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The 1994 democratic dispensation ushered in new values, which compelled legal educators to restructure the law curriculum to reflect existing aspirations of the ‘new South Africa’. The article exam...

Abstract In this study, it is proposed that mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) and a mesovortex (MV) were embedded within a wavelike disturbance over North Africa that led to the genesis of Hurricane Alberto (2000). The wavelike disturbance observed may be classified as an African easterly wave (AEW). Based on the cloud-top area and brightness values observed from infrared satellite data, four genesis and three lysis stages are identified within a cycle of moist convection associated with...

Successful teachers of African American children create a relational and personal environment. Yet, no known study has developed a measure of teachers' culturally relevant beliefs nor systematically examined how they vary with student achievement. The authors created survey items that measured teachers' culturally relevant beliefs and ascertained which items correlate with higher student achievement. Teachers in 6 urban schools serving African American children endorsed beliefs regarding a...

Successful teachers of African American children create a relational and personal environment. Yet, no known study has developed a measure of teachers' culturally relevant beliefs nor systematically examined how they vary with student achievement. The authors created survey items that measured teachers' culturally relevant beliefs and ascertained which items correlate with higher student achievement. Teachers in 6 urban schools serving African American children endorsed beliefs regarding a...

Successful teachers of African American children create a relational and personal environment. Yet, no known study has developed a measure of teachers' culturally relevant beliefs nor systematically examined how they vary with student achievement. The authors created survey items that measured teachers' culturally relevant beliefs and ascertained which items correlate with higher student achievement. Teachers in 6 urban schools serving African American children endorsed beliefs regarding a...

Successful teachers of African American children create a relational and personal environment. Yet, no known study has developed a measure of teachers' culturally relevant beliefs nor systematically examined how they vary with student achievement. The authors created survey items that measured teachers' culturally relevant beliefs and ascertained which items correlate with higher student achievement. Teachers in 6 urban schools serving African American children endorsed beliefs regarding a...

This substantial report is the product of a research consortium comprising the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa. It was prepared for the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) in South Africa to explore the impact of HIV / AIDS on the supply and demand of educators to the education sector.

Abstract This article is based on a report of the same name emanating from research undertaken by a team of South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) researchers for the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) during 2003. The article explores the importance of costing distance education and open learning (DEOL) in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA); describes the research process and research findings; and...

This paper explores the social and educational implications of the Secondary Schools Scholarship Project (SSSP) in which Australia gave over 1,000 adolescents from Papua New Guinea three-year scholarships to study in Australian high schools. Drawing from postcolonial theory, the paper uses concepts of ambivalence, hybridity, hegemony, contradiction, and national discourse to analyse an array of issues which would not be in the purview of dependency theory. These issues include not only the...

African American (n = 70) university students were compared with White students (n = 140) on their affective (homophobia) and attitudinal (homonegativity) reactions to lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. The results initially suggested that African Americans had modestly higher homophobia and homonegativity scores than Whites. However, those ethnic differences vanished after controlling for frequency of church attendance, religious commitment, and socioeconomic status. For both ethnic...

The unreliable distribution of curriculum materials to schools in Papua New Guinea has been an area of great concern and it was essential that the system be improved. The Curriculum Development Division, with assistance from the AusAID Curriculum Reform Implementation Project (CRIP) continues to initiate and produce materials to support and progress reform of the curriculum. Syllabuses and teachers guides have been, or are in the process of being rewritten for elementary, primary and...

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook Review The Athens of West Africa: A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone by Daniel J. Paracka Jr. New York: Routledge, 2003. 324 pp. $90.00 (cloth). ISBN 0‐415‐94795‐2.Apollos O. NwauwaApollos O. NwauwaBowling Green State University, Ohio Search for more articles by this author Bowling Green State University, OhioPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share...

The need to develop skills in Information Technology and Information Literacy for a career in the Health Sciences is not in dispute. More debated are the most appropriate ways of assessing existing skills, addressing training needs and incorporating IT/IL learning, and at what stage skills development should begin to be most effective. This article reports on three years of experience with a training model in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, in providing IT/IL skills...

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Global warming is likely to lead to a variety of changes in local climatic conditions, including potential increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as drought, floods, and storms. Present capacity to respond to and manage climatic variability, including extreme events, is an important component of adjustments to climatic changes. In particular, identifying and addressing constraints on local adaptation mechanisms—whether political, economic or social in...