University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Information and communication technology empowerment of early childhood education teachers in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-12)The study assessed the views of in-service participants of the University of Botswana (who are pursuing Bachelors degree in Primary Education) regarding the empowerment of Early Childhood Education teachers with Information ... -
Democratizing education for the enhancement of education for sustainable development: a challenge in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-10)This paper registers that there is a strong relationship between the prevailing global discourse on Education for Sustainable Development and Democracy in Education. As such, in order for any nation to be seen to be having ... -
Psychological and socio-cultural correlates of motor skill development of athletes in Botswana
(African Educational Research Network (AERN), http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/links.htm, 2009-06)This study provides information on the psychological and sociocultural correlates of motor skill development of athletes in Botswana. Seventy-three (73) student athletes were sampled on a psycho-sociocultural and motor ... -
Mainstreaming environment and sustainability issues in institutions of higher education: the case of the University of Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2010-06)Environment and sustainability issues are contemporary in educational innovations in institutions of higher education particularly in their core business regarding teaching, research and community engagement. The introduction ... -
Strengthening civic education in Botswana primary schools: a challenge to traditional social studies curriculum
(African Educational Research Network (AERN), http://www.ncsu.edu/aern/links.htm, 2009-06)The primary goal of social studies is citizenship education. Social studies as citizenship education seek to provide students with knowledge, skills, and attitudes which will enable them to actively participate as citizens ... -
Sources of positive stereotypes: perspectives of junior secondary students in Botswana
(IJSRE, http://www.ijsre.com, 2011-03)This paper focused on the positive stereotypes junior secondary school students have of nationalities outside Africa. In addition, the paper examined the sources of the positive stereotypes as perceived by the students ... -
HIV/AIDS education, prevention and control course (BNS101): the way forward
(Elsevier Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/microc, 2007)This article represents a case study of one university faculty’s efforts to fight the threat of HIV/AIDS to their student body. This case study reviews the early stages of faculty endeavors beginning with the development ... -
ODL and the impact of digital divide on information access in Botswana
(Athabasca University Press, www.aupress.ca, 2011)Open and distance learning (ODL) has created room for the emergence of virtual education. Not only are students found everywhere and anywhere undertaking their studies and earning their degrees, but geographical boundaries ... -
Promoting multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue through instituitions and initiatives of civil society organizations in Botswana
(Routledge (Taylor and francis), www.routledge.com, 2010)Botswana is a multilingual and a multi-ethnic nation that has had a thriving multi-party democracy, peace, and stability since independence, in 1966. Despite the superficial impression that a casual observer may have of a ... -
Using the servqual model to evaluate the impact of the public service reforms in the provision of primary health care in Botswana
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2010-09)The health sector is pivotal to any national development initiative; hence, Botswana has taken seriously the principle of primary health care as contained in the the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978. As a demonstration of ... -
“All that is fine in the human condition”: crafting words, creating Ma-Ramotswe
(Indiana University Press, www.iupress.indiana.edu, 2006)Acclaimed Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of Medical Law and a prolific fiction writer. He has written over fifty books. It is, however, with the fictional character Ma-Ramotswe that his name ... -
The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade regime: Opportunities and challenges for Botswana
(Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)For a long time now, African countries have been demanding increased trade with the developed economies of the West as a means to promote economic development. 'Trade not aid,' has become the hallmark of this demand. ... -
The risk of developing malnutrition in people living with HIV/AIDS: observations from six support groups in Botswana
(Medpharm Publications (Pty) Ltd., http://www.medpharm.co.za, 2009)Objectives: The objectives of this study were to 1)to determine the proportion of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) at risk of developing malnutrition, 2) to determine the prevalence of malnutrition (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2, ... -
Community based natural resource management and social sustainability in Ngamiland, Botswana
(Botswana Society, http://www.botsoc.org.bw, 2005)This paper examines the impact of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ngamiland over the past ten years. It shows that CBNRM has made some strides in strengthening and creating new organisations/ ... -
Soil resources distribution, woody plant properties and land use in a lunette dune-pan system in Kalahari, Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE, 2008)The distribution of selected soil properties, selected woody vegetation properties, and land use in a lunette dune-pan system were investigated in the Sekoma area, which is located within the IGBP Kalahari Transect (KT) ... -
Natural attenuation of mining pollutants in the transboundary Save River
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2011)The objective of the study was to investigate the role played by the natural environment in protecting the transboundary Save River from the impacts of metals derived from phosphate mining at Dorowa. The study is a follow ... -
Effect of water stress on photosynthetic characteristics of two sorghum cultivars
(Global Science Books, http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/, 2011)The effects of water stress on the photosynthetic characteristics of two locally-cultivated sorghum cultivars (‘Segaolane’ and ‘Town’) were investigated over a period of weeks. Water stress was imposed on 1-week-old plants ... -
The effects of tourism development on rural livelihoods in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Routledge (Taylor & Francis) www.routledge.com, 2010-01-19)The Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) program in Botswana aims to achieve biodiversity conservation and rural development in rich biodiversity areas like the Okavango Delta. CBNRM assumes that if rural ... -
Localized wood resource depletion in Botswana: Towards a demographic, institutional and cosmovisional explanation
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cepe, 2002)In sub-Saharan Africa, communal land resource utilization and management has reflected changes in sociocultural belief systems, population dynamics, and modes of societal administration and regulation. This paper, based ... -
Energy sector policies in Botswana and their implications for global climate change
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, http://www.springerlink.com/content/102895/, 2002)Like most African countries, Botswana contributes almost insignificantly to global greenhouse emissions (GHGs). In this context, some have argued that energy policy and legislative measures to regulate emissions in Botswana ...