ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the persistence of conflicts in Tanzanian public primary schools in Mpanda district. It was a qualitative research under phenomenological design approach. The study was guided by conflict theory and supplemented by face negotiation theory on the other hand. Sample procedures used to obtain the respondents were critical purposive sampling and 55 respondents were selected. These respondents were such as district education officials, ward education offic...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the pedagogical strategies for teaching English at the ordinary secondary level at Kasulu District in Tanzania. The study was conducted in six community secondary schools of Kasulu District, involving 3 zonal quality assurers, 1 diploma English tutor and 12 secondary teachers of English. The study used phenomenological design to assess lived experience of teaching English. Sociocultural Theory was employed in the study to attain the intended objectives and provid...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate the influence of home environment on students’ learning achievements from selected day public secondary schools in Mbulu Town council. The study explored family characteristics on students learning achievements, home geographical location on students learning achievements and home learning facilities on student learning achievements. This study was guided by the Sociocultural Theory of learning, developed by Vygotsky in 1978. The study further emp...
ABSTRACT The central purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ICT training on pedagogical skills development among student teachers. Dodoma Region was made a reference to this by examining the available ICT facilities and their characteristics, student teachers use of ICTs facilities and the curriculum framework of the implementation. A mixed research approach was applied to conduct this research whereby interviews, questionnaire, observation and documentary review were used t...
ABSTRACT This study explored the influence of head teachers‟ leadership competence on pupils‟ academic performance in Mkuranga District-Tanzania. The study was conducted in twenty five public primary schools of Mkuranga District involving 25 head teachers, 120 teachers, 1 district education quality assurer and 1 district academic officer. The study was exploratory in nature, based on descriptive survey involving ex-post facto research design. House‟s Path-Goal Theory was employed in the...
This study intended to explore the influence of school heads on teachers‟ job performance in public secondary schools. The study had three specific objectives which were: to explore ways that school heads use to promote teachers‟ job performance, to identify the challenges that school heads face in promoting teachers‟ job performance, and to explore how far the school heads take care of the teachers‟ social needs aiming at intensifying teachers‟ job performance. The research was con...
ABSTRACT Play has been acknowledged worldwide as an important arena for holistic child development, and is included in the UN‟s article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as among the basic rights of the child. Studies throughout the world show that play is important for children‟s cognitive, socio-emotional and language development. This study sought to investigate beliefs and practices related to play and learning in Dodoma region preschools, Tanzania. The study deplo...
ABSTRACT This study explored the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in higher learning institutions by taking the case of the University of Dodoma as a case study which is found in Dodoma Tanzania. In specifically, the study sought to find out the prevalence of mothering and pregnant students at the University of Dodoma, to investigate the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in their academic pursuit issues and to investigate the outstanding experiences of pregnant and ...
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the kind of care that is given to orphans in Iwawa Ward, in Makete district, and how that care affects the orphans‟ primary schooling. The study was guided by the following research questions: Who are the caregivers of the orphaned pupils? What kind of care is given to the orphans?, How that care affects the orphans‟ primary schooling? What should be done to improve orphans‟ primary schooling? The study employed a case study desi...
ABSTRACT This research investigated the home factors affecting children‟s acquisition of reading and writing in Tanzania. This research was conducted in Mvomero and Kilosa district of Morogoro Region involving 4 schools of which involves 92 participants were interviewed and the other 80 were engaged in focused group discussion. The study employed simple random sampling technique to obtain parents who were involved in interview and focus group discussion. Furthermore, the study employed a ca...
ABSTRACT The study explored the learning environment and the academic achievement of pupils in Tanzania primary schools focusing on dominance, difference and deficits. The study stressed on the three main dimensions, namely school infrastructure and location, appropriate administration of the schools as well as the teachers‟ competency. The study was predominantly qualitative supplemented by quantitative approach with descriptive survey design. Bertallanfy General System Theory (GST) guided...
ABSTRACT The study investigated parents’ participation in improving the academic performance of pupils with hearing impairment (HI) in Mbeya City primary schools. The study starts by examining parents’ participation in educating children with HI. It further scrutinizes parents’ attitudes in supporting their children with HI in improving academic performance, and lastly, it identifies challenges facing parents in improving the academic performance of children with HI. The study was guide...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the current perceptions of ward based secondary school teachers on their job satisfaction in selected ward based secondary schools of Kilombero District. It also, examined the aspects of teachers‟ self-efficacy that positively and negatively affect teachers‟ job satisfaction. A total of 55 respondents participated in the study. Among them, 24 teachers and 24 students were included through simple random sampling technique. Additionally, 6 heads of ward base...
ABSTRACT Across the world parents are considered to be the first and most continuous teachers of children. Appropriate childrearing practices help them to contribute positively in all domains of child development. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of parents as first teachers focusing on storytelling in Tanzania with specific attention to urban and rural families. In order to conduct this study, socio-cultural theory by Lev Vygotsky (1978) was used to guide the conduct of this...
ABSTRACT This study explored pupils' perceptions on relevance of Science subject in primary schools in Tanzania. The investigation was conducted in Korogwe Town. The study was mainly conducted under the qualitative approach and to some extent supported by the quantitative research approach. The Theory of Reasoned Action and research questions were used to guide the current study. Beside the study was conducted in 5 public primary schools whereby 20 pupils (girls and boys) from each class that...