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 ...