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Advanced Level Students' Perceptions Of The Causes And Effects Of HIV/AIDS:A Case Study Of Masvingo Urban High Schools, Zimbabwe
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-03)The present study sought to establish A-level students’ perceptions of the causes and effects of HIV/AIDS. The rational for the study was to establish the extent to which A level students understand issues related to ... -
African Education and the Rhodesian Employer
(Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1972-06)This paper is propounded in the context that the seemingly bottomless well of African teaching posts in Rhodesia is drying up, and that the employment of Africans generally is becoming a problem of greater concern. It is ... -
Africanising The School Curriculum: A Case for Zimbabwe
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2006-12)This paper argues that the school curricula in post-colonial African states have remained largely irrelevant to the needs of indigenous people. In spite of the tinkering with die curricula after the attainment of political ... -
Agricultural Land Use Theory And Its Application With Reference To Africa
(Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1989-03)This paper is a follow-up on two earlier articles published in this journal which examined key geographical theories and their application to Zimbabwe, the first by Heath (1986) on central place theory and the second by ... -
An Analysis of Dewey’s Perception of Science and Technology in Society: Relevance and Implications for an African Science and Technology Policy for Social and Economic Development
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 1993-11)This paper represents an attempt to describe Dewey’s representative thoughts on the role of science and technology education in society. An attempt is made to demonstrate the relevance of his thinking to a justification ... -
An Analysis of Technical and Vocational Education Policy Growth and Development in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Africa
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)Socio-economic development is negatively affected if Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) policy growth and development is not purposefully aligned injandem with the national economic thrust. This paper starts by ... -
An Assesment of the Utilisation of Computers as Teaching and Learning Resources: a Case Study of Selected Gweru Urban Schools
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-11)Computers have a great potential to transform the teaching and learning process in our classrooms. However, the realisation of this potential depends on how much our teachers use this technology in their teaching. It is, ... -
An Assessment Of Mathematics Teachers’ Motivations For Attending A Hand-Held Technology Workshop At Bindura University Of Science Education
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2004-03)The study documents reasons given by 35 secondary school and undergraduate pre-service mathematics teachers for attending a graphic calculator workshop at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) in January 2004. ... -
An Assessment of the Efficacy of the Tripartite Student Teacher Mentoring Scheme in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo Region.
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2006-12)The study analyzed the efficacy of the tripartite relationship between the mentor, the lecturer and the student teacher in teacher education when the students are on teaching practice with a view of examining its impact ... -
An Assessment of the Implementation of Guidance and Counselling Programmes at Ordinary Level in Gweru Urban Secondary Schools
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2009-03)This paper is based on a research study carried out by the author in 2003. The study assessed how Guidance and Counselling Programmes were being implemented in Gweru urban secondary schools at Ordinary level. The assessment ... -
An Assessment Of The Role Of Parents In Developing 'Fast-Track' Schools: The Case Of Mashonaland West Province
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2009-11)The study focused on assessing the role that parents were playing in developing ‘fast-track’ schools in the newly resettled commercial farms under the fast-track Land Reform Programme in the Mashonaland West Province of ... -
An Evaluation Of The Mushrooming Of New 'Independent Colleges' in Zimbabwe With Special Emphasis On The Education Of The Urban Child, 2000-2009
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2012-03)Using Harare city centre and its respective high density suburbs as case studies, this paper is an attempt to uncover the complexities of the provision of education that were brought about by the unstable political and ... -
An Evaluation Study Of Principal’s Instructional Programme Management Performance As Perceived By Teachers
(Human Resourse Research Centre, (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe., 1990-07)This study is both evaluative and comparative in nature. It elicits data from teachers on their respective instructional programmes. One research objective was determined using descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, ... -
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 ... -
An Investigation into Language Attitudes of Secondary-School Students in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1990)This article seeks to explore some of the contradictions in the language attitudes of school children in Zimbabwe that were discovered in the data collected for a study of language attitudes among secondary-school pupils.1 ... -
An Investigation into Sleeping Patterns of Blind Children
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-07)Ten congenitally blind primary school children aged between 7 and 12 years were investigated and observed for a reduction or absence of photic input to the hypothalamus, which is required to entrain circadian rhythms which ... -
An Investigation into the Effects of the Quality of Assignments on Performance among Third Year Students at Masvingo Teachers’ College
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2001-07)The study sought to investigate the effects of the quantity of assignments on quality of performance among third year students at Masvingo Teachers ’ College. The research employed the survey method and data was collected ... -
Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perceived Strategies for Adequate Funding of University Education in Nigeria.
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2007-11)The paper analysed level of adequacy of perceived strategies for funding universities in Nigeria. Two out of the five (5) questions raised to direct investigation were answered while the remaining one (1) question was ... -
Anglicans and Roman Catholics before and after Independence
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1988)Writing Church history has its own peculiar problems. No church exists simply in terms of its institutions because a church is not its institutions but the body of believers which pay allegiance to it. Belief in itself is ... -
Approaches to Teaching Practice and their Implications for Teacher Education Programmes in Zimbabwe
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-07)Several approaches to teaching practice are possible. Much current discussions on the ways and means of improving teacher education is focused on this practical element of teacher preparation. (Stones and Morris, 1972). Some ...