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The Cooperative Extension System is commonly credited for much of the success of U.S. farmers because of the educational assistance it provides. Extension methodology is increasingly being used world-wide with adaptations to account for local traditions and customs. This paper discusses pilot testing in the first year of a large project to provide information to farmers in West-Central Africa about the benefits of hermetic storage of cowpeas (black-eyed peas) using Extension methodologies....
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Since institution of slavery, education has represented the practice of freedom (hooks, 1994) for African Americans in United States. The educational accomplishments of countless members of Black community represent a rejection of dominant societal narrative that African Americans have a history of underperformance in America's public schools. (1) In fact, counternarrative of Black children's school success serves to motivate many students who might otherwise internalize myth of Black...
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Since its inception, the United States has struggled with its responsibility for educating African American students (Anderson, 2005; Carter, 2003; Green; 2001; Haycock, 2001). Its history of denial and discrimination in the education of Black children has created a national crisis in which academic difficulty and school failure is disproportionately high (Achilles, Finn, & Gerber, 2000; Ferguson, 2001; Green, 2001; Lee, 2002). Given almost any educational measure used to predict academic...
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While our nation claims that we provide equal learning opportunities for all, the Black-White achievement gap still exists. This leads to a variety of political, economic, and social ramifications for our students. With this said, seldom are studies conducted that disprove the countless theories that explain why African-American students are atrisk for academic success. As an attempt to determine environmental factors that contribute to the achievement gap between African-American and...
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Teacher education has undergone a rapid and complicated transformation since the 1990s in the context of democratization in South Africa.Numerous and weighty policy documents on teacher education have been issued by the government.However,as many policies ignored the conditions on the ground,their implemen- tation was not desirable.In order to co-ordinate present policies and solve the problems of teacher shortage and under-qualification,the government formulated The National Policy...
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The study examined form 1 pupils' perceptions of continuity in mathematics instruction at the primary secondary school transition phase and their teachersA awareness of such continuity. Three hundred Form 1 pupils in 6 selected secondary schools in Gweru-urban area, their mathematics teachers and Heads of Mathematics Departments (HODs) participated in the study in 2004. The study focused on the pupils' perceptions of content and pedagogical continuity in mathematics instruction at the...
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The study investigated a group of mathematics in-service teachers' conceptions of problems and problem solving in the subject. Such conceptions were premised to have a mediatory role on the teachers' pre-disposition to implement problem solving strategies in their instructional practices. It was motivated by the observation that problem solving was not being implemented effectively in mathematics instructional situations in most schools.The study subjects were 34 mathematics in-service...
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The claim that English marginalizes learners has to be seen within the complexity of language teaching and learning in a changing society. More realistically, learners who do not have an African language in South Africa are deprived of the opportunity for meaning construction within the African context that forms their life world. We argue that the problem lies more with the quality of the teaching of English. A cognitive approach to teaching ensures that we succeed in presenting English as...
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This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change and economic development, and attempts to outline a framework for considering these links. The paper summarises the limited knowledge of the long-term economic impact of natural disasters. Drawing links among disasters, resource management, conflicts and other transmission channels is a necessary condition to develop an appropriate response. The paper argues that African governments along with their development partners...