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The international sector is experiencing challenges of many promising novice teachers, who could become teacher leaders, leave their profession within the first five years of their teaching profession.  From the onset of their teaching profession, novice teachers seek teacher specific information and support from colleagues. In this research project we explore a key question: What do novice teachers request from their colleagues?  In order to search for their teaching needs, we need to...

Psycho-active substance use among adolescents is a national and global problem and its attendant effects on adolescents cannot be overemphasized. The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychoactive substance use among adolescents; the substances involved and the extent of the problem in this locale.This is a cross-sectional study that assesses the pattern of psychoactive substance use among secondary school adolescents in Enugu, south East, Nigeria. The...

With inclusion, all children with disabilities are educated with other children in all aspects in the regular school. Most of the regular schools in the Nigeria appears to be non-inclusive with a few having the basic facilities to support inclusive education. Because inclusion is very important, it needs to be effectively implemented by teachers with a repertoire of skills, expertise, knowledge, pedagogical approaches, adequate teaching methods and materials to be able to address the diverse...

Abstract During the first half of the twentieth century, deep structural changes occurred in the South African countryside. While farming became an important pillar of the national economy, more and more people left the land in search of better lives in towns and cities. This article examines agricultural education, an early avenue of state intervention in farming, to elucidate how officials and groups of farmers navigated the ‘agrarian question’ by trying to define the roles that men,...

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partil:lI fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education • .Johannesburg, 1999

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Background: The Centre for Open and Distance Learning at Mzuzu University was established in 2006 with the aim to increase and broaden access to higher education to most Malawians who despite meeting entry requirements into higher education were not selected because of shortage of space on campus and other learning and teaching resources. Although Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is hyped as a practical option for making higher education available to many people as widely reported in the...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Several studies predict that climate change will highly affect the African continent. These changes in climate and climate variability may be challenging issues for future economic development of the continent in general, and particularly in the region of sub Saharan Africa. Offering a case study of Sahelian zone of Mali in the present study aimed to understand farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and change and to evaluate adaptation options used by farmers in the Cinzana commune of...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

The purpose of the study was to investigate on the factors leading to poor academic performance of children living with disabilities in inclusive schools in Temeke District, Dar es Salaam Region. A sample of 259 students and 67 teachers from both primary and secondary schools was obtained through stratified, simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Both secondary and primary data was collected through documentary search for secondary data; interview, Focus Group Discussion and...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...

Social studies is seen as a more digestible integrated or interdisciplinary subject by the mode at which its contents are drawn from certain numbers of subject disciplines.This study seeks to determine the perceptions of teachers about the concept of integration in social studies curriculum.This descriptive study was carried out with 80 social studies teachers at the junior secondary schools level in Ekiti state, Nigeria.An instrument was used to establish the extent at which the concept of...