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Applied writing skills 1
No full textThis video provides guidance on applied academic writing. This is the first video of a two-part series.Communication Scienc
Implementation of the national school-based management policy in public secondary schools in Ondo state, Nigeria
No full textNational School-Based Management Policy (NSBMP) was adopted to address various challenges confronting the secondary school education in Nigeria. Yet, the challenges persists after adoption and implementation, this was reported by several scholars. There is paucity of studies that had examined the effectiveness of the NSBMP since adoption in 2006. The study, therefore, investigated the implementation of the NSBMP in the public secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a qualitative case study design that enables in-depth involvement of the selected schools. The study adopted System Management theory and Management by Objective theory to guide the theory. The study’s population consisted of the government constituency (Ministries of Education & Teachers’ Service Commission); the school constituency (Principals, Vice- principals, Head of subject teachers and alumni associations); and the community constituency (parents’ association, religious leaders, community leaders & local philanthropists). Forty-two participants were purposively selected across the approved constituencies of School-Based Management (SBM) to participate in both the group discussions (FGD, n=24) and in-depth interviewing (IDI, n=18). Data retrieved from primary and secondary sources (minutes of meetings & NSBMP gazette) were subjected to thematic and document analyses respectively. Results revealed that NSBMP was effectively implemented in the Federal Government-owned secondary school and ineffectively implemented in the state government-owned secondary schools in Ondo State. Findings revealed that funding, lack of proper awareness, exclusive decision-making, ambiguity of roles, fund mismanagement, communication gap, lack of accountability, and politicisation of appointments into the SBM committee were the prevailing factors perpetuating ineffective NSBMP. The study therefore concluded that the implementation of the National School-Based Management Policy in public secondary schools was majorly ineffective, as the state-owned schools constituted more than 90% of the total government-owned secondary schools in Ondo State. Based on the findings, recommendations and guidelines for effective implementation of the NSBMP in public secondary schools were suggested. Limitation of the study were further discussed.Ph. D. (Education Leadership and Management)Educational Leadership and Managemen
Factors affecting the uptake of HIV testing during antenatal care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
No full textThe purpose of the study is to identify the factors that contribute to the low uptake of HIV testing by pregnant women during antenatal care visits in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study was conducted in public health centres providing Antenatal care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. A total of 296 pregnant women and 140 healthcare workers enrolled in the study. The study findings indicated that most of the pregnant women and healthcare workers had a good perception of the HIV counselling and testing service provided at the health facilities during ANC visits. However, the study identified lack of privacy, and an unsympathetic approach shown by healthcare workers that led pregnant women to avoid making use of the HCT during ANC visits. Similarly, shortage of time, shortage of test kits, and the lack of a private room for counselling were the challenges faced by health professionals in providing HCT services.M.P.H.Health Studie
Applied writing skills 2
No full textThis video provides guidance on applied academic writing. This is the second video of a two-part series.Communication Scienc
The use of multiple representation approach in enhancing the learning of fluid mechanics in undergraduate physics classes in Ethiopia
No full textThe inadequate understanding of fluid mechanics is a phenomenon widely experienced by undergraduate Physics students. The study aimed to establish students’ preconceptions on this topic then develop Multiple Representation teaching sequences and establish the effect thereof in two iterations. Multiple intelligence theory, variation theory, and cognitive theory were used to guide the study. This study was conducted at two Ethiopian universities. Students’ preconceptions were first categorised and then analysed using categories and frequency counts. This informed the development of a Multiple Representation Approach aimed at enhancing the learning of fluid mechanics. Research methods used to evaluate multiple representations' effectiveness comprised a quasi-experimental design. Open-ended questionnaires, the Fluid Mechanics Concept Inventory and the Test of Multiple Representation Approach Related Attitudes were used to collect data from N = 128 undergraduate students, 64 in Iteration I and 64 in Iteration II. Every iteration consisted of two groups of students selected from two universities. Before any intervention, the students’ prior knowledge was established by using the Open Ended Questionnaire and fluid mechanics conceptual inventory. Both groups received instruction based on both the Multiple Representation Approach and the traditional lecture method. The first version of the multiple representations only used four representations, which resulted in no significant difference between the experimental and control groups. Before the second intervention, the new group of students included 64 students, of which 32 were from each group. The second development of the multiple representations followed, using eight representations. This resulted in a significant difference between the intervention and control groups on both Open-Ended Questionnaire and fluid mechanics conceptual inventory. The results showed that using eight multiple representations was significantly effective compared to using two, three, or four in students’ understanding of fluid mechanics concepts. In addition, students had positive attitudes towards the use of the Multiple Representation Approach. The study included two phases, perhaps it would have been better to include more than two phases. It is recommended that scholars in the field of study ought to conduct further research on other Physics topics.D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education)Science and Technology Educatio
The role of informants to investigate drug possession among learners at Keledi Secondary School in Bafokeng District
No full textAbstract in English, Tswana and SepediDrug possession among learners remains a great challenge in South African schools, including those in the geographical area of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN). Members of the community adjacent to the Keledi Secondary School raised concerns about the apparent escalation of drug possession among learners at this school.
The aim of this study was to examine the role of informants in the investigation of drug possession among learners at the Keledi Secondary School. The researcher used qualitative research in this exploratory study to investigate the emerging social phenomenon under investigation and to develop a preliminary understanding of the problem.
In view of this, semi-structured interviews were conducted with detectives from the South African Police Service (SAPS) Phokeng and those affiliated with the RBN. The findings show that an informant is an effective tool to address drug-related crime and, in this instance, the possession of drugs by learners at the Keledi Secondary School.
This study makes a number of recommendations for further training of narcotic detectives at both the SAPS Phokeng and those affiliated with the RBN. In addition, practical recommendations are made to galvanise society to address this challenge. Additional research should be done to investigate whether the allegations of drug possession by learners at schools across the border of the RBN are indeed true.Go tsholwa ga diritibatsi ke barutwana go tsweletse go nna kgwetlho mo dikolong tsa Aforikaborwa, go akarediwa tse di mo tikologong ya Setšhaba sa Bogosi jwa Bafokeng (Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN)). Baagi ba ba nnang go lebagana le Sekolo sa Sekontari sa Keledi ba tlhagisitse matshwenyego malebana le kgolo e e bonalang ya go tsholwa ga diritibatsi ke bana ba sekolo seno.
Maikaelelo a thutopatlisiso eno e ne e le go sekaseka seabe sa basedimosi mo patlisisong ya go tsholwa ga diritibatsi ke barutwana ba Sekolo sa Sekontari sa Keledi. Mmatlisisi o dirisitse patlisiso e e lebelelang mabaka mo thutopatlisisong eno e e tlhotlhomisang go batlisisa tiragalo e e tlhagelelang ya loago e e batlisisiwang le go dira gore go nne le go tlhaloganngwa ga tshimologo ga bothata.
Ka ntlha ya seno, go ne ga dirwa dipotsolotso tse di batlileng di rulagane le mafokisi go tswa kwa Tirelong ya Sepodisi ya Aforikaborwa (SAPS) kwa Phokeng le maphata a a amanang le RBN. Diphitlhelelo di bontsha gore mosedimosi ke sediriswa se se bokgoni sa go samagana le bosenyi jo bo amanang le diritibatsi le, mo lebakeng leno, go tsholwa ga diritibatsi ke barutwana kwa Sekolong sa Sekontari sa Keledi.
Thutopatlisiso e dira dikatlenegiso di le mmalwa gore go nne le katiso e nngwe ya mafokisi a diritibatsi kwa SAPS ya Phokeng le maphata a a amanang le RBN. Go tlaleletsa moo, go dirwa dikatlenegiso tse di dirisegang go susumetsa baagi go samagana le kgwetlho eno. Go tshwanetse ga dirwa patlisiso ya tlaleletso go batlisisa gore a mme magatwe a go tsholwa ga diritibatsi ke barutwana kwa dikolong mo tikologong ya RBN ke nnete.Go ba le diokobatši gareng ga baithuti go tšwela pele go ba bothata bjo bogolo ka dikolong tša Afrika Borwa, go akaretšwa bao ba lego a lifelong la Setšhaba sa Bogoši bja Bafokeng (RBN). Maloko a setšhaba ao a lebanego le Sekolo seo se Phagamego sa Keledi a tšweleditše dipelaelo mabapi le go hlatloga kudu ga go ba le diokobatši ga baithuti mo sekolong se.
Maikemišetšo a dinyakišišo tše e bile go lekodišiša tema yeo e ralokwago ke bao ba fanago ka tshedimošo ge go dirwa dinyakišišo mabapi le go ba le diokobatši gareng ga baithuti ba ka Sekolong seo se Phagamego sa Keledi. Monyakišiši o šomišitše mokgwa wa dinyakišišo wa boleng ka mo dinyakišišong tše tša go utolla ka nepo ya go nyakišiša setlwaedi seo se tšwelelago setšhabeng seo se nyakišišwago le go ba le kwešišo ya mathomong ka ga bothata bjo.
Ka lebaka la se, dipotšišo tša dinyakišišo tšeo di nyakago gore moarabi a lokologe go araba ka fao a tsebago ka gona di ile tša botšišwa matseka a Tirelo ya Maphodisa ya Afrika Borwa (SAPS) ka Phokeng le bao ba ngwadišitšwego le RBN. Dikutollo di laetša gore motho yo a fanago ka tshedimošo ke setlabelo se bohlokwa go ka rarolla bosenyi bjo bo amanago le diokobatši gomme, mo lebakeng le, e lego baithuti bao ba nago le diokobatši ba Sekolo seo se Phagamego sa Keledi.
Dinyakišišo tše di tla ka ditšhišinyo tše mmalwa gore go hlahlwe matseka a go nyakišiša seokobatši sa nathothiki go tšwela pele ka go bobedi SAPS ya Phokeng le matseka ao a ngwadišitšwego le RBN. Godimo ga fao, ditšhišinyo tšeo di kwagalago di a dirwa ka nepo ya go rarolla bothata bjo. Dinyakišišo tša tlaleletšo di swanetše go dirwa ka nepo ya go nyakišiša ge eba dipelaelo tša gore baithuti ba ba le diokobatši ka dikolong go ralala le naga ya RBN ke nnete.M. Tech. (Forensic investigation)Criminology and Security Scienc
The 7th Annual Conference on "Relooking at Development, Value for Money and Public Service Delivery"
Get PDFThe fire services are a salient contestation which are often overlooked by the Social Science scholars. The Department of Cooperative Governance has ultimately promulgated a White Paper on fire services in May 2020. This study therefore aims to review and examine the legislation with a purpose of traversing the intricacies entrenched within the fire landscape. The review and analysis of policies have the potential to analyse the realities and the misnomer which are a perfect avenue to create dialogue. The theoretical framework of manipulation and elitism are employed for attributing meaning towards the study perspectives for practicality and simplicity. The paper follows a systematic procedure of reviewing documents, and policies to elicit information as a methodology adopted for the study. Gaps identified in the White Paper are uncovered and fully discussed. The content was studied, contextualised, and synthesised intellectually to derive meaning on all the aspects. It is the contention of this paper to attribute meaning to policy improvement in the fire services with a consequential contribution to the world of science for sustainable development.Development StudiesUniversity of South Afric
College teaching -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Attitudes
No full textText in English with abstracts and keywords in English, Sepedi and XitsogaHigher education student protests constitute a legitimate means for students to express their grievances. However, violent protest has undesirable consequences for the general university community. It is within this context that the study was conducted to explore, describe and analyse the impact of student protest on academic and administrative staff members at a higher education institution.
The predominantly qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study was conducted at a higher education institution in Gauteng Province among four academic and four administrative staff members (n=8) who were purposively sampled from their various departments within the College of Economic and Management Sciences. Empirical data was collected from all eight participants through semi-structured in-depth individual interviews, two of which were held telephonically, and the remaining six by means of Microsoft Teams.
The main findings of the study are that student funding constituted a perennial grievance and has been the cause of most, if not all, university student protest action in recent times. University employees generally understood the concept of student protest. Depending on the nature and causes of protest by university students, some of the employees were sympathetic towards it, while others were not. The findings reveal student protests to be generally disruptive, and to pose serious risk to both employee safety and well-being and to the overall academic and administrative productivity of the university. The study also found that proper communication between management and staff members, collaboration between students and university management, staff safety and protection, funding availability and free education were viewed as the most viable mechanisms to resolve student grievances.Ditšhupetšo tša boipelaetšo tša baithuti ba thuto ya godimo ke tsela ya semolao ya baithuti ya go laetša dingongorego. Le ge go le bjalo, ditšhupetšo tša go ba le dikgaruru di na le ditlamorago tše mpe go setšhaba sa yunibesithi ka kakaretšo. Ke ka gare ga maemo a gore nyakišišo ye e dirwe go nyakišiša, go hlaloša le go sekaseka khuetšo ya ditšhupetšo tša boipelaetšo tša baithuti go bašomi ba thuto le bašomi ba tshepedišo institšhušeneng ya thuto ya godimo. Nyakišišo yeo gagolo e lego ya khwalithethifi, go nyakišiša le go hlaloša e dirilwe institšhušeneng ya thuto ya godimo ka Profenseng ya Gauteng magareng a bašomi ba thuto ba bane le bašomi ba tshepedišo ba bane (n=8) bao ba sampotšwego go ya ka morero go tšwa mafapheng a bona a go fapanafapana ka Kholetšheng ya Disaense tša Ekonomi le Taolo. Datha ya imphirikale e kgobokeditšwe ka mokgwa wa ditherišano tše di tseneletšego tša go beakanywa seripa le batšeakarolo ka moka ba seswai, tše pedi tša ditherišano di dirilwe ka mogala, gomme tše tshela ka Microsoft Teams.
Diphihlelelo tše kgolo tša nyakišišo ye di laeditše gore thekgo ya ditšhelete go baithuti ke lebaka leo le hlolago dingongorego tše di sa felego tša go hlola bontši, le ge e se ka moka, bja magato a ditšhupetšo tša boipelaetšo tša baithuti ba yunibesithi tša mehleng ya lehono. Bašomi ba yunibesithi ka kakaretšo ba be ba kwešiša kgopolo ya ditšhupetšo tša boipelaetšo tša baithuti. Mabaka le mokgwa wa tšhupetšo ya boipelaetšo ka baithuti ba yunibesithi go dirile gore bašomi ba bangwe ba be le kwešišo ya yona, mola go bašomi ba bangwe go be go se bjalo. Diphihlelelo di utolotše gore ditšhupetšo tša boipelaetšo tša baithuti ka kakaretšo ke lepheko, ebile di beya polokego le go phela gabotse ga bašomi kotsing ye kgolo le go tšweletšo ya kakaretšo ya thuto le tshepedišo ya yunibesithi. Nyakišišo e laeditše gape gore poledišano ya maleba gare ga balaodi le bašomi, tirišano gare ga baithuti le bolaodi bja yunibesithi, polokego ya bašomi le tšhireletšo, khwetšagalo ya thušo ya ditšhelete le thuto ya mahala di bonwe bjalo ka ditsela tšeo di ka šomišwago gagolo go rarolla dingongorego tša baithuti.Switereke swa machudeni eka dyondzo ya le henhla hi yin'wana ya tindlela to twala to kombisa ku vilela ka machudeni hi swirilo swa vona. Kambe switereke swa madzolonga swi na switandzhaku swo biha eka vanhu va yunivhesiti. Hi le ka xiyimo lexi laha ku nga endliwa kona ndzavisiso lowu ku valanga, ku hlamusela na ku xopaxopa hi vuyelo bya switereke swa machudeni eka vatirhi va akhademiki na va administrexini eka instituxini ya dyondzo ya le henhla.
Ndzavisiso wa qualitative, wo valanga na ku hlamusela wu endliwe eka instituxini ya dyondzo ya le henhla eka Provhinsi (Xifundzhankulu) xa Gauteng eka vatirhi va akhademiki va mune na va administrative va mune (n=8) lava ku nga endliwa sampuli ya purposively eka tindzawulo to hambana leti kumekaku eka College of Economic and Management Sciences. Ku hlengeletiwe vutivi bya vumbhoni eka vatekaxiavo hinkwavo va nhungu hi ku endla tiinthavhyu na munhu wun'we wun'we, vambirhi ku endliwe na vona hi riqingo, kasi va ntsevu ku endliwe tiinthavhyu hi Microsoft Teams.
Swikulu leswi nga kumeka hi ndzavisiso hi leswo timali to pfuneta machudeni i xivilelo xikulukumba xo ya emahlweni lembe na lembe, na swona ku ve swona xivangelo xa switereka swa machudeni eka mikarhi ya sweswi. Vatirhi va yunivhesiti va na ku twisisa ko nava hi switereke swa machudeni. Hi ku ya hi muxaka na swivangelo swa switereke swa machudeni ya yunivhesiti, van'wana va vatirhi va twelana na swichudeni, kasi van'wana a va twelani na swona. Leswi nga kumeka swi kombisa leswo machudeni va va na vukavanyeti lebyi nga na nghozi eka ku hlayiseka ka vatirhi, na le ka migingiriko ya akhademiki na ya administrative hi ku nava eyunivhesiti. Ndzavisiso wu tlhele wu kuma na leswo vutihlanganisi bya kahle exikarhi ka vafambisi na vatirhi, ku kanerisana exikarhi ka machudeni na vafambisi va yunivhesiti, vuhlayiseki bya vatirhi na nsireleleko, vukumeki bya timali, na dyondzo ya mahala swi voniwa swi ri swin'wana swa tindlela to antswa to lulamisa swivilelo swa machudeni.M. Com. (Business Management)Business Managemen
Using an emotional intelligence framework to enhance early childhood development caregivers’ job performance : a case study
Get PDFThe case study explored how Early Childhood Development caregivers utilise emotional intelligence framework competences to enhance their job performance. The caregivers have a central and significant role in education given that they are leaders, role models and parents. Their emotional intelligence affects their teaching procedures and supports their educator duties. Goleman’s mixed and Mayer and Salovey’s emotional intelligence ability models served as the framework for this study. The qualitative approach, embedded in interpretivism, was utilised to explore behaviour, perspectives, experiences and feelings of participants on their use of emotional intelligence framework competences. An explanatory case design was employed to explain the link between ECD caregivers’ emotional intelligence and what transpired in the classroom environment. Nine schools with ECD centres from Gweru urban in Zimbabwe were purposefully sampled resulting in eighteen purposefully sampled female, qualified, experienced ECD caregivers aged between twenty- five and fifty- two years and nine female experienced teachers-in-charge aged from fifty years and above. Data generation methods included in-depth semi-structured interviews, focus groups and unstructured observations. A research dairy to record details of events and researcher’s views was used. Thematic analysis was applied to analyse the data for patterns and relatedness of participants’ lived experiences.
The findings reveal that emotional intelligence framework dimensions of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management and the competencies within them, are useful to caregivers. Caregivers utilise competences to understand their own strengths and shortcomings, create environments conducive to learning, promote learner engagement, motivate and reduce absenteeism in children, develop competences in children, facilitate attachment between them and learners, allow effective teaching and learning enabling them to achieve their goals. The diverse emotional competencies were utilised to improve their teaching methods and in turn their job performance. Teachers-in-charge found several emotional intelligence framework competences to be useful in creating relations between caregivers and learners. However, high teacher pupil ratio affected utilisation of the competences.
The study recommends incorporating emotional intelligence topics in in-service and pre-service teacher training and development to equip caregivers with expertise and ability to utilise emotional competences for the success of their teaching profession. Emotional intelligence competencies need to be given due consideration during recruitment and selection of ECD teachers. The 1: 20 policy on the teacher pupil ratio needs to be maintained and enforced to facilitate utilisation of emotion competences effectively to benefit children under caregivers’ care.Ph. D. (Psychology of Education)Psychology of Educatio
Understanding factors influencing parental involvement in the education of their children at a TVET college in the KwaZulu-Natal Province
No full textLittle is known about how parents of children in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges view and contribute to their education. The focus of this study was to investigate factors that influenced parental involvement (PI) at a selected TVET college in KwaZulu-Natal. A qualitative technique was used and interviews with parents, learners, and a focus group with lecturers, were conducted, which contributed to the understanding and perceptions of the college-parent relationship.
The study found that socio-economic factors and, in certain circumstances, a complete absence of communication with parents were the main obstacles that inhibited parental involvement in TVET colleges. Additionally, it appears that the college did not provide parents opportunities to interact with and support the college community, with distance being a major factor.
Accordingly, the study recommends that the institution create policies outlining how parents should be involved, engage in parents’ meetings, organise open days, and maintain open lines of communication.M. Ed. (Education Management)Educational Leadership and Managemen