Browsing by Subject "Education Administration, Planning and Social Policy"

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    An investigation of the availability and value of in-service education and training for secondary school physical science teachers in Malawi : a case of Blantyre city
    (2009) Chamba, Madalitso Musekeje; Soudien, Crain
    Current science education stakeholders such as Sadler (2006) and Supovitz and Turner, (2000) emphasize the importance of teachers' professional development as a means of improving student level of enrollment and achievement in sciences. The provision of in-service education and training (INSET) programmes, as a consequence, have come to constitute a critical area of investment for almost all educational systems in order to improve the teaching and learning of sciences. In order to maximize the trustworthiness of the research findings, this study employed a mixed methods approach (deductive and inductive) to examine the availability and value of INSET programmes for secondary school physical science teachers in Malawi. The study's site was Blantyre, one of the major cities in Malawi. A survey questionnaire administered to 49 physical science teachers constituted the main data collection instrument. The participants were randomly selected from 12 secondary schools across Blantyre City. Informal classroom observations of four teachers selected from the 49 teachers who responded to the survey questionnaire were done to confirm or query the results of the questionnaire.
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    Researching school-business and industry cooperation in an opportunity-deprived and less wealthy, disadvantaged sector of a specific community in the Western Cape : towards effective partnership : an exploratory study
    (1996) Cicero, Jennesin Abraham
    This minor dissertation examines the nature of cooperation between schools and business/industry in an opportunity-deprived, less wealthy, disadvantaged sector of a specific community in the Western Cape. It will attempt to show that a community created by Apartheid and stripped of both political and economic power, can demonstrate the willingness and determination to work together and with business/industry towards forming, amongst others, sound, sustainable and effective school business/industry partnerships.