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Enhancing quality in primary, secondary and tertiary education “pay the teacher extra in order to pass.†the provision of incentives in secondary schools versus the enhancement of quality of education in Zimbabwe.
No full textThe Zimbabwean education system has deteriorated gradually over the past years leading to the introduction of incentives in the school system around 2009.These incentives were meant to be a strategy
of retention of staff in schools after the high exodus for greener pastures to neighbouring countries of teachers, especially those in the Science and Maths departments. The focus of this paper is to explore
whether this system of incentives has been effective in the education sector in Zimbabwe. Defining incentives
is a complex process, not to mention implementing them, therefore it is the researcher’s intention to focus
on the incentives system and how it has been implemented in our schools, in light of the fact that schools
are graded differently;former group A, mission, rural day, urban day and so on. Has the system been equal
to all teachers or equal to some? How about school heads and education administrators? This was a desktop as well as qualitative study, using questionnaires and interviews to gather data
Critical discourse analysis of election campaigns in Zimbabwe with specific reference to 2008 and 2013 election periods
Get PDFElections are a key aspect in all communities and in Zimbabwe they are held after every 5 years. Election candidates’ speeches. Linguistic manipulation is an influential instrument in politics and as such presidential candidates’ electioneering discourse is infested with persuasive linguistic elements. Therefore, this study analysed the generic structure of hard news and editorials as well as political manifestos. The nature of linguistic devices invoked for the enactment of political goals and objectives by Zimbabwean newspaper reports in English and Shona were analysed. The study looked at how presidential candidates express themselves to the electorate through language as well. The study demonstrated how newspaper reporters make linguistic choices to express similar content from contending politicians during election time. The study took a qualitative research methodology. Tools used to collect data were interviews and document analysis. Ten newspaper reporters were interviewed for their extensive knowledge of media situations. The newspaper articles which were based on political manifestos by two of the contending political parties, the MDC and ZANU PF were analysed. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis were used as theories of analysis. Findings from the study revealed the existence of certain linguistic devices that are used in the art of persuasion, as candidates campaign for political posts. Characteristic linguistic devices were observed in journalists’ reports. These devices include modals, verbs, pronouns, metaphors, repetition, anaphora as well as the use of “us and them” in both the speeches and news reports in English and Shona. The analysis showed a discrepancy between state and independent media as far as news representation of election events is concerned. It is recommended in this study that, there must be a balance in the presentation of politics in newspapers even if there is personal bias in linguistic choice on the part of individual journalists. A transition model into electioneering reporting came up. The proposed model looks into issues of cohesion in news reports. The study has contributed further insights into the nature, features and functions of political discourse. discourse is paramount in society and as elections are held, several persuasive elements and occasions come into play as contesting candidates try to garner votes. Election discourse is realised in the aspiringThesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 202
CREATING EQUITABLE LANGUAGE SPACES: LANGUAGE AS A GATEKEEPING TOOL IN ZIMBABWEAN HIGH SCHOOLS
Get PDFThe Zimbabwean education system adopts English as the primary medium of instruction despite the country’s linguistic diversity, which includes 16 officially recognized languages. This policy imposes standardized expectations across the academic landscape: classroom instruction, textbooks, and national examinations are exclusively conducted in English. Consequently, students lacking English proficiency face systemic disadvantages, perpetuating inequalities in educational access and achievement. Beyond academic performance, the dominance of English exacerbates sociocultural disparities among learners, influencing their sense of identity, belonging, and power relations within schools. Children whose linguistic and cultural backgrounds deviate from the dominant “English” narrative often experience marginalization, as the prevailing language norms dictate who is recognized as a legitimate learner in the classroom.
This paper investigates the impact of Zimbabwe’s language policy on diverse cultural groups, with a focus on the inequities embedded in linguistic spaces and the resulting dynamics within classrooms. Framed by theories of cultural capital and linguistic human rights, the study interrogates how English functions as a gatekeeping mechanism, systematically excluding indigenous languages and reinforcing hierarchies of linguistic privilege. It further explores whether the education system can realistically transition toward equitable language practices that validate multilingual identities and empower all learners. By critically analysing policy implementation and classroom realities, the paper contributes to broader debates on language rights and inclusive education in Zimbabwe.
Keywords: linguistic spaces, multilingualism, language rights, cultural capital, educational equity
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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