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This study assessed and compared the physical fitness status of female students in private and public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State Nigeria. Purposive random technique was adopted to select 60 students from private and public secondary schools in the three education zones of the State. An ex-post facto research design was adopted, using Standardized Instruments to take measurements on physical fitness components from the subjects. The data obtained were analysed using Independent...
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The aim of this study was to establish the effect of using Bemba as Medium of Instruction (MoI) on the reading levels of grade two pupils in a predominantly Namwanga speaking area in Nakonde District. The research design was a case study. Qualitative methodology was used to collect and analyze data. The methods used were interviews, observations, focus group discussions and document analysis. Grade two pupils were only observed and are not part of the sample as there was no direct...
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Despite the remarkable awareness in Zimbabwe of the importance of Early Childhood Development and Education (ECD), there is insufficient motivation for communities, local authorities and central government to make strategic plans for universal position. The study was to unpack dilemmas and challenges related to the implementation of the ECD program and describe how they override them in support of the government policy of developing the whole child. The qualitative case study design was...
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Environmental learning is learning about, in and for the environment.With recent recordings of changes in rainfall patterns, environmental learning can enhance rain fed agriculturalists with sound knowledge and skills needed to cope with or manage environmental hazards such as drought.Exploring environmental learning for coping with drought among small scale farmers of Zambia's Luangwa district constituted the aim of this study.The study was informed by a critical realism paradigm as well as...
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Research on social entrepreneurship has sparked a responsive chord among researchers worldwide. Despite having a global presence, empirical research investigating the prevalence of social entrepreneurship in South Africa is still rare. The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether there are significant differences regarding the influence of gender and age on social entrepreneurship intentions among university students. A questionnaire was administered among 294 students from selected...
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This article explores the role of heritage as a motivation for learning Kiswahili as a foreign language at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Since publication of the works of Gardner and Lambert on language motivation in the 1970s, this aspect has dominated the area of second and foreign language learning. While initial studies on language learning motivation were focused on major western languages, such as English and French in Canada, in recent years the focus has shifted...
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Climate change is arguably one of the World’s gravest environmental and developmental challenge that has subsequently necessitated a re-contextualisation of many seemingly unrelated subjects such as poverty reduction, economic development, green growth, sustainability, equity and justice, trade, technology, investments and finance, and innovation. In Africa, managing climate change is hampered by Africa’s adaptation deficit as caused by a lack of institutional, financial or technological...
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The success of any school depends among others on the social capital including teachers, students, parents and other stakeholders who support the business of imparting knowledge. Satisfied and committed teachers impacts both on individual student performance and general academic standards of the school. The study explored job satisfaction among primary school teachers in relation to certain demographic variables. The objective of this study was therefore to examine the influence of...
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The study sought to establish Zimbabwe university lecturers’ and students’ views on academic dishonesty with a focus on the forms of academic dishonesty practised by undergraduate students, reasons for the dishonesty and ways of minimising the dishonesty. A survey design was used. Thirty one lecturers and 77 second and third year Bachelor of Arts undergraduate students participated in the study. Frequencies and percentages were used in the analysis of the data. The study established that a...
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A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Master Degree of Education at Mzumbe University. 2016
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The chapter is interested in the contemporary strategies of inclusive growth through greening economies by advocating a case for policies, strategies and programmes that promote sustainable urban growth.
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Symptom-free human immunodeficiency virus antibody-negative Zambian adults (51 subjects, aged 20 to 62 years, 33.3% women and 66.7% men) were studied to establish T cell subset reference ranges.We carried out across sectional study at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka. Blood samples were collected from healthy donor volunteers from hospital health care staff, between February and March 2015. Immunopheno typing was undertaken to characterize Tcell subsets using the markers CD3, CD4,...
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The purpose of the study was to examine the factors inhibiting learning Mathematical skills among the hearing impaired pupils in selected Basic Schools in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to: investigate the factors inhibiting the learning of Mathematical skills among the hearing impaired pupils; find out the Mathematical skills taught to the hearing impaired pupils; examine the instructional strategies used in teaching Mathematical skills to the hearing impaired pupils; assess the...
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The main purpose of this study was to find out the role of guidance in academic performance of learners in five selected secondary schools in Kasama District. The research further looked at the challenges encountered by both teachers and learners in the providing and receiving of guidance services, determined the types of services that are being offered and the effectiveness of such services in the process of carrying out such services. The total study population was 146, which comprised of...
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The study sought to ascertain whether the state of infrastructure and the learning environment in the upgraded secondary schools is supporting the provision of education. The objectives of the study, were to: determine the state of school infrastructure in up-graded secondary schools; determine the state of the learning environment in upgraded secondary schools and identify the strategies schools have employed in providing education in upgraded secondary schools. The study used the case...