ABSTRACT The project was carried out recently for the purposes of investigating into the effects of the abolishment of corporal punishment on learner behaviour in schools in Epworth, Mabvuku-Tafara District in Harare Metropolitan Province. The researcher confined the study to six schools due to limited time and financial constraints as well as to make it workable. In the process of carrying out this research, the researcher succeeded in getting the effects into the abolishment of corporal pun...
BSTRACT This study was conducted within Geita District Council to find out factors influencing sustainability of improved technologies for pineapple production. Sustainability is the ability to maintain a certain status or process in existing systems, there are four types of sustainability human, social, economic and environmental. The overall objective was to establish factors influencing sustainability of improved pineapple production technologies by small scale farmers in Geita district. S...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this research was to establish the Zimbabwean societal perceptions of the depiction of women in Matavire’s two love songs. The researcher had to interview respondents to get their views on how Paul Matavire’s music depict women. A qualitative content analysis was used to gather data. The study showed that women are portrayed in various ways. They are subjected to naming, demeaning words, sexual objectifications and considered weak. It also emerged that while P...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at finding out the challenges faced by Early Childhood Education learners from child-headed families in Cowdray Park schools in Reigate District. It focused on the background of the study which revealed the statement of the problem and significance of the study. The study employed a number of qualitative research approach. The population of the study consisted of four school heads, sixty teachers and four thousand and sixty learners under Reigate District in Bulawayo ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to develop the skill of note interpretation in choral music. The research was qualitative in nature which prompted the researcher to use an Action Research as there was a problem which she wanted to solve. The focal point was on three research questions which the researcher formulated. Observations were done to identify where most choirs fail when interpreting notes in choral music. Questionnaires and interviews were administered to the choir coordinator...
Abstract This study was carried out at Tategulu Primary school in Cowdray Park cluster under Reigate district with the aim of finding out the challenges associated with the implementation of inclusive education in ECE classrooms. The researcher used a case study design. Interviews and observations were used to gather data. The target population comprised of teachers and parents at Tategulu Primary school. However a sample of 10 participants was randomly chosen comprising of 5 teachers and 5 p...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Mberengwa district as a qualitative case study at Vanguard primary school. The purpose of the study was to examine how “Morality through the philosophy for children (p4c) blended with the Unhu / Ubuntu philosophy can be enhanced in contemporary Zimbabwean education: A case of Zimbabwe’s Mberengwa District”. In this study the central argument is that Unhu/Ubuntu should be made the guiding philosophy in the Zimbabwean education curriculum so as to resto...
ABSTRACT The importance of common bean in improving socioeconomic in the community is well known. There are different improved common bean production technologies introduced by both government and NGOs in Tanzania such fertilizer application especially DAP during planting. However, none or low adoption of recommended common bean production practices like recommended land preparation, seed selection, weed control, fertilizer application and harvesting method is reported everywhere. Cross secti...
Abstract A number of researchers have undertaken some study in line with the challenges faced by teachers in implementing inclusive education at Mgoqo Primary School level in Zimbabwe and beyond. It is however, notable with regret that the challenges faced by Early Childhood Education teachers in implementing inclusive education have not been fully examined and incorporated in the previous studies, while the issue and impact of the new curriculum (2015-2022) were not considered in most of the...
ABSTRACT The study explored the prospects of women empowerment towards occupying influential posts in primary schools. Three primary schools from Kwekwe urban circuit and the district office respectively constituted the population of the study. The study was guided by the feminist perspective. Data was gathered from heads, deputy heads, teachers‟ in-charge and education inspectors by use of descriptive survey design. The research was guided by four research questions that focused on barrier...
ABSTRACT The study sought to analyze leadership training of head teachers in secondary schools in Dodoma Municipality. It used mixed method to collect and analyzed data. Data was collected through observations and interviews conducted with teachers and head teachers. The study adopted a case study research design that gives unitary character of data being studied by inter-relating a variety of facts to a single case. In this regard, data for this study were collected on the independent vari...
Abstract This doctoral research pursued the intersection of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and place-based education in Ugandan secondary schools. Particular interest was placed on how teachers use place-based education pedagogies to influence their own as well as their learners’ reconnection to their communities, cultures and places towards a more sustainable future. Even though the role of community elders1 of guardianship and instruction of IK has been weakened by the formal education syste...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effectiveness of subject panels in enhancing teachers‟ professional development in secondary schools in Tanzania. It was influenced by the Zanzibar Education Vision 2020 that made the revival of subject panels as strategy for upgrading teachers‟ skills to solve the challenges in implementing the curriculum at school settings. The study was guided by Social Learning Theories postulated by Vygotsky (1978) and System Theories by Senge (1990) and it was embe...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate prospects and problems of implementing performance appraisal system in public secondary schools, in Mpanda district, Tanzania. It was a cross sectional study undertaken through qualitative research approach supplemented by quantitative research approach. The study was guided by Scientific Management and Goal Setting Theories. Several respondents such as DSEO, HRO, WECs and HoS were selected through purposive sampling while 29 Teachers were selected th...
ABSTRACT urban agriculture is practiced in most third world societies not as a hobby but as a necessasity both for subsistence food production and to earn extra income.