Mzobanzi M Mboya
Biographic Data
| ID | 823626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mzobanzi M Mboya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mzobanzi M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mboya |
| SIGNATURE | MBOYA M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mbeki and the peace process in Africa: A contribution to Africa's renaissance
Critics of South African President Thabo Mbeki's constant, consistent and continuous involvement in the continental wars and conflicts insist that the president's prime focus should be South Africa, and solving its basic problems of poverty and unemployment. However, it is important to highlight the duel relationship between South Africa and the continent during the long struggle against apartheid. Mozambique, Angola, and in part Zimbabwe, Zambia…
Learning Environments, Goal Orientations, and Interest in Music
This study is an examination of relationships among family background, family and school learning environments, goal orientations, and students' interest in music. Data were collected from 18-year-old black South African students, 340 women and 285 men, whose main language was Isi Xhosa. Findings indicated that when family background was defined conjointly by family social status and parents' aspirations, (a) family background, gender, family and…
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers' Perceived Behaviors
This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers' perceived behaviors among African adolescent boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than t…
Family and Individual Correlates of Academic Goal Orientations: Social Context Differences in South Africa
This study examined relationships between distal social contexts, parents' support for learning, self-concept, and adolescents' academic goal orientations. Data were collected from 435 female and 410 male 18-yr.-old South Africans. Multistage regression analyses indicated that family social status and rural/urban locality had unmediated relations with the adolescents' learning and performance goal orientations. In addition, parent and self-concep…
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers' Perceived Behaviors
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers’ Perceived Behaviors
This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers’ perceived behaviors among African adolescent, boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than …
Family Correlates of South African Students' Self-Concept: A Regression Surface Analysis
This study examined relationships between family social status, perceptions of proximal family environment and students' self-concept scores. Data were collected from 189 female and 146 male 18-yr.-old South Africans. Regression surfaces were constructed from models that included terms to account for linear, interaction, and curvilinear associations among the variables. The study suggests the general propositions (a) family social status and prox…
Family Relations and the Self-Concepts of African Adolescents: Gender-Related Differences
This study examines gender differences in perceived parental behaviors and self-concepts among Black African adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Four hundred ninety-six boys and girls were administered the Perceived Parental Behavior Inventory and the Self-Description Inventory. No significant differences were found between boys and girls on the three domains of the Perceived Parental Behavior Inventory. On the Self-Description Inventory, how…
Gender Differences in Teachers' Behaviors in Relation to Adolescents' Self-Concepts
Gender differences in the relationship between teachers' behaviors and adolescents' self-concepts were investigated in 276 (156 boys and 120 girls) Standard Ten students from two coeducational high schools in Langa, Cape Town, South Africa. The Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory was used to measure adolescents' self-concepts. Analysis indicated significant differences in perceived teachers' behavior and adolescents' self-description scale score…
Quality education in black schools of South Africa
Development and Construct Validity of a Self-Description Inventory for African Adolescents
The present study presents evidence for the reliability and validity of a new measure of self-concept for African adolescents. Procedures for giving the 50-item scale are described. The Self-description Inventory was administered to 634 students in Standards 8 and 9 of two coeducational high schools. Factor analysis clearly identified the eight subscales. The multidimensionality of self-concept among African adolescents is indicated and supports …
Learning Environments, Goal Orientations, and Interest in Music
This study is an examination of relationships among family background, family and school learning environments, goal orientations, and students' interest in music. Data were collected from 18-year-old black South African students, 340 women and 285 men, whose main language was Isi Xhosa. Findings indicated that when family background was defined conjointly by family social status and parents' aspirations, (a) family background, gender, family and…
Quality education in black schools of South Africa
Development and Construct Validity of a Self-Description Inventory for African Adolescents
The present study presents evidence for the reliability and validity of a new measure of self-concept for African adolescents. Procedures for giving the 50-item scale are described. The Self-description Inventory was administered to 634 students in Standards 8 and 9 of two coeducational high schools. Factor analysis clearly identified the eight subscales. The multidimensionality of self-concept among African adolescents is indicated and supports …
Quality education in black schools of South Africa
Gender Differences in Teachers' Behaviors in Relation to Adolescents' Self-Concepts
Gender differences in the relationship between teachers' behaviors and adolescents' self-concepts were investigated in 276 (156 boys and 120 girls) Standard Ten students from two coeducational high schools in Langa, Cape Town, South Africa. The Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory was used to measure adolescents' self-concepts. Analysis indicated significant differences in perceived teachers' behavior and adolescents' self-description scale score…
Family Correlates of South African Students' Self-Concept: A Regression Surface Analysis
This study examined relationships between family social status, perceptions of proximal family environment and students' self-concept scores. Data were collected from 189 female and 146 male 18-yr.-old South Africans. Regression surfaces were constructed from models that included terms to account for linear, interaction, and curvilinear associations among the variables. The study suggests the general propositions (a) family social status and prox…
Family Relations and the Self-Concepts of African Adolescents: Gender-Related Differences
This study examines gender differences in perceived parental behaviors and self-concepts among Black African adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Four hundred ninety-six boys and girls were administered the Perceived Parental Behavior Inventory and the Self-Description Inventory. No significant differences were found between boys and girls on the three domains of the Perceived Parental Behavior Inventory. On the Self-Description Inventory, how…
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers' Perceived Behaviors
This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers' perceived behaviors among African adolescent boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than t…
Family and Individual Correlates of Academic Goal Orientations: Social Context Differences in South Africa
This study examined relationships between distal social contexts, parents' support for learning, self-concept, and adolescents' academic goal orientations. Data were collected from 435 female and 410 male 18-yr.-old South Africans. Multistage regression analyses indicated that family social status and rural/urban locality had unmediated relations with the adolescents' learning and performance goal orientations. In addition, parent and self-concep…
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers' Perceived Behaviors
African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers’ Perceived Behaviors
This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers’ perceived behaviors among African adolescent, boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than …
Learning Environments, Goal Orientations, and Interest in Music
This study is an examination of relationships among family background, family and school learning environments, goal orientations, and students' interest in music. Data were collected from 18-year-old black South African students, 340 women and 285 men, whose main language was Isi Xhosa. Findings indicated that when family background was defined conjointly by family social status and parents' aspirations, (a) family background, gender, family and…
Mbeki and the peace process in Africa: A contribution to Africa's renaissance
Critics of South African President Thabo Mbeki's constant, consistent and continuous involvement in the continental wars and conflicts insist that the president's prime focus should be South Africa, and solving its basic problems of poverty and unemployment. However, it is important to highlight the duel relationship between South Africa and the continent during the long struggle against apartheid. Mozambique, Angola, and in part Zimbabwe, Zambia…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (6 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (5 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works)