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Perceptions of the nature of university learner support practices:
(Cogent Education, 2020-08-14)The incorporation of staff and students’ views is so central in the transformation of learner support management and delivery in distance education. This study explored the staff and students’ perceptions of the nature of ... -
Perceptual Influence of Ugandan Biology Students’ Understanding of HIV/AIDS
(2010)In Uganda, curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS has largely depended on public and private media messages about the disease. Media campaigns based on Uganda’s cultural norms of communication are metaphorical, analogical and ... -
Record-keeping and political advocacy in late colonial Uganda: the case of Abataka Abasoga, Busoga, 1940 to 1950
(Routledge - Taylor and Francis, 2024-04-07)This paper analyses the nexus between record-keeping and political advocacy in the late colonial Busoga which formed one of eastern ethno-geographical regions of the Uganda Protectorate. It illustrates the vexed position ... -
Response to land degradation in Muduuma Sub-County, Mpigi District Uganda
(African Journals Online; G-Card, 2023-02)This study dealt with response to land degradation in Muduuma Sub-County, Mpigi District-Uganda. The study employed the cross sectional design due to its ability to collect data on more than one case from different respondents ... -
Stories, proverbs, and anecdotes as scaffords for learning science concepts.
(2015)Few research studies in science education have looked at how stories, proverbs, and anecdotes can be used as scaffolds for learning. Stories, proverbs, and anecdotes are cultural tools used in indigenous communities to ... -
‘Talk what others think you can’t talk’: HIV/AIDS clubs as peer education in Ugandan schools
(Compare, 2007)The clubs will do peer education; the clubs will be a forum for affected students to share their experiences. (HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor, Ministry of Education, 4 October 2004) The clubs extend what we do in the ... -
Teacher Motivation and Teacher Commitment to Work: a Case Study of Government Aided Secondary Schools in Masaka Municipality, Uganda
(Contemporary Research Center, 2020-02)Motivation breeds commitment to work in any institution of learning. Consequently, this study investigated the role of motivation on teacher commitment to work in government Aided Secondary Schools in Masaka Municipality, ... -
Teaching reading and writing in local language using the child-centred pedagogy in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-11-04)Uganda introduced the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in primary schools in 2007. This was meant to promote interaction and participation in the learning process and improve children's proficiency in reading ... -
Transforming university learner support in open and distance education: Staff and students perceived challenges and prospects
(Cogent Education, 2019-08-22)This article cross-examines the views of the university staff and selected students on institutional challenges in managing and delivering learner support for in-service teachers engaged in distance education in Uganda. A ...