https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/3f9602e837ae1fe5b432d22960f5f5e1.pdf 77d386dc63551c7be397f5c40d61b999 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource INVESTIGATING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DYNAMICS IN EDUCATION: THE CASE FOR MANICALAND PROVINCE - ZIMBABWE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource MESHECK GODFREY SANGO Description An account of the resource Community participation has been adopted world wide as a means for improving the quality of basic education in primary schools. The aim of this study was to investigate how community participation dynamics influenced quality of basic education in rural primary schools in Zimbabwe. To begin with, insights were drawn from a review of literature that focussed on local and international perspectives on community participation in providing education. Literature revealed that community participation had some influence on quality of basic education provided by schools. However, literature had also warned that the relationship between community participation and provision of quality basic education by primary schools was not an automatic one. In carrying out this study, a qualitative paradigm was adopted and subsequently a qualitative multiple case study design provided the methodological framework that guided the study. The research sites were selected on the basis of relevancy to purpose of the study as well as convenience of access to the researcher. Data were generated through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Additional data were gathered through non participant observation and scrutinising of relevant documents in the selected primary schools. A grounded theory approach in which themes were identified was used in analysing the research data. The study found out that community participation was being influenced by economic and financial dynamics, social dynamics, as well as cultural dynamics and subsequently had some negative influence on various aspects of the quality of basic education provided by the rural primary schools. Thus, the communities had not provided adequate support on essential educational inputs, teaching and learning processes, and on improving the scope of the primary schools’ curriculum. And, based on these findings, recommendations to facilitate positive influence of community participation on quality of basic education were made. There was need for community level mediation by Ministry of education representatives from district level offices to balance up financial participation among community members of different income levels. In addition, the study recommended that the primary schools could organise community participation orientation programmes for all new parents joining them. And, schools could also create time for children to engage in school organised study sessions in which they could do their ‘home work’ at school. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ZOU Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Community dymamics Community participation Education