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This qualitative case study investigated collaborative practices (CPs) among secondary school teachers, focusing on their role in enhancing teachers’ professional development (PD). The research employed interviews and focus group discussions, along with thematic analysis, to gather and analyse data from thirty purposively selected participants, including heads of departments (HoDs) and heads of secondary schools (HoSSs) across three sampled secondary schools in Ilala Municipality. The...

Professional learning communities (PLCs) provide teachers with opportunities to learn from one another and enhance classroom practices. This qualitative study investigated the potential of PLCs in promoting competency-based teaching in Tanzanian secondary schools. The study employed a case study design involving interviews with 69 participants, including teachers, heads of schools, and students. Analysis indicated that teachers had not yet extracted the full potential of PLCs. PLCs reinforce...

In this study I investigated the involvement of top management and teachers in the strategic planning process in 5 district schools located in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province guided by the Take Stock Analysis (TSA) model. The constructivist/interpretivist paradigm was the qualitative methodology adopted for the study using a case study research method. The participants were 5 education managers and 5 focus groups of 4 teachers, each purposively selected from each school as an in-depth...

This paper analysed the impact of trade integration on inclusive growth in Rwanda using time series data from 1992 up to 2022. This study used the Fully Modified Least Squares approach to internalise the problem of endogeneity due to omitted variables and feedback effect. This study revealed evidence of deep connection between the five independent variables (trade integration, Import duties, foreign direct investment, Exchange rate, CPI inflation) and the inclusive growth of the Rwandan...

This qualitative study utilised a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology to explore how Web 2.0 technologies can be embraced to nurture the reading habits of secondary school learners in the Bulawayo province of Zimbabwe. The study employed a multiple-case study design with 14 focus groups with 210 learners as a data collection tool. Data was augmented through interviews with school librarians and analysed thematically according to objectives. The findings of the study revealed...

Sorghum serves as a staple food for rural populations in Burkina Faso, but its cultivation faces limitations due to post-flowering drought stress. Consequently, there is a need for improvement to enhance resilience to moisture stress. The current investigation aims to identify drought-tolerant germplasm to enhance local susceptible elite varieties. One hundred and ten accessions, comprising improved and exotic materials, were evaluated under fully irrigated and terminal drought-stress...

This study focused on the development of a metaverse-based rainforest ecosystem for high school students and tested its effectiveness in terms of students’ academic achievement and learning satisfaction. In this study, the metaverse platform ZEP is used to simulate a rainforest ecosystem. ZEP jointly developed by Supercat and Naver Z was formally launched in Korea on March 16, 2022. ZEP is a platform where users can integrate through avatars and integrates the metaverse’s virtual space map,...

The percentage budgetary allocations to the education sectors of Nigeria alongside those of some other selected African countries (which included Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Kenya and Morocco) from 1999 to 2021 in view of the UNESCO recommended minimum benchmarks were assessed in this paper. Secondary data from the 2018 Edition of the Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Official Website of the Budget Office of the Federal Government of Nigeria (budgetoffice.gov.ng)...

Nigeria has rich agricultural resources endowment and an avalanche of laudable agricultural policies that could turn her into an industrialized economy and reduce the incidence ofhunger and poverty. This study highlighted that agripreneurship programme is vital to develop entrepreneurs and leaders to improve agribusiness in Nigeria. This study defined the concept of agripreneurship and its role in enhancing climate resilience in Nigeria. It recommended that climate resilience and sustainable...

Nigeria has rich agricultural resources endowment and an avalanche of laudable agricultural policies that could turn her into an industrialized economy and reduce the incidence ofhunger and poverty. This study highlighted that agripreneurship programme is vital to develop entrepreneurs and leaders to improve agribusiness in Nigeria. This study defined the concept of agripreneurship and its role in enhancing climate resilience in Nigeria. It recommended that climate resilience and sustainable...

This study investigated teachers’ knowledge and usage of ethnomathematics in Asokwa Municipality (Kumasi) in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The triangulation design of the mixed method was used. Purposive sampling was used to select all the 62 mathematics teachers from all the public junior high schools in the municipality. Results from the data analysis showed that mathematics teachers in Asokwa Municipality possess a high level of knowledge of ethnomathematics, with an overall mean score of...

This presentation offers insights into the personal experiences of a fourth-year social work student at the University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein, South Africa. The student reflects on how the Bachelor of Social Work Curriculum at the UFS prepared him for practice, drawing upon the three primary methods of social work - casework, group work, and community work. Furthermore, the presenter discusses core social work skills and competencies required to render services to diverse...

The study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and intention to engage in pre-marital sex among adolescent students in public secondary schools in Tanzania. It employed a quantitative approach guided by correlation design, using structured questionnaires. Three hundred and fifty-seven (357) participants were involved: 172 males and 185 females. The results showed that 61.6% of the respondents had a reasonably high level of self-efficacy, while 70.1% had a lower level of intention...

CHAPTER 8 Gender Dynamics and Distance Education: Toward a Situational-Interactionist Model of the COVID-19 Contingency Effect on Female University Students in Morocco was published in COVID and Gender in the Middle East on page 139.

The study assessed the level of digital literacy among science teachers at the Junior Secondary School in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a structured questionnaire administered to 200 Basic Science and Mathematics teachers in Ibadan Metropolis. The result: 164 (82%) respondents had < 5 computers with digital tools, while 36 (18%) had > 5 computers with digital tools; science teachers possess basic digital literacy skills with the highest...