Abstract This paper reports the findings of a study that was conducted in Moshi Urban secondary schools in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. The study observed the student-teachers from the University of Dodoma (UDOM) during their 2017/2018 Teaching Practice (TP) to establish their common mistakes during classroom teaching, determine reasons behind such teaching mistakes and suggest possible solutions to improve the preparation of teachers as well as teaching and learning practices. In all, 69 un...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between leadership styles demonstrated by school heads and students‟ academic achievement in community-based secondary schools in Tanzania. The objectives of this study were: (1) To explore dominant leadership style demonstrated by school heads in community-based secondary schools in Tanzania.(2) To examine students‟ difference in academic achievement in relation to leadership styles demonstrated by school heads in community-based secondary sc...
Abstract This study investigated the issues of educating children with intellectual disability at one Primary School in Lindi Region, Tanzania. The data were collected using in-depth interviews and thematically analyzed. The findings indicated that children with intellectual disability were integrated in primary school. Adaptive skills like how to eat, use toilet, dress, sit on chair and academics were offered. There was minimal parents support. Parents lacked the capacity because of their p...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the needs for vocational guidance in primary schools in Chato District of Tanzania. It employed mixed methods with cross-sectional survey design together with the use of purposive sampling for DEO, head teachers, and parents, as well as stratified sampling approach for pupils from the 13 sampled primary schools. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaire and documentary review were used for data collection. The sample of the study comprised a total of 273 responde...
ABSTRACT This study was intended to explore the status and impact of adult information literacy in Tanzania taking Babati District as the case. Specifically the study was meant to: identify sources of information in empowering adult information literacy; determine the extent to which adults are information literate; explore barriers for adult information literacy; examine the impact of adult information literacy programmes on welfare of the Community and to seek stakeholder’s opinions on t...
ABSTRACT The study was on university students‟ participation in sports and its implications on academic performances. The study had four following objectives; firstly to explore rationale of introducing sports among university students, secondly to investigate the perceptions of university about participation in sports ,thirdly to find out the extents to which university students participate in sports and lastly to establish contributions of students‟ participation in sports on academic ...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the role of parents on influencing academic performance in community secondary schools. The reason behind doing this study was the persistence of two ways traffic blames between parents and teachers. Parents have been blaming teachers because their children fail examinations without knowing that even them are also responsible in the performance of their children. The study was done in Mbozi District in Songwe Region. The approach used to undertake th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate decentralization of secondary school education and effectiveness of inspection in Tanzania. The study specifically examined the changes that have occurred in the inspection after the decentralization of secondary schools, challenges facing school inspection, and explored possible initiatives that the Government can undertake to conduct proper and effective secondary school inspection, drawing references from Dodoma Municipality. The study em...
ABSTRACT This study explored the views of school committee members on the persistent use of physical punishment as disciplinary measure in primary schools. The study focused on three research questions which were: (1) to what extent was physical punishment practiced in primary schools as disciplinary measure? (2)What were the views of the school committee members on the use of physical punishment in primary schools? and (3)What were the alternative strategies for maintaining discipline in sc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the strategies used in conflict management between the heads of secondary schools and teachers in secondary schools in Kondoa District. The objectives of the study were: to find out the major sources of conflicts between heads of secondary schools and teachers, to identify effective conflict management strategies that are used in resolving conflicts between heads of secondary schools and teachers and, to examine the challenges encountered in t...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to assess the status of girls’ hostel services in rural community secondary schools, a case of Igunga district in Tanzania. The study was guided by General Systems Theory and Chaos Theory. It was a cross-sectional survey conducted through a mixed research approach, mainly dominated by qualitative research approach and complemented by quantitative elements. A total of 84 participants were purposively and randomly selected from four sampled schools. ...
ABSTRACT This study explored the influence of cultural factors on the primary schools pupils‟ drop out in Mpwapwa District, in Dodoma Region. The study is mainly qualitative with some elements of quantitative approach. It was guided by Ecological System theory developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner in 1979. Data were collected through interviews, questionnaires and documentary review. The cross section research design was used to guide the study. Samples were drawn using simple random and purposi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing academic performance in public primary boarding schools in Sale and Loliondo Divisions in Ngorongoro District of Arusha region in Tanzania. Two theories, total quality management and open system theory as well as CIPP model conceptual framework guided the study. The study employed a case study design with mixed approach to investigate the phenomenon and data were collected through questionnaire, interviews, observa...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to assess the status of environmental ethics teaching in Tanzanian primary schools. Four objectives guided the study namely to: (i) Examine the accessibility of the environmental ethics content in the environmental education content for primary school curriculum, (ii) determine teachers‟ understanding of the ethical dimensions in the teaching of environmental education, (iii) examine the transforming potential of the teaching and learning strategies and (iv)...
ABSTRACT The present study intended to appraise the potential of the assessment tools for fostering holistic children’s development among pre-primary schools in Dodoma, Tanzania. The study was guided by four specific objectives. These were: first, to assess pre-primary school teacher’s understanding of assessment tools’ potential for promoting child holistic development; second, to appraise the role of assessment tools in the promotion of children’s cognitive development; thirdly, to...