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Research Outputs (Science and Technology Education): Recent submissions

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Investigating the classroom teaching practices of life sciences teachers in Gauteng

Broadhurst, Jodi-Leigh; Dhurumraj, Thasmai (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2023-03)

In the analysis of the South African NSC diagnostic reports, the Department of Education prepared areas of learners’ struggle have proved to repeat themselves from 2017 to 2020. The classroom practices of Life Sciences ...
A Framework of Social Networks Control in Higher Educational Contexts

Jakovljevic, Maria; Nkopodi, Nkopodi (University of Zagreb Croatia, 2021-03-01)

Educationists are urged to investigate the effect of social networks control. There is a lack of multidisciplinary studies with a focus on coercive social network control in the higher education sector. This exploratory ...
Usability and user evaluation of an integrated multimedia e-learning management system

Jakovljevic, Maria; Rupere, Taurai (2021)

The usability of multimedia E-Learning management systems (MEMSs) is critical as it leverages institutions in the educational value chain. The paper aims to investigate the usability effect of an integrated MEMS ...
Adaptation of the Attitude Behavioural Scale section of a PATT instrument for the Omani context

Candela, Pablo; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Mapotse, Tomé Awshar (Springer Nature, 2021-08)

This study is about the adaptation of the Attitude Behavioural Scale (ABS) section of a Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology (PATT) instrument for the Omani context. This study is a mixed methods research design and it ...
Tutors' Views on the Integrated Tutor Model in Open Distance Learning

Ntuli, Cynthia Hlekwase Smangele; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (UOFS, 2019)

The facilitation of learning by tutors is a worldwide phenomenon that is supported by most open and distance learning (ODL) institutions. It is a strategy employed to achieve academic success. This qualitative intrinsic ...
Online or offline supervision? Postgraduate supervisors state their position at University of South Africa

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2019)

The demands of postgraduate supervision are huge for supervisors. These demands can however be lessened by taking advantage of the online operated information and communication technology (ICT). Supervising online provides ...
Academic domains as political battlegrounds : a global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology

Al Lily, Abdulrahman Essa A., 1983-; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (Sage, 2016)

This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and nonhuman components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: ...
Technology Teachers’ Understanding of and Attempt to Integrate Indigenous Technology in Their Lessons

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

The South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) technology Grades R–9 includes indigenous technology under its third aim, to appreciate the interaction between people's values, technology, society, and ...
Assessing second phase high school learners’ attitudes towards technology in addressing the technological skills shortage in the South African context

Muller, H.; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Tholo, J. A. T.; Sedupane, S.M. (Taylor & Francis, 2014)

This article argues the case that the decline in the numbers of school leavers entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics study courses worldwide and in South Africa in particular, is linked to negative ...
Applying Design and Technology Education in Addressing Farmers’ Problems in the Makonde Rural District, Zimbabwe

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Kwaira, Peter (Kamla-Raj, 2014)

This paper reports on the results of a developmental and participatory research study that is coupled with a significant, ongoing and long-term community development project in the Makonde Rural District, Northwestern Zimbabwe. ...
Encounters of newly qualified teachers with micro-politics in primary schools in Zimbabwe

Magudu, Snodia; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (University of Stellenbosch, 2017-05)

This article demonstrates, through the example of Zimbabwe, the complexities of micro-political learning during induction. It reports on the experiences of ten newly qualified teachers with micro-politics or power relations ...
Exploring the Development of Indigenous Technologies: A Survey of Databases

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2008)

Indigenous technologies, as part of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), and the call to protect the rights of indigenous people have become part of the development agenda that has a bearing on the school curriculum. This ...
In-Service Secondary School Teachers’ Technology Integration Needs in an ICT Enhanced Classroom

Adegbenro, Janet; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; OLAKANMI, Eunice Eyitayo (Copyright © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2017-07)

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming an essential skill for teachers to enhance teaching and learning. Teachers’ training on ICT utilisation in higher education institutions in South ...
Discovering Grade 8 Technology Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Tshwane District of Gauteng Province

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza; Williams, P.J. (Kamla-Raj, 2014)

This paper reports on a study conducted to inquire into Grade 8 Technology teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in the Tshwane District of the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The research question addressed ...
The Effects of Power Relations on the Curriculum Experiences of French-Speaking Students in a Private Institution's Academic Community of Practice

Adebanji, Charles Adedayo; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy, 2014-09)

This paper reports on the findings of a study in which we explored power relations and their effects on the curriculum experiences of French-speaking students in an Academic Community of Practice (ACOP) at a private ...
Insights on the Benefits and Challenges of the Skills Development Program at Kgalagadi South Subdistrict of Botswana: Beneficiaries’ Experience

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (Sage, 2019)

A fit-for-purpose, functional program is the vehicle that guarantees the relevance of an education system by ensuring the sustainability of the society. Failure of a program to be relevant has the potential to cause ...
A stand-alone, blended or restructured indigenisation approach to curriculum? A critical perspective

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (Taylor & Francis, 2015-07-15)

Attempts to come up with a relevant curriculum that responds to the African context, in general, and to Ethiopia, in particular, have been unsuccessful. The indigenisation approach has been applied in curriculum development ...
Addressing the factors responsible for the misunderstanding of Technology Education with other subject fields

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (UV/UFS, 2018-10)

Technology Education was introduced and rolled out in South African schools in 1998. It has been twenty years since its implementation, yet it is being confused with other traditional subjects. Therefore, even though it ...
Efficacy of teacher education institutions and primary schools in teacher preparation in Zimbabwe

Magudu, S.; Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2019-03)

The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to examine the efficacy of teacher education institutions (TEIs) and schools in Zimbabwe in regard to partnering for the delivery of teacher education. Data were collected ...
Exploring the Teaching of Physical Science through Inquiry

Mokiwa, Hamza Omari (Kamla-Raj, 2014)

Inquiry-based instruction has not been widely adopted by secondary school science teachers, inspite of decades for research and curriculum design. This paper aimed at contributing to the documentation of the use of inquiry ...

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