University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Metacognitive awareness of reading strategies of University of Botswana English as Second Language students of different academic reading proficiencies
(African Online Scientific Information System Open Journals, www.aosis.co.za, 2013-02-21)This study explored metacognitive awareness level of University of Botswana students in the Faculty of Social Sciences. It also considered the more recent research focusing on the role of metacognitive awareness in reading ... -
Uncovering University students’ readiness through their assessment of workplace communication skills
(Sciedu Press, http://www.sciedu.ca, 2014)Employers in today’s competitive and challenging global world prefer employees who possess “soft skills” in addition to “hard skills” because they make an impact and create a good impression in the workplace. This study ... -
Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria
(Emerald Insight, http://www.emeraldinsight.com, 2012)Poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges need to be adequately addressed if sustainable human development is to be achieved. Although, these key issues are not mutually exclusive, the thrust of this paper is to ... -
Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
(David Publishers, http://www.davidpublishing.com, 2013)Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is perhaps the most important tool for driving community and rural development in southern Africa. The paper therefore analyses the CBNRM framework as a strategy for ... -
Is literacy key to community development?: analyzing two groups of adults' involvement in development projects in northern Nigeria
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2012)This paper investigates the influence of adult literacy on grassroots people’s involvement in community development (CD) projects in Nigeria. It examines the differences in the level of involvement in CD projects by ... -
Intersecting western and local knowledge: critical issues for development research in Africa
(Knowledge Globalization Institute, http://www.kglobal.org, 2012)Knowledge production, sharing and adaptation become beneficial when they enhance sustainable human development. Western and local knowledge are not mutually exclusive. In combination, local and western technologies may ... -
Agrarian reforms and the African green revolution
(Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2012)Agricultural intensification is central to the Green Revolution (GR) programme. This initiative, which dates back to early 1940s, revolves around the development of high yielding and disease resistant seed varieties that ... -
Responding to climate change through joint partnership: insights from the Okavango Delta in Botswana
(Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2014)Purpose: Climate change continues to pose a serious challenge to mankind. Given their socio-economic and vulnerable situations, resource-poor farmers will be hard hit and likely to be the most affected group in Africa – ... -
Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: small farmers and scientists’ perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/, 2014-09-03)Recent trends in abrupt weather changes continue to pose a challenge to agricultural production most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper specifically addresses the questions on how local farmers read and predict ... -
An assessment of the metacognitive knowledge of Botswana ESL university student writers
(Academic Journals / www.academic journals.org, 2013)This research explored metacognitive knowledge of the University of Botswana (UB) students taking the Advanced Writing Skills course, and related this knowledge to their writing performance. The specific objectives of this ... -
Biomass production and economic value of Phragmites australis reedbeds in the Southern Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Global Science Books, www.globalsciencebooks.info, 2010-11-10)Most work globally on Phragmites spp. has been done in temperate northern hemisphere localities, where winter low temperatures and short day lengths cause a seasonal decrease in growth. In this study, we report above-ground ... -
Cultural resources as sustainabilty enablers: Community-Based Cultural Heritage Resources Management (COBACHREM) model
(MDPI, http://www.mdpi.com, 2013-12-20)People inhabit and change environments using socio-cultural and psycho-social behaviors and processes. People use their socio-cultural understanding of phenomena to interact with the environment. People are carriers of ... -
Social studies as pedagogy for effective citizenship
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http//www.ub.bw, 2010-10-20)One of the aims of an inaugural lecture is to give an academic an opportunity to share his/her scholarly activities with the academic community. My teaching and research career spans many decades at several institutions ... -
Whither sustainability in a changing? with considerations on the future growth of Botswana
(2014-12-03)This presentation considers aspects of global sustainability initially in a geological context in order to provide a long-term perspective on global warming and to try and help define what is meant by ‘the natural environment’. ... -
Adult education: the alpha (α) and omega (Ω) of all education
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http//www.ub.bw, 2013-07)Adult Education is the first education that mankind ever benefited from. It is equally the last education in the life of every human being. In this sense, it is the beginning and end of all education not merely because of ... -
South Africa's foreign policy: national interest versus national identity
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http//www.ub.bw, 2012-03-21)When Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa, he announced that human rights would become the light which would guide South Africa’s foreign policy but, when he tried to implement such a policy, the newly democratic ... -
Adult education: the alpha (α) and omega (Ω) of all education, an inaugural lecture delivered on 31 August 2012
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 2013-07)Adult Education is the first education that mankind ever benefitted from. It is equally the last education in the life of every human being. In this sense, it is the beginning and end of all education not merely because ... -
South Africa's foreign policy: national interest versus national identity
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 2012-03-21)When Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa, he announced that human rights would become the light which would guide South Africa’s foreign policy but, when he tried to implement such a policy, the newly democratic ... -
The quest
(Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 2011-04-13)The lecture charts the development of the speaker as a student and teacher of English Literature. This development is conceived in terms of a metaphorical ‘journey’, beginning from early childhood, with all the difficulties ... -
Chronic multiple lung abscesses presenting as a Left lung apical mass: a ticking bomb?
(Pan African Medical Journal in partnership with African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), www.panafrican-med-journal.com, 2014-04-17)