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Most developing countries equate national development with the rapid and effective development of higher education. This paper will present the different forms of higher education, the present application of instructional technology in the institutions and the problems and advantages of the system. It will also provide suggestions for future development of instructional technology using Nigeria as a case study

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

Foreword to the New Edition. Preface. The Author. 1. A Dream Deferred. 2. Does Culture Matter? 3. Seeing Color, Seeing Culture. 4. We Are Family. 5. The Tree of Knowledge. 6. Culturally Relevant Teaching. 7. Making Dreams into Reality. Afterword. Appendix A: Methodology. Appendix B: Context. Notes. Index. Discussion Questions.

A community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken in Agaro town to determine the magnitude of xerophthalmia and malnutrition in January 1993. 434 children (aged six months to six years), were selected randomly and by using the proportionate probability sampling technique from the eight 'kebeles' of the town. Data were collected by interviewing mothers/ care-takers of index children and by ocular and anthropometric examinations. From the total subjects studied, the proportion of males...

This paper describes the findings of a prospective study of women presenting with a request for termination of pregnancy with the diagnosis of abortion complications at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. The study identifies some socio-economic characteristics of these women, comparing those obtaining legal abortions with those obtaining illegal abortions. Women utilizing the legal abortion facilities tend to be older (20-29 years), married or single, multiparous, educated...

This article describes the activities of the Greater Johannesburg Healthy Schools Program of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Healthy Cities Project in South Africa. Healthy Cities projects emphasize community participation, intersectoral action, supportive environments for health, and a settings approach. Children in South Africa, are exposed to environmental and health hazards in the school setting including poor building design, poor equipment, and understaffing. The Healthy Schools...

Abstract Improving the quality of education in a developing country is often the. responsibility of those who teach in higher education. Such academics, often expatriates, have frustrated qualitative change by their uncritical promotion of Western educational innovations. It is argued that an appreciation of the complex educational context by academics is more likely to promote qualitative change. Consequently, the impact of school teaching and the experience of higher education within the...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a health worker training program in diarrhea case management and its effect on patient education in health facilities in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). In 1989, a facility-based assessment of health worker practices in managing diarrheal disease in children under 5 years of age documented serious deficiencies in patient education as performed by health workers. Based on these results, the Ministry of Health (MOH) designed an...

This paper assesses the feasibility of Education For All by the year 2000 in some countries in Africa. It identifies and explores three basic challenges which EFA 2000 poses to teacher education in Africa, that is: quality, quantity, and relevance: The paper briefly explores the problems faced by these countries and suggests possible ways in which teacher education could facilitate the attainment of some measure of success. Information and recommendations from a conference that the author...

A total of 373 stool samples comprising 38 watery stool and 335 normal formed samples, collected from primary school children in Enugu State, Nigeria, were processed for the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts. The formalin-methylene blue staining techniques were employed for the concentration and identification of the Oocysts in each sample. The results obtained were subjected to cross-tabulation analysis. Cryptosporidium Oocysts were identified in 15 of the 38 watery stool samples and in...

A review of 56 children with post neonatal tetanus admitted over a 10 year period (January 1985 t December 1994) was undertaken at the Wesley Guild Hospital, IIesa, South Western Nigeria. The male: female ratio was 1.8:1. About 64.3 pc of the cases were above six years of age (mean 7.6 years). Wounds on the lower limb were identified as portal of entry in 39.2 pc of cases and discharging Otitis media in 21.4 pc. Otitis media was the usual portal of entry among the pre-school children (six...

This study examined contextual factors in racial identity, by comparing 113 Black American college students and 93 Black African college students residing in the United States. Participants completed a questionnaire assessing racial identity, applicability of American ideals, and self-esteem. Racial identity scores did not differ between the two groups, but for the African students racial identity showed a significant increase with longer residence in the United States. For the Black...

Global climate change is now firmly on the international agenda. Although the heady days of the 1992 Earth Summit have been replaced by an atmosphere of greater caution, events in 1995 have nevertheless revealed that climate change is set to be one of the key international issues during the coming decades. Indeed, it is inevitable that global climate change – as both a physical phenomenon and a social institution – will have a tremendous impact on every nation's future.