This paper describes two programs in Botswana and Zimbabwe in which manual work forms an integral part of the educational program. It analyzes their objectives and structure and discusses constraints against the background of socioeconomic change in the two countries. Differences are identified and discussed. The first two sections deal separately…

A study investigated the goals, implementation strategies, and possible obstacles to implementing vocational education in secondary schools in Zimbabwe. All 13 secondary schools that were piloting vocational education were used as the base for this study. Three of those schools were selected as case study schools. Data were collected through…

A case study was conducted of attitudes toward technical drawing and the present state of technical drawing in Zimbabwe. The study involved two high schools. In one school, 227 students (85 percent of the total) responded to questionnaires; in the other, the response was 84 students (70 percent). Eleven teachers were also surveyed. The study…

Those shaping the vocational-technical education program in Zimbabwe can learn much from the factors that influenced vocational education in the United States; the problems U.S. vocational education encountered; and the structure and content of American vocational and technical education. Accordingly, Zimbabwe's vocational leaders must encourage…

An exploratory investigation was conducted in a secondary school in Zimbabwe to determine pupils' attitudes toward technical/vocational subjects. It also investigated the relationship of those attitudes to: (1) pupils' perceptions of the world of work; and (2) the pupils' homes. In the first part of the study, 200 pupils completed an attitude…

This document describes a study that investigated how the concept of education with production (EWP) can be understood in Zimbabwe and the capacity of conventional secondary schools in Zimbabwe to implement EWP. Chapter 1 of the document describes the concept of EWP as the application, in developing nations, of ideology in the school curriculum…

A research project examined ways in which labor market signals and indicators were being used and might be used to identify needs that could be met through national Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems. Three case studies were undertaken in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, and Costa Rica. The studies used a matrix that identified on…

A study analyzed the worth of one traditional craft, Zimbabwean stone sculpture, in terms of its educational and employment values. The study was prompted by general attitudes that tend to equate "good" education with education that is modeled on Western industrial technology, whereas traditional education, which includes crafts…

A study investigated whether there was a correspondence between the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are required to enter into employment and those that are provided by nonformal vocational training programs in the building trades in Zimbabwe. Two types of employment were considered. The first type was employment in industry achieved through…

A descriptive study outlined the approaches used in the assessment of student performance in technical/practical subjects (e.g., agriculture, home economics, and woodworking) in Zimbabwe secondary schools. Eight schools participated in the study. Data on techniques used to evaluate student performance were collected by questionnaires received from…

When Zimbabwe was still Rhodesia, the education provided blacks was very different from that provided to whites. As more blacks passed through the school system it became obvious that for many young Zimbabweans the system provided education for unemployment and frustration. In 1966 African secondary schools were divided into F(1) academic and F(2)…

A study was made of how to integrate science instruction (specifically, science for Zimbabwe syllabus number 50006) and woodworking. In order to formulate its recommendations, the study sought to analyze course syllabi; collect data on teachers' years of teaching within and without their areas of specialization (woodworking and science); analyze…