ABSTRACT Several countries recognised the importance of websites usage in education for teaching and learning. In Namibia, the use of websites in teaching remains limited. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of usage of websites to teach the topic of transport system in humans in Biology as a school subject at a selected rural high school in Omusati Region in Namibia. The study adopted a qualitative approach using single case study. A sample size of three Biology teach...
ABSTRACT Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.), an indigenous African legume valued for its drought tolerance, is popular in most parts of Africa. The study aimed to study environment effects on six landraces of Bambara groundnut (Nam 1759/3, Uniswa Red, S19/3, KFBN 9709, KFBN0105 and KFBN 0116) and to evaluate their molecular and nutritional compositions. The effects of different sowing dates and watering regimes on the growth and development of the landraces were studied. There...
ABSTRACT The application of computers has become an integral part of the present-day society, including Namibia, to the extent that the skill to use a computer is a major requirement for many vocations and it contributes to efficiency in many others. The introduction of computers in education is a large-scale complex innovation in which many obstacles need to be overcome before successful implementation can take place (Plomp & Pelgrum, 1993). The MBESC (1999: 2) introduced the Computer Pract...
ABSTRACT The need to explore the Vakwangali traditional clothing as an inspiration for designing fashion clothing arose from acquired knowledge and understanding that intersections exist between traditional clothing and fashion design. It also began from observations that while such intersections seem to have resulted in the development of fashion clothing from traditional clothing among, for example, Ovaherero and Aawambo of Namibia, it is puzzling as to why the same have not occurred among...
ABSTRACT Higher education is undergoing fundamental change as a result of increasing globalization, advances in techno logy, and changing student demographics. In response to these changes, distance education at the tertiary level is growing rapidly. As this change occurs, many of the traditionally held ideas about higher education are challenged. There are important issues to be recognized and addressed that will provide challenges as well as opportunities for educators as they strive to de...
ABSTRACT Although research and classroom experience have produced more publications based on teaching and learning of probability, there are still significant challenges regarding probability content and need for proper instructions to build learners’ existing notions and intuition of probability in order to foster formal probabilistic understanding (Dollard, 2011; Xiayan, 2015). Beside mathematics being a compulsory subject in the Namibian School curriculum since 2012, it is one of the req...
Abstract Ministry of Education is losing teachers to other sectors within the Namibian economy (Iyambo, 2012). Those that are leaving the teaching profession are not easily replaced because there are already not enough of the academically able students being attracted to teaching. Iyambo (2012) noted that the highest rates of attrition were among teachers with the highest academic qualification. This study aimed at investigating factors contributing to teachers ‘attrition. The purpose for t...
Abstract This study investigated views and attitudes of adult literacy learners, adult educators and policy makers regarding the adult literacy programme in the Caprivi Region of Namibia. It aimed at addressing four major questions that were regarded as pertinent in understanding the significance of the National Literacy Programme in Namibia (NLPN) in the lives of the participants. These questions looked at the views of adult literacy learners and adult educators regarding the following: curr...
ABSTRACT 2 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the University of Namibia’s module ‘Teaching Methods of English’ and establish its relationship with the Grade 11 and 12 English Second Language Ordinary and Higher level Syllabi in the focus area of writing skills. The study followed a qualitative method of programme evaluation by evaluating the content and structure of the University module in relation to the school syllabus. Effectiveness of the student teachers’ competency to te...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the extent to which teachers, principals, learners and parents in the Outapi circuit of Omusati Education Region practiced Inclusive Education. The reason for this was to gather research data on which to base the promotion and enhancement of inclusive education cultures, values and practices in the Outapi Circuit schools of the Omusati region of Namibia. Based on a transformative research design, the study used a systematic sampling technique...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to determine the impacts of delegation of school duties on students‟ academic performance in Zanzibar, taking a case study of Micheweni District. It aimed to examining the extent to which school heads at Micheweni District delegate school duties to their subordinates, challenges associated with the delegation process and the essentials of delegation process in improving students‟ achievements. The study used qualitative approach in data collections and ana...
ABSTRACT One of the basic social functions is to maintain amicable social groups. In order for social groups to attain this goal, adults use different strategies to raise children. This study, therefore, examined teachers and parents‟ strategies for development of a caring disposition among young children in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. The research design adopted was a cross-sectional descriptive survey and samples of 20 purposively selected respondents were involved to obtain data. The...
ABSTRACT English Second Language (ESL) writing is a challenge to most of the learners in the Namibian schools. It is against this background that this study deals with the analysis of writing errors that are made by grade 11 learners in ESL from the two selected secondary schools in the Omusati Education Region in Namibia. It aims at identifying and analyzing writing errors in 400 essays written in English by 400 grade 11 learners. Errors were also compared in terms of gender and mother tongu...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the kinds of teaching methods primary school teachers use in teaching reading in Otjiherero at a school in the Okahandja circuit in order to determine their appropriateness in teaching reading. Two teachers were interviewed on the reading instructional methods which they used and were observed during reading instruction sessions. In addition, the study also tested the Otjiherero reading ability of 50 Grade 1 learners in the second term of the academic year 201...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate issues that lead to declining students‘ performance in arts subjects in community secondary schools in Shinyanga Municipality despite the large number of teachers. The study was mainly qualitative in design involving case studies supported by some elements of quantitative data. The study was under pinnedon Omari‘s conceptual frame work for quality assurance in order to make connection of the quality assured in community school in...