ABSTRACT This study aimed at finding out the influence of the leadership style adopted by the heads of schools in managing public secondary schools in Dodoma municipality. The study was guided by three specific objectives which were to; investigate the forces that led the heads of schools to adopt a certain type of leadership; to identify the actual types of leadership style adapted by the heads of schools and to explore the constraints faced by the heads of schools in adopting leadership st...
ABSTRACT The study examined the implications of students’ indiscipline cases for teachers’ work and their professional culture: a case of Rungwe district, Tanzania. The study was carried out at Rungwe district in Mbeya region. This study was purely qualitative with a case study design in which 31 participants participated. Of 31 participants, 23 were teachers, 4 discipline masters and 4 heads of schools. Participants were selected through purposive sampling techniques whereby the criteri...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of teachers moonlighting on teaching in Tanzanian Secondary Schools. The study was conducted in 18 public secondary schools of Ubungo and Kigamboni municipalities of Dar es Salaam city. The study also involved 6 heads of school, 10 academic masters/mistresses, 137 classroom teachers, teachers- moonlighter 10, and 3 WEOs. The study further involved 2 district TSC officials and 1 zonal SQA. Heads of school, WEOs, district TSC, and zonal SQA were s...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and pedagogical competencies of pre-primary class teachers. The study used both qualitative and quantitative research approaches in which qualitative approach began, followed by quantitative research approach. Besides, the study employed exploratory sequential research design in which phenomenological design was used in qualitative phase while the ex-post factor design was employed in quantitative phase. In qual...
Abstract This study examines the nature and direction of causality in Tanzania between economic growth and agricultural exports along with some selected variables such as labour force and domestic investment. The analysis for this study was carried out using time series data for the period of 1980 to 2013. The data series were tested for stationarity using Phillips-perron test and the results revealed that they were all stationary and integrated of order one I(1). The Johansen test of cointe...
Abstract Over the past five decades Tanzania has hosted over two million refugees, about 200,000 of whom have been naturalized as Tanzania citizens. Children from this group face numerous challenges within the mainstream educational system. This paper considered education policy in Tanzania, with a specific focus on access to quality pre-primary education for children of naturalized refugees. It analyzes relevant policy documents published from 2006 – the year before Tanzania started its l...
Abstract Background: Plasmodium falciparum resistance to anti-malarials is a major drawback in effective malaria control and elimination globally. Artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) is currently the key first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Plasmodium falciparum genetic signatures at pfmdr-1, pfcrt, and pfubp-1 loci are known to modulate in vivo and in vitro parasite response to ACT. The objective of this study was to assess the distribution of these resistance gene m...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of non-subject specialist teachers in the classroom teaching and learning processes on students‟ performance in Chake Chake secondary schools. The study employed case study design and data were collected through interview, documentary review, questionnaires and observation. Respondents were selected through purposive and simple random sampling and made a total number of 53. The sample composition included 47 teachers, 5 heads of secondary scho...
ABSTRACT This study assessed teachers’ perceptions in the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool in enhancing English language fluency among secondary schools in Tanzania basing on the experience from Moshi municipality. The study adopted descriptive case study design which included mixture of quantitative and qualitative approaches. A total of 24 respondents including heads of schools and English language teachers were included. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to obtain respo...
ABSTRACT A study on the effects of divorce on the academic performance of pupils in primary schools was carried out in Dodoma municipal. The general objective of this study was to investigate the perceptions of teachers and community members on the effects that broken marriage has on children‟s academic performance and their role in minimizing those effects. Questionnaire and interview were conducted to 41 research participants involving teachers, parents, pupils, and influential community...
ABSTRACT The study intended to identify the role of Head Teachers (HT) in monitoring teaching and learning (TL) in private primary schools in Mtwara Municipal Council. The study was mainly qualitative and supported by some quantitative data. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. The study used a crosssection design. Samples were drawn using purposive and stratified random sampling techniques that contained four private primary schools, MEO, 4 HT, 4 AT...
Abstract The study focuses on the different approaches used by indigenous practitioners, Johane Masowe church and AFM in the management and treatment of nhova in Zvishavane. It is a comparative study that seeks to impact and interrogate the convergences and divergences among the Christian churches and indigenous practitioners. The study was guided by Afrocentricity particularly Karenga (1993)‟s ideas on multiculturalism. Utilising interviews questionnaires and focus group discussions, the s...
Abstract A variety of researches have been carried out on education of the special needs children, and little have been done to find out the perceptions of teachers towards the implementation of the Inclusive policy of special needs learners ever since the introduction of the inclusive education. This research specifically focused much on the teachers’ perceptions on the implementation of the inclusive policy of special needs learners in Gweru District primary schools. The research met...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to assess the contribution of Teachers‟ Resource Centers in improving teaching and learning in primary schools in Shinyanga rural district. The study employed qualitative research approach with descriptive research design Data collection methods involved the use of questionnaires, interviews and researcher‟s personal observation of the TRCs in the area of study. Qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis The findings from the study indicated that TRC...
Abstract This paper is based on a study carried out in three rural-based primary schools in Dodoma, central Tanzania to investigate opportunities and challenges head teachers face during the implementation of school Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) programme. The qualitative study used interviews, focus group discussions, observations and documentary review in a triangulation fashion to collect the requisite information. It established that the WASH programme benefits include constructio...