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Bullying conjures up visions of the traditional schoolyard bully and the subordinate victim. However, bullying is no longer limited to in-person encounter, having come to include cyberbullying, which takes place indirectly over electronic media. In this electronic age, cyber platforms proliferate at an astonishing rate, all attracting the youth in large number, and posing the risk that they may become subject to cyberbullying. Far from being limited to those individual learners being...

The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges in the implementation of Inclusive education at Elulakeni Cluster primary schools in the Shiselweni District of Swaziland. The research employed the descriptive or survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 14 primary schools with 14 head teachers and seventy grades one to five teachers all of which were used for the study. A questionnaire of 33 items of the five point Likert scale was used to collect data. The...

Adaptation to climate change (ACC) is a serious challenge to farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia. The efforts towards ensuring ACC are highly local, and their effectiveness depends on local institutions. Studying the role of rural institutions in determining households’ ACC is vital to developing countries like Ethiopia, where role of rural institutions are seldom recognized in official adaptation strategies. In this study, household data were collected from Kilte-Awlaelo district in order...

This case study presents a detailed description of how community-based environmental education can be used to increase environment awareness and knowledge among migrant children and youth.Data was collected primarily from interviews and learning activities with 454 participants aged 11 to 19 years.The results show that children and youth are aware of environmental problems in their local communities.Environmental problems identified include open defecation, pollution, poor waste management...

A Lead paper presented at the 3rd AFRICAN LIBRARY SUMMIT and the 1st African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AFLIA) Conference held at the GIMPA Conference Centre, near the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana between 30th May and 2nd June, 2015.

The recent phenomenon of climate change and its associated quandary in the world, calls for urgent attention by respective government and the public. Several attempts to alleviate this challenge have not been really effective in developing nations and in particular Nigeria. The effect is worsened by improper use of land resources and other natural attributes like topography or terrain of land in the affected areas. This undoubtedly has continued to pose serious threats to environmental...

v TABLE OF CONTENTS vii LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Background and Rationale of the Study 1 Research Gap 4 Statement of the Research Problem 5 The University Context 6 Research Questions 7 Delimitations 8 Definitions of Constructs 8 Theoretical Definitions 8 Operational Definitions 10 List of Abbreviations 10 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 12 Introduction 12 Communicative Competence 12 Models of Communicative Competence 14

An assessment of the impacts of projected climate change on water availability and crop production in the Volta Basin and the southwestern and coastal basin systems of Ghana has been undertaken as a component of the impacts and adaptation study for Ghana by UNU-WIDER and the University of Ghana.Four climate change scenarios were considered in addition to a reference (no change) scenario-two dry and two wet scenarios.To conduct the analysis, a portion of a special framework using three water...

This study was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical quality and heavy metals (HM) in the water of Lome lagoon system. The conductivity, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic matter and HM were determined by AFNOR methods. The results showed that the waters of Lome lagoon system have generally pH close to neutral (pH between 7.34 and 8.5). However, the balance of the water in the equilibrum canal has an acid pH (pH 6.53). The levels of nitrogen and phosphorus are relatively high 1.27 mg/L...

This report examines the role of incentives, trust, and engagement as critical determinants of service delivery performance in MENA countries. Focusing on education and health, the report illustrates how the weak external and internal accountability undermines policy implementation and service delivery performance and how such a cycle of poor performance can be counteracted. Case studies of local success reveal the importance of both formal and informal accountability relationships and the...

In sub-Saharan Africa, populations are predominantly rural, dependent on rain-fed agriculture for subsistence and livelihoods. Poor families are ill-equipped to respond to changing patterns and the shorter growing season caused by warmer days and nights. Key climate change scenarios in the region are presented like shifting rainfall regimes, droughts, etc with the attendant impact on agricultural output. Coping strategies have been presented which can be replicated in other parts of the world with similar challenges

Teachers stand out amongst civil servants by virtue of their embedded position within governed communities, their moral authority within those communities, and the relative autonomy of their work. This paper investigates the political position of teachers in Algeria during the War of Independence from France (1954-62). Although teachers were agents of the French state, and active in facilitating French governance in Algeria, they were regarded with deep suspicion by the French security...

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education University of Botswana in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Education (Primary) Citation: Kadisa, Chabuya (2009) The use of computers and extent of computer integration in the learning of preschool children in Botswana, University of Botswana

A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Education University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Education Citation: Kere, Imbunya J. (2008) Substance abuse and religious education: a case study of selected secondary schools in Kenya, University of Botswana

This study investigated issues surrounding the implementation of competence based curriculum in Tanzanian secondary schools. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the teachers’ understanding of the objectives of competence based curriculum; to investigate the teachers’ abilities in preparing competence based lesson plans; to examine whether or not teachers involved students in classroom activities; and to find out whether or not teachers practiced formative students’...

Abstract Questions How has the vegetation of the major biomes (Grassland, Nama‐karoo, Albany Thicket, Azonal) of southeastern South Africa changed over the course of the 20th century? How do changes in climate and land‐use drivers relate to long‐term changes in vegetation? What are the implications of these findings for land degradation hypotheses and future climate change projections for the region? Location The biogeographically complex semi‐arid, Karoo Midlands region of the southeastern...