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This study set out to identify supervisory styles prevalent in Bulilima district in Zimbabwe, solicit teachers’ views on the supervisory styles and find ways of reconciling teacher-supervisor differences. The sample comprised twenty primary school teachers and ten School Heads. The research used the descriptive survey design and a semi structured questionnaire with both closed questions, where they chose from a set of predetermined responses and open ended questions for data collection....

Teaching learners with learning disabilities in general and dyslexia in particular has become a complex task in the education sector across the globe; it is even more complex when the language of education is not the first language spoken at home. Learners with learning disabilities, especially those with dyslexia, are facing greater challenge in reading and writing in schools, because they have acquired insufficient phonological awareness. The aim of this study was to investigate and...

AbstractIn this paper, the researchers propose that teachers' professional knowledge plays a significant role in the scaffolding of second language education. This is because learners need both linguistic and content knowledge scaffolding to be able to make meaningful associations and build more knowledge onto what they already know. Teachers are not only responsible for comprehensibly delivering learning materials but they are also responsible for initiating the process of learning. It is...

One of the aftermaths of the on-going curriculum innovations in Nigeria’s Polytechnic sector is the introduction of entrepreneurship education in all programmes/disciplines. The need to ascertain the impact of these entrepreneurship courses on the career aspirations of para-professional Librarians-in-Training (LIT) provided the prompting for this paper.A customized research instrument titled “Questionnaire on Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Career Aspirations of Would-be Library...

This study was conducted to determine the perception of nurses on various aspects of continuing professional education (CPE). A mixed method design (quantitative/qualitative) was adopted. A self-explanatory, semi-structured questionnaire was validated and used to collect data in addition to unstructured interview. One hundred and fifty nurses were selected through stratified random sampling from two hospitals in Calabar, Nigeria and served as participants. Participants generally perceived...

This study sought to establish the status of teaching practice planning at Walter Sisulu University. The sample consisted of 50 participants (30 student teachers, 10 host teachers, 10 university lecturers). The mixed-methods approach consisting of quantitative and qualitative approaches was employed. Questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions were used to collect the data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse quantitative data. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data....

To determine the impact of Clinical Officer (C.O) Anaesthetist Training programme at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Nakuru, on Trainee satisfaction, quality of practice and cadre shortfall alleviation.Cross-sectional descriptive study.Kenya Medical Training College, Nakuru.All thirty one Clinical Officer Anaesthetist graduates from KMTC Nakuru, since the training programme started 8 years ago.Twenty nine of the 31 C.O Anaesthetist graduates responded. Twenty six of the 29 respondents...

This paper seeks to explore post-secondary student teachers' beliefs about teaching and the teaching profession in developing countries with reference to Rwanda. These beliefs indicate motivational influences to learning to teach. In most developing countries, teacher preparation at tertiary level combines professional preparation from high school and those without such experience.These students enter the programme with different preconceptions about and perceptions of the teaching...

The advent of ICT comes with its attendant students' accessibility to information.Teaching these digital age 21 st century learners requires adaptive and technological induced methods by educators.The Global Satellite Mobile (GSM) provides learners greater accessibility to the internet which makes it easier for them to learn under certain controlled situations.This paper, therefore, investigated the possibilities of using mobile technology in the teaching and learning of the English language...

Maternal mortality is high the world over, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. Nigeria has consistently demonstrated one of the most abysmally poor reproductive health indices in the world, maternal mortality inclusive. This is a sad reminder that, unless things are better organized, Southeast Nigeria, which Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) represents, may not join other parts of the world in attaining Millennium Development Goal 5 to improve maternal...

This article reviews the history of university development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and discusses the impact of neoliberal policies. This will be followed by an examination of the problems facing universities in the region. The following questions will be explored: (a) Are the existing universities in SSA serving the development needs of the region? (b) Are these universities up to the task of moving SSA out of the predicaments it faces such as famine, HIV/AIDS, poverty, diseases, debt,...

The Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) is a peer-to-peer network of 50 Universities in Africa that teach urban planning degrees. In 2008, the AAPS received funding from the Rockefeller Foundation to enable a project on revitalizing planning education. This comprised two parts: a program on curricular reform and network building and a second on case study research. This piece reflects on the rationale for these two initiatives and the outcomes thus far. The important underlying...

Literature indicates that present policies on environmental protection tend to impose cumbersome and rigid regulations which are often highly uneconomic for all stakeholders in pollution abatement. The reason is that the role of the tax system as a deterrent and motivator of behaviour, economic penalties or a combination of these approaches seem not have been adequately studied prior to formulation of policies and promulgation of legislations for environmental pollution abatement. This...

Education, due to its potency, has become recognized as a process by which individuals and society at large can attain their fullest potential. Therefore, education is critical for harnessing human resources to address issues arising from national development and the environment. Laying a solid foundation for education to adequately tap and expand human capital development is of utmost importance if development issues would be addressed using education as an instrument. The level of basic...