The study investigated the nature, prevalence, causes and methods used by teachers to correct the reading difficulties experienced by middle basic school learners with visual impairments in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to: identify the nature of reading difficulties among middle basic...
The purpose of the study was to explore the role of counselling services in stress management among head teachers in Kitwe district, Copperbelt province of Zambia. The objectives were to identify causes of stress among head teachers, investigate how head teachers use counselling services to...
Download PDF ↓Some teachers in primary and secondary schools in Zambia face difficulties handling children who exhibit impulsive, inattentive and hyperactivity symptoms because they may have a condition called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Research on ADHD in Zambia is scanty and the...
Download PDF ↓This study examined characterisation in Phiri’s Ticklish Sensation from a Systemic-Functional perspective. Specifically, the study sought to identify process-types attributed to major and minor characters; identify transitivity patterns embedded in process-types attributed to major and minor...
Download PDF ↓Many learners in secondary schools, especially learners with special educational needs,experience difficulties in excelling academically. This study thus sought to assess the efficacy of school guidance and counselling services in enhancing academic performance of learners with special...
The study sought to examine the care provided to the aged in old people’s homes in Zambia and implications for Adult Education programmes. The objectives of the study were to establish factors that led to the aged moving to old people’s homes in Zambia, assess services provided to the aged in old...
The Study sought to determine the contribution of Sign Language Variation to academic performance of grade Primary School Learners with hearing impairments. Four objectives guided the study; namely: establish the contribution of Sign Language Variation to academic performance of Primary School...
The main purpose of this study was to the identify differential effects of child-characteristics on early literacy and numeracy skill-attainment (in the first grade) at selected low and high-performing schools in the Northern province of Zambia. The study sought to establish the interplay and...
Download PDF ↓This is a report of a study enquiring into the attribution of phonetic skills as an enabler of initial written and oral communication proficiency among grade 1 and 2 learners in selected schools of Lusaka and Chinsali districts. Observing the low reading levels among pupils and school leavers,...
Download PDF ↓Unfamiliarity with the language of teaching is blamed for the high illiteracy rate among people who live in nations in which hundreds of languages are spoken. For a critical test of the importance of the language in which initial reading is taught we took the Zambian situation as a natural...