ABSTRACT A large number of pre-service English as Second Language (ESL) teachers trained in Nigeria have deficiencies in developing and demonstrating appropriate teaching skills and attitude during Teaching Practice (TP). This is probably as a result of their inadequate exposure to participatory practices like Reflective Teaching Practice (RTP) and Micro-Teaching Practice (MTP) during the exercise. Previous studies on RTP and MTP have focused on different areas of teacher behaviour but have n...
Abstract In view of the importance of indigenous knowledge in development process, this paper investigated the efforts of selected federal university libraries in South West, Nigeria in indigenous knowledge collection development and preservation. The study adopted a descriptive survey design that involved the use structured questionnaire, unstructured interviews and observation as instruments for data collection. Seventy six (76) professional librarians constituted the target population of t...
ABSTRACT This study presented a qualitative case study which focused on exploring challenges facing school management of an urban inclusive school for learners with visual impairments in northern Namibia. A stratified-purposive sampling technique, which was a mixture of approaches in which the aim was to select groups that displayed variation on a phenomenon but fairly homogenous, was used. Sixteen (16) participants composed of the school principal, three (3) heads of departments, six (6) te...
ABSTRACT Governments promote the use of cooperatives to enhance development of smallholder farmers. However, challenges are inevitable and this study investigated factors responsible for the collapse of agricultural cooperatives in Manicaland province of Zimbabwe, and developed propositions for use on a larger scale. Five cooperatives drawn from Mutasa and Chimanimani districts were chosen using purposive sampling based on overall performance of the cooperatives as main criterion (shown by a...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the management model in partnership between government and religious institutions in the provision of primary education in Tanzania, specifically Buigili primary school which was treated as a case study. The study was conducted in the Dodoma region, specifically in the Chamwino district where Buigiri primary school is located. The study was guided by Structural Functionalism Theory which based on the assumption that it increases awareness and understan...
The study describes how mothers and daughters communicate about sex and sex related matters by focusing on four underlying dimensions – content, style, timing, and frequency of communication. A sequential mixed method research design was utilized to gather data from participants. Data analyses of questionnaires were based on a random sample of 32 mothers and 204 teenage daughters from four secondary schools. Results from analysis of questionnaires revealed that sexual communication among ma...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research study was to explore the implementation of Continuous Assessment (CA) in Grade 10 Mathematics in Oshikoto Education Region. The study employed explanatory mixed methods research design which was carried out sequentially, beginning with the quantitative phase and then the qualitative phase. Ten Grade 10 Mathematics teachers from ten schools (one from each school) were selected for the quantitative phase which involved the use of questionnaires. From ten t...
ABSTRACT Education in Namibia after independence remains a challenge, despite deliberate efforts made by the government. Many of the learners under perform in their Grade 12 Mathematics examinations, especially in the Oshana Education Region. This is allegedly because of a numerical deficiency. However; none of existing studies explain the influence of numerical deficiency on academic performance in Mathematics.
ABSTRACT In this research a quantitative approach was employed to conduct a correlation study on the possible impact of retained primitive reflexes on concentration problems. Secondary data from existing client documents were used. These comprised the test scores of four of the cognitive processes included in the Cognitive Assessment System (Naglieri & Das, 1997a) – Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive processes. The outcomes of an observation study indicating the presence of f...
Abstract The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that affect Grade 12 learners’ academic performance in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) level Biology in the Khomas Educational Region, Namibia. The study addressed two research questions. Three categories of samples made up of 15 Science Heads of Departments (HODs), 15 Biology teachers and 450 Grade 12 NSSCO Biology learners respectively were selected using the simple random sampling technique....
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pre-school children came from homes to pre-schools already exposed to writing and reading skills and whether there was a gap between the home and pre-school literacy events and practices. The study used a mixed methodology, qualitative and quantitative research designs. Six Preschool teachers were interviewed from three pre-schools in Khomas education region. The researcher combined the two research methods in this study because s...
ABSTRACT Since 2009, Grade five and seven learners in Namibia have been writing the National Standardized Achievement Tests (NSATs), where one grade writes at the end of one year and the other writes at the end of the following year (Directorate of National Examinations and Assessment, DNEA, 2013). This study was conducted based on the performance of the Grades five and seven learners at selected schools in Khomas Region. The purpose of this study was to find out which reading comprehension ...
Abstract This was a qualitative case study which investigated the factors which make English texts difficult for second language learners of English to understand. A criterion sampling procedure, which stipulates the selection of participants who share the same characteristics, was used. Fiftyeight grade 12 learners and six teachers of content subjects at Ongha Senior Secondary School took part in this study. A comprehension test and interviews were used as research instruments and a themati...
Abstract This paper employ various econometric techniques to analyze the determinants of inflation in Namibia, focusing particularly on the relationships that exist between the Namibian price, as the dependant variable, and the real Gross Domestics Product, Broad money supply, interest rate, and South African Price index as well as the United States price index, being the explanatory variables and probable determinants of inflation rate in Namibia.. Inflation equations that were estimated us...
Abstract This thesis was an analysis of satire as a tool for socio-political commentary in The Rambler’s articles. The study analysed the strategies that The Rambler used in 40 articles that were published in 2015 in The Namibian newspaper. In addition, the study sought to analyse how these strategies were employed in The Rambler’s satire to foreground socio-political issues. The study was qualitative because the process of data analysis involved organising raw data (articles) for classi...