ABSTRACTThis study focused on the influence of teachers’ behaviours on students’ dropouts. Specifically, the study examined teachers’ behaviours which influenced secondary school students’ dropouts and explored factors which cause teachers to behave in a way that result in students’ dropouts; but also explored the strategies undertaken to eliminate teachers’ behaviours that influence secondary students’ dropout. The study employed the humanistic theory by Abraham Maslow’s. Qua...
ABSTRACT This study examined the patterns for coping with decisional conflict in relation to emotional intelligence (EI) of university executives. The study‘s objectives were to determine the coping patterns most preferred by university executives and their levels of emotional intelligence, to find out relationship between the two constructs as well as to work out their differentials. This research used questionnaire survey design. The study used Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MD...
ABSTRACT This study examined parents and teachers‟ strategies of guidance for socio-emotional behaviours among preschool children, using Moshi Rural District as the case study. The study deployed a case study design where the qualitative approach was used with some elements of quantitative approach. Underpinned by the Life Mission Theory IV, Social Cultural Learning Theory and Adlerian Theory of Behaviour, the study involved 41 informants who were 7 head teachers, 17 parents and 17 presch...
ABSTRACT This study assessed challenges facing primary school teachers in teaching English language in Kongwa District. The study was governed by three specific objectives namely; Assess content and skills of primary school teachers‟ preparation in teaching English language; examine challenges facing teachers in teaching English language in primary schools and lastly explore strategies on improving teaching of English language in primary schools. Ecological Systems Theory (EST) by Urie Bro...
ABSTRACT Reading, writing and arithmetic (3RS) constitute the Literacy skills which have recently drawn great attention among education stakeholders in Tanzania due to the fact that children mastery of these skills has been reported to be problematic. The key objective of the study was to examine the process of teacher preparation for development of the 3Rs in lower primary classes in Tanzania. A case study design informed by qualitative approach was employed in the study. The study was guid...
ABSTRACT The central purpose of this study was to investigate ICT courses in education program at SUZA; focusing on their effectiveness in teacher preparation. The study was mainly qualitative case study supported by some elements of quantitative data. Using both random and purposive sampling techniques, a total of 104 respondents; 70 third year university student teachers, 30 ex-student teachers, 3 ICT lecturers and a head of ICT department at SUZA participated in the study. Data were gathe...
Abstract This technical note aims to describe the market incentives and disincentives for cotton producers in the United Republic of Tanzania. The note is a technical document and serves as input for the MAFAP Country Report. For this purpose, yearly averages of farm gate and wholesale prices are compared with reference prices calculated on the basis of the price of the commodity in the international market. The price gaps between the reference prices and the prices along the value chain indi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the income generating activities in public primary schools and their contribution to school funds. The study was guided by Resource Dependency Theory (RDT). Mixed research approach was used. The study employed close-ended questionnaire, structured and semi-structured interview, observation and documentary review as the data collection methods. The sample included 61 informants comprising of District Primary Education Officer, 30 headteachers ...
ABSTRACT This study focused on identification of the training needs of heads of schools within the decentralized secondary education in Tanzania; Hai District in Tanzania was used as a case study. The study used qualitative and quantitative approaches in data collection and analysis procedures. Data were collected through interviews, questionnaires and documentary reviews. The sampled participants were thirty (30) teachers, five (5) heads of schools, one (1) district education officer and (1...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate challenges facing an effective implementation of guidance and counselling in HLI in Tanzania. The study investigated the available guidance and counselling services to students in HLI, examined challenges that faced the implementation of guidance and counselling services in HLI, and then suggested a suitable ways for effective delivery of guidance and counselling in HLI in Tanzania. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approach with de...
ABSTRACT This study investigated home-shared book reading practises in enhancing literacy skills development to pre-primary children. The study was conducted in Nanyumbu District in Mtwara region involving 54 participants composed of 27 parents (16 males and 11 females), 7 pre-primary teachers (4 males and 3 females) and 20 preprimary children (10 boys and 10 girls). The study employed simple random, purposive and snowball sampling techniques to obtain respondents of the study. Furthermore, ...
ABSTRACT This study explored the challenges faced in implementing free primary education in Tanzania. Mafinga Town Council was used as case study where four (4) wards, i.e. one school from each ward, were used. The qualitative approach was predominantly used with few element of quantitative approach. The study is based on the Human Capital Theory and Structural-Functionalism and the data were collected from sixty (60) participants through open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured intervi...
Abstract This article proposes strategies for designing and evaluating curriculum materials for enhancing English language grammatical competence among Form One learners in Tanzanian secondary schools. Using quasi-experimental and phenomenological designs, the authors developed an exemplary Learner Centered Instructional Grammar Material (LCIGM) focusing on Form One learners. Materials design approach and Constructivism Theory of learning guided the exercise. The data for the study were coll...
ABSTRACT In this thesis new correlation of bubble point pressure (Pb) has been created using software called VariReg depending on the theory of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). A computer program has been designed using MATLAB® software to simplify the calculation of the bubble and dew points pressures depending on the theory of the equation of state (EOS), the program includes some of others known empirical correlations of bubble point and dew point pressures, and a comparison study betwe...
ABSTRACT This study explored the effectiveness of teachers’ roles in developing writing skills among public primary school pupils in Namtumbo District Council. The study findings are based on the research questions derived from four specific objectives namely: to investigate teachers’ roles in developing public primary school pupils’ abilities in forming alphabetical letters; to explore teachers’ roles in developing accuracy and coherency in writing among public primary school pupils...