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Mentoring Model: potential students as mentors

Nagappan, Aarthi; Rajesh, Subramanian (2011)

Knowledge is a gift that is transferrable from one person to another. Everyone has it and can transfer it thus making impact on other people’s lives. In this paper the authors have come up with an innovative approach of ...
Effectiveness of an Integrated Learner-Centric Approach for Teaching Complex ICT Concepts at a Higher Educational Institution In Botswana

Venkataraman, Sivakumar; Alagappan, Annamalai (2011)

Teaching methodology has a greater impact on the way students learn from teachers and tutors. However traditional class rooms are meant for rote learning, hence, there exists some challenges in promoting “in-depth learning” ...
Unearthing the Determinants of Success in Software Engineering Education: A Case Study for Botho College Students’ Performance

Radhakrishnan, Sridevi; Gudo, Faith (The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communication., 2012)

The Botho College Software engineering curriculum has been running for quite some time now since 1997 up to date. Over the years we have seen considerable discrepancies or inconsistencies with regards to the results ...
A Win-Win Dual Internship Model for Turning Graduates Employable

Rajesh Subramanian, Aarthi Nagappan, Ivy Rose Mathew; Subramanian, Rajesh; Nagappan, Aarthi; Mathew, Ivy Rose (International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 2012-12)

There seems to be a growing concern about the skill set needed in university graduates which is a factor inhibiting numerous students from acquiring proper employment. This has drawn the attention of employers and ...
Early Childhood Learning Assistive Technologies

Simon, Chirambira (2013-02-20)

Learning is a fundamental aspect of life, any living organism that fails to learn and adapt to the rules of survival in the current environment risks facing the challenge of extinction as the laws of nature demands survival ...
Academic Middle Manager-Driven Strategies for Managing Curriculum Change in Higher Education

Rudhumbu, Norman (Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)

This study is an investigation of strategies that can be deployed by academic middle managers (AMMs) to support successful planning, implementation and management of curriculum change in higher education. It has been ...
Motivational Strategies in the Teaching of Primary School Mathematics in Zimbabwe

Rudhumbu, Norman (International Journal of Education Learning and Development UK, 2014-06)

This study explored the concept of motivational strategies and how it applies to the teaching of primary school mathematics. A number of motivational theories were discussed in the study with regards to how primary school ...
Virtual Laboratories a Solution for Tertiary Science Education in Botswana

Pearson, Chaurura; Kudzai, Chuma (2015)

The aim of this survey was to evaluate the suitability and acceptability of virtual laboratories as alternatives or supplements to the traditional physical laboratories in the teaching of graduates in laboratory-driven ...
Using Cyber Pedagogy (Wibeki/01/2014) Model to Initiate Multiliteracies and Promote a Virtual Classroom: A Pilot Study

Nkomo, William; Karimbika, Bertha; Molefe, Kitso (International Journal of Research in Computer Application & Management, 2015)

In the survey conducted at Botho University, researchers established that more than 90% of the students have access to the ICT technologies and 80% own the ICT gadgets. However, there is a challenge faced by learners when ...
Thinking in My Language to the Official Languages: What a Challenge!! A Case of the Basarwa (Bushmen/San) Children in Botswana

Makwinja, Veronica Margaret (21st Century Academic Forum, 2015)

The Botswana education system bases its philosophy on education for all using English and Setswana as the official languages for learning and teaching in schools despite the diversity of the society. Botswana has 8 Setswana ...
Combating Absenteeism and Truancy through Interventions: A Case of Higher Education Students at Botho University

Jean-Pierre K., Lukusa; Kaur, Ramandeep; Kumari, Babli; Iyer, Sreedevi S. (2015)

This paper provides a systemic remedial approach to the issues of truancy and absenteeism in tertiary institutions by means of action research (AR). Using Botho University in Botswana as a model for the study, the authors ...
Incorporating Self and Peer Assessment with Tutor Assessment In Evaluating Students Group Work

Venkataraman, Sivakumar; Sivakumar, Subitha; Combiro, Cross (International Journal of Current Research, 2015-03-17)

In tertiary educations, most of the courses are having group projects as one of the part of assessments in their curriculum. In computer science, especially for software engineering students the group projects are providing ...
A Framework for a Heuristic Approach to Evaluating and Assessing Adaptive Hypermedia Learning Systems

Lukusa, Jean-Pierre Kabeya (International Journal of Current Research and Review,, 2015-06-06)

This article provides a holistic view of e-Learning as a by-product of Adaptive Hypermedia Learning Systems (i.e. AHLS). It aims at proposing a generic framework for evaluating and assessing AHLS. While many of the existing ...
Technology in Learning: Blackboard Usage & Its Impact on Academic Performance;

Nyabawa, Robert Farayi (International Journal of Humanities and Management Sciences (IJHMS), 2016)

The objective of this study is to engage in a practical analysis that will investigate the effects of using Blackboard Learn as a learning platform for higher education students in Lesotho using Botho University as a ...
Implementation of Classroom Management Strategiesin Primary Schools in Botswana

Rudhumbu, Norman (Asian Journal of Educational Research & Technology, 2016-01)

Literature shows that high incidences of classroom disciplinary problems have a significant impact on the effectiveness of teaching and learning.Use of classroom management strategies to manage the behaviour of students ...
Enablers of and Barriers to Successful Curriculum in Higher Education: A Literature Review

Rudhumbu, Norman (International Journal of Education Learning and Development, 2016-01)

Literature shows that many curriculum reforms in higher education institutions fail because curriculum change sponsors fail to identify and plan effectively and proactively to deal with barriers to curriculum change as ...
Managing Curriculum Change from the Middle: How Academic Middle Managers Enact Their Role in Higher Education

Rudhumbu, Norman (International Journal of Higher Education, 2016-01-06)

Literature shows that the role of academic middle managers (AMMs) has been a subject of contestation for a long time the world over owing to the fact that there has not been a clear cut articulation of what exactly this ...
A model for planning and implementing curriculum change in Private higher education in Botswana

Rudhumbu, Norman; Mswazie, Jonathan; Maphosa [untranslated], Cosmas (European Journal of Training and Development Studies, 2016-02-20)

This paper examined the role of academic middle managers (AMMs) in the planning and implementation of curriculum change in private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in Botswana. Drawing from various sources of ...
Gender parity in academic leadership in selected Southern African Universities: A critical analysis and reflection.

Rudhumbu, Norman (International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 2016-04)

The purpose of this study was to analyse and explain gender representation in academic leadership positions in selected universities in Southern Africa as well as to test how far the representation compares with global ...
Graduate employment satisfaction in higher education in botswana: a career concept perspective

Makambe, Ushe; Ndlovu, Busisiwe; Rudhumbu, Norman; M’kali, O’brian (British Journal of Education, 2016-05-20)

This study sought to establish the extent to which graduates of higher education (HE) institutions in Botswana, focusing on a selected higher education institution, were satisfied with their employment, that is, their job ...

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