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Proposal writing is an important part of postgraduate studies at the University of Zambia. The aim of this study was to establish the common mistakes committed and challenges faced by postgraduate students in the school of education at the University of Zambia. The study was purely qualitative. A total of 100 respondents were randomly sampled 80 of which were masters students while 20 were lecturers. Data was collected through face to face interviews with lecturers and focus group...

In 2005, Ghana adopted the School Feeding Programme as one of the social intervention strategies to ensure that pupils in poor communities have access to education by removing the barriers of hunger. However, only selected schools in poorer communities benefit from such meals which results in a divide of schools that are beneficiaries of the feeding programme and others that are not; this is irrespective of the fact that they are all classified as poor in the community. Using a qualitative...

Assignments are a critical component in the Zimbabwe Open University where they are used as teaching tools. Assignments complement print-based courses otherwise known as modules within ZOU, face-to-face tutorials, telephone tuition and electronic tuition. This case study in the Midlands Region wanted to establish whether assignments are being utilised to meet their role in the open and distance learning. The study which was a triangulation of both quantitative and qualitative techniques...

The study intended to establish the role played by the Midlands Region of the Zimbabwe Open University in the dissemination of information on climate change. The study utilized a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in gathering data. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used in collecting data from staff members and students in the ZOU Midlands Region. The study established that the ZOU Mid lands Region was not doing enough in the dissemination of climate change...

Introduction: While major limb amputations are reported to be a major surgical procedure that is a preventable public health problem, they are associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient, family and the country at large.There is however, limited data on the epidemiological features of amputations in developing countries where the impact is huge due to poor prosthetic services and unaffordable costs where services are available.The aim of the study was...

This paper offers a tentative snapshot of Grade 6 mathematics classroom practices in Rwanda based on twenty video recorded lessons. It has an objective of investigating through evaluation, the teaching strategies used by Rwandan Grade 6 Mathematics teachers in their classrooms. In the absence of sufficient instruments to measure Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in practice, a coding scheme was developed and applied to our video recorded lesson data, which helped us to answer our question...

Teachers’ knowledge has been an interesting research topic, especially after the development of Shulman’s teachers’ knowledge categories in 1986. In this paper, we report on analysis of the knowledge of Rwandan grade 6 mathematics’ teachers, sampled in 19 schools from 7 different districts through random stratified sampling. A test and a questionnaire were used as data collection tools including questions on Content Knowledge (CK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK).The results reveal...

The research was conducted to establish the security awareness and attitudes of the students at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) in Zimbabwe and to establish the need for information security awareness training.

This paper proposes a study on the use of lexical verbs by foundation students at one of the tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. The aim of the study is to examine the patterns of the use of lexical verbs by the subjects and to find out the factors making them commit these errors while using lexical verbs in their writings. The research sample will consist of forty students out of the total population of two hundred students. Simple random sampling will be used in selecting the...

This study seeks to explore the impact of natural hazards on the poor communities in developing countries from the health perspective using Masvingo province as a case study. Natural hazards in Zimbabwe like cyclones, hail, storms, floods, among others, are cause for concern and warrant an in-depth investigation to see how they impact on the poor. The poor’s exposure to natural hazards is always high and this study therefore seeks to unearth the impact of such hazards on their health...

Teachers being thinking human beings and not robots, they do not just implement the curriculum as designed. To improve Language Teacher Education (LTE) and English language teaching (ELT), general research in teaching language and on second language teachers, concerning their mental images, thoughts, and processes that they use while teaching have been carried out. These mental processes provide interpretive frames that teachers use to understand and approach their own teaching. The...

Instructional strategies/techniques, approaches, and methods, when used appropriately, are likely to significantly influence academic achievement at all levels of education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of reflective inquiry-based teaching on public secondary school students‟ performance in geography map work in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to: (i) determine how teacher professional qualifications influence the utilization of reflective...

This study sought to investigate the involvement of people with disabilities in peace building initiatives in Zimbabwe. The stratified random sampling method was used to select sixty respondents who constituted the sample group. A sample of 20 PWDS and 40 able bodied people were chosen as respondents. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from the respondents. The study revealed that most people with disabilities are not involved in peace building initiatives in Zimbabwe...

Some educators argue that entry standards are the m ost important determinants of successful completion of a university programme; others maintain that non-academic factors must also be considere d. In this study we sought to investigate open and distan ce learning students’ perceptions of the factors af fecting academic performance and successful completion of programmes at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU). We sampled fifty final year students from the Faculty of Social Sciences to respond...

This study was carried out to assess challenges faced by women with disabilities. The study is mainly centred on qualitative approach. The study was carried out in Marondera. A total of forty (40) participants was used in the study. It was established that women with disabilities face many empowerment challenges requiring the attention of both the government and the communities in which they live. Some of these challenges are educational, discrimination and limited access to gainful...