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This paper presents an overview of the current nursing education system in Mauritius. There are strong indicators for a complete restructuring of the curriculum and a revisiting of ways and means of programme delivery. With the existing facilities of a Centre for Distance Learning and a newly created Virtual Centre for Innovative Learning Technology, the University of Mauritius is positioning itself to play a leading role in providing a new programme in nursing education through distance education.

Extracted from text ... `IGUN IFLOP': GUN FREE SOUTH AFRICA WORK WITH YOUTH IN SCHOOLS1 Margy Keegan 2 Gun Free South Africa Gun violence has a significant, negative impact on youth in South Africa. Hundreds of children under 17 years are killed each year as a result of gunshot wounds, and for youth 15 years and older guns are the primary cause of non-natural death (Matzopoulos, 2002). Although there are no comprehensive national statistics on gunshot injuries, the exposure of young people...

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Third Edition (ECERS-3) is the latest version of one of the most widely used observational tools for assessing the quality of classrooms serving preschool-aged children. This study was the first assessment of its factor structure and validity, an important step given its widespread use. An ECERS-3 observation was conducted in 1063 preschool classrooms in three states. In a subset of those classrooms (n = 119), Classroom Assessment Scoring System...

Extracted from text ... Short communications TRAUMA TEAM TRAINING COURSE: EVALUATION OF UGANDAN IMPLEMENTATION Ronald Lett 1 Canadian Network for International Surgery Olive Kobusingye Injury Control Center and Makerere University Narathius Asingwire Department of Sociology, Makerere University Freddie Ssengooba Institute of Public Health, Makerere University The training of emergency personnel is an important contribution to the care of the trauma patient. The World Health Organization is...

Narghile (waterpipe) smoking is increasing in all Arab societies, but little is known about its pattern of use.In 2003, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among students at Aleppo University using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. A representative sample of 587 students participated (278 males, 309 females; mean age 21.8 +/- 2.1 years; response rate 98.8%).Ever narghile smoking was seen among 62.6% of men and 29.8% of women, while current smoking was seen among 25.5% of men and...

The paper identifies the problems associated with the establishment of Satellite Campus by majority of Nigerian Universities. The nation is aware of the decay inflicted on university education by some of the ubiquitous study centers. The paper, therefore, discusses the possibility of achieving higher functional literacy through distance education system and stresses the importance of functional library facilities in the programme. The paper finally suggests ways and means which the...

In the absence of a credible vaccine and cure for AIDS and continuing increase in awareness and number of HIV/AIDS victims in Nigeria (from 2 cases in 1986 to 4 million cases in 2002) avoidance of infection through negative attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) remains the most viable health seeking strategy for individuals living in Nigeria today. Determining the attitude of people most especially that of university undergraduate students is important so that their risk...

Following the implementation of the new Curriculum 2005, outcomes‐based education, professional development is one of South Africa's national goals in the continuing reform of its education system. Most school teachers are not familiar with teaching outcomes‐based education and need training to be able to do so. Project UNIVEMALASHI, a district‐level systemic reform initiative for teacher development has been successful in improving the content knowledge, skills and attitudes of 110...

The study investigated stress events, perceived stress and social support in relation to various common health behaviours among black South African students. The sample included 624 students: 314 Grade 12 Secondary school students and 310 third year social science university students in South Africa. The study found a low prevalence of healthy behaviour, which was inversely related to psychological symptoms and depressive symptoms and positively related to social support and perceived...

Previous articleNext article No AccessCurrent Studies on South American Languages. Edited by Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort. Indigenous Languages of Latin America (ILLA) 3. Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, 2002. Pp. 344. (Paper.)Julio Calvo PérezJulio Calvo PérezUniversitat de València Search for more articles by this author Universitat de ValènciaPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload...

This is a sociolinguistic study of the emotional responses of male and female undergraduate students of a Nigerian university using English as an L2. It reports the verbal mapping of these responses in terms of vocabulary choice within some selected topics and attempts to correlate vocabulary usage to speakers’ sex. The contexts, which can be appraised to cause emotional responses, include talking about love/joy, morality/guilt and so forth. According to Coon (2001), an emotional stimulus...

At Jimma University educational goals are to apply the concept of community-oriented education through community-based education (CBE) of health students. This study examined the experiences of student nurses on CBE.The aims of the study were to identify factors that students considered had helped or hindered their learning on CBE and to ascertain if the stated learning objectives were met.A quantitative, descriptive, survey design was adopted, using a single, anonymous questionnaire. Some...

This study describes the experiences of a group of nursing students from Sweden in a hospital in Tanzania. Students were interviewed on their return after the trip. Although students experienced considerable upheaval and frustration working in a different context, they learned valuable lessons as to how nursing can be conducted in conditions entirely different from those familiar to them. They attempted to understand the value and behavioral divergences they encountered, yet values of their...

Cheating in examinations in Zimbabwe’s education system has lately been widely reported in the media. This is a problem that is a disgrace not only for the culprit but also a reflection of similar levels of immorality in the wider society. This study set to find out from students, who themselves are part of the problem, their views on the nature of, the extent of and motives for malpractice in their schoolwork. The study, which used a qualitative design, collected views from 460 students...

Over the years, thousands of students have left Africa to pursue theological doctorates in Christian institutions of higher learning around the world. The study reported in this paper endeavored to understand their experiences and articulate their needs and aspirations. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 23 African students and were analyzed using grounded theory procedures. The emerging profile revealed African students in pursuit of theological doctorates to be...