ABSTRACT Despite this rich use to which drama has been put in Zimbabwe, schools, colleges and Universities have largely sidelined the study of drama (plays) on the official syllabi in preference to other genres such as the short story, poems and the novel, as if drama has not richly debated societal challenges by contesting the various levels of inequalities, power relations and social trends that need correction in the Zimbabwean society. This is glaringly clear in the Department of Englis...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ii ABSTRACT iii KEY WORDS iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v DEDICATION vi TABLE OF CONTENTS vii LIST OF TABLES xii LIST OF FIGURES xiii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background to the Study 1 Statement of the Problem 3 Purpose of the Study 5 Research Objectives 5 Research Questions 6 Significance of the Study 6 Delimitations 7 Limitations 7 Definition of Terms 9 Organization of the Study 9 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction 1...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate level of preparedness of Zimbabwe to Ebola Virus Disease. Tsholotsho District Hospital was the study site. A case study design was used. A sample size of 20 health care workers was used as study participants. Stratified random sampling was used to select study participants. Questionnaires were used to collect data. The study findings revealed that health care workers have limited knowledge on Ebola disease. The health care workers are not con...
ABSTRACT There are several methods of teaching that can be used in the teaching and learning of History at Ordinary Level. Field work activities in History present students with a chance to interact with the physical and human environment and try to draw relationships between the two. An understanding of these interaction creates an awareness of how human being should interact and draw future conclusions. Fieldwork presents the chance to interact and understand the relationships and processe...
Abstract A study to investigate the effectiveness of BEAM in reducing dropout rate was carried out in Mberengwa North Cluster. The sample size had five school heads ,ten school teachers, five School Development Committee Chairperson, ten Community Selection Committee (CSC) members and thirty OVCs at school, which were selected at five different schools. Thirty parents and thirty orphans and vulnerable children from the communities surrounding the school were also chosen for the study. Ques...
Abstract – The aim of this paper is to examine the perceptions of small-scale irrigation farmers (SSIFs) with regard to climate change and their adaptation strategies in terms of its effects. This study forms part of a broader regional project, namely the Southern Agricultural Africa Inter-Comparison and Improvement Project (SAAMIIP) on integrated regional climate assessment. In analysing the SSIF farm situation, meta-analysis was the selected methodological application. Farm-level data wa...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, it seeks to investigate the relationship between students' knowledge of mathematical concepts and their problem-solving ability with due consideration for their computational ability and comprehension of mathematics language. Secondly, it intends to find out whether teachers' methods of teaching mathematical concepts would have any positive effect on the improvement of problem-solving ability of students. The study was carried out in Lag...
ABSTRACT The literature shows that many studies on the problem of drug abuse have not only been carried out among Nigerian Secondary school students but also among undergraduates in Nigerian Universities. Uen studies, however, focussed mainly on the magnitude or the epidemiological nature of the problem and paid little attention to the relationship between drug abuse and students learning. The present study investigated the prevalence of drug abuse and its relationship to academic motivation ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of two behaviour modification strategies, namely: the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and the Social Learning Theory (SLT) on the management of psychosocial problems of street-beggars in a destitute centre in Lagos metropolis. The participants in the study comprised 120 (60 men and 60 women) able bodied destitute and street beggars who were randomly selected in a destitute centre in Lagos metropolis. The instruments ...
ABSTRACT This study was focused on the effect of role modeling on secondary school girls' attitude, interest and science related career choice. The research design employed was a pre-test, post-test control group design. The sample consisted of 500 female students randomly selected from ten secondary schools in Lagos State. Data was gathered and analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings from the study indicated that 'Printed Role Modeling' and 'Video Role Modellin...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of literacy approaches on the socio- economic life of migrant fishermen in Lagos State. It examined the extent to which some identified approaches would promote literacy acquisition among the Migrant Fishermen, and how their personal variables like sex, age, marital status and level of education influenced their literacy acquisition. A total number of one hundred and sixty fishermen were selected from Badagry, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe and Amuwo-Odofin Local...
ABSTRACT Since some secondary schools are known to offer guidance services to their students in Bendel State, it is logical to expect that certain benefits are likely to be derived by the beneficiaries. Already, there is a growing awareness in Nigeria about the usefulness of these services but there is a dearth of concrete date for assessing the role fulfilled by counselling in the growth and development of secondary school students. It is also known that some Nigerians do not believe in the ...
ABSTRACT In Nigeria as in cost countries, the primary emphasis is devoted to the development of Cognitive processes of the child. Much time and money is spent in writing curriculum guides, selecting textbooks, providing facilities, and designing building to ensure meeting this col. By comparison affective development and more specifically, the positive growth of self-esteem and school adjustment is not approached in any systematic way. In too many schools, the importance of a pupil's affectiv...
ABSTRACT This study was primarily aimed at investigating the social, economic and psychological problems of unmarried teenage mothers and factors that will influence unmarried teenage mothers' re-entry into continuing education programmes in Lagos State. It is equally important to note that social and psychological problems in this study refer to the problems associated with self-esteem, family and peer relationships encountered by the unmarried teenage mothers. Also investigated were the eco...
ABSTRACT It was observed that students' performance for more than a decade both in internal and external examinations had been deteriorating even though the schools were staffed with qualified professional teachers. Thus there was a need to examine the relationship between teacher performance indicators and student academic achievement in Lagos State public senior secondary (SS) schools which is the concern of this study. Using the school as a unit of analysis, the entire population of SS 2 t...