-schools in Gaborone
(2016-07-14)Teachers’ perceptions of pre-school attendance on pupils’ learning of oral English: The case of pre-schools in Gaborone (under the supervision of Professor M. Mosothwane). This study sought to examine teacher’s perception ... -
Challenges facing the implementation of performance management systems (PMS): a case of South East Region Junior Secondary Schools in Botswana
(2016-07-14)This study investigated staff members (teaching and non teaching) perceptions on the challenges of performance management system implementation in junior secondary schools in one South East Region in Botswana. The study ... -
Students’ tardiness and its effect on teaching and learning at Botho University, Botswana
(2016-07-14)Student tardiness in the classrooms has proved to be a significant challenge in the Botho University classroom. In order for this challenge to be addressed effectively, there is need to understand the factors that influence ... -
Use of alternate tests for learners who are deaf in Botswana Primary Schools for the Deaf
(2016-07-14)This study was undertaken because of a concern that learners who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) in Botswana are performing poorly compared to their peers without DHH. The purpose of this study was to investigate if ... -
Perceptions of pastoral competencies for fosteriing transformative learning in Pentecostal Churches of Gaborone
(2016-07-14)This study proposed to investigate and determine perceptions of pastoral competencies for fostering transformative learning in Pentecostal churches of Gaborone. The study explored transformational learning theory as a ... -
An assessment of the relevance of the Diploma in Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) for preparing teachers for the Botswana Technical Education Programme (BTEP)
(2016-07-14)The Botswana Technical Education Programme (BTEP) was introduced in the Botswana educational system as a policy that would align technical and vocational education graduate skills with the needs of industry. Some past ... -
Factors impacting implementation of projects in Botswana
(2016-07-14)This dissertation reports on a research that continues a long tradition of exploration of factors which positively influence implementation of projects. The research was based in Botswana and the empirical survey only ... -
Marketing effectiveness of Botswana’s commercial Banks
(2016-07-14)Banks nowadays face competition not only from other banks but also from other financial services companies which offer the same products that were traditionally offered by bank. Banks also have to deal with new regulations ... -
The consequencies of language contact: a case study of the Setawana dialect
(2016-07-14)The speech variety of Setawana (Setswana) which is spoken in Maun and the whole of the Ngamiland region, has borrowed lexical items from ethnic groups’ languages in their surroundings. In the light of this situation, this ...