http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/24 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:50:43 GMT 2026-04-13T11:50:43Z http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/267 Research-Based Behavior Management Practices: Assessing Teacher Preparation Zhanda, Emmanuel Schoolteachers worldwide continue to encounter challenging behavior in their classrooms. As a result, teacher preparation programs are receiving more scrutiny regarding how well they are preparing their teacher candidates to effectively address challenging behavior especially in line with the principles of whole schooling. The overarching purpose of this research was to identify the extent to which pre-service teacher preparation programs in eight African countries provided training in classroom and behavior management. The study was predicated on the premise of accentuating the scope of the teacher preparation experience in addressing critical research based features of classroom and behavior management. Curricula from 11 teacher preparation institutions from across eight African countries were collected and analyzed to explore the extent to which the programs were addressing research-based practices in classroom and behavior management in the preparation of their teacher candidates. Results indicated that only three of the programs offered courses that were specific to behavior and classroom management and only one of the programs addressed some of the specific research-based practices—and very minimally so. This study highlights the need to further examine teacher preparation programs in the different countries with the goal to incorporate and promote research-based practices in behavior and classroom management. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/267 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/265 Investigating the Challenges Confronting Vocational Education in Botswana and Potential Remedies: An Empirical Study Oshima, Mmolai Samuel; Makambe, Ushe; Jerald, Hondongoa The importance of vocational education for improving national human capital cannot be underscored. Yet, its objective of improving the quality and quantity of human capital has yet to be fully achieved due to its shortcomings. The training system's significant challenges have yet to be determined and explored to develop appropriate interventions. This study examined the challenges bedevilling vocational education in Botswana, leading to its failure to execute its mandate fully. The paper followed a positivist paradigm whereby a survey design was adopted with the quantitative methodology used to collect data using a questionnaire administered to 61 respondents. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), producing descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results revealed many challenges facing vocational education in Botswana, such as the lack of quality instructors and ineffective delivery, lack of finance leading to low-salaried teachers who are not motivated and lack of adequate infrastructure, among others. It is, therefore, imperative for policymakers to consider the findings of this study to develop more effective strategies for enhancing the delivery of vocational education in the country to avoid wastage of limited resources Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/265 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/257 Lessons from Covid-19: A Silver Lining for Teaching and Learning In Selected Lesotho Institutions of Higher Learning Zhanda, Emmanuel; Kobane, Molelekeng Jeanett; Molokwane, Thekiso There has been a myriad of negative implications on teaching and learning at tertiary level that came along with the emergence of Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the lessons and opportunities presented by the pandemic to the learning and teaching process in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). The study employed a survey design and used diary and semistructured questionnaires as key data generation tools. A sample of 80 lecturing staff was used from three HEIs in Lesotho adopting a stratified random sampling. The findings from the study suggest that the implementation of online teaching and learning brought positive implications to Lesotho’s HEIs as most of the sampled respondents supported the intervention. The study also revealed that the COVID19 pandemic exposed shortcomings such as a lack of staff capacity to teach online, adoption of blended learning, and teaching and infrastructural preparedness in tertiary institutions. The study further suggests that there is a need to redevelop and redesign the curriculum, harmonize policies of teaching and assessment, and align them to online learning and teaching. The study recommended an inclusive stakeholder approach at the national and institutional level to drafting and implementing online learning supportive policies. Further research is recommended to quality regulators of tertiary institutions to understand their insights and perceptions of adopting online teaching and learning in HEIs Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/257 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/241 Predicting students’ intention to continue online learning post-COVID-19 pandemic: extension of the unified theory of acceptance and usage technology . Marandu, Edward E; Mathew, Ivy Rose; Svotwa, Tendai Douglas; Machera, Robert P.; Jaiyeoba, Olumide The purpose of this study is to predict the intention to continue online learning post the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among students in the two largest universities of higher learning in Botswana. Furthermore, the purposes of this study are to elucidate the nexus between performance expectancy and continuance intention to establish the effects of efforts expectancy on continuance intention to investigate the relationship between social influence and continuance intention to determine the relationship between facilitating conditions and continuance intention and examining the relationship between satisfaction and continuance intention using the extended unified theory of acceptance and usage technology (UTAUT) model postulated by Venkatesh et al. (2003) Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bothouniversity.ac.bw:8080/buir/handle/123456789/241 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z