Setwin Mutau Mufalo

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of orthographic opacity on reading fluency. The focus was on evaluating the dynamics of reading fluency, particularly to determine how accuracy and speed skills are affected by orthographic transparency among bilinguals. A sample comprising of 108 fifth and sixth grade children were tested on...

The psychosocial concerns of HIV medicalization and bracketing of wellbeing in medical sense should not just be ‘normalised’ by clinical approaches. HIV medicalisation has become the basis of normalisation among citizens without being questioned. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which HIV governmentality as mediated thro...

Purpose: Hermeneutic perspective on the performance of pupils in Social Studies at junior secondary school in Masaiti District, Zambia. Methodology: The study was qualitative in nature where hermeneutic phenomenological approach was applied in the study. The participants for the entire study were 12 who were chosen through homogenous selective samp...

The purpose of the study was to explore how Civic Education profile dimensions in Social Studies lessons create learner transformation possibilities in schools. The study was qualitative in nature and hermeneutic phenomenological design guided the study. The study had 12 participants who were selected through homogenous purposive sampling. The prod...

Purpose: Hermeneutic perspective on the performance of pupils in Social Studies at junior secondary school in Masaiti District, Zambia. Methodology: The study was qualitative in nature where hermeneutic phenomenological approach was applied in the study. The participants for the entire study were 12 who were chosen through homogenous selective samp...

The article explores challenges associated with the teaching of Civic Education in Social Studies lessons at junior secondary school. An interpretive study was conducted which employed hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The sample size for the study was 12 comprising 2 females and 10 males drawn from the Ministry of Education district office an...

The paper examines how the teaching of Civic Education in Social Studies lessons is conducted to support learner transformation. The study was qualitative in nature, driven by a hermeneutic phenomenological design. Twelve (12) participants from selected schools and the Ministry of Education District Education Board Secretary’s office were sampled t...

This paper discusses the academic performance of pupils and what hindered them to perform well in linear programming. The research was conducted on former Nkeyema secondary school pupils in western province of Zambia. The study sample had 15 participants comprising 8 females and 7 males purposively sampled. Focus Group Discussions and semi-structur...

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to review literature on the emergence of the contemporary Social Studies on a global scale. It has been established that there is a controversy among Scholars on the global emergence of Social Studies, its definition, content and purpose. The paper has also established that Social Studies was being taught...

Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to explore how Civic Education acts as a catalyst to learner transformation. The paper is structured in categories such as pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) model, and Civic Education pedagogical content knowledge (CEPCK) model among others. The author contends that in order for effective teaching and...

This paper discusses challenges of school re-entry among learner-mothers and mitigation strategies instituted by stakeholders in Masaiti district. The study was conducted in selected secondary schools and their surrounding areas in Masaiti district on the Copper belt province of Zambia. Phenomenology and descriptive survey were used as research des...

Abstract: This paper discusses challenges faced by combined schools in Masaiti district which hinders the provision of quality education. A mixed methods concurrent triangulation model was used in the study. The study was conducted in all the 8 purposively sampled combined schools in Masaiti district on the Copperbelt province of Zambia. The study...