ABSTRACT This study assessed teachers’ perceptions in the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool in enhancing English language fluency among secondary schools in Tanzania basing on the experience from Moshi municipality. The study adopted descriptive case study design which included mixture of quantitative and qualitative approaches. A total of 24 respondents including heads of schools and English language teachers were included. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to obtain respo...
ABSTRACT A study on the effects of divorce on the academic performance of pupils in primary schools was carried out in Dodoma municipal. The general objective of this study was to investigate the perceptions of teachers and community members on the effects that broken marriage has on children‟s academic performance and their role in minimizing those effects. Questionnaire and interview were conducted to 41 research participants involving teachers, parents, pupils, and influential community...
ABSTRACT The study intended to identify the role of Head Teachers (HT) in monitoring teaching and learning (TL) in private primary schools in Mtwara Municipal Council. The study was mainly qualitative and supported by some quantitative data. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. The study used a crosssection design. Samples were drawn using purposive and stratified random sampling techniques that contained four private primary schools, MEO, 4 HT, 4 AT...
Abstract The study focuses on the different approaches used by indigenous practitioners, Johane Masowe church and AFM in the management and treatment of nhova in Zvishavane. It is a comparative study that seeks to impact and interrogate the convergences and divergences among the Christian churches and indigenous practitioners. The study was guided by Afrocentricity particularly Karenga (1993)‟s ideas on multiculturalism. Utilising interviews questionnaires and focus group discussions, the s...
Abstract A variety of researches have been carried out on education of the special needs children, and little have been done to find out the perceptions of teachers towards the implementation of the Inclusive policy of special needs learners ever since the introduction of the inclusive education. This research specifically focused much on the teachers’ perceptions on the implementation of the inclusive policy of special needs learners in Gweru District primary schools. The research met...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to assess the contribution of Teachers‟ Resource Centers in improving teaching and learning in primary schools in Shinyanga rural district. The study employed qualitative research approach with descriptive research design Data collection methods involved the use of questionnaires, interviews and researcher‟s personal observation of the TRCs in the area of study. Qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis The findings from the study indicated that TRC...
Abstract This paper is based on a study carried out in three rural-based primary schools in Dodoma, central Tanzania to investigate opportunities and challenges head teachers face during the implementation of school Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) programme. The qualitative study used interviews, focus group discussions, observations and documentary review in a triangulation fashion to collect the requisite information. It established that the WASH programme benefits include constructio...
ABSTRACT This study examined the factors for job satisfaction among public secondary school teachers in Tanzania using Kongwa District as a case study area. The researcher used purposive sampling strategy to get eleven schools involved in the study as well as convenience sampling strategy to get the required sample. Participants were 180 public secondary schools teachers. Mixed methods of data collection were employed. The data for the study were analysed using multiple statistical procedure...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the role of career guidance and counselling services in enhancing employability skills among students in higher learning institutions in Tanzania based on experience from The University of Dodoma (UDOM) and St. Johns‟ University of Tanzania (SJUT). It employed a descriptive research design using qualitative and some aspects of quantitative research approach. A total of 123 respondents including lecturers, wardens and students from UDOM-CoED and SJUT were involv...
ABSTRACT The study examined truancy to illuminate the aspects of its causes, educational effects to students, and intervention strategies in four selected government secondary schools in Tanga City. The study sought to answer three research questions that aimed at identifying causes of truancy, educational effects of truancy to the students, and intervention strategies practised in the four selected government secondary schools. 136 participants were involved in the study. These included eig...
ABSTRACT This study investigates teaching and learning methods that enhance reading among pre-primary children in Tanzania. The specific objectives of this study were: to identify the common teaching and learning methods used by teachers to enhance reading skills among pre-primary children, to explore when teachers assess the ability of pupils and help them and to examine the challenges encountered by preprimary teachers in teaching reading skills. The study was conducted in Chamwino Distric...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship that exists between some selected psychosocial variables and intention to abstain from sex among secondary school adolescents in Dodoma region, Tanzania. Particularly, the study investigated the likely relationship that might exist between intention to abstain from sex among adolescent secondary school students and the four psychosocial variables (sexual education knowledge, perceived attitudes, perceived social norms and...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to find out factors influencing students‟ drop out in higher learning institutions and its emanating consequences. It employed a cross-sectional research design, in which mixed research approaches were employed. A sample of 91 respondents which comprised 6 heads of departments, 2 academic staff, 2 deputy deans of students, 75 continuing students, and 6 students who dropped out from studies. The study had three objectives: first to find out the factors influencing...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess stress factors and coping strategies among primary school adolescents in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative methods. Both purposive and stratified simple randomly sampling procedures were used. An overall number of 108 respondents made up of 18 primary school teachers and 90 primary school adolescents were involved in this study. Data were gathered through, interview, questionnaires and documentar...
ABSTRACT Reading and writing is critical to a child’s success in school and later in life because, it is one of the predictors to ascertain whether a child will function competently in school and actively engage and contribute in increasingly literate society. Despite many government initiatives, teachers have been reported to perform unsatisfactorily in classroom practices in reading and writing. The situation has led to 64% and 54% of standard 2 and 3 pupils unable to read and write as i...