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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comparison of estimates of malnutrition in children aged 0–5 years between clinic-based nutrition surveillance and national surveys
(Macmillan, www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/, 2011-05-12)
This study documents a marked discrepancy between the nutritional
status of children aged 0–5 years in Botswana when measured by national
surveys compared to clinic-based surveillance. We compared the average
prevalence ...
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 ...
Asking for too much? the voices of students with disabilities in Botswana
(DS, http://www.tandfonline.com/, 2011-05)
Students with disabilities are under-represented in higher education (HE) institutions in Botswana. The number of students with disabilities is on the rise but parity has not been attained. The struggle of students with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Exploring the culture of reading among primary school teachers in Botswana
(International Reading Association, http://www.reading.org/, 2011)
African nations have rich oral traditions that are often perceived to eclipse print
culture. But a careful look reveals that
among lower and upper primary teachers in Botswana, reading is important and
valued—and that ...