Dr S Baliyan
Lecturer
Faculty of Agri-Business, Education and Extension
Department of Agricultural Education, Extension and Rural Development
Dr Baliyan holds degrees of PhD in Education (Research and Evaluation), DEd (Education Management), MEd (Research and Evaluation), BEd, MSc in Agriculture (Agricultural Economics) and a BSc in Agriculture Honours. He has about 27 years’ experience in teaching and research in the formal and informal education systems at different levels of education institutions. He has authored four theses for his two Masters and two Doctoral degrees. He has published 34 articles in peer reviewed international journals and, presented over a dozen articles in international conferences. His is specialised in quantitative research focusing on the wider areas of agricultural education and development, educational management, educational research and evaluation, secondary and higher education. He is an editorial board member of number of international research journals. He is a long serving member of the Botswana Educational Research Association (BERA) and, currently serving as the Vice Secretary of BERA
DEE 200 Techniques of Data Collection and Analysis
AEB 223 Educational Measurement and Evaluation
GEC 330 Introduction to Research Methods
AEB 421 Research Methods in Education
AEE 603 Educational Statistics
AEE 606 Measurement and Testing in Agricultural
Education
AEE 609 Agricultural Educational Program Planning and
Evaluation
APB 410/420 Undergraduates Research Projects
AEE 700/701 Graduate Research Proposal/Dissertation
· Agricultural education and development
· Agri-business, entrepreneurship and rural development
· Educational Leadership and Management
· Educational research, assessment and evaluation
· Program planning, monitoring and evaluation
· Effectiveness of teaching and learning
· Measurement of perceptions and attitude
· Measurement of skills among students, teachers and farmers
· Issues in psychology of students and other stakeholders
· Issues in educational leadership and management
· Students’ academic performance and learning outcomes
· Issues in employability of agricultural graduates
· Assessment of quality and performance of secondary and higher education
1. Secondary Students’ attitude towards National Agricultural Science Fair: Implications on the course and career selection in Botswana
2. Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET): Relevance to Performance of Academic Staff and Career Development
3. Analysis of Agriculture Undergraduates’ Expectations of Field Practical Training Program (FPT) in Botswana: Gaps and laps for improving the effectiveness
