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Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (2013)
Recent Submissions
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Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
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Salawu, I.O.; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
The place of teacher education in the context of the overall development of any
nation is extremely important. The emergence of open distance learning, with its
particular characteristics and its usage in offering teacher ...
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Sifuna, Daniel N.; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
This paper focuses on the expansion of teacher education and the efforts to
introduce universal primary education (UPE) in Africa. It also looks at the need
for an adequate supply of primary school teachers. With specifi ...
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Omidire, Margaret Funke; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
The DETA Conference of August 2011 and the workshops on the use of open
educational resources (OER) were the catalyst for a project that aimed to design
and build a multidisciplinary online course in academic research ...
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Oyoo, Samuel Ouma; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
Given the well-established need for teacher intervention in Science learning, it is
now time for closer attention to be given to research on teachers and teaching in
schools, so as to address the question of quality Science ...
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Ocansey, Sylvia; Gyimah, Emmanuel Kofi; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
Tests are invaluable tools to educators but their over-dependence on tests in recent
times has heightened the negative impact of test anxiety on its victims. Though the
causes of test anxiety are many and varied, understanding ...
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Ndirangu, Caroline Waruguru; Nyagah, Grace; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
Change facilitators often presume that once an innovation has been adopted and
the intial training has been completed, the intended users will put it into practice.
However, implementation of an innovation is seldom simple ...
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Msiska, Fred Gennings Wanyavinkhumbo; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
This article argues that the distance education (DE) delivery model has the potential
to offer education and training to a greater majority of Malawians who, for one
reason or another, cannot be accommodated in the traditional ...
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Kisirkoi, Florence Kanorio; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
Kenya aspires to harness science, technology and innovations in order to be
competitive both regionally and globally. This can be achieved more effectively if
learners in teacher education training institutions are developed ...
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Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
Foreword: The fifth Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) Conference
in 2013 was hosted by the University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 July
to 1 August. The biennial conference was borne out of ...
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Gyimah, Emmanuel Kofi; Amponsah, Mark Owusu; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
It is generally believed that children’s success in grappling effectively with emotional
and social challenges in later years largely depends on their childhood experiences.
Using a mixed-methods approach, this study ...
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Bipath, Keshni; Nkabinde, Bongi; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi
(Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
When striving to balance their dual role as leaders and teachers, Foundation Phase
Heads of Departments (HoDs) have found themselves challenged and under stress.
The Personnel Administrative Measures (PAM) document was ...