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What contribution can senior citizens make towards the economic and social development of Botswana?
(African Education Research Network, http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/, 2006-12)
Senior citizens (pensioners) have been known by society to be people who have exhausted their
worth and wealth of expertise and knowledge and for that matter have no role to play or have no
further contribution to make ...
Changing livelihoods, language use and language shift amongst Basarwa of Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-08)
This study explores the historical relationship between the languages of Basarwa of
Botswana and Setswana, in order to understand the dynamics underpinning their
appropriation of the Setswana language, as they adjust to ...
Counteracting the threat of language death: the case of minority languages in Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2006-03)
When Botswana gained independence from the British in 1966, a political decision was taken to designate English as an official language and Setswana, one of the indigenous languages, as a national language. This move ...
Code-switching in Botswana history classrooms in the decade of education for sustainable development
(Routledge http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-07)
Education is an important vehicle for the achievement of overall sustainable development. Moreover, international organisations have encouraged governments around the world to work towards achieving education for all. The ...
Globalization, linguistic diversity, and information dissemination in Malawi
(Brill Academic Publishers. http://www.brill.nl/m%5Fcatalogue.asp?sub=3, 2008)
In a linguistically heterogeneous country, one of the critical challenges is to make information
accessible to all people. Various communication media can be used: television, radio, telephone,
the Internet and others. ...
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 ...
Language planning in Botswana and Malawi: a comparative study
(Walter de Gruyter, http://www.degruyter.de, 2006-11)
The article discusses language planning in two Southern African countries,
Botswana and Malawi. Both countries are multilingual and multicultural.
They also share a common British colonial history. At independence, ...
The use of research and theory in English language teaching in Botswana secondary schools
(Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713415834, 2005-03)
The purpose of this study was to establish the usage of research and theory in the teaching of English language in secondary schools in Botswana. Altogether 100 questionnaires were administered in 19 secondary schools. The ...
Global Influences and local responses: The restructuring of the University of Botswana, 1990-2000
(Springer. http://www.springerlink.com, 2007-04)
The University of Botswana has not escaped the reform fever currently gripping higher education institutions the world-over. In the late 1980s the University initiated an administrative/management restructuring exercise ...
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 ...