ABSTRACT In first-language and second language acquisition, the training of oracy skills before literacy skills ensures a natural, efficient learning process. The development of oracy skills should embrace the formal and informal varieties of English. The present study attempts to identify clusters of stylistic features of Register in Oral Discourse by native-English students on the one hand and second language speakers of English on the other hand, It discovers that native-English students i...
ABSTRACT The reason for carrying out this study was to investigate the perception of educators on the new competence-based curriculum‟s two assessment procedures of formative and summative in four secondary school of Muzarabani District of Mashonaland Central Province. Four schools were selected from the district through random sampling and this saw about forty educators being involved. A descriptive survey method was also applied .Furthermore the questionnaire was used for data collectio...
Table of Contents DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………ii ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..iii LIST ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the causes of learners’ negative attitudes towards History at Secondary School level in Mount Darwin District Rural Schools. The study also offers the ways that can be used to improve learners’ attitudes. Mount Darwin District has 47 Secondary Schools. For the purpose of this study the researcher focused on 3 rural schools only. The researcher used a sample of 45 learners, 15 teachers and 3 Heads of Departments’ .The descriptive survey research desi...
ABSTRACT This research project was an endeavor to map out the challenges that L1 Shona teachers faced when teaching English to L1 Tonga students with special reference to Nenyunka Primary School. The researcher used the Case Study design where she used three research instruments namely the questionnaire, interview and the observation. The research focused on 7 infant level teachers and 60 pupils from grades 1-3. The researcher gathered that there was a learning barrier between the teachers an...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to explore the prevalence of verbal harassment among students of Gokwe North District with particular reference to Chireya zone. The researcher used a descriptive survey design in this research. The research was based on a sample of twenty-four student who participated in a focus group discussion, thirty-five teachers who answered questionnaires and from these thirty-five teachers, eight class teachers responded to an interview and these participants were d...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to come up with a solution to problems that were faced at National Railways of Zimbabwe Contributory Pension Fund in conducting their board meetings and other general meetings at large. The organization was failing to comprehend the problems with the current system, hence there was need for a practical solution to do away with the problems at hand. Through the use of interviews, document reviews, questionnaires and observations all the Fund‟s proble...
ABSTRACT The research study was based on the factors that contribute to the high dropout rate of the girl child in senior grades of the primary in Mola Cluster in Kariba District. The study employed the descriptive design. The sample consisted of thirty-six teachers and sixteen girl dropouts. The thirty six teachers completed questionnaires whilst the sixteen girl dropouts participated in the focus group discussion. Teachers were randomly selected and girl dropouts were purposively selected. ...
ABSTRACT The study explored into the challenges encountered by the nomadic learners (Himba and Zemba) of Namibia in meeting their educational provision. A descriptive survey design was employed to collect information. The sample comprised 29 teachers and 7 nomadic learners, hence the study had 36 respondents. The sampling technique was convenience and the data were collected using interviews and questionnaires as research instruments. The interview was face to face and semistructured. The col...
ABSTRACT Composition writing helps learners to acquire writing skills. However, students’ performance in Kiswahili composition at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination shows that national performance has been fluctuating with a mean of 14.20 in 2008, 15.40 in 2009, 14.32 in 2010, 16.43 in 2011 and 10.43 in 2012 out of 40 marks. From year 2008 to 2012, Kisumu West Sub-County students’ performance in the Joint Evaluation Test (JET) shows that performance was lower ...
ABSTRACT Countries all over the world use devolved funding to finance education in terms of construction of schools, paying school fees for the needy through bursary and developing school infrastructure. Studies in United States of America, United Kingdom, South-Africa and Malawi have revealed that devolved funding has been used to enhance access, equity and quality of education. However, access, equity and quality of secondary education have caused concern within some parts of Sub-Saharan Af...
ABSTRACT The study assessed factors influencing use of Computer Technology in teaching of Mathematics in secondary schools in Nakuru Town sub-counties, Kenya. Research done in developed countries had found that Computer Technology use in teaching was very little in teaching Mathematics. Its use help students learn by supporting computation and by giving abstract ideas a more perceptible form and therefore significant for Mathematics subject which is poorly performed. Existing literature shows...
ABSTRACT The quest for the improvement in students' performance based upon their learning efforts in chemistry has continued unabated. This quest has led to the uncovering of new needs which con ameliorate both the teaching and learning transactions. Derived from theoretical and empirical work, the new needs, include the enjoyment of practicals, provision in lecturer-student interaction, and student involvement in decision taking. The present study is aimed at designing, implementing and eval...
Introduction 1 1.2 Background of the study 1 1.3 Statement of the problem 3 1.4 Research questions 3 1.5 Research objectives 4 1.6 Significance of the study 4 1.7 Delimitations 4 1.8 Assumptions 5 1.9 Limitations 5 1.10 Definition of terms 6 1.11 Summary 7 viii 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Background 8 2.3 Inclusive education in Zimbabwe 9 2.4 Character of inclusive education 10 2.5 What are the reasons for inclusion 11 2.6 Requirements for successful inclusive education systems 13 2.7 Various rese...
ABSTRACT This study examined the perceptions of teachers in implementing simulation games in teaching and learning of Geography at Zimbabwe Junior Certificate Level in Wedza District secondary schools. The problem was that teachers were not using simulation games in teaching and learning of Geography at ZJC. The study, therefore, investigated the perceptions of teachers and challenges faced by teachers in implementing simulation games. The study also looked at possible ways to improve the use...