ABSTRACT Cooperatives have been regarded as one of the main institutional machinery for empowering the economically weak members of the society. Despite the availability of cooperative societies, it appears that a significant proportion of rural women are either unaware of the existence of such cooperative societies or are lacking in the basic socioeconomic characteristics that form the prerequisite for participation in such activities. The study, therefore, examined the linkage between wome...
Abstract This study focused on the development of a motivational training programme for enhancing the entry of almajiris into cotton production occupations in Northwest, Nigeria. Six research questions guided the study and five hypotheses were formulated and tested at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. Research and Development (R & D) design was used for the study. The population for the study was 2,717 comprising 1,528 Agricultural Extension Agents; 1,138 Teachers of Agricultura...
ABSTRACT English-Yoruba translation, which is a compulsory course for pre-service teachers in colleges of education is an important aspect of Yoruba language studies. However, reports show that there is a gross student under-achievement in it. This has been traced to ineffective strategies adopted in teaching translation to the pre-service teachers; hence the need to adopt strategies that can cater for these deficiencies. Two of such strategies are bilingual and peer-tutoring which are learne...
ABSTRACT Vocational training is important in achieving economic empowerment and independence in persons with intellectual disability. However, pupils with intellectual disability often enter the labour market in Nigeria without receiving vocational training resulting into serious challenges to these pupils. Several existing research on pupils with intellectual disability focused on improving academic performance, while few studies have been done on enhancing their vocational interest using Ex...
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...