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This chapter analyzes the processes of identity formation among workingclass female students of Algerian descent in a French school. It argues that the school-as a social space-is at once a contested terrain within which these young women’s identities are being constructed and a powerful tool for their own identity formation.
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This chapter investigates questions surrounding education about the past in what, to some, may appear to be an unusual way. It starts from the work of an outstandingly gifted group of people—Zimbabwean archaeologists and administrators as well as foreign consultants—working for, or with, the National Museums and Monuments Service of Zimbabwe (hereafter, NMMZ). This group is currently concerned with the protection of Zimbabwe's archaeological past, and the facilitation of education about that past.
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Objectives. This study compared perceptions of campus experiences between African American students at historically black colleges of pharmacy (HBCPs) and those at predominantly white colleges of pharmacy (PWCPs). Methods. A written survey instrument was administered to a convenience sample of minority pharmacy students who attended a national meeting of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association. Results. Responses were received from students who attended all 5 HBCPs (n = 16) and 24...
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This paper documents a pilot study that focuses on the perceptions of two L 1 Xhosa acting students and their teachers about learning to act in L 2 English in an L 1 English university drama department in South Africa. The study seeks to identify perceptions of 'good acting', and the degree to which these are contingent on perceptions of 'good English' in theatre performance, in this context. The introduction outlines the contexts, aims, design and process of the study, which used an...
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Burnout as a measure of stress has generated research interest in the past two decades. However, there is a dearth of research on this interesting and important phenomenon in Nigeria. This study compared burnout and its associated factors in various health professionals working at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Two hundred and sixty health care providers were sampled from 5 main units: Theatre/Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Accident and Emergency (A & E), Oncology, Dentistry...
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The authors argue that college counselors need to consider culturally appropriate adaptations of traditional counseling. They describe a counseling intervention for African American female college students and present a case study to illustrate the effectiveness of this counseling strategy.
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HIV/AIDS programmes in schools ultimately intend to decrease high risk sexual behaviour. One factor facilitating this outcome is a strong health promoting environment in the school. This paper reports a study surveying the health promoting environments supporting HIV/AIDS education in Namibian senior secondary schools. It develops a two-dimensional model for classifying the strength of a school’s health promoting environment. The findings show that schools have different strengths of health...
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Cet article explore la structure raciale de l’education superieure en Afrique du Sud et montre son developpement depuis le premier dispositif post-secondaire de 1829. Il retrace egalement les principales mutations organisationnelles caracterisant l’evolution des structures etudiantes noires, nationales et politiques, et en expose les principales revendications identitaires. Enfin, cet article decrit les principales transformations des annees quatre-vingt-dix permettant ainsi de comprendre ce...
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South Africa is in the process of introducing a new curriculum for religion education with aims which are clearly educational rather than religious. This is taking place within the context of a Constitution which safeguards human rights and forbids discrimination on religious grounds, thus ruling out any form of ‘privileged’ religious education. The article traces the history of religious education in South Africa and the processes involved in arriving at the new curriculum proposals. It...
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This article describes the structure and implementation of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) in South Africa, indicating its distinctiveness with respect to qualifications frameworks in countries such as Scotland and Australia. Opposition to the NQF among South Africa higher education institutions, especially universities, has been significant, and the reasons for this opposition are sketched out. While this opposition is often regarded by advocates of the NQF as a conservative...