Initial Teacher Education is designed to prepare pre-service teachers for teaching and to establish a foundation for continuing professional development (CPD). The objectives of this qualitative case study research were to: establish mathematics preservice student teachers’ conceptions of CPD;...
Download PDF ↓The structure of the education system has been changing from the time Zambia attained its political independence to date, Lungwangwa (1987). The latest change is the upgrading of primary/basic schools into secondary schools, in which the Ministry of General Education has upgraded, established and...
Download PDF ↓The Ministry of General Education (MOGE, 2017) made Early Childhood Education (ECE) compulsory to all Primary Schools. Early Childhood Education (ECE) is the foundation of a child‘s school education and progress at a later stage in life. Early Childhood education encompasses areas such as...
This study sought to assess number sense comprehension levels of In-service Primary School Teachers (IPST). This was a mixed method study where quantitative data was collected through a number sense assessment questionnaire. Out of 82 questionnaires, 69 were successfully completed and returned...
Download PDF ↓The background of this study was anchored on the introduction of the use of local languages as a medium of instruction in primary schools from grade one to four by the Ministry of Education (2013). The study focused on practices in teaching and learning mathematics in multilingual class. The...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges of teaching and learning mathematics at the Copperbelt University (CBU), the second largest public university in Zambia. The challenges of teaching and learning mathematics are myriad. The framework addressing the challenges could have...
Download PDF ↓It has generally been accepted in Zambia that good performance in mathematics has become a pre-requisite for one‘s entry into tertiary education regardless of one‘s sex. In a bid to find themselves places in colleges and universities, many more girls than boys who were once pupils at Sesheke...
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