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In Ghana, two government commissioned committee reports and a major research study raised concerns about the quality of the country’s teacher education programme. The quality deficiency was attributed to a disjuncture between the theory and practice of teaching. To bridge this theory-practice gap, the University of Education, Winneba, adopted a one-year school-based student internship as an innovative component of its 4-year teacher education programme for upgrading in-service teachers to...

Computer and related technologies provide powerful tools to meet the new challenges of designing and implementing assessments methods that go beyond the conventional practices. With the growing population of students in most Nigerian Universities, there is need for the use of Computer-Based Test (CBT) for assessment. CBT has long been regarded as a potentially powerful asset for providing assessment. The successes of transition from Paper-Based Test (PBT) to CBT in Nigerian universities...

In spite of its geographical situation on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast, Morocco is one of the most arid areas of the world; it experiences highly variable rainfall and recurrent droughts. The limited water resources are threatened by increasing demands and accelerated quality degradation. In addition, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts in its 4th Assessment Report that “Annual rainfall is likely to decrease in much of Mediterranean Africa and northern...

Whether it is the accumulation of capital or capabilities that accounts for rapid development of Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) has been a focus of debate. The former, which informs approaches to development often adopted by international agencies, reflects neoclassical perspectives. The later, by contrast, reflects evolutionary approaches with deliberate learning and innovation as dominant factors. The purpose of this thesis is to understand development by exploring how it is...

The study investigated code-switching and its implications for teaching Mathematics in selected primary schools in Ile-Ife. The data for the study were obtained from five mathematics teachers and fifty pupils from five purposively selected primary schools through ethnographic observation and structured interviews. Data collected were analysed using Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language Framework model, as well as descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that teachers in the...

This paper examines the impact of E-learning and the ICT in the Higher Education (HE) in Libya and UK. A comprehensive analysis of the problems linked to the use of e-learning and ICT in Libyan institutions is performed. It is obvious the pronounced information technology (IT) gap between Libya and the developed world due to social, political and economic conditions in an Arab country where the primary delivery educational model is essentially traditional. Then possible ways of implementing...

The study investigated the resource potentials for teaching secondary biology in Yenagoa and Ogbia Educational Zones of Bayelsa State. The survey design was adopted. Thirty four (34) secondary school biology teachers from sixteen schools from both private and public constituted the sample. They were randomly selected from the eighty two (82) biology teachers in these zones. Two instruments, namely; Resources for Teaching Secondary Schools Biology (RTSSB) and Biology Laboratory Checklist...

There is increasing concern about insecurity in the nation and the modern Nigerian police force, now in its 81 st year, still needs improvement in the area of psychological readiness in order to effectively protect life and property of the people. In this article it is argued that a highly functional police system usually begins with a psychologically competent police man or woman; as such, a psychological-based manual is being proposed.In the 21 st century the road to the internal security...

The lack of progress in establishing ambitious and legally binding global mitigation targets means that the need for locally based climate change adaptation will increase in vulnerable localities such as Africa. Within this context, “ecosystem-based adaptation” (EBA) is being promoted as a cost-effective and sustainable approach to improving adaptive capacity. Experience with the ongoing development of Durban’s Municipal Climate Protection Programme indicates that achieving EBA in cities...

English and French are two important international languages taught as mandatory courses at Wisconsin International University. Therefore examining attit udes of students to these two languages was appropr iate for reasons of improving its teaching and likeabili ty by students. Four hypotheses were tested and res ults indicate that gender had a significant effect on st udents’ attitudes to the study of English; where fe males showed a better attitude to the two languages than their male...

Biomedical research is a powerful tool for solving health challenges developing regions. The present study aimed at describing the needs of biomedical science training in Africa from the experience of young African scientists at home and in the Diaspora. A total of 107 young scientists were recruited through existing international networks and interviewed via a web-based program, on the current status of biomedical research in their different institutions, as well as the major obstacles...

This paper is centered on the problems and prospects of the technical college teacher in Nigeria it explicates therelevance of technical education programme The paper recognizes the implications of the National Policy on Education (NPE)for technical (technological) education, the new curriculum development by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE),the changing business and technology environment, the personal, professional and public image of the technical teachers. theteachers of...

University education plays a crucial role in the provision of high-level manpower for the socio-political and economic development of any nation. To this end, the effective management of this educational sector most especially at the private level becomes very imperative. This paper therefore aims at examine the myriads of problems militating against the effective management of private universities in Nigeria and how this problems can be curbed or reduced to the barest minimum. Prominent...

To describe the self-reported oral health knowledge, attitudes and oral hygiene habits, among pregnant women receiving antenatal care at the Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LASUTH). A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted at the LASUTH antenatal clinic during the period January - June 2008. Most of the respondents demonstrated a reasonable level of oral health knowledge and positive attitudes towards oral health. However, there were gaps in the oral health...

The oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been in global focus for sometime due to youth restiveness and lately, militancy occasioned by the disruption of activities of multi-national oil corporations, hostage taking of both foreign nationals and Nigerians alike. This paper opines that functional education is the only panacea to the prevailing situation in the region. By functional education, the paper means such that will equip youths of the region to compete favourably with their...