Vol 1, Issue 1

Comparative Effect of Cooperative Learning on Students’ Performance in Mechanics Concepts: A Case of Two Secondary Schools in Berekum Municipality, Ghana

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Authors: Eric Appiah-Twumasi, Victor Antwi, Ishmael Kwesi Anderson, Nelly Sakyi-Hagan Abstract: The study sought to establish differences in the effect of cooperative learning strategy with and without the instructional manual on the Senior High School students’ performance in Mechanics concepts in Physics in the Berekum Municipality, Ghana. The research design employed in this study was […]

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Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers’ Conception of Living and Non- Living Things in a Ghanaian College of Education

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Author: Sakina Acquah, PhD Abstract: The study examined pre-service teachers’ conception of living and non-living things and their classification using a case study design. The mixed method approach was employed for this study. Census sampling technique was initially used to collect data from 70 participants who complete a questionnaire. Afterwards, purposive sampling technique was used

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Girls’ Multimedia Learning Experiences on Skills Development in Rukwa and Dodoma Regions, Tanzania

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Authors: Belingtone Eliringia Mariki, PhD candidate. Abstract: This article is a case study of the Girls Inspire Project (GIP) of the Institute of Adult Education in Rukwa and Dodoma regions in Tanzania. It aimed at exploring the GIP girls’ multimedia learning experiences in skills development. Specifically, it focused at exploring on how the girls participate

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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Open Performance Review and Appraisal System (OPRAS) to Secondary School Teachers in Arusha City, Tanzania

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Authors: Dr. Onesto Ilomo, Petro Mapunda Anyingisye Abstract: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of management and supervision process of Open Performance Review and Appraisal System (OPRAS). The researchers adopted survey design to study 10 out of 26 public secondary schools in Arusha City, Tanzania. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 214 sampled teachers of

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Impact of Teaching Practice on Pre-Service Teachers’ Pedagogical Competencies in Tanzania

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Authors: Jimmy Ezekiel Kihwele, Raiza Mtandi Abstract: Teaching practice is an integral part in preparing pre-service teachers and initiates them to the actual teaching environments. TP has been frequently interrupted hence raising a concern about its contribution on improving pedagogical competencies. This study sought to understand the contribution of teaching practice on developing pre-service teachers’

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Lecturers’ Thinking Preferences and Learners’ Individual Differences Based on the Whole Brain® Model: A Case of Solusi University, Zimbabwe

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Author: Christinah Dlamini, PhD Abstract: Quality of learning outcome is the primary goal of higher education. University lecturers should be equipped with andragogic skills to enhance learning. At the exemplar institution, 10 lecturers, aged below 50, were not trained to teach in higher education. Recurring evaluation comments, from Bachelor and Master of Education students highlighted

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Rewards and Work Engagement of Non-Academic Staff: A Case of a Public University in Uganda

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Authors: Wilson Mugizi, PhD, Abeera Odetha Katuramu, PhD, Augustina Ogaga Dafiewhare, John Kanyesigye Abstract: This study examined the relationship between employee rewards on work engagement of non-academic staff in a public University in Uganda. Specifically, the study analyzed relationship between intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards with work engagement of the support staff. Using a quantitative

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Oscillating among Different Traditions of Grounded Theory

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Author: Innocent Sigauke, PhD, Kenneth Swansi, PhD, and Peter Tsvara, PhD Abstract: Grounded theory is one of the major research designs used in qualitative studies. However, there is more than one genre of grounded theory. Some authors highlight the basic dichotomy between Strauss and Glaser’s approaches to grounded theory while still others go further to

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Scaling up Grounded Theory: Problems, Implications and Options for Qualitative Researchers

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Authors: Innocent Sigauke, PhD, Kenneth Swansi, PhD, and Peter Tsvara, PhD Abstract: The purpose of the grounded theory method is to develop a theory. While some grounded theories generated through the method have limited application because they tend to be grounded in the data of a single substantive area, if a substantive grounded theory is

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An Evaluation of Karl Barth’s Encounter Revelation and the View of God

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Author: Alexander Mwita Abstract: This paper aimed at evaluating Karl Barth’s theology of encounter revelation and the view of God in relation to the Christian theology of the knowledge of God. It employed literary approach of research that involves bibliographic data in four sections. The first section discussed a brief history of Karl Barth. The

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