Factors influencing male learners' choice of Home Economics as a subject

ISBN-13: 9786138965237 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str.

Rebekka Enkali

Opis

Home Economics is one of the pre-vocational subjects for the Junior Secondary phase in Namibian schools. Male learners are hardly seen in Home Economics programmes at all levels and females are dominating the class size in the subject. This book aimed at investigating factors influencing male learners' choice of Home Economics as a subject in the //Kharas Educational Region. The purpose of the study was to find out cultural/ traditional factors contributing to few male learners choosing Home Economics as a subject. The study further sought to find out whether parents, principals and teachers influence male learners' choice of the subject as well as the strategies that can increase the number of male learners choosing the subject.

O autorze

Enkali, RebekkaRebekka Enkali holds a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Assessment studies, as well as a Bachelor of Education Honors (Home Economics and Geography) from the University of Namibia. She is an experienced teacher under the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and currently employed as a Head of Department for the social science field.