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Art education in Zimbabwe has a rather negative image which dates back to the colonial era. Art was usually confined to wealthy urban schools and taught mostly to white students. The subject was often used as a dumping ground for nonachievers and girls (who had few career options available to them outside of marriage). As a result art was considered an expensive and non‐academic subject in former Rhodesia. The situation did not improve after independence. Art still retains a poor image and...

Letters to the EditorPrevalence of Intestinal Parasites among School Children in Deir El-Balah Town in Gaza Strip, Palestine Adnan Ibrahim Al-HindiMD Adnan Ibrahim Al-Hindi Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, The Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Gaza, Palestine Search for more papers by this author Published Online:1 May 2002https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2002.273SectionsPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked...

Based on focus group discussions held with students at rural secondary schools in Lesotho and Zimbabwe, this paper argues that secondary schools provide important spaces for the (re)construction of gendered identities among rural girls in southern Africa. Central to processes of identity formation in rural secondary schools are normative discourses centring on notions of `culture' and `equal rights'. These discourses are (re)produced in secondary schools and are appropriated by students in...

This paper reports on the social relations of rural African American early adolescents and the initial impact of a multilevel universal intervention program aimed at enhancing the productive school engagement of at-risk youth. Students' school social relations were assessed with social cognitive mapping procedures that yield information on peer group membership and social network centrality (i.e., prominence in the social structure). Risk status was determined by cluster analysis of teacher...

An important development in the post-apartheid South Africa was a departure from apartheid education through an outcomes-based curriculum reform. This resulted in several structural and policy tensions within the system. This paper highlights how these tensions have played themselves out and shows how government and stakeholders have addressed the challenges emanating from them. The paper argues that the tensions that dominated the post-apartheid curriculum reform have resulted in a...

An important development in the post-apartheid South Africa was a departure from apartheid education through an outcomes-based curriculum reform. This resulted in several structural and policy tensions within the system. This paper highlights how these tensions have played themselves out and shows how government and stakeholders have addressed the challenges emanating from them. The paper argues that the tensions that dominated the post-apartheid curriculum reform have resulted in a...

An important development in the post-apartheid South Africa was a departure from apartheid education through an outcomes-based curriculum reform. This resulted in several structural and policy tensions within the system. This paper highlights how these tensions have played themselves out and shows how government and stakeholders have addressed the challenges emanating from them. The paper argues that the tensions that dominated the post-apartheid curriculum reform have resulted in a...

An important development in the post-apartheid South Africa was a departure from apartheid education through an outcomes-based curriculum reform. This resulted in several structural and policy tensions within the system. This paper highlights how these tensions have played themselves out and shows how government and stakeholders have addressed the challenges emanating from them. The paper argues that the tensions that dominated the post-apartheid curriculum reform have resulted in a...

The status of adult education in Swaziland was examined. Data were collected through a survey of 100 practitioners at 20 institutions that elicited 66 usable responses (response rate, 66%), consultative meetings with leading scholars in adult education inside and outside Swaziland, and a review of pertinent documents and literature. Key findings were as follows: (1) all 20 educational institutions except CARITAS provided adult education; (2) adult education's clientele included male and...

Acta PaediatricaVolume 91, Issue 5 p. 502-504 Beyond education and food: psychosocial well-being of orphans in Africa G Foster, Corresponding Author G Foster Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare, ZimbabweGeoff Foster, Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare, Zimbabwe (E-mail. [email protected])Search for more papers by this author G Foster, Corresponding Author G Foster Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare, ZimbabweGeoff...

Acta PaediatricaVolume 91, Issue 5 p. 502-504 Beyond education and food: psychosocial well-being of orphans in Africa G Foster, Corresponding Author G Foster Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare, ZimbabweGeoff Foster, Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare, Zimbabwe (E-mail. gfoster@syscom.co.zw)Search for more papers by this author G Foster, Corresponding Author G Foster Department of Paediatrics, Mutare Provincial Hospital, Mutare,...

In cases of sudden, reversible hearing loss where perilymphatic fistulas are thought to be the cause, a multitude of causes have been postulated. These include perilymphatic pressure changes, Simmons' double-break theory, perilymphatic hemorrhage, pneumolabyrinth, and others. This study was proposed to explore the role pneumolabyrinth may have in this pathology. Guinea pigs were fitted with cochlear perfusion pumps pumping artificial perilymph into the left scala tympani. One group of...

In the current phase of our history, crises abound in many spheres of life - political, ecological, economic, personal, and so on. When crises manifest themselves in society we often turn to education as a panacea for addressing these societal ills as if 'education' might not be part of the problem. All education is ideological in the sense that an educational activity can not be neutral. Educational ideologies have shaped different approaches to environmental education, and have influenced...

This book is generalized around the topic of university student protests and political change. The dearth of scholarly work on issues that are related to education was one reason for this study. This scholarly analysis of the dynamics between university students and autocratic political and military governments is significant in that regard. Much of Sierra Leone's educational history has been forgotten because the pursuit of such studies was considered to be a luxury.