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Teacher Quality in Zimbabwe Secondary Schools

Nyagura, Levi (University of Zimbabwe, Human Resources Research Centre, 1990-11)

This paper presents results from a survey of secondary school teachers in government schools, church schools, and rural day schools about teacher variables that have a positive effect on student achievement. The evidence ...

Evidence of Students' Performance in Expository Passages and Non-Mathematical Documents: Data From the Pilot Version of the IEA Reading Literacy Research Study

Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe, Human Resources Research Centre, 1991)

This alticle discusses evidence of students' performance in responding to comprehension questions on expository passages and non-mathematical documents (performance on the narrative passages and the majority of the ...

The Difficulties of Teaching Poetry

Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe, Department of Teacher Education, 1991-03)

This article discusses the problems of teaching poetry in Zimbabwean secondary schools. It is based on a survey of teachers of English done in 1988. Their answers to questions asked do confirm that poetry teaching is ...

A Comparative Analysis of Student Achievement by School Type in Zimbabwean Secondary Schools

Nyagura, Levi (University of Zimbabwe, Human Resources Research Centre, 1991-03)

The purpose of this study was to determine statistical differences in levels of student performance in ZlC English and Mathematics between six secondary school types in Zimbabwe. 5293 Form 2 students who wrote ZlC ...

Teaching English in Zimbabwe Secondary Schools: The Importance of Preparation

Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe, Human Resources Research Centre, 1991-11)

This paper reports on a survey that was carried out in 1988 -1989 on the teaching of English in Zimbabwean secondary schools with special emphasis on the teachers' preparation for their lessons. First the school, teachers' ...

A Comparative Analysis of the Quality of Primary Education in Zimbabwe by School Type

Nyagura, Levi (University of Zimbabwe, Human Resources Research Centre, 1991-11)

This study investigates differences in the quality of primary education offered by five different school types. 6927, Grade 7 pupils who wrote national examinations in 86 schools in November 1990, their teachers and heads ...

Patriotism and the Zimbabwean School Child

Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe, Department of Teacher Education, 1993)

Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions: An Attempt in the Feminist Tradition

Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1994)

This article discusses Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions as an attempt in the feminist tradition. It begins by examining the meanings of the words 'gender" 'female', 'feminist' and 'feminine' and then goes on to ...

Men and Women: Gender Issues in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions and She No Longer Weeps

Moyana, Rosemary (James Currery Ltd, 1996)

Literature and Liberation....the Second Phase Shimmer Chinodya's Harvest of Thorns

Moyana, Rosemary (James Currey, 1996)

Report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into education and training

Nziramasanga, C.T.; et al (Zimbabwe Government, 1999-08)

Zimbabwe stands at a special moment in its history. In 2001 the nation comes of age, celebrating 2l years of independence. That same moment in history will be the beginning of the Third Millennium. This heralds a new ...

Zviera ZvaVaShona

Tatira, Liveson (Mambo Press, 2000)

The role of zviera in socialisation

Tatira, Liveson (Southern African Association for Culture and Development Studies, 2000)

Proverbs in Zimbabwean Advertisements

Tatira, Liveson (Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, 2001)

Career Perceptions and Visions of Boys and Girls in Secondary Schools in Zimbabwe: Some Implications for Teachers and Parents

Mapfumo, John; Chireshe, Regis; Munhuweyi, Peresuh (University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)

The study investigated the career perceptions and visions of boys and girls in secondary schools. Subjects (N=120) were students enrolled in Forms 1 to 6 who were drawn from secondary schools in Manicaland and Masvingo ...