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A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
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Publications on the history of (formal) education in Africa are mostly based on reports issued from (mostly European) actors of the missionary and colonial education systems which were erected in the various colonies. In contrast, the article focuses early 19th century educational initiatives coming from Africans. Two personalities who were influential in West Africa are presented and their educational philosophies characterized: James African Beale Horton (1835-1883) called for a...
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100 apparently healthy female nursing students (aged 20-30 years) were studied. A 24 hours dietary recall was recorded. Additionally a questionnaire was elaborated to collect dietary parameters for 3 days. From the mean daily food intake the energy, protein and iron intake was calculated. A series of anthropometric measurements, i.e. body weight, body height and skinfold thickness (triceps, breast, scapula, abdomen) were used to determine total body fat, lean body mass, optimum weight, and...
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The study investigated the uses of new technologies, especially the computers, in Nigerian Universities, for teaching and learning. Attention was paid to developments and use of new technologies in disciplines like law, social sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences, agriculture, administration, education, technology and liberal arts. The influence and consequences of the use of new technologies for teaching and learning in these disciplines, were examined.
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This paper looks at the problems of financing education in Uganda. Education in Uganda is largely financed by the Government. Primary school enrolments have been increasing steadily. The Government's long term objectives have been to provide basic and meaningful education for the entire school age population and to develop manpower needs of the modern sector by assuming joint responsibility with parents for the financing of education. Looking at the financing of education in Uganda raises...
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Medical schools in developing African countries have been modeled on after their counterparts in Western industrialized countries such as Britain and the United States. Consequently, medical education programs set up in Africa have not focused on the health problems that occur in less-developed health care settings.
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The hearing ability was measured in anaesthetised guinea pigs by recording cochlear evoked potentials induced by standardised sound stimulation. The animals were given quinine intravenously and blood samples were withdrawn for assay of quinine. The shift in hearing threshold was closely related to the quinine blood concentration. The effect-concentration relationships were analysed according to the equation L = 10 (log k+a.log (s-b] which can be viewed as a special case of the Hill equation...