Abstract Language, both oral and written, is a tool used by a human being in communicating ideas, concepts and sharing experiences in variety of social contexts. It is also necessary in school activities’ instructions. The social contexts essential for enhancing children’s language are the home and school. It is because of this background that the current study was undertaken to establish how parents’ and teachers’ interaction constitute an essential ingredient in the development o...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to find out the impact of teacher absenteeism on pupils’ learning drawing inferences from Kigoma/Ujiji Municipal. The study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches in gathering, analyzing and presenting the data obtained from the field. Data collection methods employed in this study include questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. A sample of 69 respondents was drawn from the population of pupils, school academic masters, head t...
ABSTRACT This study primarily investigated the kinds of Learner Support Services (LSS) which are provided by the Institute of Adult Education (IAE) to secondary education through Open and Distance Learning (SE-ODL) students, specifically in Dodoma Region; it also measured the usefulness of these LSS to SE-ODL students and sought to find the best LSS that may be employed by IAE to SE-ODL students. The study was guided by Vygotsky‟s Social-Cultural Theory (SCT) and Holmberg‟s Theory of Dis...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the impact of mining activities on educational development. The theoretical frame work of this study was grounded on the Open System theory. Open System theory asserts that, a system does not exist in the vacuum. It is dependent on its environment in which it is established. Its implication is that, education development as a system depends on mining environment of Geita through which it was established. So mining environment, can affect educational devel...
ABSTRACT The discourse of quality in pre-primary education (PPE) programmes has gained prominence across the world and resulted into search for what it means as well as constituted from the stakeholders‟ understanding. This study explored the stakeholders‟ construction of quality of the PPE in Tanzania with special attention to policy as a discourse. The study was conducted in 15 public pre-primary schools of the Dodoma Urban District involving 21(two male and 19 female) PPE teachers, 10...
ABSTRACT This study examined the stakeholders‟ perceptions on the effectiveness of cost sharing policy in public Universities, a case of University Dodoma. The study employed a mixed approach where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Further, the study employed a cross sectional research design in data gathering whereas the system theory by Ludwig (1968) and partnership model by Reddy (2002) guided the study. Data were collected from 116 respondents through questionnair...
ABSTRACT The study intended to examine the Assessment of teacher‟s Management on students with single parent care towards academic performance in Secondary schools in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma Municipality. Specifically the study embrace to examine care and management provided by teachers and parents to student‟s with single parent in Dodoma municipality. Identify problems facing students with single parent care towards academic performance in Dodoma municipality and recommend policy op...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership styles of school heads and school performance in private secondary schools within Dodoma Municipality. The study specifically identified the leadership style(s) mostly preferred by school heads and owners of private secondary schools. The study then examined the existing relationship between leadership styles of school heads and school performance in private secondary schools. Moreover, the most effective leadership style in pro...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate transparency in utilization of Capitation Grants in community secondary schools in Shinyanga Municipality, Tanzania. The study was a cross-sectional survey design, through qualitative research but supported with some elements of quantitative research approach. It was conducted in four secondary schools selected in urban and rural areas. The study was guided by both psychological theories (Social Learning Theory and Theory of Planned Behaviour) and man...
ABSTRACT The current study aimed at designing, developing and implementing a learner-centred exemplary materials to improve teaching and learning the human evolution topic in O- level secondary school history syllabus. The study employed a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches with ethnographic and quasi-experimental research designs. The study involved participants who were selected from two schools that belonged to Momba district in Mbeya. Data were collected thro...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of community participation in promoting students’ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma City Council. The study was guided by New Public Management Theory. The study employed descriptive research design. The sample of this study consisted of 106 participants whereby, 50 of the participants were students, 30 were parents, 20 were teachers, 5 were head of schools and 1 was DEO. Part...
Abstract Decentralisation of education is among the current reforms that have been taking place in different African countries. Tanzania, as part of African countries, has also adopted decentralised policies in its education system. The arguments for advocating decentralisation are to give more power to the local people, minimise unneccesary bureaucracy and to ensure a proper utilisation of the educational resources. Findings from Dar es Salaam and Mbeya in Tanzania indicated that community i...
Abstract: This is a conceptual article on innovative learning/instruction setting for adaptive expertise. Currently, the dominant learning approach is socio-constructivist – where in learning process, a learner actively constructs knowledge in the existing social context through social interaction and recognition with others. Learning should be constructive, self-regulated, sensitive to context and collaborative. The intended expectation of learning in diverse disciplines is to achieve adap...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current experimental study was to investigate the effects of presence of others and task performance primary school children. The study hypothesized that the pupils would perform significantly better on simple task when they would do the task in presence of others who would similarly be engaged on the same task as well as in the presence of passive on-lookers than when would conduct the task alone, and vice versa. Further, the study hypothesized that girls would ou...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the suitability of films in enhancing guidance and counselling in Tanzania secondary school. The study had three objectives, which are to determine the informants’ understanding of films as a means for guidance and counselling services in secondary schools to identify the criteria to be considered in the selection of films for students’ guidance and counselling services, and finally to explore teachers’ steps to be considered during filmi...