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This study compared the level of child-friendliness of nursery schools in Osun State, Nigeria, on the basis of ownership; and determined the relationship between the level of child-friendliness of nursery schools and the academic performance of their children. The study adopted the survey design. The study employed the stratified sampling technique to select 435 pupils and 435 parents of nursery school children from seven Local Government Areas in Osun State, Nigeria. A “Nursery School...

E-learning is learning that began with the introduction of computers and smartphones. It has been implemented successfully in developed countries such as the United States of America and almost the entire Europe. Little of it has been implemented in Southern Africa simply because most of the students and teachers are not fully technologically conversant, especially in the fields of computer and e-technology. In this paper, an in-depth discussion of e-learning is examined and its advantages...

In the past two decades computers have become a standard educational tool in the industrialized countries. Recently, equipping each student with a personal device (one-to-one computing, OLPC) has been enthusiastically advocated for developing countries, too. However, despite a number of pioneering research studies, broader analyses of pedagogical, technical, and organizational aspects of one-to-one computing in developing countries are largely missing. In this participatory action research...

Teacher attrition is a universal challenge and has a negative impact on global policies. A growing body of research around the world shows that most countries are experiencing a substantial decline in meeting their teacher demand. In this article, I argue that teacher attrition has far-reaching implications for the quality of teaching and learning and for the achievement of Education For All (EFA) and Universal Primary Education (UPE) targets and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Drawing...

This article builds upon and contributes to work on the development of professional practices for health workers and teachers, in international development contexts. It draws upon extensive teaching, research and development, carried out by the Open University and partners, in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Although earlier studies (?) have examined professional learning in education (through school-based teacher develop- ment, supported by low cost mobile phones, and peer learning) and...

It is widely agreed by researchers and policy makers that the success of every aspect of school reform depends on the dedicated efforts of highly effective teachers. Teacher effectiveness must be clearly defined to profile the teacher who should be standing in front of the classroom. Communities should therefore develop a comprehensive definition of effectiveness and create the conditions in which the model can be developed and sustained. This paper is based on longitudinal research aiming...

Climate change represents the major challenge to Sudan agricultural production, economics and food security. Changes in temperature, rainfalls, water availability, increased outbreak of pest and diseases, land degradation, soil erosion, shrinking of grazing and cultivate areas, ongoing desertification and the other aspects of climate change have direct significant impact on agricultural production, productivity and cultivated crops of the country. Field survey was used to collect data from...

Reeves, C; Carnoy, M; Addy, N. (2013). Comparing opportunity to learn and student achievement gains in southern African primary schools: a new approach. International Journal of Educational Development , 33, 5. 2013. p. 426-435, DOI:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.12.006

Mutations in GJB2 are found to be responsible for 50% of congenital autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss, one of the most important mutations in this gene is the c.35delG, which is responsible for the majority of GJB2 related deafness in the Tunisian population. The aim of this study was to determine the molecular etiology of hearing loss in two Tunisian individuals. We screened two Tunisian individuals affected by congenital, bilateral, profound, sensorineural hearing loss for...

Global climate change is felt disproportionately in the world's most economically disadvantaged countries. As adaption to an evolving climate becomes increasingly salient on national and global scales, it is important to assess how people at the local-level are already coping with changes. Understanding local responses to climate change is essential for helping countries to construct strategies to bolster resilience to current and future effects. This qualitative research investigated...

Global climate change is felt disproportionately in the world's most economically disadvantaged countries. As adaption to an evolving climate becomes increasingly salient on national and global scales, it is important to assess how people at the local-level are already coping with changes. Understanding local responses to climate change is essential for helping countries to construct strategies to bolster resilience to current and future effects. This qualitative research investigated...

Because of the importance of the Wadi Gaza as a unique ecosystem in Gaza Governorates, it was declared a nature reserve in June 2000. Wadi Gaza Nature Reserve was established to conserve the wetland ecosystem, to stop or slow the degradation of its natural resources and biological diversity and to promote measures for their eventual rehabilitation. Wadi Gaza represents a unique habitat supporting a rich biodiversity. The Wadi is under threat from many environmental pressures, in particular...

The present study aimed at investigating the effects of using a program based on the writing workshop approach on developing functional writing skills of pre-service teachers of English in Hurgada faculty of Education. For that purpose, the researcher constructed and validated a teaching program based on the writing workshop approach, checklist of the skills and subskills of functional writing skills, and pre-posttest of functional writing skills. The sample of the study was forty students...

African students continue to underperform in South Africa's schools and universities. This paper investigates the comparative performance of African chartered accountancy students from school to post-university level. The paper employed a mixed-method approach to analyse a series of cross-sectional datasets. The results showed that African students have underperformed at school, university and at post-university level, although the performance gap appears to be narrowing in the first...

This edition of the Peabody Journal of Education analyzes the historical and contemporary role of after-school programs in the development of African American males. In this introduction, the author places after-school programs within an historical context of progressivism, progressive education and social change in 19th-century America. As these new ideas of children and childhood were conceptualized, four significant social changes in America—industrialization, urbanization, immigration,...

Abstract The idea of climate change has reached a contentious breaking point at an international level where its major causes, existence and intensity are separating informed minds. This article is an examination of the four major schools of thought on climate change and how two newspapers in Uganda are covering those divergent views. The article argues that in the coverage of global warming in particular the hitherto treasured notion of objectivity has been replaced by a form of blind...

Objectives: This study was a qualitative assessment of a diabetes group education programme presented in community health centres of the Cape Town Metro District. The programme offered four sessions of group education and was delivered by trained health promoters using a guiding style derived from motivational interviewing. The aim of the study was to evaluate the programme by exploring the experiences of the patients who attended.Design: This was qualitative research that utilised in-depth...