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At the University of the Free State (UFS) blended learning (a combination of face-to-face and online modes of delivery) is regarded as a relatively new practice with possibilities of addressing many of the context-specific teaching and learning problems at the institution. During the planning phase for the third cycle of an action inquiry project the researcher decided to subject some of the multitude of findings, gathered over the first two cycles, to scrutiny by fellow online / blended...

This study focused on Internet access and usage by staff and students in the University of Jos Main Library. It investigated monthly number of users that queued to access Internet monthly and the number of users who actually had access to use the Internet between January – December 2006. Other things investigated include users satisfaction of the use of Internet, gender percentages as well as percentages of staff and students that used the Internet during the period. The study also...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current status and challenges of collaboration in library and information education and training in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper largely draws examples from experiential knowledge and observation; basic bibliometric analysis; and studying related institutional documents as well as African studies in the domain. Findings Most of the library and information studies (LIS) schools are based in Anglophone Africa and located...

Since the World Conference on Higher Education organized by UNESCO in 1998, higher educational institutions around the world have been called upon to produce educators (teachers) who are able to motivate their learners to: (1) develop an awareness about, and a valid understanding of the Nature of Science (NOS); and (2) relate such knowledge to the worldviews prevalent in their communities. In the pursuance of that aim and in response to the emergence of multicultural classrooms in many parts...

The study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices relating to HIV/AIDS among adolescents attending both categories of schools. Structured questionnaire was administered by a multistage sampling technique to 600 pupils and students, selected from six Junior Secondary Schools and three Senior Secondary Schools from different towns in the Kwaebibirem district in Ghana. A total of 531 (92.2%) agreed that sexual promiscuity is on the ascendancy among adolescents. The overall...

Abstract In Malawi, Rastafari students are prevented from attending public schools on account of their dreadlocks. This article seeks to analyse a framework for assessing whether Rastafari qualifies as a religion under section 33 of the Constitution of Malawi. The article argues that Rastafari is a recognized religion and that its sincere adherents should have full protection under the Constitution of Malawi, as do members of other religious groups. The article discusses potential problems...

The DRC, formerly Zaire, is a large country in central Africa roughly equal to the size of Western Europe. It is exceedingly rich in natural resources such as gold, copper, diamonds, petroleum and coltan (Columbite-tantalite)—the vital ingredient in cell phones, jet engines and computer chips. The country’s infrastructure, including the healthcare system, was left in tatters after decades of corruption under Mobutu’s dictatorship (1965-1997). By the time his rule ended, the country was so...

Thirty regular school children with functional articulation and phonological disorders, aged 7; 0 to 17; 11, were involved in the study. They were screened for speech defects from selected schools in the Kumasi metropolis. Effects of maturation were controlled for by the inclusion of only children of seven years and above who had reached their limit for spontaneous acquisition of phonemes by adult standards. The study investigated the children's age versus their school grades, their class...

Modeling studies and paleoclimate data of the mid‐Holocene provide strong evidence of abrupt climate change over northern Africa. Regional climate model simulations are used to isolate and diagnose the role of interactions between vegetation and the dynamics of the West African summer monsoon in generating abrupt climate change. Simulations with both fixed and interactive vegetation distributions are included. The modeled climate is largely insensitive to the latitude of the desert border...

Secondary school students are a high risk group for HIV transmission. They could also be easily reached with health education interventions. There is as yet no global consensus on the nature, content and effectiveness of this intervention among this group. It is also not known how effective this intervention is in reducing sexual risk behaviour among secondary school students in our environment. The aim of the study was to find out the impact of HIV/AIDS health education intervention on the...

SUMMARY In Sub-Saharan Africa, cowpea is well known for its ability to survive under conditions of water stress and it plays an important role in regions where drought is the factor most limiting to crop yield. In the present study, the drought tolerance levels of 20 African cowpea accessions from three countries were evaluated. A number of the genotypes showed drought tolerance, the merits of stomatal behaviour and cell membrane stability to assess drought tolerance was demonstrated. Damage...

Background: Hepatits B virus (HBV) is the most common blood borne pathogen that poses an occupational risk to Health-care workers. The incidence of infection following needle stick injury has been reported to be high among medical students. Effective vaccines against HBV are available. The aim of this study was to determine the vaccination status and prevalence of needlestick injury among medical students in a tertiary institution in a developing country (Nigeria). Method: Information...

Background: Some authors demonstrate that exclusively breastfed infants have growth patterns comparable with the NCHS standards while others conclude that exclusively breastfed infants grow slower. These conflicting results informed the need for this study to aid the paediatricians and health workers to justify or condemn the recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for six months. This was a prospective longitudinal study carried out to determine the growth pattern of exclusively breastfed...

Questions about gifted learners and the best way to teach them to face expected challenges is often a source of controversy. This is because old stereotype curriculum and conventional instructional strategies may not be enough to give the needed stimulation. The study adopted the pre-test, post-test, control group quasi-experiment design in a 3 x 2 factorial matrix. The subjects for the study consisted of 75 SS II gifted students from eight secondary schools in Nigeria. Multistage sampling...

This study investigated the roles of gender, peer-group pressure and school-based factors in determining truancy behaviour among secondary school adolescents in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted, and three hypotheses were generated and tested in the study. Two hundred and ninety-eight (298) chronic truants (comprising 195 males and 103 females) identified in selected secondary schools in Ijebu-ode were used for the study. They responded to Non-School...

The purpose of this study was to investigate inclusive instructional practices and learning of students with hearing impairment in post secondary schools. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. Questionnaire was administered to 250 participants purposively selected in post secondary schools. 100 questionnaires for the teachers and 150 for the hearing impaired students were used in collecting the data. Descriptive statistics entailed frequency count, percentages, mean and...

The antenatal characteristics of 503 pregnant women attending maternal and child health clinics in Accra were studied to ascertain the influence of antenatal care on pregnancy outcome.Gestation age of first antenatal care attendance, duration of nutrients supplementation during pregnancy, infant birth-weight and level of education in relation to seeking early antenatal care were studied.A sub-sample comprising 128 were selected for a longitudinal study which assessed monthly haemoglobin...