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The paper discusses the design and development of interactive multimedia CD-ROMs for advanced-level secondary school Physics and Mathematics for use by the disadvantaged rural female students in the rural district of Arua. Multimedia content of the CD-ROMs was developed at a Workshop of advanced level secondary school Physics and Mathematics teachers from the district in September, 2005. The Interface design and production of the two CD-ROMs (one for each subject) were made after some ‘trade...
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Implementation of Hybrid E-learning in Advanced Level Rural Girls' Secondary Science Education in Uganda
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This paper discusses the strategy that should be used while introducing e-learning in rural girls’ secondary schools in Uganda for the benefit of female students of advanced level Physics and Mathematics. The strategy was formulated after numerous field visits to Arua, one of the poorest districts in Uganda. Urban secondary schools where Uconnect and SchoolNet projects are being implemented were also visited. Some literatures were reviewed from the Web on the subject. The results show that a...
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Asthma is a world wide public health problem. It is the most commom chronic disease of school age children. Its severity is in constant increase. The frequency of the hospitalizations for asthma increased in practically all countries. Physical exercises and sport are used more and more as therapeutic means, in northern deveopped countries of where it was very early understood that it is necessary to integrate the asthmatic subjects into a program of specific physical training. This study...
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Shumi Makalima DEEP Coordinator University of Fort Hare Private Bag X7488, King Williams Town, 5600 RSA, South Africa Tel: + 27 21 448 9165 E-mail:shumi@telkomsa.net Jenny Leach Research Group on International Development in Teacher Education across Cultures and Societies (RITES) The Open University Stuart Hall Building, Level 3 Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA Tel: + 44 (0)1908 652444 Fax: + 44 (0)1908 652218 E-mail:j.leach@open.ac.uk
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The capacity to benefit from knowledge depends on the ability to acquire and apply existing knowledge and the ability to produce new knowledge. Agricultural education is central to the building of this capacity for the production, dissemination, and utilisation of knowledge. In Ethiopia, higher education is undergoing a major expansion and reform in light of its contribution to capacity building and development. This paper discusses the extension role of higher education in Ethiopia with...
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While in Europe and most of the developed world student ratings of instructors (SRls) continues to be the principal source of evidence for evaluating the quality of teaching in contrast, the use of SRis is a recent phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. In most universities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the evaluation of teaching is based on Heads of Departments' (HODs) and peer assessment reports. Sub-Saharan African Universities which are introducing SRis are meeting resistance from staff who raise...
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Rwandan leaders in the health and educational sectors have begun to discuss the necessity for establishing culturally appropriate community-based mental health counselling services in Rwanda, especially trauma counselling. The need for a community psychology approach is anchored in the lingering effects of the genocide and the continuing post-traumatic stress symptoms suffered by many in the population. Capacity building in an effort like this would require the design of multi-level...
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential effects of nifedipine,a L-type calcium channel blocker,on cochlear function,and its protective effectst on noise-induced hearing loss(NIHL)in guinea pigs. METHODS Forty healthy hybrid guinea pigs were divided randomly into four groups. The perilymph spaces of guinea pigs cochlea were perfused with artificial perilymph solutions containing no or 0.5μmol/L nefidipine with or without noise exposure for two hours, respectively. The groups were...
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Understanding How African-American Middle School Students Cope with Peer Victimization: A Mixed-Methods Approach By Suzanne Camou Linkroum, B. A. A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006 Major Director: Albert D. Farrell, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology A mixed-methods approach was used to determine how African-American middle school...
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Research Article| January 01 2006 Insights from an African History of Disability Julie Livingston Julie Livingston Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Radical History Review (2006) 2006 (94): 111–126. https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-2006-94-111 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Julie Livingston; Insights from an African History of Disability. Radical History Review 1 January 2006; 2006 (94): 111–126. doi:...
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This paper explores the potential importance of marriage and childbirth as determinants of school-leaving in sub-Saharan Africa and identifies some of the common underlying factors that contribute to premature school-leaving and early marriage and childbearing.We find that the risks of leaving school during adolescence for reasons other than childbirth or marriage far exceed the risks associated with these two demographic events.Consistent with overall trends of rising school enrollment and...