European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 37 Issue 7

Capacity building through investment in people: key to Africa ' s development

Fredrick M. Nafukho

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a prologue to the issue of development in Africa and the critical need to build capacity through investment in people.

“For us it was a learning experience”: Design, development and implementation of blended learning

Brown Onguko, Lucy Jepchumba, Petronilla Gaceri

The purpose of this paper is to share reflections of the three authors on the process of instructional design and implementation of blended learning for teachers '…

Teacher improvement through peer teacher evaluation in Kenyan schools

Itolondo Wilfrida Arnodah

This article aims to assess the awareness among educators of strategies put in place for peer teacher evaluation (PTE), and training opportunities availed to them in relation to…

The World Bank ' s Africa Virtual University Project: a revisit

Fredrick M. Nafukho, Machuma Helen Muyia

The main purpose of using technology in the delivery of virtual learning programs in higher education in Africa is to ensure access and equity as a strategy to develop human…

Forums for dialogue between university and industry: A case of Kenyatta University, Kenya and University of Padua, Italy

Jackline Nyerere, Valeria Friso

This paper aims to analyse comparatively the existing partnerships between the University of Padua and the enterprises in Veneto region, Italy, on one hand and Kenyatta University…

The quest for quality education: the case of curriculum innovations in Kenya

Grace W. Bunyi

The paper sets out to analyse the quality education curriculum innovations that have been implemented in Kenya since independence in 1963. The purpose of the analysis is to assess…