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Abstract The paper begins by looking at the ‘context of practice’: the programmes of the SRCD are briefly described and even more briefly the dominant (global) socio-economic trends as they impact on ours and other tertiary institutions. Because it is important in order to make sense of the programme we then attempt to provide a detailed profile of our students. The central questions with which we grapple, viz., the problems encountered in the curriculum activities designed to enable...
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The impact of physical disability in the developing world is a tremendous health issue. The developing world presents many challenges in the lives of these people, many who cope without rehabilitative care. To determine how disabled people manage in this setting, 49 mobility-impaired Ugandans were interviewed. Functional capacity was assessed by determining the severity of lower extremity impairment and identifying the use of assistive devices and personal assistance needed in activities of...
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A total of 100 African American undergraduate students were given the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ) (Fitzgerald et al., 1988) and an open-ended question assessing experiences of sexual harassment. Results showed a significant frequency of sexual imposition (19%), particularly sexual touching. Participants also clearly delineated a new category of sexual harassment previously untapped by largely Caucasian studies: comments or sexual attention based solely on racial stereotypes or...
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(1999). The role of English in education in Mozambique. English Academy Review: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 44-53.
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This article reports on exploratory ethnographic research on language acquisition and use in a village located in the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon. The study indicates that members of this community share several beliefs and practices related to multilingual communicative competence and its development. In the school attended by children of this village, classroom practices of communication and language socialization differ significantly from those of the community. Discontinuities between...
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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsJerome E. MorrisJerome E. Morris is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Foundations of Education at the University of Georgia with a special interest in how desegregation processes impact the education of African American students.Ellen GoldringEllen Goldring is Professor of Educational Leadership at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, whose research focus is organization...
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The study utilized a multiple discrepancy approach to examine modernity as a correlate of subjective well-being in a sample of 110 Zimbabwean college students (44 males; 66 females) aged 24 to 58 years. Measures of subjective well-being covered satisfaction with life, domain of life satisfaction, frequency of emotional experiences, positive and negative affect. Students gave actual and ideal ratings of their subjective well-being and with comparison to their ideal person or desirability. The...
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Before independence, the Zimbabwe Republic police force worked in a Law and Order approach. After independence, policing was to involve popular participation. Community Relations Liaison Officers were trained in systemic counselling skills to equip them for the work. Case vignettes show both the challenges and police response.
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This study assesses the impact of an HIV training curriculum administered to 515 secondary students aged 15-18 years in Namibia. The curriculum provided information not only on HIV and AIDS but also on reproductive biology relationship violence and alcohol and substance abuse as well as training in cross-gender communication. Among the total population 262 received the HIV training and 253 acted as controls. Risk assessment prior to the training revealed that at baseline the two groups had...
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Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 896, Issue 1 p. 335-337 Education, Income, Wealth, and Health among Whites and African Americans JOAN M. OSTROVE, Corresponding Author JOAN M. OSTROVE Health Psychology Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA Current address: Joan M. Ostrove, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USA.address for correspondence: Joan M. Ostrove, Ph.D., Department of...
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In this pilot study approximately one-quarter of a nonrandom community sample of 16 men and 34 women of lower socioeconomic status reported scores implicating moderate to severe depression and anxiety. Higher age and lower education were associated with higher scores on distress.
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A study using a combination of three techniques of qualitative research (nominal group, focus group, interview) was carried out in 1996 among 72 health professionals that occupy a position of responsibility at the level of the wilayas of Fes and Marrakech (Morocco). For the entirety of the study, 14 meetings were held with experts (administrators, nurses, doctors and delegates).To study the advantages and limitations of a combinatory approach that triangulates three methods of qualitative...
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The decision to undertake this study was based on the belief that both time management and the time-allocation framework of the academic year of South African technikons, specifically as regards journalism, public relations and mass communications programmes, needs substantial organisational and functional restructuring to come to terms with radically changed societal, economical, political and educational realities. Legitimacy, quality assurance and resources are the three main...
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Thesis (Ph.D.(Agric.)) – University of Stellenbosch, 1999.%%%%ENGLISH SUMMARY: Drought is considered, worldwide, to be the most important factor limiting crop yields. Spring wheat produced in the Western Cape region of South Africa is also affected by water stress. The onset of global warming may cause periods of water stress in the winter rainfall regions of South Africa more frequently, which makes it important to identify spring wheat cultivars that can withstand these conditions. The...
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Abstract This paper reports a comparative study of attitudes to the aims of practical work given by science teachers from Egypt, Korea and the UK. The ratings of aims given by specific groups of teachers can be used to characterize those groups. The characterizations can be interpreted from knowledge of the conditions in which teachers work. The choice of aims reflects pedagogic practice. The UK teachers have attitudes to aims for practical that reflect current concerns in the UK for...