ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate Teacher Professional Development programmes on job performance in secondary education, a strategy used by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to upgrade secondary school teachers. The study was conducted in Mwanza region. The study sample comprised of 157 respondents from three categories namely Secondary school teachers, District Education Officers and head teachers. Data were gathered through interview guides, questionnaire...
ABSTRACT This study examined the emerging issues in the provision of free quality primary education in Tanzania where Dodoma Municipality was used as a platform. The study is based on the Classical Liberal Theory of equal opportunity. Specifically, the study investigated the teacher‘s perception on provision of free primary education, the strategies used by the Government to implement the free primary education. Finally, the study proposes the way towards effective practice of free educati...
ABSTRACT The current study was on a comparison between Male and Female Teachers‟ subjective reasons for working in Private Secondary schools in Tanzania: A case of Geita Urban District. The purpose of this study was to examine and make a comparison between male and female teachers‟ subjective reasons for working in private secondary schools in Tanzania. This study had the following objectives; to find out subjective reasons for male and female teachers‟ to work in these schools, to inv...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the status of women representation in school committees in Mbeya city council, Tanzania. It was mainly qualitative and supported by some elements of quantitative research approach with a cross-sectional survey design. Study samples were drawn using purposive and random sampling techniques to obtain 6 public primary schools, with 50 respondents who included; CBEO, CAO, 6 SCCs, 6 HTs and 36 SMSC. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and docume...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine Stakeholders’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Assessment Process during Teaching Practices towards Studentteachers’ Professional Growth in Public Teachers’ Colleges in Tanzania. The study was conducted in two Teachers’ Colleges and six public primary and six secondary schools from Songea and Iringa municipalities, with a total of twenty-four respondents. The sample was obtained through purposive and stratified sampling techn...
ABSTRACT The rights to the quality ECCE services for all children have formally received international commitments and acknowledgments. It is evident that good-quality ECCE is important for all children‟s learning and development. For the young children with disabilities (CWDs), the quality ECCE enables early identification and intervention of impairments and for certain CWDs, it facilitates transition into mainstream schools. The current study investigated the accessibility of the ECCE fo...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the persistence of conflicts in Tanzanian public primary schools in Mpanda district. It was a qualitative research under phenomenological design approach. The study was guided by conflict theory and supplemented by face negotiation theory on the other hand. Sample procedures used to obtain the respondents were critical purposive sampling and 55 respondents were selected. These respondents were such as district education officials, ward education offic...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the pedagogical strategies for teaching English at the ordinary secondary level at Kasulu District in Tanzania. The study was conducted in six community secondary schools of Kasulu District, involving 3 zonal quality assurers, 1 diploma English tutor and 12 secondary teachers of English. The study used phenomenological design to assess lived experience of teaching English. Sociocultural Theory was employed in the study to attain the intended objectives and provid...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate the influence of home environment on students’ learning achievements from selected day public secondary schools in Mbulu Town council. The study explored family characteristics on students learning achievements, home geographical location on students learning achievements and home learning facilities on student learning achievements. This study was guided by the Sociocultural Theory of learning, developed by Vygotsky in 1978. The study further emp...
ABSTRACT The central purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ICT training on pedagogical skills development among student teachers. Dodoma Region was made a reference to this by examining the available ICT facilities and their characteristics, student teachers use of ICTs facilities and the curriculum framework of the implementation. A mixed research approach was applied to conduct this research whereby interviews, questionnaire, observation and documentary review were used t...
ABSTRACT This study assessed MWEDO and TEMBO intervention projects for reducing girls‟ dropout from secondary schools in pastoralist communities in Arusha and Longido District Councils in Arusha Region, Tanzania. It employed a cross-sectional research design and applied mainly qualitative research approach and some elements of quantitative research approach. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting 56 respondents involved in this study. Questionnaires and inte...
ABSTRACT The introduction of the new school quality assurance (henceforth SQA) tools are intended to change the previous system of school inspection. School inspection was based on process while the new system of SQA tools in school inspection is a holistic and participatory approach as it involves many people in evaluation of learning outcomes. Studies about SQA done in Tanzania have concentrated on how quality assurance or inspection is done, outcome and way forward. Contrary to the previo...
Abstract There has been an increased interest among researchers and policy makers on fathers’ involvement and its implications for children’s wellbeing and learning. Existing empirical evidences from developed countries have documented fathers’ essential role that it successfully improves children’s development and learning. However, there is dearth of evidence from developing countries especially from Sub-Sahara African contexts. This study was designed to establish Tanzanian experie...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the needs for vocational guidance in primary schools in Chato District of Tanzania. It employed mixed methods with cross-sectional survey design together with the use of purposive sampling for DEO, head teachers, and parents, as well as stratified sampling approach for pupils from the 13 sampled primary schools. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaire and documentary review were used for data collection. The sample of the study comprised a total of 273 responde...
ABSTRACT This study was intended to explore the status and impact of adult information literacy in Tanzania taking Babati District as the case. Specifically the study was meant to: identify sources of information in empowering adult information literacy; determine the extent to which adults are information literate; explore barriers for adult information literacy; examine the impact of adult information literacy programmes on welfare of the Community and to seek stakeholder’s opinions on t...