University of Zimbabwe: Recent submissions
Now showing items 321-340 of 2012
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Differences among age, gender and school factors in Ghanaian senior secondary school students' aspirations for entrepreneurial careers
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-03)Research has shown that demographic and contextual factors such as age, gender, among others have influence on secondary school students' aspirations for entrepreneurship careers. Again, it has been noted that entrepreneurial ... -
Vocationalisation of secondary education in Zimbabwe: an examination of current policies, options and strategies for the 21st century
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-07)This paper examines the apparent conflict between persistent attempts to vocationalise school curricula in relation to the controversy surrounding the provision of school-based vocational education in developing countries. ... -
The African university in the 21st century: the quest for self-financing in the Zimbabwe Open University
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2015-07)This paper argues that the higher education sector in Zimbabwe has changed significantly from what it was in 1957 when the University of Zimbabwe was established. Due to excessive demand for higher education, and the ... -
Effects of different frequencies of loading on healing in partial rupture of the achilles tendon in a rat model
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Influence of indigenous language on the mastery of scientific concepts and vocabulary: a review and analysis of the literature
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2014-07)In different cultural contexts, it has been demonstrated that student proficiency in language may he related to academic achievement and to mastery of concepts and technical vocabulary in school subjects such as science. ... -
Post-script
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) ; University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-08)The Government of Zimbabwe, like its Southern African neighbours, is attempting to grapple with a set of inter-related yet often independent problems. The first is strategies for public and private economic growth, shifts ... -
Operational problems in organising catchment authorities
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS); University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-08)The paper discusses a number of key issues in the implementation of (sub)- catchment water user organisations, based on experiences in Nyanyadzi river catchment, Chimanimani district. In Nyanyadzi catchment many indigenous ... -
An alternative teaching practice programme for academic students at Belvedere Technical Teachers' College
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1999-02)The aim of this paper is two fold. Firstly, it intends to review the current teaching practice programme for academic students at the Belvedere Technical Teachers' College Secondly, the paper intends to suggest an alternative ... -
Challenges of independence: managing technical and social worlds in a farmer-managed irrigation scheme
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications, 1996)The performance of the Zimbabwean economy is directly related to that of the agricultural sector, with the economy doing well in a good agricultural year. Irrigation has become of paramount importance due to erratic and ... -
Etiology and risk factors of meningitis in patients admitted at a central hospital in Harare
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2015-01)Meningitis is an infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and spina] code most often caused by infection. There is a wide array of causes of meningitis which include bacteria, ... -
Prospects for technical education contributing towards the development of early childhood education/development in Zimbabwe
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-07)Early Childhood Education/Development (ECE/Dj is an area that has continued to receive special attention since independence in Zimbabwe. Among other things, evidence of this includes a development way back in the early ... -
Wielding water in unwilling works: negotiated management of water scarcity in Nyanyadzi irrigation scheme, winter 1995
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1996)This chapter analyzes how a state agency, Agritex, tries to cope with water scarcity in a smallholder irrigation scheme that is complex and difficult to manage, and that has been marred by scarcities since its outset. It ... -
Juggling with land, labour and cash: strategies of some resilient smallholder irrigators
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)Researchers on irrigated agriculture in Zimbabwe have often lamented the low productivity in smallholder irrigation schemes, citing inadequate resources on the part of farmers. According to Rukuni (1984c) farmers often ... -
Contradictions in standardization: the case of block irrigation in smallholder schemes in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1996)In many smallholder irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe poor water use is cited as one common problem. Water is reportedly lost during conveyance, distribution and application in the field. The causes of this problem are varied. ... -
Organophosphate poisoning in urban Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1996)Between 1969 and 1989, 978 organophosphate (OP) poisoning cases were recorded and analysed. Of these, 776 cases (79,8 percent) were admissions recorded and analysed retrospectively at the six referral hospitals of Zimbabwe. ... -
Technical And Vocational Education For Zimbabwe's Rural Development: Issues And Concerns
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2014-07)The main purpose of this paper is to highlight some issues and concerns in the Zimbabwean educational system in general, and in particular, issues and concerns within the purview for technical and vocational education. The ... -
On education and training appropriate information technology for developing societies
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2014-07)While information technology' (IT) potentially holds promise in the technological advancement of developing countries, it is a revolution whose diffusion needs to be assessed. With the advent of IT in developing societies, ... -
Methodology for the study of irrigation perfomance in Zimbabwe
(Irrigation Perfomance In Zimbabwe Project (IPZP) Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1994)This project set out to measure and compare the performance of different types of irrigation systems in Zimbabwe. This research examined both large-scale and small-scale irrigation systems, but with greatest emphasis on ... -
Agroeconomic perfomance of smallholder irrigation in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1994)The objectives of increasing agricultural production and incomes are common to all types of irrigation in Zimbabwe, though the relative importance given to different objectives varies somewhat among irrigation system types. ... -
A descriptive analysis of the sample irrigation system
(Irrigation Perfomance In Zimbabwe Project (IPZP), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1994)This paper gives an overview of some of the physical and socio-economic characteristics of the sites in the final sample. The sample covers the range of irrigation management systems that exist in Zimbabwe. Rainfall during ...