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Mugabe, Mover M. "Information resources, information skills and education : an exploratory study of information literacy education in community junior secondary schools in the North-East district of Botswana and the role of teacher-librarians and school libraries." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10927.
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Bibliography: leaves 155-160.One of the fundamental challenges of the information era is how to ensure that the majority of the members of a given society are information literate in order to deal with problems of inequitable access to and use of information as an empowerment tool for socio-economic progress. A variety of educational and training strategies have been developed and tried in different parts of the world to address this challenge. This study investigates the nature of information literacy education in community junior secondary schools in the North-East district of Botswana and the role of teacher-librarians and school libraries in such a process.
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Moumakwa, Tshiamiso Violet. "Vocabulary and reading in Botswana senior secondary schools." Thesis, University of Reading, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250649.
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Leepile, Gosetsemang. "Assessing home economics coursework in senior secondary schools in Botswana." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25325.
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The aim of this research was to explore how examiners achieve and maintain high quality assessment during marking and moderation of the BGCSE (Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education) Home Economics coursework in Botswana. In 2000, localization of the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) to the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) took place as per the recommendations of the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE) document. This new certificate system, marked locally, allows for varied modes of assessment, with more emphasis being placed on continuous assessment. This also means that the assessment is school-based, with teachers centrally involved. As is procedure with this kind of assessment, it is subjected to moderation. However, implementation of this new assessment approach exposed, among other challenges, challenges in establishing dependability of teachers’ assessment, possible increase in teacher workload, teachers’ lack of expertise and confidence in undertaking the assessment scheme. This study, among other things, considers the forms of moderation used by the BGCSE to establish consistency in school-based assessment (SBA) and in so doing, it identifies that a dual form of moderation is used. The main research questions guiding this investigation were: - How are teachers and moderators trained so that they may be competent examiners?
- How is quality assured during marking of coursework?
- How does the examining body (BEC) Botswana Examination Council ensure that the examiners adhere to the quality control mechanisms?
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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Seke, Alexius. "Gender differences in geography classrooms in senior secondary schools in Botswana." Thesis, University of London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271619.
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Rhodes, Deborah L. "Resource development in the libraries of independent Black schools." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1986. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2507.
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This study examines the collection development policies and procedures of the independent Black schools that belong to the Council of Independent Black Institutions. The primary focus is on, 1) the types of sources used to select and acquire library materials pertaining to the Black experience, and 2) the extent to which the collections of the schools focus on materials documenting Black life and culture. Major findings include, that in the Black independent schools surveyed, 1) Black book stores are the major source of library materials concerning Black life and culture, and 2) in terms of abundance, materials concerning Black people are the most important part of the library collections. This report suggests the need for further research to explore dimensions of resource development in Black schools beyond the scope of the present investigation.
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Tselayakhumo, Dumelang. "Language-in-education policy and language practices in Botswana primary schools: a case study of 3 schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68271.
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This is a multiple case study of language practices in relation to the language-in-education policy of Botswana. The impetus for this study came after realising a decline in the academic achievement of learners as they move to higher levels of education. Taking into cognisance other factors like socio-economic background and marginalised communities, this study intended to investigate language practices at 3 primary schools at Standard 1, Standard 4 and Standard 7. Cases were selected from 3 various schools in different districts that present the language situation in Botswana. School A was in Kgalagadi district where the dominant spoken language is Shekgalagarhi, a minority language of Botswana. School B was in Southern district where the dominant spoken language is Setswana, the national language of Botswana and School C was in Gaborone city, the capital city of Botswana, where languages of Botswana come into contact and parents mainly use English to communicate with their children at home. Observation of language practices at these schools was the primary technique of data collection. The researcher also used questionnaires and focus group discussions for authentication. It was realised that whereas the language-in-education policy of Botswana is monoglossic, as it separates languages into separate functions, language practices in the three primary schools were transglossic, as they involved the use of different language varieties in the classroom. However, the researcher discovered that there was limited translanguaging that limited learner creativity and participation in class. The language practices revealed compliance and non-compliance of some schools to the national language-in-education policy. The researcher found language teaching to be one of the factors that limited content acquisition in content subject lessons. Realising the irrelevance of the policy to the linguistic needs of learners, this study proposes guidelines on the implementation of a multilingual micro policy that considers both the strong and the weak versions of translanguaging. This will open ways for translanguaging henceforth, active participation and enhanced performance for all Batswana. It also proposes the study of 3 languages: a minority language of Botswana, Setswana and English as compulsory subjects to embrace multilingualism and for the development of indigenous languages.
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Mokgosi, Lillian Zahra. "Enhancing Quality Education : An investigation in high achieving secondary schools in Botswana." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505902.
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Silo, Nthalivi. "Exploring opportunities for action competence development through learners' participation in waste management activities in selected primary schools in Botswana." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003423.
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The broader aim of this study is to probe participation of learners in waste management activities in selected primary schools in Botswana and through these activities, explore opportunities for action competence development. The study starts by tracing and outlining the socio-ecological challenges that confront children and the historical background of learner-centred education which gave rise to an emphasis on learner participation in Botswana education policy. It then maps out the development of children's participation in the global, regional and Botswana contexts by tracing the development of environmental education from early ecological and issue resolution goals of environmental education to sustainable development discourses. The focus is on policy issues and how learner participation has been represented and implemented in environmental education. The study then probes the rhetorical and normalised emphases on participation, and seeks further insight into how learners can be engaged in participatory learning processes that are meaningful, purposeful and that broaden their action competence and civic agency. The study uses the Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) methodology to build a picture of waste management activity systems in primary schools and to bring to the surface contradictions and tensions in learner participation in these activity systems. These contradictions are used to open up expansive learning participatory processes with learners using the Danish action competence framework. The expansive learning process uses action competence models that provide potential for transformative participation with learners, and new and different opportunities for learner participation. Case study research was used and conducted in the south eastern region of Botswana in three primary schools in three contexts, namely urban, peri-urban and rural. The data was largely generated through focus group interviews during workshops with children and observations of waste management activities. These two methods formed the main data generation methods. They were complemented by semi-structured interviews with teachers, and other actors in the waste management activities, learners' activities and work, learners' notes, photographs and children's drawings as well as show-and-tell explanations by learners. Content analysis and the abductive mode of inference were used to analyse data in all three case studies. Findings from the first phase of the study reveal that participation of learners in waste management activities was largely teacher-directed. This resulted in a mis-match between teachers views of what practices are necessary and important, and children's views of what practices are necessary and important in and for environmental education. Due to culturally and historically formed views of environmental education, the study reveals that teachers wanted children to pick up litter, and this was their primary environmental education concern. Learners on the other hand, identified sanitation management in the school toilets as their primary waste management concern. Teachers had not considered this an environmental education concern. Using the action competence expansive learning approach, the second phase of the study addressed this tension by opening up dialogue between teachers and learners and amongst the learners themselves through an expansive learning process supporting children's participation and action competence development. Through this teacher-learner dialogical engagement, a broader range of possibilities became available and ideas around participation were radically changed. The study further reveals that the achievement of this open dialogue provided for a better relationship within the school community. And with improved communication came better ideas to solve waste management issues that the community still face on a daily basis, such as too much litter. Newly devised solutions were practical and had a broader impact than the initial ones that teachers had always focussed on. They included mobilising the maintenance of toilets, landscaping the school premises and even re-contextualising the litter management that had always caused tensions between learners and teachers. Children seemed to be developing not only a better understanding of the environment, but also developing the ability to resolve conflict amongst themselves and with their elders. By engaging in dialogue with children, they became co-catalysts for change in the school community. This study shows that if children's participation is taken seriously, and if opportunities for dialogue exist between teachers and children, positive changes for a healthier environment can be created in schools. It reveals that children also appeared to be feeling more confident and more equipped to consider changes in their environment outside of the school community. The study further shows that participation in environmental education involves more than cognitive changes as proposed in earlier constructivist literature; it includes in-depth engagement with socio-cultural dynamics and histories in the school context, such as the cultural histories of teachers, schooling and authority structures in the cultural community of the school. The study recommends that there is need to strengthen Teacher Education programmes to develop teaching practices and support for teachers to identify ways of engaging learners' views on issues in the school in open, dialogical ways. Such Teacher Education programmes should deepen teachers' understandings of learners' zone of proximal development (ZPD), demonstrating how dialogue and scaffolding are part of a teacher's role in supporting learning. This is shown in the three case studies that form part of this study. Finally, the study also deepens insights of using the Cultural Historical Activity theory (CHAT) to shed light on issues surrounding learner participation within the socio-cultural and historical environmental education contexts of the schools. The action competence models used in the study provide a tool for revealing forms of learner participation. This tool can be used for critical reflections and monitoring of teaching practices in schools.
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Lecha, Moiteelasilo Dickson Ngamula. "The causes and extent of school dropout in Botswana public senior secondary schools." Thesis, Boston University, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32789.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
The Botswana basic education program is intended to provide for equity and equality of opportunity and access to education. Every Motswana child is expected to attend school continuously up to the national mandatory tenth grade (Revised National Policy on Education, (RNPE) 1994.). Since not all children can be absorbed into senior secondary schools, examinations are used to select those who will proceed to higher education. However, some children selected to senior secondary education drop out before they complete their education cycle. Children who drop out forfeit their chances of going through a senior secondary education program, and thereby lose the opportunity to better themselves, obtain better paying jobs, or make informed contributions to the national development process. This study sought to discover reasons why some children do not complete their intended cycle of schooling. The research adopted a qualitative design in which in-depth interviews of focus groups were conducted. The main population groups interviewed were teachers, parents, senior secondary students, and school dropouts. The views obtained from the interviews were checked against documents and records of the Botswana Ministry of Education. The findings indicate that the reasons given by research subjects as causes for school dropout are consistent with those appearing on official records: pregnancy, desertion, illness, and death. However, the respondents also added four major themes of self-withdrawal or withdrawal for personal reasons, parental withdrawal, lack of transportation fees to and from classes, and lack of accommodation. The sub-themes for students who withdraw from school for personal reasons include their not seeing any value in education, thinking that the subject matter is too difficult, or being misguided by peer influence. The conclusions drawn are that the research subjects believe school dropout is an important issue that should be addressed. The suggested solution strategies include the call for effective teachers, community parenting, community-school partnership, sex education and contraception, and formulating and enforcing laws where parents and guardians will ensure that students stay in school for up to a certain age or else be liable for prosecution (enforced school age).
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Tabulawa, Richard Tjombe. "A socio-cultural analysis of geography classroom practice in Botswana senior secondary schools." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422406.
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Africa is replete with examples of 'borrowed' curriculum innovations that have failed to be institutionalised. This failure has largely been rationalised in terms of technical problems associated with innovation delivery systems. By adopting a technicist stance toward problems of curriculum change curriculum developers in Developing Countries have paid scant attention to the fact that innovations are necessarily social constructions, and as such are not value-neutral. Their transfer from one socio-cultural context to another, therefore, is bound to be problematic. For a transferred innovation to be institutionalised in its host (new) environment values embedded in it need to be congruent with the values and past experiences of those who are expected to adopt it or else tissue rejection (Hoyle, 1970) will occur. In this thesis the above concern is addressed within the context of pedagogical proposals made in the report, Education for Kagisano (Social Harmony),(1977), mainly that teachers in Botswana public secondary schools should adopt a leamercentred pedagogy. Classroom research in Botswana, however, indicates that this has not happened. This thesis, therefore, is an attempt to explain why teachers appear to have rejected the proposed pedagogy. Rather than adopting a technicist stance in this endeavour, here we adopt a socio-cultural approach in which we recognise the social nature of pedagogical styles. From this premise we then argue that adopti~~., or rejection of pedagogical innovations is also a function of the sociocultural context in " which an attempt to implement the former is being made. Basically, the thesis has two facets; the theoretical and the empirical. At a theoretical level we argue that leamer-centred pedagogy is incongruent with Tswana social structure. In the context of Botswana, therefore, the former may be perceived as 'foreign' by teachers, students and parents. We illustrate this incongruence by analysing Tswana child-rearing practices, demonstrating that these promote in children a 'dependent' mode of thinking which they carry to the classroom as their cultural baggage. It is this mode of thinking that structures teachers' and students' classroom practices leading to authoritarian classroom relationships and teaching style. Analysis of the historical evolution of formal education in Botswana also demonstrates that it (education) has always been authoritarian in practice. Educational practice in Botswana, therefore, appears to be based on Freire's 'banking' theory of education. The latter characterises the 'immunological condition' of Botswana's public educational system and constitutes the teachers' and students' taken-for-granted classroom world. Analysis of the leamer-centred pedagogy, however, shows that it is epistemologically different from the banking theory ofeducation. For this reason the introduction of the former in Botswana public schools might constitute radical, de-stabilising and de-skilling, change. This may only be expected to lead to the teachers' and students' rejection of the proposed pedagogy. It is against this theoretical position that the empirical aspect of the study is carried out. By employing an interpretive approach (and through the medium of geography teaching) we attempt to map out the nature of teaching/learning patterns in two contrasting schools in Botswana, and to understand the meanings teachers and students attach to the observed patterns. The ultimate aim is to understand the implications these meanings and assumptions have for pedagogical change. The study'S findings reveal that geography classroom practices in the two schools differ markedly. Teachers' and students' classroom practical knowledge in the two schools appears to be informed by their utilitarian view of schooling, the view of the nature of knowledge they hold, teachers' perceptions of their students' social background, and the schools' organisational structures. These are aspects of the socio-cultural context which, in the case of public schooling in Botswana, appear as 'stabilised elements' or structures which lead to the production and reproduction of an authoritarian pedagogical style in schools. To break this reproductive cycle, therefore, demands more than just technical solutions. It also demands that educators and curriculum developers reassess and question their basic assumptions about knowledge and human nature. This would have important implications for teacher education. To facilitate the institutionalisation of a learner-centred pedagogy in the schools structural changes in the educational system are also essential. There is need to localise external examinations and empower teachers by democratising curriculum development and decision making. To facilitate this, decentralisation of the educational system is essential. Democratising educational practice in Botswana should be seen in the context of a country committed to democratic social and political values. The classroom has a role to play in this respect
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Makwinja-Morara, Veronica Margaret. "FEMALE DROPOUTS IN BOTSWANA JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS: HOW MUCH OF A CRISIS IS IT?" Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1178284272.
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Humphreys, Sara. "Schooling identity : gender relations and classroom discourse in selected junior secondary schools in Botswana." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418712.
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Sebidie, Godfrey. "Perception of teachers about parental involvement in public schools in the Kgatleng District, Botswana." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4899.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)Student performance have decreased from 2008-2013 in the Kgatleng District, Botswana, despite efforts to encourage parents to actively be involved in their children‘s school. It is apparent that parents are not involved and leave the responsibility of child nurturing and development to the school with the teachers. Contributing factors to un-involved parents at school are communication; employment; single parenting, and poverty. This lead to the research question: What are the perceptions of teachers about factors that contribute to parental involvement/non-involvement in Public Schools? The aim of the study was to determine teachers‘ perceptions on factors that contribute to parental involvement/non- involvement in public schools. The objectives to arrive at the aim was to explore and describe teachers‘ perceptions on factors contributing to parental involvement in public schools; to explore and describe teachers‘ perceptions on factors contributing to parental non-involvement in public schools and to make recommendations for improving parental involvement in public schools to the Ministry of Education. Social constructivism was used as theoretical framework because teachers‘ perceptions are shaped by their contexts and language. The study used a qualitative research approach and an exploratory, descriptive design. The population was teachers who teach standard seven in all primary schools in the Kgatleng district. There are 35 primary schools in the Kgatleng district. The sample was a non-probability, purposive sample consisting of four (4) urban and four (4) rural schools in Kgatleng district of which from each school, two (2) participants were purposefully selected. Data was collected by in-depth interviews and analyzed by using a thematic approach. The research findings presented key factors that affect teachers and made recommendation on how they can work with the parents and the community to successfully address the issue of non-parental involvement in schools. Tools for identifying specific needs and challenges for the uninvolved parents have to be developed and implemented. All relevant stakeholders should be included. A strong relationship with the social workers to address social challenges faced by the students, yielded positive results, hence recommending the need to have school based social workers. Recommendations include a partnership between the community, schools, teachers, parents and the Ministry of education to improve parental involvement in school
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Jotia, Agreement Lathi. "THE QUEST FOR DEEP DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION: SCHOOLS AS DEMOCRATIC SPACES IN THE POST – COLONIAL BOTSWANA." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1147360469.
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Mothudi, T. H. (Tamucha). "Communicative language teaching and learning : interfacing theory and practice - the case of Botswana secondary schools." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50715.
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Researchers world-wide and also in Botswana have highlighted the lack of compatibility between Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and the beliefs and traditions of specific contexts. This research seeks to contribute to this body of research by reporting on the interface between the theory and practice of CLT in Botswana’s urban junior secondary schools. One reason for the widely held perception in Botswana that there are problems with English second language proficiency can be found in the English second language secondary school classrooms. The quantitative data analysis saw some contradictory findings. On the one hand teachers appeared to approve of and knew what CLT was. On the other hand, their theoretical knowledge did not seem as sound as it should be. The teachers themselves seemed to feel that they were left out of the decision making process and their answers also suggested that they had to rely on their own initiatives to augment their teaching. In the qualitative part of the study it was demonstrated that little of the typical and most fundamental aspects of CLT were apparent in the classrooms. Limited attention is devoted to developing the learners’ skills and knowledge of how language is effectively used as a vehicle for conveying meaning in different socio-cultural contexts. In contextualising the findings within CLT research, the study attributes this discrepancy to, among others, what appears to be a top-down decision taken to implement the communicative curriculum in Botswana’s ELT, prior to ensuring that the CLT paradigm has been adequately conceptualized by the language teachers. The study recommends that pre-service and in-service training should be far more focused on preparing teachers for their new role as facilitators in the CLT classroom.Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Nsingwane, Greatness Thulisile. "Budgeting constrains for school libraries : a study of selected schools in the Nkangala Region, Mpumalanga." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1022.
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Thesis (M.Inf.) --University of Limpopo, 2011The key aim of the study was to investigate whether school libraries in the rural schools of Nkangala region, Mpumalanga do implement budgeting policies due to funding constraints and poor service delivery. The library-computer centre can enhance teaching and learning. Some 188 school libraries were selected to explore their budgeting procedures and only 81 responded. The survey data collection method was used through a self-administered questionnaire which was distributed to teacher-librarians. The results of the study were analyzed according to frequencies and graphically displayed in table form. The results of the study show that almost all rural school libraries in the area have neither budgeting policies nor adequate budget to spend for effective service delivery. This shows that not only do school libraries experience budgetary constraints, but there might be other factors contributing to their poor library service delivery. It is important to empower school principals, SGBs and top managers in library budgeting procedures and for all to work cooperatively to achieve the expected educational goals.
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Mothibi, Tuduetso Cynthia. "An exploration of pupils' and parents' dissatisfaction with school uniforms in selected secondary schools in Botswana." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07242008-082216.
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Johansson, Philippa. "The epidemics impact on schools : a study on the effects of HIV and AIDS in Botswana." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen för Pedagogik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17130.
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BackgroundHIV is a virus, which attacks the immunesystem in the body. In the year 2000 themillennium declaration was adopted. Combat against HIV and primary education for all thechildren are two goals that were presented. HIV was predicted to have big consequences onschool because there would be a lack of trained teachers, there would not be any children toteach and the quality of the education would be low.PurposeThe purpose of this study is to look into how the effects of HIV and AIDS have affected theschool situation in Botswana.MethodThe choice of method is based on hermeneutics with influences from a phenomenographicapproach. The data collection tool used is self-report, where the informants get to writeabout their own perceptions of a question.ResultsAbsenteeism, the Work-load for Teachers and Awareness are the three biggest effects ofHIV and AIDS on the selected schools for this study.Program: Lärarutbildningen
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Moorad, Fazlur Rehman. "An evaluation of Community Junior Secondary Schools in Botswana with reference to decentralization and community participation." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1990. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10006562/.
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Paton-Ash, Margaret Sanderson. "Issues and challenges facing school libraries: a case study of selected primary schools in Gauteng Province, South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003543.
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Fewer than 8% of schools in South Africa have functioning libraries. There is no national policy for school libraries which compels School Governing Bodies and principals to have a library in their schools. This qualitative study, based on grounded theory, investigated ten primary schools in Gauteng that had libraries, or were in the process of setting up a library with the intention of providing a rich description of the issues and challenges facing these schools. The schools were chosen on the basis of location (Soweto and Johannesburg), and the school fees that were paid in a continuum from low/no fee paying schools to the fee paying ex Model-C schools. The resourcing of the school library, the operation of the school library and the role of the library were examined. The findings highlight the lack of a national policy, of school library posts, the theft of computers as a result of the lack of security, as well as the lack of understanding by teachers of the role the library in teaching and learning. Furthermore, there appears to be a disjuncture between the trends evident in the international literature on school libraries and what is actually happening in the primary school libraries in my study. Most significantly low/no fee paying schools with libraries were the exception and those that did have libraries were as a result of the enthusiasm and efforts of one or two individuals with the backing of the principal. Ex-Model C schools had the advantage in terms of the provision and staffing of school libraries as they had the funds to support them and, in some cases, a school librarian, provided that the principal supported the idea of a school library. In all the schools, the belief in the importance of the library regarding reading and literacy was the main motivating factor in establishing or maintaining the school library. A growing public awareness of the value of school libraries was an encouraging trend that emerged from my study.
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Mueller, Nylander Elisabeth. "Books on Shelves, Bytes on Hold : Bibliotekslagstiftning och informationsaktiviteter på två fristående gymnasieskolor i Sverige." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17827.
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Recent legislation in Sweden mandates that all students beprovided access to a school library. In addition, schools areexpected to help students become independent and life-longlearners. Various national organizations stress theimportance of a school library in this process; however,reportedly independent schools use public libraries and theInternet for information activities instead. This studyexplores: 1) how independent schools in Sweden can meetboth government requirements to provide library accessand the information literacy demands of their students, and2) the function of digital libraries in this context. After acomparison of previous research, a qualitative method waschosen based on socio-cultural theoretical assumptions.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with aprincipal, a teacher, and a focus group of students from twoindependent schools. Through a process of open coding,important themes emerged concerning how libraries andinformation literacy are conceptualized. There is a strongtendency to see libraries in terms of a physical function(books on shelves) over social activities (e.g., integrationwith teachers, development of information literacies,collection management). Students rely first and foremoston Google during the information seeking process, but alsoconsult each other for help. There are also signs thatstudents are discouraged from asking their teachers for helpduring the information seeking process. The findingsindicate that current educator attitudes may hinder thedevelopment of digital school libraries.Program: Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap, Digitala bibliotek och informationstjänster
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Maedza, Marcos Tlhaloso. "Perceptions of success and reasons for success : a study of two successful senior secondary schools in Botswana." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9730.
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Includes bibliographical references.The aim of this study was to research top-management, teachers' and students' perceptions of success and reasons for the success of their school in two senior secondary schools identified as successful in Botswana. Interviews of these participants correlate across students, teachers, school heads and deputy heads in respect of their perceptions of the reasons for their schools' success. Important are the pedagogical and social climate of the school and how they are expressed in the daily work of the school. These factors are: the school head's leadership and expectations, teacher involvement in school policy; forms and content of teacher co-operation; teacher expectations on, and attitudes to student capacity; teaching organisation and content; press for academic success; community involvement and social relations in the school. Governments and schools need knowledge and skills about school improvement and this research attempts to contribute research-based information to help them cope with innovation and improve teaching and learning. School improvement is seen as a combination of school effectiveness and management of change research. Factors that seem to be related to effective schools are listed and knowledge about the change process is used to consider how a school could be improved. It is argued that generic school improvement characteristics and processes take on different meanings in practice, and these meanings are shaped by a school's response to the particular circumstances and challenges of its environment. In turn, this response has implications for the way school improvement programmes are developed and for the role and contribution of the stakeholders to educational change. The study concludes with an outline of possible school effectiveness factors common to those identified in the international literature, those factors specific to Botswana context, and offers further research and policy recommendations.
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Bogel, Gayle O'Connor Brian C. "Diffusion across the digital divide assessing use of the Connecticut Digital Library (ICONN) in K-12 schools in Connecticut /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12085.
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Murray, Janet Rosalind 1950. "The response of school libraries to the inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream schools." Monash University, School of Information Management and Systems, 2000. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8079.
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Feldman, Michele Gold. "An investigative study of the library information skills taught by elementary school library media specialists in Camden City public schools /." Full text available online, 2006. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.
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Sandberg, Tova. "Avstånd och användning : en jämförande studie av lärares använding av skolbibliotek i undervisningen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-225646.
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The purpose of this Master thesis is to examine whether there is a connection between distance to the schoollibrary and the extent to which teachers are using it as an integral part of their teaching. The study aims to answerif the physical distance to the school library is affecting teachers' ways of working with the library, if it affects thecollaboration between teachers and librarians and finally if teachers that are using a school library outside theschool premises are doing so less as an integral part of their teaching compared to teachers that have access to aschool library within the schools premises.The study is based on qualitative interviews with six teachers in the intermediate stage of the nine-yearcompulsory school, of which three have access to a school library within the school premises and three haveaccess to a school library outside the school premises. The two groups of teachers are compared in order to findout if there is a connection between distance to the school library and the usage of it. Loertscher's school librarymedia program and teacher taxonomy have been used as a theoretical framework.The study shows that the teachers who use a school library within the school premises have a bettercollaboration with the librarians than the ones who use a school library outside the school premises. The studyalso show that theese libraries are an integral part of the teaching to a higher degree. However, it is not shownbeyond doubt that the physical distance to the library is the determining factor for the teacher's results. Otherfactors, such as the fact that the school libraries outside the school premises at the same time are functioning aspublic libraries, may also have influenced the result.This is a two years master's thesis in Archive, Library and Museum studies.
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Bogel, Gayle. "Diffusion across the digital divide: Assessing use of the Connecticut Digital Library (ICONN) in K-12 schools in Connecticut." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12085/.
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State digital libraries are manifestations of the diffusion of technology that has provided both access to and delivery of digital content. Whether the content is being accessed and used equitably in K-12 schools has not been assessed. Determining patterns of the diffusion of use across socioeconomic groups in K-12 schools may help measure the success of existing efforts to provide equitable access and use of digital content, and help guide policies and implementation to more effectively address remaining disparities. This study examined use of the Connecticut Digital Library (ICONN) in K-12 schools in Connecticut by determining annual patterns of use per school/district over a four-year period, using transaction log search statistics. The data were analyzed in the paradigm that Rogers (2003) describes as the first and second dimensions of the consequences of an innovation - the overall growth and the equality of the diffusion to individuals within an intended audience --- in this case, students in K-12 schools. Data were compared by school district and the established socioeconomic District Reference Groups (DRGs) defined by the Connecticut State Board of Education. At the time of this study, ICONN used aggregate data (total searches) for K-12 schools, but did not have relevant data on diffusion within the public schools in Connecticut related to district or DRGs.
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Tafa, Elmon M. "Teacher socialisation in Botswana junior secondary schools : a critical qualitative analysis of the teaching methods of seven new teachers." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.552803.
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This thesis is a critical qualitative analysis of the teaching methods of seven new teachers in 5 Botswana junior secondary schools during their first term of teaching. The focus is on socialisation during early childhood, their own schools, colleges of education and their new teaching schools. Data were collected from new teachers and stakeholders mainly through school and lesson observations, unstructured and semi-structured interviews, document analysis and supplementary questionnaires. The overarching conclusion is that authoritarianism in junior secondary schools is rooted in the teachers' positivist view of knowledge as 'facts' to be 'delivered' to the passive students. The behaviourist teacher training model reproduces the new teachers' authoritarianism rooted in their own school experiences. There was authoritarian school socialisation of the new teachers through the formal and hidden Curricula. Lack of induction. programmes exposed new teachers to school enculturation in the form of staff-room gossip, military-style morning assemblies, strict enforcement of punctuality and school uniforms which amount to the imposition of the 'cultural capital' of dominant groups in society. Systemic constraints like large class sizes, mixed ability groups, teaching through a foreign language, unwieldy syllabuses, examinations driven curricula and lack of subject base rooms were contributory factors. Furthermore, the prescriptive national curriculum reduces teachers to 'technicians' rather than curriculum builders. The 'technical rationality model' pervades preservice training. School climates, rules and regulations and student-teacher relationships are undemocratic as structures for students' voice do not exist and caning is routinised. New teachers had a fixation with 'class control' enforced by caning. While the state sanctions and attempts to restrict the application of corporal punishment there was no evidence of enforcement of the rules despite their frequent infraction by teachers. However, the only urban school in the sample minimised the use of caning and it had the best academic results. The only new teacher opposed to caning achieved the best class control with only a modicum of effort. On this basis claims by teachers that caning works and is part of 'African culture' are questionable. The historical roots of authoritarianism and its brutal face of corporal punishment are traced to the advent of rationalist colonial education in Botswana and the evolution of a positivist post-independence system of education. Behaviourism in colleges of education and junior secondary schools cannot be divorced from the activities of USAID - the aid agency which developed the curricula of the two sets of institutions during their inception from 1980 to 1990. By the end of the term much of the college-induced behaviourism of the new teachers had disappeared while the positivist outlook was retained. Whole class teaching, usually with no teaching aids, became the norm, student participation was curtailed and caning was commonly used and defended.
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Olivier, Charleine. "School libraries in former model c high schools – the case of the Framesby high school media centre." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19795.
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The study explored the changing role of libraries/media centres at ex-Model C (now Section 21) high schools in the Nelson Mandela Metropole (NMM), focussing on a case study of the Framesby High School (FHS) media centre in Port Elizabeth. Model C schools originated in the 1990s, just before the transition to democratic rule in 1994, when White, or House of Assembly schools were given a choice of three school governing models, namely, fully-private Model A schools, Model B state schools and semi-private Model C schools. Model C schools would receive state subsidies of about 50%, with the balance raised through school fees. A major research purpose was to present a comprehensive description of the current ex- Model C school library context and how these influenced the service orientation and intended core functions of school librarians, such as teaching information literacy, providing academic support and promoting general literacy and reading. The FHS media centre service was further described with an aim of providing functional library/media centre management guidelines, applicable to high school libraries/media centres in similar ex-Model C school situations, or any libraries that could find such guidelines useful. This qualitative FHS media centre case study was based on the FHS media centre manager’s personal observation as participative action researcher and further supported by literature, an interview and questionnaire feedback from FHS educators and respondents from selected NMM ex-Model C high school libraries. By comparing historical and existing national and provincial school library issues, conclusions were reached regarding macro- and micro-school library contexts, for example, the effect of having no national policy, the support roles of school management and governing bodies, the influence of digital media and the position of school librarians. School librarian concerns, including their roles, qualifications, service conditions and professional status, especially within Section 21 schools, were considered with the high school library and librarian’s contribution towards curriculum outcomes and life-long learning. With specific reference to ex-Model C schools, the absence of a library policy also resulted in diverse levels of school management and school governing body recognition of the school library/media centre. This impacted on the school librarian’s role in curriculum support and information literacy teaching as well as the availability of funds, infrastructure and resources. It is recommended that government should address the supply of library facilities, services and posts for school librarians and assistants. Lack of governmental action is maintaining the growing divide between ex-Model C schools and disadvantaged schools, while the lack of school library services also has a negative influence on literacy and pass rates, especially in poorer regions, like the Eastern Cape. In the light of the vast difference between the results of ex-Model C schools and other schools in the Eastern Cape, these schools and their library services could provide a benchmark towards improving educational contexts in the province.
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Mhlauli, Mavis B. "Social Studies Teachers Perceptions and Practices of Educating Citizens in a Democracy in Upper Classes in Primary Schools in Botswana." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1291140441.
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Moswate, Kholisani. "Exploring the impact of teaching music within the creative and performing arts subject in selected upper primary schools in Botswana." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1654.
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The introduction of Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) in the school curriculum is one of the changes brought about by the educational reforms in Botswana’s education system. Fullan (2005:42) observed that “any educational change becomes a reality when it is implemented with the involvement of the key role players.” In the case of my research, the primary school teachers and school management teams are the key role-players. This research was, therefore, conducted to explore the impact of teaching music within the CAPA subject as one of the changes brought about by the educational reforms in Botswana upper primary schools. I have found the phenomenological design appropriate for my research. Babbie and Mouton (2009:28) explain this paradigm as emphasising that “human beings are engaged in the process of making sense of their lives and that they continually interpret, create and give meaning to, define, justify and rationalise their actions.” In collecting and analysing data, a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used to explore trends regarding the teachers’ perceptions, views, emotions, feelings, experiences and preparedness for the introduction of the CAPA subject.
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Khudu-Petersen, Kelone. "Intercultural arts education : initiating links between schools and ethnic minority communities, focusing on the Kweneng West Sub-District in Botswana." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29195.
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The rationale for this research was the discovery that primary school children with BaSarwa and BaKgalagari ethnicity in the Kwengeng West Sub District of Botswana showed poorer academic performance and higher school dropout rates than the average pupils of the country. The researcher worked on the assumption that the cause was the cultural non-recognition of these ethnic minority groups on the part of Botswana’s education system. Preliminary findings based on questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and systematic observations yielded evidence supportive of the assumption: teachers, frustrated about being posted in remote areas and about the overwhelming demand of having to take children with no linguistic background in the official language of Setswana to nationally comparable academic levels, projected the blame on community members. Teachers often reacted by depriving pupils of basic care and ill-treating children. The researcher developed ‘Intercultural Arts Education’ (ICAE) as a tool to be implemented in an effort to bridge the cultural gap by involving community members in conducting arts lessons and supporting teachers to develop methodological skills, encouraging positive attitudes towards pupils and initiating cooperation with community members following concepts of ‘Community Based Education’ (Corson, 1984). The study defines ICAE as the interdisciplinary teaching of arts in primary schools. The researcher introduced ICAE in six Year Four classes in six villages in the Kwengeng West Sub-District of Botswana for one year. Feasibility and effectiveness was evaluated through pre- and post-intervention data collection from teachers, pupils, parents and other community members and through comparison with six comparator schools. Results showed practising ICAE had generally a positive effect on the attitudes of both teachers and pupils. Success depended predominantly on the teachers’ preparedness and ability to get involved with community based education. The study suggests the training of teachers specialised in teaching children of ethnic minorities with lengthy core in-service courses with the support of lecturers specialised in the field at schools located in areas predominantly inhabited by ethnic minorities.
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Beauchel, Virginia Bernstrom. "Patterns of Arizona high schools' acquisition and use of microcomputer software." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185045.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the patterns of acquisition and use of microcomputer software in Arizona high school library media centers, and to determine the selection procedures used by the library media specialists or other designated personnel responsible for the library media centers. The instrument used in this study was a survey developed and reviewed by a committee of school library media specialists. Subjects selected as the target population were 130 Arizona high school library media specialists. The procedures used for testing the 13 hypotheses were: (1) point biserial correlation coefficients, (2) t-tests, and (3) frequency distributions. Significant findings were indicated for the analysis of data of six hypotheses. The conclusions are summarized as follows: (1) As the size of the student body increases, the availability of microcomputer software for library management purposes also increases. (2) As the size of the library media budget increases the availability of microcomputer software for library management purposes also increases. (3) A negative relationship between the size of the library media center budget and the intention to obtain microcomputer software for school-wide purposes presented an anomaly for the intuitive approach to the analysis. (4) The methods chosen for evaluating and selecting microcomputer software varied significantly for each type of software selected. (5) Cell means indicated that for each type of library management programs obtained by the library media center, three school-wide programs were obtained. (6) Microcomputer software is utilized in the library media center more than in either classroom or in computer labs. Recommendations for additional investigation were discussed.
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Stevenson, Alexander. "Resource centres in secondary education with particular reference to teacher and pupil attitudes in selected secondary schools in Natal." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15826.
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Includes bibliography.Resource centres have been in existence for some 15 years in the most educationally advanced provinces in South Africa and for some six years where most recently established. Little has been written about them and consequently the role they play in secondary schools is not well-known. The present study set out to determine the attitudes of pupils and teachers to the resource centre, and the patterns of use. It was hypothesized that the resource centre would be an integral part of the implementation of the school curriculum; that it would be an indispensable element of individualised learning and that resource-based teaching would be in evidence rather than resource-based learning.
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Gaotlhobogwe, Michael. "Attitudes to, and perceptions of, design and technology students towards the subject : a case of five junior secondary schools in Botswana." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/908.
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The nature of design and technology in the school curriculum is shifting with the times, from a distinct subject associated with notions of craft and vocational preparation to an emerging technological literacy subject that supports education for democracy. This paradigm shift has resulted in diverse views about the place of design and technology in the curriculum internationally and in the context of the present study, Botswana. Here, where the subject declined in uptake over a period of 10 years by up to 6% per year, despite positive encouragement by the government, understanding student attitudes towards the subject is central to providing evidence-based options to policy makers. This study illustrates how quantitative approaches used in the social sciences and based on multivariate analysis (categorical Principal Components Analysis, Clustering Analysis and General Linear Modelling), can complement qualitative analysis to inform educational policy. The combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis can provide effective, evidence-based information and support policy development. The study was conducted with design and technology students in their final year of junior secondary school (15 – 18 years old). An attitude survey of 233 students, focus group interviews involving 47 students, and semi- structured interviews involving 22 teachers and other staff were conducted in five junior secondary schools across Botswana. Qualitative interviews indicated consistently that age, gender and school performance all affected attitudes of students towards design and technology and gave an in-depth understanding of the issue. Multivariate analysis provided information in ranking how different attitudes contributed to the overall perception of the subject (PCA-Factor analysis), in assessing the relative and interacting effects of external determinants like age or gender; and in classifying students into attitude groups. The findings show that design and technology enrolment could be improved by targeting children, girls in particular, who deemed the subject to be too difficult or unimportant, and by reinforcing perceptions of design and technology as an enjoyable life-skill.
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Rantshabeng, Collen K. L. "Factors contributing to effective literacy practice in the Setswana curriculum : a qualitative study of six community junior secondary schools in Botswana." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409828.
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Kontle, Bitha. "An investigation of the assessment of the continuous assessment portfolio component of art, craft and designs in Botswana junior secondary schools." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27349.
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In this study, I undertook to investigate how the requirements of formative and summative assessment influence the practices of teachers of art, craft and design in Botswana junior secondary schools (BJSS) in relation to the continuous assessment portfolio (CAP). I used qualitative research methods for data collection, mainly using in-depth interviews with individual teachers of art, craft and design. I also used grounded theory approach to interpret and analyse the collected data. The sample was chosen from different junior secondary schools near Gaborone, in Botswana. Interviewees had common qualification entry requirements while their experiences and backgrounds were different. The theoretical and conceptual frames underpinning the study are mainly Bourdieu's theory of practice and Lave and Wenger's theory of communities of practice. I focused my study on using these theoretical and conceptual frames to help describe the basis for the participants' choice in their judgements during their development of students' CAP. The outcome of this study makes claim that the teachers of art, craft and design who participated in the study clearly understood the requirements of the CAP. However, they chose to ignore these requirements due to the pressures originating from the tensions between formative assessment at school level and summative assessment at the level of the national examinations. These choices result in teachers undertaking activities which emphasize doing well in the national examinations rather than developing the students' skills for future use. This practice results from teachers' efforts to gain recognition for themselves and their schools as a result of outstanding national examination results. Good performance by their students in national examinations enhances their reputation as teachers and makes them eligible to be entrusted with national responsibilities such as being appointed moderators and examiners.
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Dube, Sibongakonke. "The role of public libraries in enhancing information literacy skills (ILS) of senior secondary school students in the Central District in Botswana." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24930.
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Modern day society is characterised by the availability of technology and the abundance of information in all formats that require all individuals using it to poses information literacy skills (ILS).ILS enable people the ability to locate, analyse, evaluate access and retrieve the desired information to satisfy a need. Research on IL in academic and school libraries has gained momentum in the field of Information Science where as little has been documented concerning public libraries and IL. This therefore calls for more research on IL in public libraries. Public libraries serve a wide and diverse community of which students are a part. In instances where school libraries are either non-existent or not developed, students seek assistance from the public library within their community. This study sought to investigate the role of public libraries in enhancing the ILS of senior secondary school students in the Central District in Botswana. The fact that school libraries in Botswana are underdeveloped to produce competent and confident students equipped with ILS that could be used in the work environment and continuous lifelong learning, motivated the study. A concern that there exists a gap in research concerning public libraries and IL within the Botswana context necessitated this study.
The study used a survey research design where both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were adopted. This involved the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The purpose of a mixed methods approach was based on the idea that qualitative results could assist in explaining and interpreting the findings of a quantitative study. Data collection involved three sets of closed ended questionnaires and observations in all schools and public libraries. The population of the study consisted of public librarians, teacher librarians and students. Quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) to generate statistics.
The findings of the study revealed that the public libraries in the Central District in Botswana are above average in terms of materials and use. It brought to light that senior secondary school students use the public libraries for school purposes and get assistance when they seek for it. Public librarians do not have special classes aimed at enhancing the ILS of students. The public libraries offer IL in the form of computer training, they do this as, and when students register, just like the other members of the community. The library’s contribution to enhancement of the students’ ILS, (study skills, reading skills and use of reference works) is somewhat limited. Limited resources, lack of reading culture, low budgets, and lack of support from government negatively challenge the full potential impact of IL enhancement.Information Science
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Dube, Sibongakonke. "The role of public libraries in enhancing information literacy skills (ILS) of senior secondary school students in the Cntral District in Botswana." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25178.
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Modern day society is characterised by the availability of technology and the abundance of information in all formats that require all individuals using it to poses information literacy skills (ILS).ILS enable people the ability to locate, analyse, evaluate access and retrieve the desired information to satisfy a need. Research on IL in academic and school libraries has gained momentum in the field of Information Science where as little has been documented concerning public libraries and IL. This therefore calls for more research on IL in public libraries. Public libraries serve a wide and diverse community of which students are a part. In instances where school libraries are either non-existent or not developed, students seek assistance from the public library within their community. This study sought to investigate the role of public libraries in enhancing the ILS of senior secondary school students in the Central District in Botswana. The fact that school libraries in Botswana are underdeveloped to produce competent and confident students equipped with ILS that could be used in the work environment and continuous lifelong learning, motivated the study. A concern that there exists a gap in research concerning public libraries and IL
within the Botswana context necessitated this study.
The study used a survey research design where both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were adopted. This involved the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The purpose of a mixed methods approach was based on the idea that qualitative results could assist in explaining and interpreting the findings of a quantitative study. Data collection involved three sets of closed ended questionnaires and observations in all schools and public libraries. The population of the study consisted of public librarians, teacher librarians and students. Quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) to generate statistics.
The findings of the study revealed that the public libraries in the Central District in Botswana are above average in terms of materials and use. It brought to light that senior secondary schoolstudents use the public libraries for school purposes and get assistance when they seek for it. Public librarians do not have special classes aimed at enhancing the ILS of students. The public libraries offer IL in the form of computer training, they do this as, and when students register, just like the other members of the community. The library’s contribution to enhancement of the students’ ILS, (study skills, reading skills and use of reference works) is somewhat limited. Limited resources, lack of reading culture, low budgets, and lack of support from government negatively challenge the full potential impact of IL enhancement.Information Science
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Isaac, Goitsemang Gladness Boitumelo Wadikonyana. "Information literacy among Form Five students at the four government senior secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3325.
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The study investigated the information literacy skills among Form Five students at government senior secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana. The results of the study will be used in the improvement of the Information Literacy Course offered at the University of Botswana Library (UBL). Background information was given on education in Botswana and also a brief history of the evolution of the University of Botswana, an overview of the University of Botswana Library and highlights of the schools in the study. The researcher designed a questionnaire in order to achieve the objectives of this study. A sample of 240 Form Five students was drawn from four senior secondary schools situated in Gaborone, Botswana. Purposive sampling was used to draw the sample. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was employed in the analysis of data. The results were presented in frequency tables, analyzed and discussed. The findings of the study revealed that the students at senior secondary schools did not have sufficient competence in translating information problems into information needs. Their ability to use a variety of sources was not well developed. The study further revealed that the students were not motivated to look for information sources by their teacher by, for example, giving them assignments that required them to use the library resources. Students' skills in the evaluation of the accuracy, currency and authority of information sources were found to be under-developed. The study showed that the students were not given any form of user education at any of the schools. The study also found that staffing problems in senior secondary school libraries contributed to the lack of information literacy of the students. The situation was more obvious in cases where there was no full-time librarian to run the library. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations and suggestions for further studies were made.Thesis (M.I.S)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.
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Nkabinde, Thokozile M. N. "The public library as a community service in a developing society : case study of Botswana." Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/7433.
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This study evaluates the purpose and role of the public library in national development in Botswana. Particular attention is focused on the public library as a community resource as well as its sensitivity in meeting the needs of community members and of organizations
operating in the community. Chapter 1 introduces the nature of the problem, and brief historical and current developments of the public library in Botswana. Research objectives of the study are also outlined. Chapter 2 attempts to locate the public library in developing
countries within development strategies such as the modernization and basic needs approach. Discussions further illustrate how policies
emanating from these development strategies have influenced public library policies in these countries, and in Botswana. Attempts are
made to show how the public library in Botswana is trying to adjust to shifts in emphasis of government development plans, especially the
rural development emphasis. Chapter 3 outlines methods of research used to collect and process data obtained from the village Molepolole in Botswana. There is a brief discussion of the nature of this village as well as that of the community public library. Chapter 4 and 5 present findings of the household survey, and of community organizations and public librarians interviewed. An analysis and interpretation of findings of the household survey based on a sample of 203 readers drawn from the village is also presented. Community organizations interviewed include both government and non-government. Patterns of reading and views on the library of both readers in the survey and public library users, are explored. Chapter 6 presents a brief review of developments of the national campaign to eradicate illiteracy in Botswana, which was launched by the Department of Non-formal Education (DNFE) in 1970. The study shows what role the public library has been, and what it should be, in the provision of effective support for the promotion of literacy and reading. The last chapter gives a summary of findings, and suggests a model that could be adopted to develop an effective rural public library service in Botswana. The model is based on principles of the basic needs approach to development, which emphasizes appropriateness, focus on target groups, accessibility, affordability, integrativeness, participation and assertiveness.Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1988.
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Mohiemang, Irene Lemphorwana. "Effective schools and learner's achievement in Botswana secondary schools : an education management perspective." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2698.
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This thesis describes the background and findings of a study of effective schools and learners achievement in Botswana senior secondary schools from an education management perspective. The aim was to identify schools that promote learners’ achievement when the students’ initial intakes were considered. The study was guided by five research questions. The study adopted an ex post facto design and a quantitative value added methodology to answer the research questions. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 5662 from the population of 58 032 students who wrote the BGCSE examinations for 2005, 2006 and 2007. Two sets of data: prior and later achievements at individual student level were collected from BEC and Secondary Education. The statistical software, MLwiN 2.10 beta 4, which is based on hierarchical linear modelling or multilevel modelling, was used to analyse the data for the value added by schools. The findings indicated that a) schools differ in their effectiveness. Some schools were more effective than others; b) Ten characteristics of effective schools were identified from the literature review c) schools differed in their consistency across the three core curriculum areas of Setswana, English and Mathematics; d) schools differed in their stability from year to year and e) schools were differentially effective. They were effective for the mid ability students and boys more than the other groups.
The study confirmed that the use of a single statistic measure even in value added analysis could be misleading because of the internal variations between departments in schools. Furthermore, the uses of raw results for measuring school effectiveness were misleading. Some schools which were at the top in raw results were not doing so well in terms of value added and vice versa. The value added measures of school performance proved to be the most appropriate measure of school’s contribution to students’ learning. The value added by schools is also a measure of schools’ productivity. The study made recommendations to improve practice, such as the use of appropriate and fairer methods to evaluate and compare schools. The areas that need further attention were suggested based on the findings of the study.Teacher Education
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Totolo, Angelina. "Information technology adoption by principals in Botswana secondary schools." 2007. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07032007-182055.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2007.Advisor: Kathleen Burnett, Florida State University, College of Information. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 9, 2007). Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 131 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Maselesele, Topoyame Susan. "Activity analysis of information and communication technology integration in Botswana senior secondary schools." 2013. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001105.
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M. Tech. Business Information SystemsInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have impacted all facets of our lives. Governments around the world have invested in ICTs to improve teaching and learning in schools. Despite these investments on ICT infrastructure, equipment and software to improve education in many countries, ICT adoption and integration in teaching and learning have been limited. This dissertation explores what and how ICTs are integrated in Botswana senior secondary school teaching and learning activities. This research investigates, analyses, and interprets data to delineate the factors that prevent teachers' use of ICTs in teaching and learning processes. The research study reviews factors that encourage teachers' use of ICTs in teaching and learning processes and also teacher-level, school-level and system-level factors that prevent teachers from integrating ICTs in teaching and learning processes are also reviewed. Activity Theory is used as an underpinning theory for this study, mainly because it is an interpretive research approach that presents a framework within which to analyse the actions of people as they socially interact with each other in an effort to achieve a desired outcome. In this study, the desired outcome is the optimal use of ICTs to enhance teaching and learning activities.
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Monyatsi, Pedzani Perci. "Teacher Appraisal: an evaluation of practices in Botswana Secondary Schools." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1413.
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This study is an evaluation of the effectiveness of the current teacher appraisal system as practised in Botswana secondary schools. The study sought to establish inter alia the relationship between the current teacher appraisal and the day to day duties of teachers, the extent to which it leads to improvements in the teaching and students' learning process, how it addresses the staff development needs of the teachers, and whether the mechanisms and procedures for the management and implementation of the appraisal system in the schools is adequate.
Teacher appraisal was defined as a process of staff development aimed at the professional development of the teacher through collegial interaction in order to enhance the quality of teaching and students' learning. Other strategies to achieve the effectiveness were also discussed in the thesis.
Chapter One of the thesis provided the orientation of the study, while Chapter Two looked at the international literature on appraisal, including two case studies on the introduction of teacher appraisal in Great Britain and the United States of America. Chapter Three provided the contextual literature for the study. Chapter Four provided the research design of the study. Chapter Five discussed and analysed the research findings and Chapter Six presented the summary, conclusions and recommendations of the study.
A survey questionnaire based on a five items Likert Scale and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data. The study was carried out in the Southern Region of Botswana in the Lobatse and Kanye Clusters of secondary schools.
From both the literature reviews and the empirical research findings, it became clear that:
Teacher appraisal is a process and not an event;
The clarity of the purpose of the appraisal process is fundamental to its effectiveness;
The training of both the appraisees and appraisers on the appraisal process is crucial to its effectiveness;
Feedback is a sine qua non for the appraisal process to be effective.Teacher Education
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Jacobsz, Felicity-Anne. "Addressing negative classroom behaviour in selected schools in Francistown, Botswana." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19957.
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This study was undertaken in order to investigate negative classroom behaviour in schools
in Botswana. Recommendations based on the findings of the study were made to the
participating schools and interested stakeholders.
A qualitative approach was adopted to investigate the research questions in four schools
selected for the study. The data collection methods used were observation, document
analysis, participant interviews and focus group interviews. Participant and research site
confidentiality was ensured and all interviews were transcribed and organised in such a way
that the key points pertinent to the study were highlighted. This study provided valuable
information for future studies investigating disruptive classroom behaviour and intervention
methods.Educational Foundations
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Gyimah, Michael Wisdom Kwame. "Use of a library in a teacher's college of education in Botswana : a case study." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4650.
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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the patterns of library usage of student teachers and lecturers, the factors influencing their usage behaviour and the methods used by lecturers to promote use. A case study was conducted at Tonota College of Education in Botswana. Questioning data collection methods were used. A total of 172 student teachers and 84 lecturers were selected by means of stratified random sampling. The findings revealed that both student teachers and lecturers made frequent use of the library. Borrowing for curriculum-related use constituted more than half of the reasons why student teachers and lecturers used the library. Most of the lecturers indicated that they adopted topic assignments as a method of motivating students to make use of the library. This was confirmed by the majority of student teachers. Most student teachers perceived the College Library as contributing to their educational success.M. A (Information Science)
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Jain, Priti. "The role of performance appraisal in strategic human resources management in public libraries in Botswana." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2516.
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The purpose of the research was to recommend a model for strategic human resource
management through an effective staff performance appraisal system in Botswana public
libraries.
Performance appraisal is not a new concept; however the evolution of performance
appraisal tools and techniques has been slow compared to that of other management
fields. This discrepancy is now being realised; organisations are starting to acknowledge
the importance of comprehensive, regular appraisal of staff as part of an effective human
resource management policy. Human resources are a scarce and valuable tool in any
organisation and it is mainly through performance appraisal that they can be developed
and maintained, to ensure organisational success.
The theory underlying strategic human resource management and performance
management has been studied. Empirical research through a questionnaire was carried
out in 23 public libraries. From these it was possible to develop a model entitled "A
recommended strategic human resource management model".
From empirical investigation the main critical qualities for efficient public library
services were revealed as enthusiasm; positive attitude; innovative thinking; capability
and commitment; critical competencies as expertise; team-building; and leadership;
critical external factors as external environment; global competition; shrinking budget;
changing library customers and employees' needs and information technology; strategic
management issues organisational culture; transformational leadership; employee
recognition and reward systems; performance measurement system; productivity
improvement; and customer orientation; critical staff issues as sense of purpose and
achievement; feeling of self-worth; job-security; recognition; status; career development;
and salary; motivational factors as effective communication; job satisfaction; delegation
of authority; clear job description; performance feedback; conducive working
environment; human resource strategy issues as motivation building among staff;continuous education and development; generating competitive advantage through human
resources; and alignment of human resource strategy with strategic management plan.
The study recommends a strategic human resource management model for libraries along
with: conducive working environment; adequate IT infrastructure to store, organise and
retrieve information; staff training for excellent customer service; objective, reward based
staff appraisal; performance feedback; performance appraisal should be aligned with staff
selection, library mission, staff motivation and promotion in order to use it strategically;
and human resource strategy should be developed immediately.Information Science
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Segomotso, Alfred Bakang. "Music education in junior secondary schools in Botswana : the way forward." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26697.
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The subject Music in junior secondary schools in Botswana exhibits areas of concern. While commendable efforts have been made in ensuring access to and equity in education, a corresponding commitment to the improvement and quality of education, by way of ensuring effective delivery in the classroom, has not been realised. The objectives of the Music syllabus are more inclined toward music literacy, at the expense of listening, movement, singing and instrumental playing. The syllabus design undermines the potential of music education to foster creativity, imaginative thinking and self-actualisation among the learners. Also, Western music receives more coverage than non-western musical genres. The following research question guided the study: - What are the problems regarding the teaching of Music in the junior secondary schools in Botswana, and what solutions can be recommended?
- To what extent are the teaching methodologies used effective (or ineffective)?
- To what extent does the teaching of Music take into account a learner’s acquired skills, knowledge, attitudes and experiences?
- What is the amount and quality of professional support given to music teachers?
- To what extent are the assessment strategies used effective?
- To what extent are the available resources adequate (or inadequate)?
Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Masole, Trust Mbako. "Enhancing the quality of performance assessment in agriculture in Botswana schools." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28603.
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The quality of education in Botswana is not yet up to standard as there has been emphasis on attainment of Universal Basic Education. Quality in education encompasses a number of factors such as the development of the relevant curriculum, improvement of teacher preparation, development of appropriate learning materials, and improving the methods of assessing pupils (Grisay&Mählck, 1991, cited in Kellaghan&Geaney, 2003). The quality of what is going on in the classroom is judged by the processes and outcomes that are defined qualitatively. Assessment in Agriculture in Botswana senior schools comprises performance assessment and standardised paper-and-pencil tests. Performance assessment contributes only 20% (MoE&SD, 2001.p.6) yet it is allocated more time than paper-and-pencil tests. The aim of the study therefore was to understand and explore the characteristics and quality processes needed in the performance assessment of Agriculture Form Four students to ensure valid and reliable examinations in Botswana. The study was guided by two research questions. The first research question was: How valid and reliable are the performance assessment processes in Botswana schools? This research question sought to understand how performance assessment was conducted in Botswana schools, and how it compared with the international practice. The second research question was: How can quality assurance processes be developed in order to produce valid and reliable marks for BGCSE Agriculture performance assessment? The intention was to develop quality processes for performance assessment in the context of Form Four Agriculture in Botswana, to ensure valid and reliable marks for certification. A design research was employed in this study in which a baseline survey was conducted and based on the outcome, a quality assurance process was designed which included the development of standard tasks and assessment materials. During the baseline survey, teachers and school administrators completed a questionnaire and were also interviewed. Subsequently, prototypes of exemplar materials were developed iteratively in collaboration with practitioners and formatively evaluated. Feedback from evaluation was incorporated into the redesign and development of successive prototypes. Findings from baseline survey revealed that the conduct of performance assessment in schools was not standardised, primarily due to the absence of assessment policy and procedures to guide its conduct. Implementation of performance assessment was done by teachers who had insufficient training, in large classes with inadequate resources and received very little support from supervisors both internally and externally. Despite all these, insufficient time was allocated for conducting performance assessment, resulting in teachers forming groups most of the time during the conduct of tasks and assigning a single mark for the group based on the quality of the group’s product. However, findings from the intervention study revealed that entrenching quality assurance processes in the system produced valid and reliable performance assessment marks for certification. The characteristics of a quality assurance system for implementation of performance assessment were the presence of an assessment policy; training and accrediting teachers to assess; an efficient internal and external monitoring system; the provision of adequate resources; applying multiple modes of assessment; and multiple rating of the students.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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