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This paper contains a review of the small literature on the association of rural/urban residence and attainment of distance conservation among African children and an account of a study of the age at which children in Sierra Leone, West Africa, attain conservation. 150 children from the ages of 8 to 18 years, from rural and urban schools, were assigned Piagetian tasks to judge their conservation of distance. Analysis showed that at 11 + years, conservation was observed and that there was no...
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Abstract This paper reviews and explains the perceptions of a specific group of teachers in South Africa—white English‐speaking teachers. The analysis, based on research conducted during 1986‐1987, investigates the context in which these teachers perceive their subordination and articulate their interests. The discursive approach which is used here poses the notion of white English‐speaking teacher as a construction of social identity which is contingent in the historical sense and is a...
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African American enrollments in private schools are increasing (Benson, 1991). Although the majority of African American students remain in public schools, it is clear that for a growing number of African American families private schooling is viewed as a viable option (Institute for Independent Education, 1990). This trend has deepened scholarly interest in the utilization of private school options by African Americans (see, for example, Slaughter & Johnson, 1988). To discern more clearly...
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Recognition and acceptance of Africanity theory in schools of nursing curricular has been presented as one strategy to address the needs of the student in general and the ethnic minority student in particular. It was postulated that acceptance of the legitimacy of African-American culture would facilitate the recognition of the unique attributes of other sub cultures. Factors such as the (a) prevailing nursing shortage and (b) the changing applicant pool demand that nursing develop and...
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These Notes provide a brief report of the early stages of a project providing open and distance training to people working with children in residential-care institutions; the Child Care Open Learning Programme in Uganda, developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and Save the Children Fund (UK). The author discusses the outcomes and lessons learned. The Programme demonstrates that distance learning can be a cost-effective way of building skills among those traditionally...