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Self-efficacy has been found to have positive relationship with important educational variables such as choice of task, persistence, motivation, and academic performance. This study investigated the role of students’ mathematics self-efficacy and use of teachers’ feedback in improving mathematics performance among secondary schools in Tanzania. The study involved 2767 Form III students sampled from 48 secondary schools in Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro regions. A questionnaire was used to...

Monolingual oriented practices that largely dominated reading instruction in most multilingual African contexts in the twentieth century are increasingly being challenged in this century. Despite this, there remains a dearth of research on the concurrent use of more than one language during reading instruction in these contexts. In this qualitative study, we examined the reading practices of multilingual learners and one teacher in isiZulu and English in a Grade 3 classroom in an urban...

Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents is a global concern. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of empirical studies in Tanzania that systematically examine stakeholders’ views on this phenomenon. Using qualitative data from eight focus group discussions (FGDs), this study explores perspectives of teachers and social workers on sexual exploitation of adolescent students. The respondents of this study were conveniently selected from six secondary schools and two social welfare...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on 3 out of 24 business schools in Egypt in order to investigate their talent management practices of academics. Design/methodology/approach A total of 350 academics were contacted and 245 of them were interviewed in 49 face-to-face focus groups. The interview length for each focus group is about 45 min and is conducted in Arabic, the mother tongue of all respondents. Upon conducting the interviews, the authors used thematic analysis to determine...

Abstract This study explored cyberbullying and cybervictimization, and the role of sociodemographic and access to technology variables for Tanzanian adolescents. A self-report questionnaire was completed by secondary school students aged 14 to 18 (Form 1 to Form IV). Results provide evidence that online violence is increasingly becoming a problem of concern for Tanzanian adolescents. In particular, whereas 42% of the students reported to have cyberbullied others using electronic...

Abstract Background Lectures are one of the most common teaching methods in medical education. Didactic lectures were perceived by the students as the least effective method. Teaching methods that encourage self-directed learning can be effective in delivering core knowledge leading to increased learning. Problem based learning has been introduced as an active way of learning but it has some obstacles in developing countries where the intake is huge with minimum resources. This study...

Laboratory activity as an integral part of learning chemistry provides students with a learning experience built up through student's interaction with concrete material is deficient in science secondary school students in Nigeria. This unpleasant situation resulted from the fact that, in many schools, laboratory personnel and facilities are either partially available or not completely available. This paper discussed some of the benefits of a virtual chemistry laboratory and how its...

Background: Worldwide, harmful alcohol use is causally related to about 60 diseases and is linked to about 3.3 million deaths annually. Yet, awareness of alcohol-disease links is low.Objective: This study aims to assess socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of alcohol-disease links as predictors of support for alcohol-related policies.Methods: A survey of 615 university students (age = 19.8; SD = 1.6; 18–25) in Botswana assessed alcohol use and knowledge of alcohol-disease links as...

The paper discussed the importance of women education and the socio economic development in Fika local government area of Yobe state, Nigeria. The paper focused on the concept of women education, the concept of socio-economic development and the importance of women education in socio-economic development. This study employed quantitative approach with descriptive correlation design and also the total population of 66901 and the sample size of 382 respondents while questionnaire and interview...

This study investigated the effect of institutional facilities on the quality of university education in Uganda in Uganda. Quality of university education was measured by satisfaction of students with their current university experience and their labour market expectations. Institutional facilities were measured by adequacy of classroom space and environment, Library facilities and availability of books, Laboratory facilities and availability of teaching apparatus, and Computer facilities...

Youth ministry in Kenya is evolving. In the Presbyterian churches in Kenya for instance, new positions for full time youth workers show the increasing emphasis on youth work. However, youth workers in many of the Kenyan churches have not been trained in youth work. If trained, the curriculum of the institutions of training reveals a lacuna in a practical theological approach to youth work. This article argues that effective youth work lies at the nexus of theory, reflection and praxis, hence...

The objective of the Tertiary Education for Employability Project (TEEP) is to improve the employability of tertiary education graduates and to strengthen the management of higher education. The proposed second restructuring will complement and expand on measures already approved under the first restructuring, which are staring to bear fruits as measured by the number of large PAQs recently launched and grants ready to be approved. This new restructuring is a gradual and subsequent step to...

Background: Uncorrected refractive error could negatively affect learning and academic performance, there is still inadequate information for planning school health.Aim: To determine the proportion of students with vision impairment because of uncorrected refractive error, and prevalent types among learners aged 10–18 years.Setting: The study site included two of 18 local government areas of the Cross River State in Nigeria, with 23 public and mission secondary schools.Methods: A two-stage...

The study examined functional approaches for applying work-based learning (WBL) into Electrical and Electronic Technology (EET) in northwest Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted to carry out the study. Random sampling technique was used to select two tertiary institutions offering Electrical and Electronic Technology. The entire 32 lecturers of EET from the two tertiary institutions and 64 supervisors of registered Electrical Technology firms in the two states making a total of 96...

The focus of this research is to investigate the influence of wharfs on school children. Therefore it will report the findings of the result on the influences of wharfs on school children with specific case on Portee Wharf in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa. In this regard, the introduction describes the research area, stating the statement of the problem, the overall goal and specific objectives that will be attained in this study, justification for selecting the topic, problems to be...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of Mnemonic techniques on mathematics and social studies learning outcomes in primary schools in Machakos subcounty, Kenya.A 4x2 Factorial research design was used to test the appropriateness of three Mnemonic techniques on learning outcomes of mathematics and social studies.Stratified sampling technique was used to categorize schools into three educational zones in Machakos Sub-County.Four schools were then purposefully...

This article presents an action research analysis of data collected from lessons conducted in my own class. The action research investigated how the dynamics of noise and silence can be enforced using dramatic approaches. Research in the area of drama integration in teaching and learning often aims to improve learner's knowledge acquisition. However, there is little research in this area in Zimbabwe and the conceptualisation of Drama as a classroom management strategy remains limited. I...

To partner with and understand the health of Somali Bantu refugee women, small group sessions were designed and conducted using a community-based collaborative action research (CBCAR) approach. Health topics identified by this community were presented in 42 sessions with eleven women. Follow-up individual interviews with the women were used to ask questions about health experiences and plan for future health education. The objective of this qualitative study was to provide refugee women with...

Following the United Nation’s pronouncement of 2005-2014 as the Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), education and particularly Higher Education was earmarked as the most convenient and appropriate vehicle for advancing training and awareness for sustainability and sustainable development. This study reviewed articles to investigate the level of awareness about ESD among engineering stakeholders in Nigeria and also to investigate the various approaches that could be used...