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Nature is replete with repetitive patterns in diminishing scales. Similarly, cultures produce recursive patterns that characterize their specific social, cultural, economic and political organisation. These self-similar, variously scaled and mostly infinitive patterns are called fractals. The uniqueness of African fractals emanates from the culture of the African peoples. Particular elements of these fractals have contributed immensely in mathematical learning especially in modern computing....

This study aims to evaluate the nutritional status of adolescents attending two secondary schools in Gagnoa (Côte d'Ivoire) based on anthropometric parameters.A sample of 184 adolescents was recruited in the secondary schools 1 and 2 of Gagnoa.Measurements of body mass and height were made using a scale and a measuring board equipped with a tape measure respectively.Anthropometric indices (height-for-age Z-score and BMI-forage Z-score) were calculated according to the WHO (2007) growth...

Weather conditions, especially temperature and precipitation, play a critical role in shaping patterns of diarrhoeal diseases. They determine the frequency of outbreaks, and the spatial and seasonal distribution of cases. Not surprisingly, it is anticipated that the burden of diarrhoeal diseases will escalate with climate change, in tandem with gradual increments in mean temperatures, but also during episodic heatwaves. The degree and nature of this escalation will, however, vary with...

Introduction: South Africa, like many countries, has been experiencing an increase in the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and is amongst the top five countries with a high number of diabetes mellitus cases. Home Based Carers (HBCs) have been involved in the care of people with diabetes because of the need for efficient and cost-effective use of healthcare resources, especially in low-income countries. Previous research showed that HBCs are insufficiently trained in T2DM which...

This study has investigated the level of physical facilities adequacy and instructional resources utilization for teaching and learning effectiveness in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs. A mixed method design was adopted for the study. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study. A sample of 703 participants, which comprised 85 lecturers and 615 undergraduate students while three Heads of Department were purposively selected from Department...

CITATION: Garira, E., Howie, S. & Plomp, T. 2019. An analysis of quality of education and its evaluation : a case of Zimbabwean primary schools. South African Journal of Education, 39(2):Art.#1644, doi:10.15700/saje.v39n2a1644.

This paper seeks to recommend a democratic model to curriculum development in Algeria that involves teachers by combining top-down government directives with bottom-up teachers-based creativities. More explicitly, the paper aims at exploring and identifying perceptions of secondary school EFL teachers’ on their implementation of 2003 curriculum reform. The paper also aims at revealing barriers to their autonomy and involvement in curriculum development in order to pave the way for an...

The performance of the mainstream media in Kenya is closely blamed on its relationship with the level of journalism training.Studies demonstrate that appropriate training provides journalists with the knowledge and skills to write accurate, fair, balanced and impartial stories (Mbeke, 2010).This study's main objective was to understand whether media training has been sufficient for the competence of journalists who work at the Standard Group.A qualitative approach was applied and an...

Framed within Schein’s culture model, this study re-centres teacher culture as a key variable in pedagogic settings. Teachers’ cultures or basic assumptions in a culturally diverse desegregated school are explored as a crucial dictate in the emergence of the context in which teaching and learning materialises. Through engagement in a focused ethnographic exploration, life sciences teachers’ basic/fundamental assumptions in desegregated classrooms are identified and interpretively explored to...

Information seeking behaviour is the collection of actions which people take to identify, seek, evaluate, select and use information to satisfy their information needs. People seek information to enable them to deal with a current need or build their knowledge base. Private school students in Kenya have unique demographic and psychographic attributes defined by their age and geographical contexts. These attributes influence their information needs as well as information seeking behaviour....

Nigeria higher education institutions (NHEIs) are facing a number of challenges that border on corporate governance (CG) practices. CG includes the issues of autonomy and accountability. In developed and developing countries, autonomy is being extended to HEIs for flexibility in fulfilling the mandate of teaching, research and community service. This paper explores CG culture and its challenges in NHEIs. A qualitative survey research method was employed through structured interviews of...

The decision to migrate for (ostensibly) educational purposes, is often accompanied by psycho-social feelings of fear, sadness, guilt, pride, happiness and courage. In this report, which is part of a larger study concerning Nigerian student migration to China, five Nigerian university students discuss their motivations for leaving home and studying in China. Students were interviewed on several occasions either on the campus of their university in Guangdong province, China, or in another...

The paper analyses the nature of Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) mission education among the Bakgatla ba Kgafela of the Rustenburg District, South Africa. The emphasis of education was religious. A senior DRC missionary expressed the aim of education succinctly: “The purpose of education is to develop understanding, empathy and to win the children for Jesus Christ” (Maree, 1966: 65-66). The Bakgatla resented this racist policy, calling for the broadening of the curriculum, but unsuccessfully....

The present study aims at investigating the tension between Keyword methods of teaching to root analysis in teaching EFL students’ vocabulary recalling. Since the design of the study is quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test, two intact groups that comprised a total of 80 students participated in the study. Grade 11 section ‘C’ Students (n=40) were assigned as the experimental group and grade 11section’D’ students (n=40) were assigned as a control group by a lottery technique. The...

IntroductionNigerian society has in recent times been plagued by many social ills but the most worrisome one which is ravaging our educational system is examination malpractice.It constitutes one of the evils of the land because it threatens to uproot the very foundation of our education system which has been the avenue for inculcating moral and ethical values to our youths (Omu, 2007).It is a phenomenon that appears to have graduated from the petty favour that schools offer to their...

Climate change and variability threatens food security globally making life uncertain mostly for agropastoral communities in semi-arid areas.This has necessitated exploration of designed pathways with potentials to increase resilience among agro-pastoralists.This work investigates agro-pastoralists' innovative pathways for enhancing resilience to the impacts of climate change and variability in Kiteto and Kilindi districts.Mixed method research approach under correlation case study design...