Search
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
Boys And Girls In Science: Does The Gender Composition Of The School Matter?
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 1996-03)
The study was designed to find out the influence of the gender composition of the schools students attend on their selection of the physical and applied sciences for their college majors. Consistent with several previous ...
Factors In The Career Choices Of Zimbabwean Sixth Form Students
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2000-03)
This paper discusses the factors that influence career choices of Sixth form students in Zimbabwe. The study considers factors such as family influence, peer pressure and school influence in making career choices. Although ...
Students' Perceptions of Factors and Gender Differences that Influence their Achievement in 'O’ Level Mathematics in Mashonaland Central Region
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2004-07)
This paper reports on the factors and gender differences that affect performance in “0” Level (.Forms IH and IV) mathematics in Mashonaland Central Province. Fifteen point three percent (15.3%) of the students doing “O” ...
Sex Differences In Scientific And Mathematical Competence At Adolescence
(Faculty of Education, University of Zimbabwe. (formerly University of Rhodesia.), 1973)
The principal purpose of this paper is not to identify and explain sex differences in scientific and mathematical competence for their own sake. The real aim is to increase our understanding of some of the factors which ...
An Exploration of the Relationships Between Gender and the Development of Graphic Representation in Children Between the Ages of Five and Thirteen Years.
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2007-09)
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether there was a relationship between gender and the development of graphic representation in children between the ages of five and thirteen years. A total of 180 children ...
Children's Literature, Child Engineering And The Search For An Ennobling Gender Paradigm
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2010-07)
The article is an exegesis of selected works of Zimbabwean children’s literature in English. It discusses these works with a view to unravel perspectives on gender and child engineering. The conceptual and epistemological ...
Awareness of Secondary School Students on Various Gender Perspective Programmes Conducted by the University of Dar Es Salam, Tanzania
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2007-11)
Gender imbalance is a common phenomenon in many educational institutions especially in developing countries. To overcome this imbalance, The University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM) through its Gender Dimension Programme Committee ...