ABSTRACT Background: currently, there is a progressive increase of students with disabilities, particularly children with hearing impairment who need assistive technology to enhance their abilities in information management and communication in their daily life activities. Objective: this study was guided by four specific objectives including; to assess teachers’ conceptions on the use of assistive technology, to assess teachers’ competences on the use of assistive technology devices, to...
ABSTRACT Following independence in 1961 the government of Tanzania invested heavily in Tanzania’s manufacturing sector allowing the sector to grow smoothly. Despite improvement in macro-economic stability in the 2000s, the performance of Tanzania’s manufacturing sector remains unimpressive. Manufacturing industries have received widespread public attention especially after Altman (1968) developed a Z-score model of measuring financial distress of the firms. However, most of the researche...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess developmental characteristics among children with special need in inclusive pre-primary schools. It was mainly guided by Cognitive Development Theory, Social-Cultural Theory of Learning and Montessori Theory. The study involved 5 inclusive pre-primary school‟s teachers and 20 children with special need (10 visual and 10 hearing) aged 5-6 years old. The participating teachers were purposively selected. Data were collected through observations...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine effective strategies used by teachers to improve teaching and learning in overcrowded classrooms in public primary schools in Chemba district. Specifically, the study was guided by three specific objectives, which were to: explore coping strategies used by teachers in managing overcrowded classrooms in public primary schools; examine teacher’s perception on managing overcrowded classrooms in public primary schools; and assess the challenges of ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate students‟ engagement in Income Generating Activities and their impacts on academic performance in community secondary school students in Mbozi District in Mbeya Region. The study was mainly qualitative involving a cross-sectional survey, supported by some elements of quantitative data. It used purposive and stratified random sampling procedures to obtain 139 respondents. Data were gathered through interviews and questionnaires and were ...
Abstract Cultural erosion is a cause of concern in all community in Africa. It is on this regard that I took interest to research on the Basotho community in Kafusi village in Gwanda South rural areas in Matabeleland South in Zimbabwe. The research is entitled “An ethnography of setapa music of the Basotho in the context of holoba pula rain making ceremony.” It was conducted qualitatively with aid of research instruments such as interview guides and observation guide. These were explored ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate stakeholders‟ perceptions of the leadership styles of headteachers in public and private secondary schools in Tanzania, focusing on Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es salaam. Situational Leadership Theory (SLT), advocated first by Hersey and Blanchard (1969) was applied to guide the study. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design. The study targeted 6 headteachers, 60 teachers, 12 school committee members, 48 students and a DEO. D...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the contributions of secondary school head teachers‟ leadership styles on teachers‟ work performances. The theoretical framework of the study was grounded on the Behavioral and Trait theories. While according to Behavioral theory, leadership was essentially a function of effective role behavior, Trait theory asserted that, a leader is thought to possess certain traits which tend to separate him from the common mass of followers. This study used a Cros...
ABSTRACT The teaching of young children requires adoption of specific teaching methods to enhance literacy and numerical development. This study sought to explore teachers‟ use of songs for enhancement of literacy among lower primary school pupils in Tanzania. The study used the qualitative research approach and was guided by three objectives namely to; (a) assess the value of songs as an instructional method from teachers‟ perspectives, (b) establish teachers‟ awareness about the theor...
ABSTRACT The study examined students‟ learning of English poetry as a literary work using lesson/ learning study approach. The study deployed ethnographic research design along with qualitative and quantitative approaches. It was underpinned by variation theory of learning and lesson/learning study approach. It involved 65 respondents whereby 5 were English language teachers and 60 were form IV students who were purposively sampled from a sampled school. Data related to the study were coll...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the Influence of Gender of School Heads on the Academic Performance in the Beast Public Secondary Schools in Tanga Municipality. The study is predominantly qualitative with some quantitative elements in a descriptive survey design. The sample comprised 1 DEO, 5 HoS, 5 AT, 25 teachers and 35 students which made a total number of 71 respondents. Data were generated through documentary review, questionnaire, interviews, and observations. Qualitative data were analyze...
ABSTRACT Discussions around the public procurement system in the local media have been largely negative. Many articles have revealed mismanagement in the system. The emphasis of these articles has been on the need to uphold transparency and accountability in the way public procurement is conducted in Namibia. The Namibian experience is that the tendering process seems transparent on the surface, especially in connection with the sending out of tender invitations. However, the process becomes ...
ABSTRACT This study was an investigation of the extent to which the interpretation of literature perpetuates gender imbalances. Most teachers promote and reinforce gender stereotypes through different ways in which they interpret literature. The evaluation of one’s personality is normally done on basis of their sex. In most cases, inferior language is used to describe women, while superior language is used to describe men. As a result learners are conditioned to a belief that females are le...
ABSTRACT The study was nessesitated by the need to improve the teaching and learning of scientific concepts at Early Childhood Education level in Gokwe-North, District of the Midlands province through the use of models..A sample of twenty ECD teachers and three TICs from three primary schools was purposively selected from a cluster that was randomly selected from a population of 128 primary schools. The population has 530 ECD teachers and 128 TICs. All the twenty ECD teachers selected complet...
ABSTRACT This study investigated achievements and challenges of School Development Committee and School Development Association (SDC/SDA) involvement in school development in Warren Park Mabelreign District. Three research questions guided the study, framed from the main research question: What are the achievements and challenges of SDC/SDA involvement in school development? The first sub research question was to identify the achievements of SDC/SDA involvement in school development, secondly...