Cognitive Field or Gestalt theory was formulated by a group of German Psychologists. The theory emphasizes insightful learning rather than mechanical conditioning. It is believed that meaningful learning can only take place through a sequence of problem-solving approach. In this article, you will learn how learning takes place through the application of logical principles and […]
This article explains the relationship between economic growth and food security as a pre-requisite to enhancing food security. Interventions that promote food security at different levels require financial.
dusangira ubumenyi ku ngingo zinyuranye, ziganjemo ibijyanye n’ubuzima bw’umubiri n’ubwo mu mutwe, Iyigamyifatire, ubuzima busanzwe, ubumenyi ndetse n’ikoranabuhanga.
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Modern Western Education was dominated by educational philosophers and psychologists whose ideas are biased toward the active and learner-centred teaching-learning methods. Modern Western Education YOITANNES AMOS COMENIUS (1592-1670) IN MORAVIA (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) He is a modern Western education philosopher. He was a bishop, a seasoned teacher. He was an experienced and educated reformer (change) he saved
Introduction Andrea Gunder Frank, like Baran, was interested in identifying the causes of underdevelopment, but unlike his predecessor he did not lay great emphasis on the social classes and their control over the economic surplus. Rather, Frank argued that the crucial mechanism for extraction of the surplus was trade and other kinds of exchange of
Social development is the process through which children learn what behavior is acceptable and expected. A set of standards is imposed on the child at birth that reflects values of the family and the society in which the child lives. Indeed enhancing social intelligence builds a set of skills that may be among the most
There are a couple of principles of good industrial relations, but all depend on the efficiency of the players in the system. Here are the major principles: The willingness and ability of management and trade unions to deal with the problems freely, independently and with responsibility Recognition of collective bargaining. Desirability of associations of workers
The trade unions have a crucial role to play in maintaining smooth industrial relations. It is true that the unions have to protect and safeguard the interests of the workers through collective bargaining. Responsibilities of Trade Unions in maintaining industrial relations But at the same time, they have equal responsibility to see that the organizations do
This is a mutual ‘give and take’ transactional relationship between representatives of two institutions that is workers on one side and the employing organization on the other to the mutual benefit of both. In the unionized organization, the collective bargaining process can be thought of as a complex flow of events that occur in the determination
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The origin of Theatre for Development can be traced back in the late 1970s as a social movement that disseminated information on issues of development at the grassroots level in the developing world. It was an offshoot of the travelling theatre movement but nurtured by the adult education movement. Chikwakwa travelling theatre in Zambia and
Theatre for Development refers to the theatre for community animation theatre for integrated development, theatre for the marginalised, theatre for rural development and simply popular theatre. It is a form of theatre that combines research, entertainment and education. In 1977, popular theatre workers organized a Latin American Conference on Popular Theatre, which was attended by
TFD is rooted in the theory of conscientization attributed to the Brazilian Adult Educator, Paulo Freire who worked with the poor people in North-Eastern Brazil in the province called Recife. Most of his thinking arose from that relationship with the poor. You will need to read Pedagogy of the Oppressed a small hut complex book that
The Chikwakwa Theatre came into being in the 1960s gave rise to new theatre groups. The leaders of Chikwakwa Theatre were with a strong feeling and conviction that western theatre in the Zambian society was divided along racial lines and that there would not emerge anything of value If Western theatre remained unchallenged. The origins
Popular theatre began in Botswana in 1974 with a programme that was called ‘Laedza Batanani’. The idea came from Ross Kidd, an expatriate adult educator working for the University in the northern part of the country (the Bokalaka). The origins are described by him in the first publication on popular theatre in Botswana. Laedza Batanani
Qualitative research has many branches. The reason for the so many branches that make up qualitative research is that researchers have different ways of capturing the complexity of human behaviour and depth of perception of phenomena. There are also reasons which are conditioned by the theory of knowledge that the researchers have that seem to
In Zambia, the theatre workers found the Botswana Theatre for Development ideas very attractive. The Chalimbana Popular Theatre Workshop was held at Chalimbana Training Centre
