ABSTRACT The current study was on a comparison between Male and Female Teachers‟ subjective reasons for working in Private Secondary schools in Tanzania: A case of Geita Urban District. The purpose of this study was to examine and make a comparison between male and female teachers‟ subjective reasons for working in private secondary schools in Tanzania. This study had the following objectives; to find out subjective reasons for male and female teachers‟ to work in these schools, to inv...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of school leadership models on students‟ academic achievement in ward secondary schools in Dodoma, Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the school leadership models practiced by heads of ward secondary schools to influence students‟ academic achievement, assess the extent to which the leadership models used by the school heads influence students‟ academic achievement in WSS in Dodoma, Tanzania; and explore the stra...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the status of women representation in school committees in Mbeya city council, Tanzania. It was mainly qualitative and supported by some elements of quantitative research approach with a cross-sectional survey design. Study samples were drawn using purposive and random sampling techniques to obtain 6 public primary schools, with 50 respondents who included; CBEO, CAO, 6 SCCs, 6 HTs and 36 SMSC. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and docume...
ABSTRACT Like many other libraries, the Sokoine National Agricultural Library (SNAL) has already computerized most of its services. The library has acquired a number of ICT facilities that contribute positively to provision of information services. However, the new technologies provide new challenges related to acquisition, preservation, maintenance and security issues, training of users, and lack of awareness and commitment among key stakeholders. This paper discusses some of the challenges...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine Stakeholders’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Assessment Process during Teaching Practices towards Studentteachers’ Professional Growth in Public Teachers’ Colleges in Tanzania. The study was conducted in two Teachers’ Colleges and six public primary and six secondary schools from Songea and Iringa municipalities, with a total of twenty-four respondents. The sample was obtained through purposive and stratified sampling techn...
ABSTRACT The rights to the quality ECCE services for all children have formally received international commitments and acknowledgments. It is evident that good-quality ECCE is important for all children‟s learning and development. For the young children with disabilities (CWDs), the quality ECCE enables early identification and intervention of impairments and for certain CWDs, it facilitates transition into mainstream schools. The current study investigated the accessibility of the ECCE fo...
ABSTRACT The concern of this study was to design Instructed Vocabulary Lessons (IVL) that would ensure adequate coverage of vocabulary in the mainstream curriculum. Therefore, the study was guided by four specific objectives. These included to provide a situational analysis of both sociocultural context and vocabulary building practices in the current English Language Syllabus, to design the IVL for promoting vocabulary knowledge within the current English Language Syllabus, to assess the us...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the persistence of conflicts in Tanzanian public primary schools in Mpanda district. It was a qualitative research under phenomenological design approach. The study was guided by conflict theory and supplemented by face negotiation theory on the other hand. Sample procedures used to obtain the respondents were critical purposive sampling and 55 respondents were selected. These respondents were such as district education officials, ward education offic...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the pedagogical strategies for teaching English at the ordinary secondary level at Kasulu District in Tanzania. The study was conducted in six community secondary schools of Kasulu District, involving 3 zonal quality assurers, 1 diploma English tutor and 12 secondary teachers of English. The study used phenomenological design to assess lived experience of teaching English. Sociocultural Theory was employed in the study to attain the intended objectives and provid...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate the influence of home environment on students’ learning achievements from selected day public secondary schools in Mbulu Town council. The study explored family characteristics on students learning achievements, home geographical location on students learning achievements and home learning facilities on student learning achievements. This study was guided by the Sociocultural Theory of learning, developed by Vygotsky in 1978. The study further emp...
ABSTRACT The central purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ICT training on pedagogical skills development among student teachers. Dodoma Region was made a reference to this by examining the available ICT facilities and their characteristics, student teachers use of ICTs facilities and the curriculum framework of the implementation. A mixed research approach was applied to conduct this research whereby interviews, questionnaire, observation and documentary review were used t...
ABSTRACT This study explored the influence of head teachers‟ leadership competence on pupils‟ academic performance in Mkuranga District-Tanzania. The study was conducted in twenty five public primary schools of Mkuranga District involving 25 head teachers, 120 teachers, 1 district education quality assurer and 1 district academic officer. The study was exploratory in nature, based on descriptive survey involving ex-post facto research design. House‟s Path-Goal Theory was employed in the...
This study intended to explore the influence of school heads on teachers‟ job performance in public secondary schools. The study had three specific objectives which were: to explore ways that school heads use to promote teachers‟ job performance, to identify the challenges that school heads face in promoting teachers‟ job performance, and to explore how far the school heads take care of the teachers‟ social needs aiming at intensifying teachers‟ job performance. The research was con...
ABSTRACT Play has been acknowledged worldwide as an important arena for holistic child development, and is included in the UN‟s article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as among the basic rights of the child. Studies throughout the world show that play is important for children‟s cognitive, socio-emotional and language development. This study sought to investigate beliefs and practices related to play and learning in Dodoma region preschools, Tanzania. The study deplo...
ABSTRACT This study explored the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in higher learning institutions by taking the case of the University of Dodoma as a case study which is found in Dodoma Tanzania. In specifically, the study sought to find out the prevalence of mothering and pregnant students at the University of Dodoma, to investigate the experiences of pregnant and mothering students in their academic pursuit issues and to investigate the outstanding experiences of pregnant and ...