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This paper examines the relationship between the embedding systemic and institutional support and technological capabilities in foreign and local automotive firms in Brazil, India and South Africa. Despite firms in Brazil and South Africa enjoying stronger exposure to foreign ownership and external markets than those in India, firms in the former two countries show lower technological capabilities than those in the latter. Stronger human capital endowments and network cohesion have helped...
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This article reports on a study that explored the extent to which young students engage in various behaviors that expose them to traffic related road hazards in South Africa. More than half (56.4%) of child transport-related deaths in South Africa are due to pedestrian injuries. Pedestrian deaths are ranked as the top external cause of death among children aged 5-14 years. Among older people the risk of traffic-related hazards is even higher as over 70% of transport-related deaths occur...
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The thesis concerns History teaching in South Africa 1966-2006. Focus lies on the usage of History as a tool of power and empowerment. Primary sources for the survey are textbooks, curricula’s and ...
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The ongoing national reconstruction process of Eritrea is centered on educational reformation. The government of Eritrea placed educational policy on top priority for national development which demands the emergence of new class of trained youth blended with disciplined minds and skills instead of raw graduation. It had established about eight colleges at tertiary level within a short span of time to build human resource required for the present and future. In line with this, it laid down...
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection ,Dr.Wilbert Chagula Library,Class mark (THS EAF LB1737.5T34R4)
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Assessment is a powerful driver of student learning: it gives a message to learners about what they should be learning, what the learning organisation believes to be important, and how they should go about learning. Assessment tools allow measurement of student achievement and thereby give teachers insight into their students’ learning, and enable teachers to make systematic judgements about progress and achievement. It is vital then that assessment tools drive students to learn the right...
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Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of the adverse consequences, particularly from climate change. This is largely because poverty levels are high, and developing-country capacity to adapt to global change is weak. Furthermore, the rural populations of developing countries—for whom agricultural production is the primary...
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In July of 2007, a three–member team from the U.S. conducted a series of workshops in the Arab Republic of Egypt as part of the Capacity Building component of the AERI Linkage Project, conducted by MUCIA and the University of Illinois, and funded by USAID. The purpose of the workshops was to provide secondary agricultural teachers with the skills to implement internship experiences with their students. For the workshops, a train–the–trainer approach was taken. The purpose of this paper was...
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Climate change is presenting challenges for agriculture-led development. Historically, increased agricultural productivity has been essential to poverty reduction and development, particularly for agriculture-based countries. In several countries of SubSaharan Africa, present and future climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity. Adaptation strategies can dampen these effects, but many are prohibitively expensive without sustained economic growth or international...
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Purpose: To assess African American college freshman students’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors related to HIV. Method: A descriptive exploratory design with survey methodology was used to carry out the study. The participants were a convenience sample of 222 African American college freshman students with an average age of 18 years. The Maine HIV Prevention Community Planning Group questionnaire was used to elicit information from participants. Results: The majority of...
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Eco-Schools South Africa is increasingly being used by external partners as a framework for supporting environmental education in schools. This paper shares the findings of a recent evaluation of the programme in relation to the quality of education in South African schools. Do Eco-Schools activities help to improve the conditions of teaching and learning? Or do they take teachers and students away from their core focus? Evaluation of learner and teacher work in Eco-Schools found signs of...