Lone Elizabeth Ketsitlile
Biographic Data
| ID | 104689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lone Elizabeth Ketsitlile |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lone Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ketsitlile |
| SIGNATURE | KETSITLILE L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Botswana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pre-service teachers’ preparedness for teaching multicultural students
Purpose – The purpose of this study was to find out if colleges of education in Botswana were preparing teachers to meet the diverse needs of prospective students in primary schools, and what were the teachers’ attitudes toward teaching such students. Design/methodology/approach – This study used questionnaire and interview methods to collect information from the students of a college of education in Botswana, who were undertaking teaching practi…
Transforming Literacy Research for the Indigenous San of Botswana: Adopting appropriate research methods
This paper seeks to advance reasons why appropriate research methods are important in conducting literacy research among the San peoples of Botswana, Southern Africa's first indigenous peoples. According to the Literacy Research Association, literacy research is "dedicated to promoting research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world." In addition, the research s…
San Junior Secondary Students' Home–School Literacy Disconnection: A Case Study of a Remote Area Dweller School in Botswana
The study investigated how San students of Botswana, in a junior community secondary school, understood literacy in school and at home. A qualitative, narrative case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of what students value and understand by literacy from co-participants' and informants' perspectives. Findings across participants' stories revealed that they saw literacy as those things that had value to them, and these influen…
The Status of Literacy Education for the San of Botswana
The San are Southern Africa's first indigenous peoples. They can be found in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The San peoples in Botswana still face discrimination especially in the education sector as their indigenous literacy and way of life are largely ignored. Their languages are not part of the school curriculum in Botswana; English (the official language) and Setswana (the national language) are taught in schools. In theory, th…
Pre-service teachers’ preparedness for teaching multicultural students
Purpose – The purpose of this study was to find out if colleges of education in Botswana were preparing teachers to meet the diverse needs of prospective students in primary schools, and what were the teachers’ attitudes toward teaching such students. Design/methodology/approach – This study used questionnaire and interview methods to collect information from the students of a college of education in Botswana, who were undertaking teaching practi…
Transforming Literacy Research for the Indigenous San of Botswana: Adopting appropriate research methods
This paper seeks to advance reasons why appropriate research methods are important in conducting literacy research among the San peoples of Botswana, Southern Africa's first indigenous peoples. According to the Literacy Research Association, literacy research is "dedicated to promoting research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world." In addition, the research s…
San Junior Secondary Students' Home–School Literacy Disconnection: A Case Study of a Remote Area Dweller School in Botswana
The study investigated how San students of Botswana, in a junior community secondary school, understood literacy in school and at home. A qualitative, narrative case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of what students value and understand by literacy from co-participants' and informants' perspectives. Findings across participants' stories revealed that they saw literacy as those things that had value to them, and these influen…
San Junior Secondary Students' Home–School Literacy Disconnection: A Case Study of a Remote Area Dweller School in Botswana
The study investigated how San students of Botswana, in a junior community secondary school, understood literacy in school and at home. A qualitative, narrative case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of what students value and understand by literacy from co-participants' and informants' perspectives. Findings across participants' stories revealed that they saw literacy as those things that had value to them, and these influen…
The Status of Literacy Education for the San of Botswana
The San are Southern Africa's first indigenous peoples. They can be found in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The San peoples in Botswana still face discrimination especially in the education sector as their indigenous literacy and way of life are largely ignored. Their languages are not part of the school curriculum in Botswana; English (the official language) and Setswana (the national language) are taught in schools. In theory, th…
Transforming Literacy Research for the Indigenous San of Botswana: Adopting appropriate research methods
This paper seeks to advance reasons why appropriate research methods are important in conducting literacy research among the San peoples of Botswana, Southern Africa's first indigenous peoples. According to the Literacy Research Association, literacy research is "dedicated to promoting research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world." In addition, the research s…
Pre-service teachers’ preparedness for teaching multicultural students
Purpose – The purpose of this study was to find out if colleges of education in Botswana were preparing teachers to meet the diverse needs of prospective students in primary schools, and what were the teachers’ attitudes toward teaching such students. Design/methodology/approach – This study used questionnaire and interview methods to collect information from the students of a college of education in Botswana, who were undertaking teaching practi…
Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Multiculturalism (2 works)