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Teacher professional development for the new school improvement: Botswana
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group; http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/TF/02601370.html, 2006-11)This article focused on the training needs of serving teachers for the enhancement of school performances. It sought to achieve this by involving a selected group of teachers and head teachers in the completion of a ... -
Teacher trainees’ level of preparedness for inclusive education in Botswana schools: need for change
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2009-12)The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which the University of Botswana special education teacher-training programme. Inclusive education has gained significant currency nationally and internationally. ... -
Teachers' perspectives on classroom practice in Botswana: implications for pedagogical change
(Routledge http://www.informaworld.com, 1998-04)Attempts to improve the quality of education in Botswana have, inter alia, included an emphasis on a learner-centered pedagogy. Attempts at implementing this pedagogy have been made within the ambit of the technical rational ... -
Teachers’ strategies of teaching primary school mathematics in a second language: a case of Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home, 2005-11)This paper reports the results of a study of primary school mathematics teaching in northern Botswana in order to highlight the strategies teachers use in bi/multilingual classrooms. Questionnaire and interview data ... -
Teaching world mindedness in Social Studies classrooms in primary schools in Botswana: reality or illusion?
(Macrothink Institute, Inc., http://ire.macrothink.org, 2013-11-29)The need to teach global perspectives in schools has heightened with the proliferation of information sharing technologies and the growing interconnectedness of world systems, hence, the suggestion that if social studies ... -
The theoretical analysis of ethical leadership lapses: a disturbing concern about school leadership in Botswana
(Academic Journals,https://academicjournals.org, 2021-08)A school is the only place with a formal and legitimate mandate of duty of care for the learner. Schools are expected to be nurturing environments free of abuse, exploitation, violence, bullying, humiliation, discrimination, ... -
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 ... -
Threat of perceived stereotype on behaviour related to choice of and practices in teaching as a career among teacher trainees
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-10)The extent to which teachers perceive the existence of pressure emanating from negative stereotype of teaching as a career by the society tends to reduce the amount of affective and cognitive investments on teaching and ... -
Towards accomplishing the goal of the world of work through social studies instruction: possibilities and challenges
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2009-06)This study examined the extent of accomplishment of the goal of the world of work in social studies classes at the primary and secondary school levels in Botswana. Data were collected through questionnaires administered ... -
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 ... -
A tracer study to evaluate the impact of the Department of Primary Education programmes of the University of Botswana on the education sector of Botswana
(African Education Research Network, http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/, 2008-12)One of the aims of the Botswana education since independence was to improve the primary level as a foundation of the whole education system. As a result, the Government of Botswana, in collaboration with other partners the ... -
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 ... -
Training pre-service teachers in environmental education: the case of colleges of education in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2012-03)Botswana’s 1994 Revised National Policy on Education of 1994 (RNPE, 1994) recommended that colleges of education in Botswana train teachers in Environmental Education (EE) methodologies using the infusion approach. To ... -
Trends in graduate studies: lessons for African new and emerging universities
(African Education Research Network, http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/, 2004-07)Creating knowledge is the most fundamental role of a university. All other roles like preserving, disseminating (through teaching and publications), and applying knowledge for community services, depend on this function. ... -
Understanding the social studies teachers’ experiences: conceptions of citizenship in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2011-11)The advent of globalization problematizes and challenges the notion of bounded citizenship as conceptualized and perceived among established democracies and nations of the world. It threatens to undermine the key characteristics ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Weight control perception among female adolescents in Botswana
(AFAHPER-SD; see http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=153, 2000-10)This study examined the weight control perception and the factors associated with it among female adolescents in Gaborone, Botswana. The subjects were two hundred and twenty 15-17 year-old students from five Community ... -
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 ... -
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 ...