University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Towards an understanding of the business perceptions of planning in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-18)There have been persistent criticisms that the planning system is failing to deliver timely decisions and determine planning applications in a sound manner. There is a widespread view amongst stakeholders that the planning ... -
Sustainable development or sustainable lives and livelihoods? debating sustainable human settlements in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-18)This paper explores the contested nature of sustainable human settlements in Botswana. Sustainable development has attained the status of a catchphrase for actors that include international financial institutions like the ... -
“When the canons killed a people” The scattering: by Lauri Kubuitsile
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-09-06)Lauri Kubuitsile's The Scattering is a tale of unbearable loss tinged with an elusive hope of renewal. This is the author's first writing for an adult audience as most of her previous work has been in the realm of children's ... -
Establishing a university based resuscitation training program in Botswana: progress report
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-09-06)The University of Botswana Resuscitation Training Project (UB RTP) was set up in 2011 to train staff, students and other health professionals in Botswana in internationally accredited courses. Initial external funding from ... -
High youth unemployment in Botswana: a case of policy failure or poor research?
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)Rising youth unemployment is a major challenge in Botswana. In recognition of the gravity of the matter, the Government of Botswana has formulated and implemented policies addressing unemployment. Despite the well intentioned ... -
Physical fitness/activity and cognitive function: are they related in children?
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)This study investigated the relation between processing information and fitness level of active (fit) and sedentary (unfit) children drawn from rural and urban areas in Botswana. It was hypothesized that fit children would ... -
Challenges hindering provision of effective supervision for counseling students in Botswana
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)This paper describes challenges which hinder effective clinical supervision provided to counseling students at the University of Botswana (UB) –Counseling and Human Services Section. The authors present factors which ... -
From mainstreaming to inclusion: have shifts in paradigms improved the practice of special education in Botswana?
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)Educational placement for children with disabilities remains a controversial issue facing the world today characterized by paradigm shifts in the conceptualization and practice of education for learners with disabilities, ... -
Mentoring as strategy to improve female access to secondary school leadership in Botswana
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)There is continuous under representation of women in secondary school leadership in Botswana despite various efforts to empower them. The study focuses on whether mentoring can be used as a strategy to assist female teachers ... -
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhanced teaching: the changing role of instructors
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2018-07-25)The use of ICT in teaching and learning has changed the role of instructors, enhanced the quality of instructional activities, and increased accessibility of education to privileged groups. This study assessed the extent ... -
Nurse anaesthesia training in Botswana: history, trends, output and challenges
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)Surgery is increasingly recognized as an effective means of treating a proportion of the global burden of disease. Violence, road crush accidents and obstetric emergencies have long ranked the leading causes of mortality ... -
Participatory action research for inclusive education implementation and professional development in Botswana: teachers' perspectives
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)This paper specifically focuses on the analysis of Botswana teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of Participatory Action Research (PAR) in promoting inclusion of learners with diverse educational needs, and its use ... -
Improving youth employment in Botswana: the need for evidence-based policy and programme development
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-10-13)Policy and programmes in response to youth unemployment in Botswana have hitherto not produced the desired results despite sustained political support reflected by massive government spending on youth development programmes, ... -
Electronics for designers course: a critique and students voices on their learning experiences
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)Electronics for Designers course is done by all Industrial Design and Technology students in year 3 of the five-year Bachelor of Design programmes. For those pre-service teachers holding a Diploma in Secondary Education ... -
Issues of equality and equity in education - the fate of minority languages in Botswana
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)If a consideration is made about language as a human right, the right to learn in one’s language becomes critical. Indeed, issues of equality and equity in education are subsumed in many policies and laws that define the ... -
Democratic engagements in the social studies classroom: perceptions from four junior secondary schools in Kgatleng region of Botswana
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)This study aimed at assessing the extent to which democratic practices are entrenched in the Social Studies classrooms and factors that hinder democratic classroom practices in the teaching of Social Studies in public ... -
Investigating implementation on the University of Botswana's graduate employability strategy: perspectives of students in the Faculty of Education
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)The emergence of neoliberalism in the 1980s and 1990s has led to a shift in the manner in which universities and other institutions of higher learning have re-designed their academic programmes. This is consistent with ... -
Online social networking and academic performance at the University of Botswana
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-11-07)The growing interest in Internet-based Social Network Sites (SNS) and the increased form of social interactions taking place via globalised digital networks has not spared educational institutions. The adoption of SNS by ... -
Graduate employability in Botswana: challenges and prospects
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-10-13)Concerns from employers that tertiary institutions fail to provide graduates with necessary skills have recently become a dominant issue particularly in developing economies. Although literature on the subject of employability ... -
Analysis of performance management system as an appraisal tool used in Botswana Colleges of Education
(Mosenodi, https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/mosenodi, 2017-10-13)A survey questionnaire was administered to a sample of (N= 60) academic staff in two colleges of Education in Botswana to explore their perceptions, attitudes and level of satisfaction regarding the use of the Performance ...