April 2014

Middle school mathematics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge regarding teaching strategies on quadrilaterals

Pedagogical content knowledge is consisted of two components: student knowledge and teaching strategies. Teaching strategies was defined under two sub-headings as strategies for specific topics and specific strategies for any topic. The purpose of this study was to examine the method with which quadrilaterals were taught by mathematics teachers with regard to the teaching strategies component of pedagogical content...

Author(s): Elif Nur AkkaÅŸ and Elif Türnüklü

April 2014

Democratic involvement of students in high school governance in Lesotho

This paper is premised on the thesis that there is importance and necessity of involving high school students in school governance in Lesotho as well as consideration of cultural values’ impact on this issue. The possibilities and limits of involving the high school students in school governance in Lesotho are examined.  There are two opposing positions: some feel that such an exercise is right while others...

Author(s): Matsepe, Mokone W.

April 2014

Ethics education adherence by teacher trainees during teaching practice: A botswana perspective

This paper presents the results of a survey conducted to find out the extent to which teacher trainees understand and observe professional ethics. It also sought the contribution of the Faculty of Education and secondary schools make in promoting teacher ethics among trainees on teaching practice. Data were gathered from randomly chosen 90 participants as follows: 70 teacher trainees on teaching practice at schools, 10...

Author(s): Moswela, Bernard and Gobagoba, Marina