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Factors affecting prevalence of malnutrition among children under three years of age in Botswana
(Rural Outreach Programme http://www.bioline.org.br/nd, 2006)
Malnutrition affects physical growth, morbidity, mortality, cognitive development, reproduction, and physical work capacity, and it consequently impacts on human performance, health and survival. It is an underlying factor ...
Adult education, deliberative democracy and social re-engagement in Africa
(SAGE, http://www.sagepublications.com, 2006-03)
While the western powers credit globalization with facilitating development, Africa continues to face challenges such as poverty, low quality education, HIV/AIDS, and ineffective governance. This article provides an overview ...
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 ...
A critique of centralized curricula in literacy programs: the case of Botswana
(JAAL, http://www.reading.org, 2002-05)
In Botswana a centralized curriculum is characteristic of many government-sponsored literacy programs. It denotes concentration of decision-making authority at the top of the organizational hierarchy. Adult literacy, like ...
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 ...
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 ...
Peer provocation in physical education: experiences of Botswana adolescents
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-05)
Critical incidents of peer provocation in physical education were investigated among 675 junior secondary school students in Botswana. Data were generated through a brief, open-ended questionnaire requesting the students ...
Boarding Schools as Perpetrators of Students' Behaviour Problems
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises; http://www.krepublishers.com/, 2006)
This paper examined and discussed the nature of problems boarding schools in Botswana experience.
The focus was on the boys' side of boarding. The paper argued that if the recreational facilities in boarding schools
were ...
Leadership in civil society organisations in Botswana
(Development Policy Management Forum, http://www.dpmf.org, 2002)
The paper is based on a study conducted in Botswana from June 2001 – February 2002 as part of an larger regional research project on Leadership, Civil Society and Democracy in Africa. In Botswana, the research was based ...
Predictors of food variety and dietary diversity among older persons in Botswana
(Elsevier; www.elsevier.com/locate/nut, 2005)
Objective: We investigated whether food variety and diversity are associated with physical and
cognitive functioning in older adults in Botswana and designed a simple set of screening questions
that predict food variety ...