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This article uses a case study approach to explore the viability and impact of learner-centered, emancipatory pedagogies. The research focuses on the implementation of an Oral History Project with students at a Kenyan secondary school. Findings reveal that the project had a significant impact on participants’ beliefs about teaching and learning, strengthened students’ sense of self-efficacy, and enhanced participants’ perceptions of community knowledge. The study suggests that while...

School food gardens can play an important role in teaching learners about gardening concepts and skills with the aim of increasing home production for household food and nutrition security. A cross-sectional survey (funded by the FAO) was conducted in ten schools in each of the nine provinces of South Africa to assess the perceptions on food production by learners, teachers and parents. Structured questionnaires were completed, for each school, of all grade 0 to 7 teachers, the school garden...

As providers design and launch branchless banking (BB) services, our work has identified that one crucial element that tends not to be given sufficient attention is the customer's experience with the service. This paper examines how customers experience a BB service and the process that they go through to reach adoption of the service. This paper highlights the consumer challenges that prevent adoption of BB in three countries: India, Philippines, and Zambia. It then discusses how consumer...

Despite the endless efforts by the Lesotho government and various stakeholders to improve student outcomes in secondary schools, particularly in the school-leaving examinations, the failure rate remains stubbornly high, resulting in high wastage rate. The study adopted a quantitative approach, using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to gather data from 808 participants who included students, teachers, principals, school board members, school inspectors and education secretaries...

This paper debates the ideological tension in South Africa between, one the one hand, liberalism, and, on the one hand both the radical Africanist Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) of the 1970s, and the hard-line Marxism-Leninism inclined South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The paper’s central argument is, on the one hand, that the BCM’s criticisms of liberalism were specific to South Africa’s white liberals and to specific...

Conflicts all over the world result in people living in diaspora, usually maintaining strong ties with their countries of origin. As many of them are well educated and dedicated to their country, expectations of the role they can play in the development of their home country are high. This article reflects on the contribution of the South Sudanese diaspora to the reconstruction of the education system, which was badly affected by over 40 years of civil war. Theories of capacity development,...

This study describes the social networks of secondary school students in Moshi Municipality, and their association with self-rated risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 300 students aged 15-24 years in 5 secondary schools in Moshi, Tanzania. Bonding networks were defined as social groupings of students participating in activities within the school, while bridging networks were groups that included students participating...

This article reports selected findings of a qualitative multi case study on transformative leadership in Soweto secondary schools in South Africa. The scope of this article is restricted to an examination of deputy principals’ views regarding why leading for transformation is not successful in South African township secondary schools. Data were collected from two secondary schools through in-depth one on one semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was based on Tesch’s steps for open...

Abstract This study examines the effectiveness of an entertainment education (EE) programme, Makgabaneng, in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. If successful, this communication intervention should result in greater self-report of attitudes, actions and knowledge related to risk reduction goals among those who listen to Makgabaneng more often than among those who listen less often. This article begins by describing the general orientation of Makgabaneng as EE and its specific...

The importance of a collaborative engagement between parents and teachers in order to enhance learning in the classroom cannot be overemphasised; indeed, the two parties seem inseparable. In this study, the teachers who participated indicated that they need parents’ assistance if they are to teach well. On the other hand, the parents themselves are keen to help, since it is the future of their children which is at stake. The challenge that emerges from this situation is that, more often than...

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is one of the most important root crops in Mozambique, ranking in the 3rd position, after cassava and maize. Within the scope of the national and regional strategies/initiatives, we have used a multi-analysis approach to characterize the national sweet potato germplasm collection at two different levels: i) genetic, morphological and agronomic diversity; and ii) agronomic potential (storage root yield, vine weight, biomass, harvest index and dry matter...

Industrial attachment is a very important component in the learning system particularly for tertiary and higher education as it relates to those who are pursuing careers in commerce. This paper seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the industrial attachment programme undertaken by the University of Zimbabwe, faculty of commerce. A questionnaire was used to obtain information to enable successful extraction of information from the intended sample. It was distributed to fourth year students...

Despite schools' and adults' need to preserve children's innocence and their efforts to heavily regulate or deny young people's expressions of their sexual desires, children continue to position themselves as sexual agents. This Article presents empirical data from a broader doctoral school-based ethnography which aimed to explore informal sexual cultures among teenagers in a township high school in KwaZulu-Natal. The main data source was transcripts of participant observations, focus groups...

In order for midwives to provide holistic care to pregnant women, the women’s psychological, social, spiritual and physical needs should be taken into consideration. Furthermore, the midwife should acknowledge that pregnancy and birth does not affect the woman as an individual but also her family. The purpose of the study was to explore the academic and theoretical content of psychosocial care designed to regulate midwifery practice, and midwifery education regarding psychosocial assessment...

Video conference-based education is the use of communication technology to provide education from a central site to remote distant education sites using live interactive audio-video communication. The purpose of the study was to describe the factors that influenced attendance of the Health Services Management’s video conference sessions held at UNISA. A questionnaire containing both closed and open ended questions was posted to students registered for Health Services Management in 2012. Two...

Treball de Fi de Master de Master Universitario Internacional en Estudios de Paz, Conflictos y Desarrollo. Curs 2012/2013