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This paper discusses the issue of National Capacity Building Strategy in Learning and teaching in Nigerian Schools. The focus is on secondary school education system. The paper recognises quality education as one of the most widely used and spoken of concept in Nigeria. However, in Nigeria today, there is mounting concern about the state of schooling at all levels. It is in line with this that the paper looks at various strategies which can build up capacity for teachers as the major...
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In this paper we explore our emerging and evolving critical approaches to inclusive education development work in the postcolonial, global South context of Kenya. We use the concept of vector of similarity and continuity and vector of difference and rupture (Hall, 1990) as a lens to materialize the effects and tensions between the Northern academy and Southern indigenous knowledge in our own work. We present our work not as models of what to do or what not to do in development work. Rather...
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Abstract Although 2015 marks the target year for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations member states are in the process of defining a global development framework to succeed these goals, the MDGs nevertheless remain a development tool for countries’ wider development planning frameworks. In South Africa, various sectors, institutions and organisations are making efforts to attain these goals. Accordingly, the library and information sector is well placed to...
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The federally mandated educational climate created by programs such as No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2002) continues to motivate educational researchers and practitioners to discover, develop, and implement ways to increase student performance and decrease the African American-White achievement gap. This is especially important given previous research showing the achievement gap manifests into differing rates of high school graduation and college attendance (Lee, 2004; Slavin & Madden,...
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Mixed-methods research was conducted to investigate the experiences of African American students in the school discipline system. The relationships between school discipline experiences and gender, perceptions of racial discrimination, feelings of school connectedness, and mental health were also explored. The investigation utilized survey, interview, and observational data. Findings suggest that the majority of African American participants had negative contact with the school discipline...
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Accreditation has gained worldwide attention as an effective quality evaluation and management tool. Accreditation of educational institutions in Egypt is granted by Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education NAQAAE . To be accredited, the educational institution has to prove that it has the institutional capacity and the educational effectiveness in accordance with the minimum National Academic Reference or any other international standards approved by Authority for...
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The TUCE is a test of economic literacy which is used to allow lecturers of economics to compare student performance in economics in their classes. The results of the TUCE indicated that the majority of students struggled with the questions of the TUCE. The poor economic literacy rate raised the question whether or not the TUCE is an appropriate measure of testing economic literacy in South Africa. This paper developed the Test of Understanding Economics in South Africa which is a test of...
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The Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications provides criteria for designing curricula for initial teacher education. This policy emphasizes that the roles that teachers have to fulfill should be interpreted as functions carried out by the collective of teachers in a specific school.The purpose of this research was to explore how effective student teachers are prepared to fulfil their multiple roles as teachers. A qualitative research design was employed by making use of...
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“It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it thrived only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness.” — Bessie Head, A Question of Power “The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” — Steve Biko Speech in Cape Town, 1971 In the middle of 1951, at the start of the rainy season, a womanhunt was launched in the knotty mangroves...
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Using in-depth interviews, we asked sexuality educators in South Africa about their own professional preparation and what they believed were necessary educator characteristics for teaching Sexuality Education. Our findings show that our teachers taught Sexuality Education without any appropriate qualification or preparation, but because they had a lighter teaching load and had room to take on more teaching hours. Nevertheless, they all mention that 'not anybody can teach Sexuality...