Sindano, Gerson; Utete, Christina N.; Ilukena, Alex M.(University of Namibia, 2018)
The analysis presented in this study draws from a theoretical
framework that sees indigenous knowledge (IK) and discourse
as important features of ethno–science publication in Namibia.
The study aims to make a meaningful ...
Shalyefu, Rakel Kavena; Cleghorn, Aile(University of Namibia, 2018)
This paper discusses the need for a shift in the role of South-
North collaboration for higher education. To do so, it points
to some persistent trends in the nature of South-North
partnerships. Rather than being ...
Shalyefu, Rakel Kavena(University of Namibia, 2018)
Higher Education Institutions have reached the end of their
lifespans, unless we reinvent them to fit the constantly changing
context. This paper is a reflective piece interrogating the impact of
the context (internationally, ...
Mwanza-Kabaghe, S; Mofu-Mwansa, M(University of Namibia, 2018)
This study was undertaken at the School of Education,
University of Zambia, to establish factors that influence
lecturers to engage in Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) as well as factors inhibiting their ...
In this concept paper ideas of the psychology of motivation in
the twenty first century are explored as an introductory study
on motivation theory. Drawing from the work of Leontiev (2012
a, b) and Längle (1999, 2012), ...
Hako, Anna Niitembu; Mbango, Karolina N.(University of Namibia, 2018)
Life skills is a compulsory subject in Namibia.All schools with
Grades 4 to 12 are required to fully implement the life skills
education and counselling programme. This subject concerns
developing in learners the ability ...
Hako, Anna Niitembu; Mbongo, Emilia Ndapandula(University of Namibia, 2018)
The study investigated the education stakeholders’ (beneficiaries’) satisfaction with the school counselling services provided to them and their families. The study employed a mixed methods approach, hence both qualitative ...
With the changing political and socio-economical profile of previously
disadvantaged Namibians, school leavers, as well as adults, increasingly decide to invest in Higher Education for an improved future. Students who ...
Shitana, Silas Shituleipo(University of Namibia, 2013)
Instructional leadership is one of the transformational leadership theories which focus on the task-person tension and dominates the world of organizations into the twentieth and twenty first centuries. The notion of ...
Pazvakawambwa, Lillian; Ngololo, Elizabeth Ndeukumwa; Dumeni, Efraim(University of Namibia, 2013)
The Polytechnic of Namibia offers the Basic Business Statistics course for all its undergraduate registered students for the Bachelor of Technology degrees in Business Administration, Public Administration ,Marketing, Human ...
Nashidengo, Willem P.(University of Namibia, 2013)
Science education is of paramount importance to a better socio-economy. The curriculumthat conveys the teaching and learning of science is supposed to reflect on the students.Science education builds on prior existing ...
Masule, Lubasi Borniface(University of Namibia, 2013)
This article is based on the implementation process of the merger between the University of Namibia and former colleges of education in Namibia. The aim of this article is to share some staff and student experiences of ...
Luwango, Luiya; Schafer, Marc(University of Namibia, 2013)
This paper emphasises the aspects that teachers should critically focus on when reflecting on their teaching practices. The paper emerged from a case study that was conducted in three secondary schools in Rundu- northern ...
Ilukena, Alex M.; Schafer, Marc(University of Namibia, 2013)
After the introduction of the Basic Education Teacher Diploma (BETD) in Namibia, a number of studies were conducted on how teachers, lecturers, stakeholders and the Namibian public perceived the BETD program and its ...
Class size is a major concern to any educational system. At university, a class of any size (small or large) appears to be an acceptable norm. However, when classes are too large, they are considered to contribute some ...
Haihambo Ya-Otto, Cynthy K.; Tobias, Elina I.; Mashego-Brown, Antony(University of Namibia, 2013)
Since becoming signatory to the Salamanca Declaration in 1994, the Namibian education system has been battling with the implementation oj inclusive education. It is taking the country a lot of efforts to move towards ...
Ferreira, Johanna Wilhelmina(University of Namibia, 2013)
This paper examines several important elements of measuring performance in primary and secondary education and its contribution to best practice in education. Education management has increasingly been dominated by the ...
Lopez, Razavi O.; Mbodo, L.(University of Namibia, 2014)
The merger of the University of Namibia (UNAM) with the four Colleges of Education in 2010 was necessitated by an Act of Parliament for tertiary institutions. This study aims to identify the challenges for staff and students ...
This paper reports on a study carried out in a northern Namibian urban
school about the use of Wikipedia translation as an additional teaching and learning tool in Oshikwanyama Firs Language classroom. Higher-level learners ...
Dongwi, Beata Lididimikeni(University of Namibia, 2014)
Despite my positive views of geometry as one of the most interesting topics in the mathematics curriculum, others find it rather complicated and sometimes unbearable to successfully complete a geometry course. It is a ...
The teaching of literacy is an embodied practice. Teacher’s pedagogical practices are directed onto children’s bodies. These practices are informed by teachers’ own knowledge, experiences and beliefs about literacy as well ...
The 1990 Jomtien World Conference ‘Education for All’ and the 2000 World Education Forum in Daka encouraged governments in developing countries to shift their emphasis from measuring outcomes to establishing the extent to ...
Zannier-Wahengo, Aurelie(University of Namibia, 2016)
Learning and teaching activities evolve together with the didactics research progress. In foreign language teaching, the communicative approach, developed in the 1970s, positioned learners at the epicentre of the ...
The study examined factors that contribute to secondary school learner indiscipline in Namibia and ways how to mitigate them. We employed a qualitative case study design. The population comprised of all teachers and parents ...
The general understanding that goes with ‘officialising’ a language is that, its status is raised and its functions are diversified so much that it may be used in all facets of life. This study interrogates the possibilities ...
Madejski, E.A.; Shangheta, L.B.(University of Namibia, 2016)
This paper investigates the awareness and exposure of the young professionals in the Transport and Logistics to Continuous Professional Development (CPD). The young professionals are students who are studying the Transport ...
The link between libraries and reading development has been found to be a determining factor in literacy development by scholars the world over. Based on the findings of a study on the constraints encountered by teachers ...
Ilukena, Alex M.; Musiba, Makando Autilliah; Simasiku, Muyumbano Bosman(University of Namibia, 2016)
This paper is based on a qualitative case study which investigated the relevance of preparatory mathematics in three selected kindergartens in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. A snowball sampling procedure was used, were ...
The proliferation of social media and its use by students has raised a lot of research interest in attempts to seek ways of appropriating these new technologies for instructional and learning purposes. Critical media ...
Grant, Callie; Nekondo, Linus(University of Namibia, 2016)
Educational leadership and management (ELM) research has, all-too-often, attributed a positional quality to leadership and equated school leadership with the principal at the top of the management hierarchy. We argue that ...