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The paper examined notions of distributed leadership against cultural antecedents in engendering creativity and democratic school contexts, particularly in Africa, based on educational policies. Because schools are widely regarded as critical repositories of social and moral values, the paper interrogated the feasibility of achieving liberal democratic and cosmopolitan societies under the limiting frame of largely authoritarian and hierarchically hegemonic school cultures where teachers and...
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Sindicatos poderiam desempenhar um papel chave na minimizacao dos efeitos de mudancas climaticas para os pequenos proprietarios de terra no setor informal, cuja maioria e analfabeta e carece de protecao legal, seguranca trabalhista e acesso ao sistema de saude, caso fosse dada a essas instituicoes a chance e se elas aceitassem tal papel. Mudancas climaticas tornam o emprego agricola cada vez mais precario e, portanto, acrescentam uma nova dimensao as atividades e riscos contra os quais os...
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This paper describes the design and application of a benefit-cost model to the city of Durban’s (South Africa) climate change adaptation options. The approach addresses the inability to compile an accurate damage-cost function for economic prioritizations at the local level. It proposes that uncertainty over climate impacts and the efficacy of adaptation responses, in conjunction with the lack of economic data, high levels of economic informality and inequality make it difficult to link...
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Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is recommended in adults by the World Health Organization when prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children (SAC) is ≥ 50%. This study ascertained the value of this threshold in predicting prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma hematobium (SH) infection in adults in central Nigeria. We evaluated urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence in 1,164 adults: 659 adults in 12 communities where mean hematuria among SAC in 2008 was 26.6% and 505 adults...
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Recent IGC research by Jessica Gottlieb (Stanford University) examines whether improving citizen information about both the responsibilities of local government and how democratic accountability works can lead to changes in voter behaviour.
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Basic education in Libya and literacy levels are among the highest in the Arab region. However, current education does not provide a job-ready work force because the education system is disconnected from the demands of the job market. Previous education policy decisions are having a negative effect in important areas for business such as IT and foreign languages. Also continuous professional development is almost non-existent (i.e. during its isolation Libya’s doctors could not update...
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Knowledge of climate change that increases weather-related risk to agricultural production is critical for communities depending on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture in rural communities in Kenya is highly dependent on rainfall, which has been diminishing over time. Most scientific studies have focused on perceptions and adaptations at the local level; however, limited studies have explored local perceptions in ways that are robust, synergistic, and could have practical...
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African Journal of Education and Technology Sujet : The purpose of the African Journal of Education and Technology is to facilitate intellectual discussions, research analysis, and pragmatic studies and critiques leading to the formulation of policies and suggestions for the improvement of educational development across the world with specific attention to Africa. AJET seeks to develop new theoretical and practical insights into the educational development in Africa and to contribute to t...
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Volunteering in developing countries is becoming popular for pharmacists and student pharmacists. Additionally, students may receive academic credit for these experiences. It is rare, however, for these internships to be structured and precepted by a practising pharmacist with significant experience working in the local environment. This letter reports a structured practical experience in Ghana for six student pharmacists from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada), who received...
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Disability is often mentioned in discussions of slave health, mistreatment and abuse, but constructs of how "able" and "disabled" bodies influenced the institution of slavery has gone largely overlooked. This volume uncovers a history of disability in African American slavery from the primary record, analyzing how concepts of race, disability, and power converged in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. Slaves with physical and mental impairments often faced unique...
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We study a randomized educational intervention in 550 households in 26 matched villages in two Kenyan districts. The intervention provided parents with information about their children’s performance on literacy and numeracy tests, and materials about how to become more involved in improving their children’s learning. We find the provision of such information had no discernible impact on either private or collective action. In discussing these findings, we articulate a causal chain linking...
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The neuropathogenesis of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may manifest as various neurocognitive impairments (NCI). HIV-positive individuals also have significantly shorter telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and CD8+ T cells compared to HIV-negative individuals. Additionally, reduced TL has been found to be associated with chronic psychological stress. This study focused on the effects of HIV-infection and chronic stress associated with childhood trauma...
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Uganda is one of the few African countries with a functional national assessment system. Established in 2003, the National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE) Program is executed by the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB). The program uses a learning outcomes measurement framework to annually measure achievement in literacy and numeracy proficiency on the basis of a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of learners from the primary three (P3) and primary six (P6)...
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This chapter reports on a recent educational initiative involving academics from Ghanaian universities and members of an informal sector community of woodworking artisans. This pilot project examined how social and technological innovations, including open educational resources (OERs) might be used to create new learning experiences that were capable of addressing the artisans’ context-specific enterprise development needs. The concluding discussion identifies a number of practical lessons...