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In this study we used Virtual Reality (VR) technology to provide an immersive interactive learning experience for undergraduate public health students in the UK and Lebanon.Students carried out a problem-based learning exercise around public health challenges faced by Syrian refugees in Lebanon.In the wider context of a Virtual Student Exchange programme small, mixed nationality groups were connected by Skype, WhatsApp and other technologies to research specific healthcare requirements for...

The prevalence of teenage pregnancy among school-girls in the education of the girl-child has become alarming because of the sayings that goes that educate a woman and you educate a nation. Yet the girl-child are often faced with challenges of access, equality, performance and laggers in terms of schooling. The study sought to establish the prevalence and consequences of teenage pregnancy among school girls in Calabar metropolis in Cross River State, Nigeria. One research question was...

Objective: There is an increased interest in looking at gender differences in health and disease, including oral health. This study assessed the gender differences in oral health habits among first year undergraduate students. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study of first year undergraduate students with data collated using an interviewer administered questionnaire which elicited information on socio demographic characteristics of the participants, mouth cleaning habits and...

Climate change affects men and women differently, specifically in income-related to activities. In the case of market gardening, cropping techniques, input costs and quantities used vary according to sex. This work analyzes economic justice in this context of unequal access to resources by gender. The regression analysis on data collected from actors in the market gardening sector showed that women have lower incomes than men because their production related to climate change are too low....

Background: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a key strategy promoting rational antimicrobial use.In Zambia, information on health professionals' knowledge, attitude, and practice of AMS is limited.This study was undertaken to address this at Zambia's leading specialised teaching hospitals.Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study involving 137 physicians and 61 pharmacists.Results: AMS knowledge was relatively low among physicians (51%) and pharmacists (39%).Few physicians (9%) and...

본고는 탈구화하는 음악 교육 환경에 있어 대중음악과 세계음악 교육과 관련된 이론적 쟁점들을 재고찰해 보려는 의도에서 작성되었다. 이 탈구화라는 것은 세계화라는 사회변화의 맥락에 따른 자연스러운 변화로서, 우리가 음악 교육을 통해 성취해야 할 역량으로 제시되는 ‘도덕적 세계시민으로서의 경험’이라는 것과 맞닿아 있다. 이렇듯 타자의 음악문화를 연구한다는 것은 본질적으로 비교의 방법론을 내포하고 있는 것이지만, 비교방법론을 다루는 다양한 학문들이 제국주의, 식민주의와 같은 역사특수적 이원론(지배자와 하위주체) 구조 속에서 다소 굴절되었다는 상황 인식이 본 연구의 동기가 되었 다. 각론에서는 이러한 지배/저항의 고답적 이분법을 떠나, 학교의 교실이라는 유형학적 공통점을 배경으로 한국과 서아프리카 그리고 북서유럽의 사례 들을 비교문화적으로 제시하고 그를 바탕으로 기존의 제국주의식 교육구조와는 다른 대안적, 중립적 의미에서 세계적 경험을 구체적으로 제안하고자 하였 다. 연구 과정에서...

This paper addressed the factors affecting ICT adoption in a survey of 300 public and private secondary school students in Ogun state, Nigeria. Likert Scale self- designed questionnaire was the instrument of data collection. Data collected were analysed using frequency, scores, percentage scores, total weighted values and factor analysis. The ungrouped factors obtained using the mean weighted values were grouped into five dimensions using the factor analysis. The research showed that five...

The radio is a powerful audio aid and an important media for education. It is one of the most effective means of imparting education to a large number of people. The work of scientists such as Nikola Tesla, Guglielmo Marconi, Lee De Forest and others are credited with all forms of radio broadcasting which started in the late 1800s. in the early days the radio was mainly used by the military during the first and second world wars. This paper traces the historical development and evolution of...

The application of an appropriate teaching methodology plays an important role in the acquisition of language skills. Soft skills such as oral and listening skills are all important for young adults who are about to enter the working world. However, soft skills are not well captured in the curriculum at the university level. Thus, employing Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) may hinder learners from noticing these important skills that are useful in real life. This study aims to demonstrate...

Pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) is one of the key measurements of quality education. This article presents the pupil-teacher ratio for 133 public primary schools in a local government area (LGA) of Ogun State, Nigeria. The data were obtained from a complete enumeration of the records of each school. It was discovered that the average PTR obtained from the data analysis is higher than the national average. Using PTR equals 35 as a benchmark of Nigeria, only 25 (19%) schools out of the 133 schools...

Abstract: This study aims at specifying the concepts of modern geographical techniques that should be included in geography books in secondary schools through analysing the content in the light of modern geographical techniques which this study arrives at. The list includes 36 concepts divided into two main fields: remote sensing technology and geographical information technology. The list is characterized with credibility and constancy enough for the purpose of this study. This study is...

South African schools are finding electricity costly in terms of money that could be spent on the primary purpose of educating children, but they tend not to be proactive about these costs. Managing the monthly bills is a huge task: the usage numbers on the bill are incomprehensible, the time-of-use tariff structure is bewilderingly complex, and the person who deals with payments is usually an overburdened teacher. This paper describes a controlled behavioural experiment carried out at five...

Intestinal helminthiasis, a health problem in the developing world; is due to factors that promote their survival and transmission, with children at the highest risk.Using direct wet preparation and Formol-Ether concentration techniques; survey carried out revealed an overall prevalence rate of 34.8%.These parasites were identified with their corresponding rates: hookworms -26.8%,Ascaris lumbricoides -9.4%, Strongyloides stecoralis -1.7%, Trichuris trichura -1.7%, Enterobius vermicularis...

This article evaluates a “real-time” simulation where students role-play a United Nations Security Council negotiation over humanitarian intervention in Syria. This simulation is undertaken in a large introductory International Relations (IR) subject. The article argues that in order to achieve deep learning outcomes across the diverse, contemporary cohort of first-year university students, active learning approaches need to be employed that engage differing learning styles and preferences....

Background: Most electronic resource (e-resource) studies have been undertaken in universities because e-resources are crucial in enhancing students’ research and learning activities. However, there is a paucity of e-resources research in postgraduate theological universities, particularly in Ghana. This study, therefore, investigated students’ level of use of e-resources at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture. Objectives: The study’s specific objectives were to...

Abstract Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are still common in low-income countries including Ethiopia, particularly in children due to low-quality drinking water, poor personal and environmental sanitation. Disabled individuals are excluded from most academic, economic, social and cultural opportunities, they are among the poorest and most marginalized of the whole world’s people. The aim of this study wasto assess the prevalenceof intestinal parasitic infections and associated...

Remote sensing data proved to be a valuable resource in a variety of earth science applications. Using high-dimensional data with advanced methods such as machine learning algorithms (MLAs), a sub-domain of artificial intelligence, enhances lithological mapping by spectral classification. Support vector machines (SVM) are one of the most popular MLAs with the ability to define non-linear decision boundaries in high-dimensional feature space by solving a quadratic optimization problem. This...

Abstract In the context of recent climate changes and their impact on the vegetation cover in the southern shore of the Mediterranean, this paper deals with the potential distribution in the present and the future of the Aleppo pine in the north‐east of Algeria. Accordingly, this study focuses on modelling of the spatiotemporal distribution of the Aurasian Aleppo pine, by means of MaxEnt program. The models developed with MaxEnt showed good predictivity with AUC > 0.80 for the RCP 4.5 and...