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Background: This study evaluated the effects of a school-based intervention on cognitions and self-reported behaviours related to increased HIV risk amongst South African adolescents. Methods: The (“PREPARE”) intervention was based on the Information, Motivation, Behavioural skills model and incorporated 12 key messages into pre-existing health promotion in schools. The intervention was delivered by teachers in five 3-hour units over 5 weeks. A cluster-randomised trial involving 24...
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Although parent’s involvement is growing in popularity all over the world, little systematic research has focused on parents’ expectation for involvement in education of learners with special educational needs (SENs) in inclusive education. Grounded in the parental involvement literature, and u sing the Ecological and Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler model (1995) as theoretical and conceptual frameworks, this study investigate why there were considerable variations in parents’ expectations for...
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This paper draws on a study that examined the extent to which teachers in Tanzania understood teacher ethics and the teaching profession in general. The study in particular investigated whether teachers were familiar with the concepts of ethics and professionalism in teaching. A multiple case study approach informed this largely qualitative inquiry. Interviews and documentary review were used to generate qualitative data. Data analysis drew on the qualitative data analysis framework’s three...
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This cross-sectional descriptive study estimated the prevalence of Hymenolepis nana infection in primary school children living in Burkina Faso.A parasitological survey was conducted in 2013 in 22 primary schools located in eleven regions of Burkina Faso.Kato-Katz method was used as a technique to detect the H. nana eggs.The prevalence and intensity of the infection were determined by estimating the means of H. nana eggs per gram of faeces (epg).3514 school children from 7 to 11 years old...
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Pot and field studies were conducted to screen twenty five genotypes of maize for tolerance to drought in Northern Ghana during the 2012 and 2013 cropping seasons. For the pot studies, seeds were planted in June 2012 in 0.20 m × 0.30 m surface pots arranged in rows on a platform with a distance of 1 m between the rows. After emergence, 2 l of water was applied to the plants in each pot, once every week for the non-stressed treatments (control). To mimic drought conditions, the same amount...
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This study was carried out to assess administrative strategies for enhancing Peace Education (PE) in 29 Junior Secondary Schools in the region of Agadez, Niger Republic. The study was descriptive. Quantitative and non- parametric data that helped determine majority views were collected, tallied, converted into simple percentages and means using a calculator. Information from documents that were initially in French was translated into English. The research used a total population of 487...
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Background: Rugby is a popular sport played in many countries worldwide.There has been recent growing interest for the sport in Zimbabwe especially among adolescents.However, no study has been done to documentthe profile of rugby-related injuries among Zimbabwean adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years.The goal of the present study is to describe the injuries sustained by adolescent males during the 2014 high school rugby season. Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted...
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The thrust of this study was to investigate how conflicts are managed by headteachers and teachers of primary schools in Tanzania with a particular reference to Temeke Municipality. Primary data was collected mainly through questionnaires from 11 headteachers and 11 teachers from 11 purposively sampled primary schools in Temeke Municipality. Overall, results of the study unveiled that conflicts exist in most of the studied primary schools; and conflicts were felt as both constructive and...
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It is important to understand which competencies are needed for managerial and administrative effectiveness of school sport managers with regard to the design, delivery and direction of school sport programmes. The purpose of this study was to determine the competencies and training needs for secondary school sport managers in the North- west Province of South Africa. Data were gathered from 79 school sport managers in the North- west Province by means of a validated self-compiled...
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Education is the most important vehicle for progress and overall development of individual in particular and society in general. Yearning for positive development and progress cannot come by without sound primary education background, teacher is the prime mover of education in general without whom, education can hardly be acquired. No education system can rise above the quality of its teachers, this gives important support for teacher on their role in the first place, as educators,...