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This is an abbreviated version of a paper developed for the African Council on Distance Education conference in Nigeria in 2008. The paper explores the current and future potential of the use of distance education methods for teacher development in Africa. It argues that it is appropriate and desirable for distance education methods to be used in teacher development programmes but suggests that many current practices need to be questioned. The use of distance education for teacher...
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This article focuses on contemporary challenges to knowledge management (KM) in an African higher education setting. Issues around Eurocentric and Indigenous Knowledge and the detrimental effects of apartheid education are problematised. The idea of relevant knowledge in African universities is analysed, with emphasis on indigenous approaches to knowledge management. It is argued that the merging of universities in post-apartheid South Africa is part and parcel of the national attempts at...
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Fish samples of Oreochromis niloticus were collected from two main fishing sites on the Rosetta Nile Branch (Kafr El-Zayat and Desok areas), the first area is considered to be more polluted than the later one due to the highly industrial activities. The present work aimed to study some aspect of the reproductive biology of the dominant species (O. niloticus) with emphasis on histopathological changes in the gonads. Fish attain the first sexual maturity at length 13.8 cm. The monthly...
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This article outlines the challenges that the Anglican Church in Malawi faced relating to the recruitment, selection of the ordinands and their training at St John the Baptist in Lusaka, Zambia in the period between 1962 and 1972. It shows that the process of training the Malawian clergy had several challenges. The presence of a rapidly retiring clergy with a low standard of education and a legacy of the missionary church, put the church in Malawi under pressure to recruit much younger and...
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This article explores the impact of policy changes in the education sector on the development of the book publishing sector in Kenya. The article begins by detailing the current status of the book publishing sector in Kenya. Then the interdependence between the education and book publishing sectors is highlighted. The government policies that have shaped the education system in Kenya are analysed with a view to establishing how they have affected the book publishing sector. An overview of...
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class Mark (THS EAF LB2161.T34M3256)
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In many resource poor African countries there is no effective prosthetic service. The African Disability Scooter (ADS) was developed for use by amputees in such countries, as a positive alternative to crutches or sticks. The aim of this study was to compare the energy expenditure of the ADS to walking with crutches over a fixed distance at a self-selected speed in a normal population.Speed and efficiency of the scooter were assessed by field tests with 10 volunteers using a portable, energy...
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This article reports the investigation of the extent to which US preschool federal funding (Head Start) and the preschool enrollment of African American males (aged three to five) affected the high school graduation rates of this population (aged 14 to 19). The authors found that a link exists between preschool enrollment and the high school graduation rate of this population. They also found a link between Head Start funding and the high school graduation rate for this group.
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Abstract The Life Skills course is offered to Namibian students in grades eight through twelve. It includes lessons on HIV/AIDS, imparting information and equipping them with the necessary psycho-social skills to assist in reducing the risk of becoming infected. Teachers are the impetus for the success of the course. As such, research was undertaken to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and concerns of Namibian Bachelor of Education students in order to be effective HIV/AIDS educators....
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In the run up to its first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa became one of the first countries to make a serious commitment to developing a qualifications framework-based lifelong learning system. This was intended both to prepare the country for its insertion into 'the global knowledge economy' after years of isolation and to provide a way of dealing with the legacy of Apartheid. Through an exploration of the most recent data on education and training in South Africa, this paper...