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This study, informed by the academic literacies approach, was part of a broader study that sought to establish students' perceptions of the efficacy of the English language interventions at a university using a case methodology.A sample of 142 students responded to a structured questionnaire on English Language Literacy Support Programmes for Students offered by the University's Writing Centre.The non-probability sampling method was used in selecting the students.Data were also collected...

Objective: To determine the magnitude and pattern of signifi cant refractive errors (visualacuity less than 6/18) among primary school children. Design: A cross sectional school based study Setting: Eight primary schools in Kilungu division, Makueni District, Kenya Subjects: 1439 primary school pupils aged between 12 and 15 years Results: Prevalence of signifi cant refractive error was 5.2% (75/1439); being responsible for 92.6 % of all causes of poor eyesight. Hypermetropia accounted for...

This study, informed by the academic literacies approach, was part of a broader study that sought to establish students' perceptions of the efficacy of the English language interventions at a university using a case methodology.A sample of 142 students responded to a structured questionnaire on English Language Literacy Support Programmes for Students offered by the University's Writing Centre.The non-probability sampling method was used in selecting the students.Data were also collected...

This chapter addresses the language issue in classrooms in Ghana and Tanzania. It is premised on the belief that language and the issue of a good quality education are inseparable. It is not possible for learners to learn if they do not understand lessons; and they cannot understand lessons if they do not understand the language in which the lessons are taught. This is also the case with teachers. They cannot teach effectively if they have problems in expressing themselves in the language of...

After six years with a large scale Farm Input Subsidy Program that enhanced national and household food security high costs resulted in a cut-back of the program in 2011/12 at the same time as the country was hit by a more serious drought in form of a dry spell in the rainy season. This study used household and farm plot level data combined with choice experiments to assess the impacts of the cut-back of the program and the drought on maize production and the performance of different maize...

Schools located near to airports are exposed to high levels of noise which can cause cognitive, health, and hearing problems. Therefore, this study sought to explore whether this noise may cause auditory language processing (ALP) problems in primary school learners. Sixty-one children attending schools exposed to high levels of noise were matched to 68 children in quieter schools. Audiological screening and ALP assessments were undertaken and revealed that the children from the noise-exposed...

Author Mirza Omari was incorrectly mentioned in the Funding Statement. The following is the correct Funding Statement: The study was funded in part by National institute of health (NIH) [grant R01 NS051623 to Matilde Inglese]. No additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Author Mirza Omari was incorrectly mentioned in the Competing Interest Statement....

Purpose – The purpose of this publication is to present a didactic concept with the targeted impact of a positive future vision. This paper reflects the effect of local educational action on the development of regionally optimised visions in rural regions of a European industrial state, compared with a rural region in the developing country of Senegal.

The objective of this study was to examine disablement as experienced by young adult African American men and women with permanent mobility impairment.This study included a sample of 5 male and 5 female participants ranging in age from 22 to 39. An exploratory descriptive design and qualitative methods, including interviews and fieldnotes, were used. Interview data was analyzed using the process of inductive qualitative content analysis.Basic desires for independence, shared intimacy, and...

Racial identity has been an essential construct in education for decades. This construct was manifested in the use of Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s classic line drawing (1939, 1940) and ethnic doll (1947) racial identity studies as evidence on the detrimental eff ects caused by Jim Crow in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. In this case, lawyers for the NAACP argued that the racial caste system of the United States had a deleterious consequence on the Black psyche,...

No AccessJun 2013Why Do Migrants Migrate? Self-Selection and Returns to Education in West AfricaAuthors/Editors: Philippe De Vreyer, Flore Gubert, François RoubaudPhilippe De VreyerSearch for more papers by this author, Flore GubertSearch for more papers by this author, François RoubaudSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9780821397817_CH10AboutView ChaptersPDF (0.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In...

No AccessJun 2013The Work-School Trade-Off among Children in West Africa: Are Household Tasks More Compatible with School Than Economic Activities?Authors/Editors: Philippe De Vreyer, Flore Gubert, Nelly Rakoto-TianaPhilippe De VreyerSearch for more papers by this author, Flore GubertSearch for more papers by this author, Nelly Rakoto-TianaSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9780821397817_CH12AboutView ChaptersPDF (0.4 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack...

Important as Food Science and Technology (FST) may be there has been a general down trend in the number of students’ enrolment in educational institutions worldwide. Scarcity of food scientists and technologists in developing countries is a global and emerging critical problem requiring the attention of academia, industry and government in addressing global food security. One of the barriers to achieving ideal FST education is lack of motivation of high school learners (HSL), hence the need...

The study focused on the clinical learning experiences of Pupil Enrolled Nurses (PENs) within the military health service. The purpose of the research was to explore and describe the learning experiences of PENs within the Military health clinical learning environment. An explorative, descriptive, contextual design which is qualitative in nature was used to guide the study. The military as a training institution prides itself on preparing nurses both as soldiers and nurses, this could be...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is associated with a massive depletion of intestinal CD4(+) T cells that is only partially reversed by combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Here, we assessed the ability of nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor/nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor treatment to restore the CD4(+) T-cell populations in the intestine of South African patients with AIDS.Thirty-eight patients with advanced HIV-1 infection who had chronic...

Information dissemination through the use of media technology is important to understanding the threat, impact and adaptation options that climate change poses regarding the livelihood of farmers in Nigeria specifically and the entire world generally.This study investigates the use of media in disseminating information on climate change and the constraints limiting climate change adaptation in north central Nigeria.An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data from 411...