ABSTRACT The study focussed on the understanding of head of schools’ experiences on the influences of parental involvement on students’ academic performance in community secondary schools in Namtumbo District. The study used qualitative research approach under the phenomenology study design. Data was collected using in-depth interviews from five head of schools in five selected community secondary schools. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, verbatim and analysed systematically. Basin...
ABSTRACT This study mainly sought to assess teachers’ working conditions and their job satisfaction in community secondary schools in Nachingwea district, Tanzania. It employed a descriptive survey design, dominated by qualitative research approach and supplemented by some elements of quantitative research approach. The study was guided by Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory, and Adam’s Equity Theory. It was conducted in 4 community secondary schools in which 4 school heads were purpo...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the impact of the school head's instructional supervision practices on quality teaching of ICT in public schools in Tanzania the case of selected schools in Dodoma city. The specific objectives were (i)to identify the head of schools’ instructional supervision practices used in improving ICT teaching; (ii) to examine teachers’ perceptions on instructional supervision; (iii) to assess the impact of instructional supervision practice on teaching effec...
ABSTRACT This study investigated factors hindering the development of English language speaking skills among secondary school students in Tanzania. The study employed phenomenological design which included qualitative approaches in data generation. A total of thirty eight (38) participants were involved in the study whereby six (6) of them were secondary school English language teachers and the rest thirty two (32) were secondary school students from four public secondary schools. Participan...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of sex education in improving students’ healthy sexual behaviours in Tanzania, based on experience from Bahi district Dodoma. The specific objectives were: to assess factors that influence the effectiveness of sex education programmes in terms of students’ knowledge on healthy sexual behaviours; to evaluate the relevance of the available sex education programmes in achieving students’ healthy sexual behaviours; and to exami...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to determine the impacts of delegation of school duties on students‟ academic performance in Zanzibar, taking a case study of Micheweni District. It aimed to examining the extent to which school heads at Micheweni District delegate school duties to their subordinates, challenges associated with the delegation process and the essentials of delegation process in improving students‟ achievements. The study used qualitative approach in data collections and ana...
ABSTRACT One of the basic social functions is to maintain amicable social groups. In order for social groups to attain this goal, adults use different strategies to raise children. This study, therefore, examined teachers and parents‟ strategies for development of a caring disposition among young children in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. The research design adopted was a cross-sectional descriptive survey and samples of 20 purposively selected respondents were involved to obtain data. The...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate issues that lead to declining students‘ performance in arts subjects in community secondary schools in Shinyanga Municipality despite the large number of teachers. The study was mainly qualitative in design involving case studies supported by some elements of quantitative data. The study was under pinnedon Omari‘s conceptual frame work for quality assurance in order to make connection of the quality assured in community school in...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the prospects and challenges of hearing impaired pupils in Tanzania: experiences from English language learning in primary schools in Dodoma. Three objectives guided the study included: exploring possible opportunities of learning English language for hearing impaired pupils in schools, assessing the effectiveness of modes of instruction used in teaching and learning English language to pupils with hearing impairment, and identifying challenges faced by teach...
ABSTRACT Worldwide Statistic provides that, women are underrepresented in school leadership positions. This study sought to investigate factors influencing women access to secondary school leadership positions in Tanzania. The study objectives were: to examine the nature and type of obstacles preventing female teachers from holding secondary school leadership positions; to find out the gender-based challenges facing female school heads in the management of secondary schools, and to analyze t...
ABSTRACT This study explored the influence of head teachers‟ leadership competence on pupils‟ academic performance in Mkuranga District-Tanzania. The study was conducted in twenty five public primary schools of Mkuranga District involving 25 head teachers, 120 teachers, 1 district education quality assurer and 1 district academic officer. The study was exploratory in nature, based on descriptive survey involving ex-post facto research design. House‟s Path-Goal Theory was employed in the...
This study intended to explore the influence of school heads on teachers‟ job performance in public secondary schools. The study had three specific objectives which were: to explore ways that school heads use to promote teachers‟ job performance, to identify the challenges that school heads face in promoting teachers‟ job performance, and to explore how far the school heads take care of the teachers‟ social needs aiming at intensifying teachers‟ job performance. The research was con...
ABSTRACT Play has been acknowledged worldwide as an important arena for holistic child development, and is included in the UN‟s article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as among the basic rights of the child. Studies throughout the world show that play is important for children‟s cognitive, socio-emotional and language development. This study sought to investigate beliefs and practices related to play and learning in Dodoma region preschools, Tanzania. The study deplo...
ABSTRACT This study explored the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in higher learning institutions by taking the case of the University of Dodoma as a case study which is found in Dodoma Tanzania. In specifically, the study sought to find out the prevalence of mothering and pregnant students at the University of Dodoma, to investigate the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in their academic pursuit issues and to investigate the outstanding experiences of pregnant and ...
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the kind of care that is given to orphans in Iwawa Ward, in Makete district, and how that care affects the orphans‟ primary schooling. The study was guided by the following research questions: Who are the caregivers of the orphaned pupils? What kind of care is given to the orphans?, How that care affects the orphans‟ primary schooling? What should be done to improve orphans‟ primary schooling? The study employed a case study desi...