Uganda Martyrs University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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A democratic political order after violence:
(East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, 2015)This article delves into the predicaments of elections after violent armed conflicts as a means to rebuild broken political structures and restore a democratic political order. The article acknowledges that elections are ... -
In-Sample Spatio-temporal Predictions by Multivariate Singular Spectrum Analysis
(Elsevier, 2015)In this paper, we present a method of utilizing spatial information, usually intrinsic in spatial data sets, to improve the quality of temporal predictions within the framework of singular spectrum analysis (SSA) techniques. ... -
Application of workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in determining health workers' requirements for Mityana general hospital, Uganda
(International Journal of Public Health Research, 2015-08-30)With reducing number of health workers amidst increasing disease burden, ever increasing population and limited resources, health systems are faced with challenges of providing adequate and quality health care globally. ... -
Documenting Baganda Ethno-medicine:
(Journal of Applied and Advanced Research, 2016)The continued use of ethno-medicines among some indigenous communities in the contemporary Uganda remains as one of the clearest evidence that indigenous people do not only have close relationship with nature, but also ... -
Meanings and understandings of wellbeing: an exploration of Somali refugees' conceptions of human wellbeing
(Africanus, 2015-01)Although there is a substantial body of literature on human wellbeing, there is no universally agreed-upon meaning and understanding of the concept. This article explores the meanings and understandings which Somali refugees ... -
Factors affecting Mathematics achievement of first-year secondary school students in Central Uganda
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2015-08)This study explores the sources of variability in Mathematics achievement of Ugandan students at the student, classroom and school level. The Mathematics score and questionnaire responses of 4,819 first-year secondary ... -
Uganda’s Vision 2040 and Human Needs Promotion
(AJOL, 2015)In 2013 the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched Uganda’s Vision 2040, a thirty-year development master plan which has received both praise and criticism from Ugandans. Although Vision 2040 has received both ... -
The effects of school, teacher/class and student characteristics on the attitude towards mathematics and mathematics achievement among boys and girls in Ugandan secondary schools
(2014)The major objective of this multi-level study which uses a statistical sample in the Ugandan secondary schools is to explore the effects of school, class/teacher and student characteristics on attitude toward mathematics ... -
Building vocational skills for marginalised youth in Uganda:
(Elsevier, 2015)Educational exclusion leads to the marginalisation of many youth in regards to employment and other livelihood opportunities. Vocational education and training (VET) is expected to offer skills to ameliorate this situation. ... -
Organisational performance measurement models, also for poverty alleviation
(2016)In this contribution, organisational performance measurement models are reviewed to determine to what extent they can also be used as an instrument for poverty alleviation. In this paper, we explore the organisational ... -
A review of enabling factors in support intervention programmes for early school leavers:
(Elsevier, 2015-02)One of the major problems facing education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is the phenomenon of young people who leave school before completion. Research has shown that this phenomenon disadvantages young people and exposes ... -
Action learning, the tool for problem-solving in universities;
(2015-03-15)The article presents an account of how action learning principles were implemented to alleviate complex problems in universities. It focuses on the registrars and administrators under the academic Registrar's department. ... -
Learning in architecture: Students’ perceptions of the architecture studio
(2013)In architecture education, the design studio has long been regarded as the centre of teaching and learning. As a learning environment, the studio is the physical site for learning and teaching, where active interaction ... -
Socialisation:a perilous transition from novice to architect
(Architectural Education Otherwhere, 2014-08-06)Architectural education includes both formal and informal learning components, instrumental in the transformation of novices into architects. The informal component incorporates tacit aspects of education that can’t be ... -
Investigating the processes of socialisation in architectural education through experiences in East Africa
(2015)This thesis investigates socialisation in architectural education in East Africa. Socialisation forms an integral part of professional education, through which students acquire these undocumented, but important aspects ... -
Socialisation in Architecture Education
(2013)Architecture education is an engaging process; long hours in the design studio, a high level of one-on-one instruction, and intense peer review. The process, which extends over the years of formal education, is instrumental ... -
Research and the future of architecture educaton in East Africa
(2013)Research in architecture education in East Africa has for the most part been presented in what can best be described as a “silo” approach, presented in a stand alone “Research Methodology” courses that are separate from ... -
Environmental Sustainable Design and Energy Efficiency in Architecture Education in East Africa
(2013)The inclusion of Environmental Sustainable Design (ESD) in architectural education is an important paradigmatic shift for contemporary architecture education, in view of growing concerns for Energy Efficiency (EE) and ... -
Determining the Unit Cost of Higher Education:
(2011)While the growth in private universities in Africa has met a pent-up demand for university education and are meeting and fulfilling a social function, the economic realities of operating a university cannot be ignored. ... -
Investigating the architecture of architecture education in Uganda:
(The Architectural Science Association, ANZAScA, 2010)For all the discourse on the state of architecture education today, little is written about the student experience in architecture schools. With increasing emphasis on Service Quality, Learning Outcomes, and Completion ...