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Leech, Gordon; Murphy, Paud – Teaching at a Distance, 1977
The way in which one correspondence course was produced for use in Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland is described. It has implications for production of other correspondence materials as well as for the organization of writing correspondence courses anywhere. (LBH)
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Uys, Philip; Kiravu, Cheddi; Mothibi, John – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2004
This paper reports on the process of developing a blended online engineering course at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the University of Botswana. It presents the actual development process in terms of its management, the University's preferred pedagogical approach to student-centred learning and the consequent technological choices…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development, Pilot Projects
Prophet, R. B.; Vlaardingerbroek, B. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2003
This paper focuses on the "match" between Botswana secondary school students' Piagetian status and the cognitive demands of chemistry education. The chemistry syllabus studied by the most talented students engaged in the pure sciences at the senior secondary level is cognitively well within the reach of most. However, a serious mismatch…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Science Instruction