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The aim of the study was to investigate how teachers of Chichewa taught grammar amidst lack of clarity displayed in the current Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) curriculum. The main goal of CLT is to help learners to develop communicative competence. In C LT instructional materials, grammar is matched to language functions or situations. Ho... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nkhoma, Wisdom Akuzike Alban Supervisor(s): Allan LipengaThe African Diaspora was born as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade which saw millions of people of African origin displaced and dispossessed of their culture. Working in plantations under dehumanizing conditions, black people were forced to adapt to the New World and to adopt the values of the dominant society However, they were able to... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Mtenje, Asante Lucy Supervisor(s): Bright MolandeEnglish is the language of Law in non-traditional courts in Malawi where about forty-five percent of the population are not proficient in English. When a person who is not proficient in the language is involved in a court case being tried in the non-traditional court, an interpreter is required to interpret the proceedings from and into English.... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Supervisor(s): Edrinnie KayambazinthuMalawi adopted Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in 2001 reflected in the primary curriculum and assessment reform (PCAR). This study aimed at investigating the implementation of OBE in Malawi primary schools. Specifically, the study intended to investigate the experiences of teachers and explore opportunities and challenges in the process of implem... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chiziwa, Wezzie K.M.C. Supervisor(s): Esthery Dembo KunkwenzuThe aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of the Bilingual approach to learning in the schools of the Hearing Impaired (HI). The Bilingual approach to learning for the HI was introduced in Malawi by the Ministry of Education in January, 2005 as a way of realizing a uniform way of teaching learners with HI. To collect data for the s... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Shaba, Mapopa Mgombera Supervisor(s): Pascal KishindoThis thesis analyzes the impact of poverty and HIV and AIDS knowledge on risky sexual behaviour. Risky sexual behaviour is defined as sex with non-marital/non cohabiting partners without using a condom. Two alternative measures of poverty are used: income and wealth status. Wealth status is used in order to establish the robustness of the povert... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaThis study focuses on maintenance of Chisenga, a minority language spoken in Mchinji district situated in the central western part of Malawi that borders with Zambia. The study aims at exploring factors governing the maintenance of Chisenga among the Nsenga that settled within the predominant Chichewa speaking area. The methodology was predomina... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chikaipa, Victor Supervisor(s): Edrinnie KayambazinthuThe purpose of this study was to find out about the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of trainers in technical and vocational institutions who use Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) as a methodology for assessment. The Technical, Entrepreneurial Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA) was established in 1999 with a view... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Phiri, Charles Mataya Supervisor(s): Bob Wajizigha ChuluThis study has examined the bicausal relationship between health and gross domestic savings rates in SADC countries. The study has drawn from the life cycle demography hypothesis for theoretical basis. The study period is for the years 1990-2009 and the data have been collected from the World Development Indicators and Human Development Index. I... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chingwanda, Atamandike Chrispin Supervisor(s): Spy MunthaliThe purpose of the study was to investigate how leaders in primary schools play their role in the implementation of school based professional development for teachers and their challenges. The study used qualitative research design. Interviews, document analysis and focus group discussions were the methods used to collect data from Chitakale edu... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chiwanda, Collins Edward Supervisor(s): Ken NdalaThis study establishes the determinant of repetitive delinquency among young people in Malawi, by answering two questions; why do juveniles commit crimes and become repetitive offenders? And what are the factors associated with this repetitive delinquency? An analysis of the risks associated with repetition of delinquency has been done which inc... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kamdima, Harry Gerson Supervisor(s): Levison ChiwaulaThe study investigated the potential of raising validity evidence of Physical Science tests through teachers’ peer instruction. Of particular relevance in the study was the effect of teachers peer instruction on content and construct related validity evidence of Physical Science classroom tests. The study employed a mixed methods approach applyi... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nkhoma, Mike Supervisor(s): Jimmy NamangaleEnglish is the language of Law in non-traditional courts in Malawi where about forty-five percent of the population are not proficient in English. When a person who is not proficient in the language is involved in a court case being tried in the non-traditional court, an interpreter is required to interpret the proceedings from and into English.... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Namachotsa, Pearson B.M. Supervisor(s): Edrinnie KayambazinthuBackground The Cox proportional hazards regression model has become the most used tool in the analysis of censored survival data. However, some features of the Cox model may cause problems for the analyst or an interpreter of the data. They include the restrictive assumption of proportional hazards for covariate effects, and “loss” (non-estimat... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Thawani, Agness Supervisor(s): Sarah Ann WhiteAnalysis of diarrhoea data in Malawi has been commonly done using classical methods. However, of late new approaches, such as Bayesian methods, have been introduced in literature. This study aimed at trying out new statistical techniques in comparison with the classical ways as well as finding out how each isolates dominant factors for a child‘s... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kaombe, Tsirizani Mumderanji Mwalimu Supervisor(s): Jimmy NamangaleThis study explored perceptions of rural stakeholders on the implementation of readmission policy at secondary school, in order to establish why the implementation of the policy was still challenging, and to find out if revision of the policy has aided effective implementation. The main finding from the study was that most parents/ guardians, te... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nkhonjera-Chisanga, Sibongire Supervisor(s): Samson MacJessie-MbeweHigh prevalence of anemic conditions due to HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and others have increased the demand for blood in Malawi. Trends have shown that most blood donors donate only once. Voice call reminders, which are expensive and un-scalable, have so far been used to encourage repeated blood donations. Although there has been an increas... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Monawe, Managanizo Supervisor(s): Harry GombachikaMalaria is one of the most important diseases in tropical and subtropical areas, with sub-Saharan Africa including Malawi being the region most burdened. The region has the right combination of biotic and abiotic components, including socioeconomic, climatic and environmental factors that sustain transmission of the disease. Heterogeneity in the... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chirombo, James Supervisor(s): Lawrence KazembeThis study set out to investigate factors that make a girl child vulnerable to child rape and defilement in Malawi. Specific objective of the study were to examine reasons for rape and defilement, explore reasons as to why more girls are raped and defiled than boys and to find out reasons as to why most perpetrators of child rape and defilement ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Makina, Lottie Supervisor(s): Pierson NtataThis study was aimed at exploring the extent to which home background factors influence the development of criminal behaviour among the youth especially in relation to how orphans and own children are treated in the home. Views that were analysed in the study were obtained from a wide range of respondents including orphans, non-orphans, adults, ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kakowa, Felix Dixon Supervisor(s): Wapulumuka Mulwafu