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This article describes a model training and workshop for volunteers that was implemented with child refugees in Jordan, to build empowerment, resilience, and connection with others. The importance of such services for this population is emphasized. The present model, with elements of arts activities and play similar to those used in the Child Friendly Spaces, is based on my extensive experience working with diverse populations under various conditions of crisis, natural disaster, and...

Abstract Modern type of business organizations were started in Ethiopian before hundred years ago and the number is tremendously increasing nowadays. However, there was no one set of generally accepted accounting standard used by business organization in the country till December 2014 when IFRS was proclaimed as the law of the land. Though IFRS was accepted for financial reporting in the country starting from 2014, the level of preparedness in teaching IFRS in Ethiopian universities was not...

This special edition of the South African Review of Sociology (SARS) on Higher Education: Power and Actors, seeks to provide a platform for critical engagement on the higher education questions in ...

In this paper, I explore the position that the transformation and decolonisation of the education curriculum in Africa constitute a way of attaining epistemic justice. Drawing on Miranda Fricker’s seminal work, epistemic justice is understood as partly residing in the genuine acknowledgement and acceptance of the contribution of the indigenous people of Africa to knowledge generation, and involves the significant presence of their knowledge paradigms in the formal education curriculum...

This article reviews the nature of tourism education programs in Tanzania. The results reveal that tourism education in the country is a relatively recent phenomenon with the oldest program being offered in 2000. As such, the programs are still evolving and tend to reflect more entry-level training. Specifically, diplomas and certificates are the major credentials offered and no institution in the country offers a terminal degree in a tourism-related field (i.e., doctorate degree). Hence,...

Children learn better when they socialise with items, tools and people in their environment. Provision of creative fun-filled environment boosts children’s learning. Lack of a good socialising environment may affect a child’s growth and development. The main goal of this study was to assess the role of mass media as a socialisation agent in shaping pupils’ behaviour in primary schools in Thika Sub-County, Kenya. The study was guided by Albert Bandura’s Imitative Observation Theory. This...

South Africa is a party to various international human rights instruments that obligate it to develop enforcement mechanisms to include persons with disabilities in the workplace. Among such mechanisms is the need to develop legislation to deal with workplace disparities. In this context, South Africa has, over the years, enacted different labour laws aimed at addressing disparity and injustices of the past in the workplace. Persons with disabilities are among those who were prejudiced and...

Previous studies have highlighted the role that schools can play in improving the education and well-being of disadvantaged families. In this study we focus on the benefits perceived by two of the most disadvantaged groups in Spain: Roma women and immigrants with low levels of education. Specifically, we analyse the impact of participating in family education programmes delivered by eight schools. The study is based on a communicative approach and has been developed through interviews and...

Training health-care students in settings with high-prevalence HIV and tuberculosis (TB) presents a challenge to reduce the risk of infection during their clinical training while maintaining quality education. We sought to gauge the risk of exposure to HIV and TB and identify associated variables through two cross-sectional surveys of health students at the University of Namibia. In the HIV exposure survey, overall almost one-quarter of students (N = 367) reported exposure to HIV—most often...

Objectives: The Syrian Civil War forced millions into asylum in neighbouring countries. Refugees/asylum seekers have elevated risk for psychopathology with the most important being post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Subjective experiences and symptoms of the hosting populations which have also experienced similar traumas have received relatively little attention up to now. We aimed to evaluate the effects of Syrian Civil War in terms of psychopathology, traumatic experiences and PTSD on...

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness, and facial cleanliness is associated with reduced odds of trachomatous inflammation and Chlamydia trachomatis infection, but there is little evidence of how to drive this behavior change at scale. We report the results of a program integrating face washing into a school-based handwashing promotion program in Turkana County, Kenya. Children aged 5–15 years participated in an intervention delivered to schools in two phases, along with a...

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of four US music educators during and after a 3-week adult choir camp in South Africa. Findings reveal that the camp positively influenced music teacher understandings and practices, both during and after the exchange. Throughout the camp, participants navigated race, privilege and prejudice and expressed value for a vast array of shared experiences with choir mates, teachers, and homestays. Participants reflected regularly on...

This paper aims to examine the effects and evolution of unequal opportunities on the distribution of wellbeing indicators covering the period 2005 to 2010. We used parametric and non-parametric approach for well-being and Dissimilarity-Index for education. Father's education, residence area, and connection to drinking water appear to be the most important background variables affecting well-being profile. Child’s sex appears to be the most important determinant of the accessibility to...

Climate change has become one of the most challenges facing the global community today.Human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, have increased the level of greenhouse gases, major contributors to global warming in the atmosphere.In spite of this hard fact; there was a growing need to develop strategies that will reduce current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.One of such mechanism is sequestration of carbon by the agroforestry system.The...

The main objective of this study was to explore factors affecting students' English listening comprehension in the EFL classrooms in the case of grade nine students at Dagmawi Tewodros secondary and preparatory school in Debre Tabor.The study used a descriptive survey design that involves quantitative and qualitative methods.Questionnaire and interview were used to gather the necessary data for the study.Four grade nine English teachers and 118 grade nine students of the school were used as...

Entrepreneur education was introduced into higher institutions curriculum to expose students to various trades that students will be willing to engage after graduation to reduce unemployment to a bearable rate in the country. It’s on this premise that this research is set to assess the Impact of Entrepreneurship and Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) on NCE Graduating students to be self-employed in three selected Colleges of Education in the North East, consisting of Aminu Saleh...

The aim of this paper was examining the relationship between school principal's leadership styles and teacher's motivation using Qualitative and quantitative data collected through multifactor leadership Questionnaire from 193 sample respondents.The data also collected using FGD and analyzing using descriptive, Pearson's correlation and regression coefficient.The study found that, school principals predominantly exhibited the transactional leadership style.Significant relationships between...