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There are conflicting reports about the presence of depression in Black patients with heart failure (HF). We therefore evaluated the pattern of depression among hospitalized and stable HF patients in a homogenous Black population.Patients hospitalized for new or decompensated HF were assessed. The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) questionnaire was administered to the subjects who were subsequently interviewed by a psychiatrist using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Stable...
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Abstract This paper shows that there has been a significant decline in the employment and labour force participation of persons with disabilities in South Africa over the 1998 through 2006 period. Disability is defined based on activity limitations. Data are from the October and the General Household Surveys. The paper also deals with the possible causes of the decline. While several causes can be invoked, preliminary evidence suggests that the rise of the Disability Grant programme might be...
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Descriptive survey research was conducted to determine the perceptions of vocational teachers regarding their own high school vocational programmes. Findings revealed that their beliefs about vocational education were in line with the intended purpose of introducing a vocational curriculum in Swaziland. Non‐vocational teachers appear envious of vocational teachers, believing them to receive higher remuneration in recognition of the high demands and heavy workload in vocational instruction....
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The Free Primary Education programme in Lesotho has enabled nearly all children to attend primary school, but the prevailing pedagogy denies or restricts the opportunities of these children for effective learning. This paper focuses on the theme of the inaccessibility of learning in the key subjects of English and Mathematics, reporting recent research. Some of the major problems identified are specific to each subject, while others are common to both. Referring to previous theoretical and...
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A research report submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Education in Special Needs Education of Kampala International University.
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Observation of students in the learning situation has revealed that some students are unwilling learners, as becomes apparent in their loss of interest that is evidenced by absenteeism, low performance, non-submission of assignments, unruly behaviour, truancy, uncooperative behaviour and other negative behaviour. It would appear that among other many probable causes, classroom work makes very limited demands on the vast abilities students have (Holt, 1974). This is one of the reasons that...
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Traffic injuries are an important problem in low income countries. In Uganda road traffic is the largest single cause of injury in Kampala; pedestrians, and children are most affected. Pedestrian injury affects school children in Uganda.To determine the overall risk of pedestrian traffic injury among school children in Kawempe, Uganda.A cohort was assembled at 35 primary schools and followed for 3 terms. Ten of the schools had participated in previous injury programs, others were...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of basic school teachers towards inclusive education in the Hohoe District of Ghana. The research makes use of a descriptive survey design, which engaged both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. A sample size of 100 respondents, comprising of 60 male teachers and 40 female teachers, was drawn from a population of 600 for the study. A purposive sampling technique is employed to find participants for the study. The...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of basic school teachers towards inclusive education in the Hohoe District of Ghana. The research makes use of a descriptive survey design, which engaged both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. A sample size of 100 respondents, comprising of 60 male teachers and 40 female teachers, was drawn from a population of 600 for the study. A purposive sampling technique is employed to find participants for the study. The...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of basic school teachers towards inclusive education in the Hohoe District of Ghana. The research makes use of a descriptive survey design, which engaged both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. A sample size of 100 respondents, comprising of 60 male teachers and 40 female teachers, was drawn from a population of 600 for the study. A purposive sampling technique is employed to find participants for the study. The...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of basic school teachers towards inclusive education in the Hohoe District of Ghana. The research makes use of a descriptive survey design, which engaged both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. A sample size of 100 respondents, comprising of 60 male teachers and 40 female teachers, was drawn from a population of 600 for the study. A purposive sampling technique is employed to find participants for the study. The...
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For years, some African universities followed the British education system, but this is gradually changing. For example in Ghana, the three terms to the year approach has been changed to the two semester approach. Also, local conditions and the service learning approach are being included in the curricula. This is being done in the Telecommunications Engineering program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The program is planned such that some student projects for which the...
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I. Introduction It is almost two score years today since the inception of the first university in Kenya. In addition, it is at present official that Kiswahili is not only a national language but also a co-official language in the country (Myers-Scotton 1993, Ogechi 2002, 2003). Furthermore, the language is one of the working languages of the East African Community and the African Union. For a long time, the language has been taught in many universities and institutions across the globe. Notab...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of computer aided instruction and traditional method of instruction on the junior secondary school students achievement in mathematics. Four research questions and hypotheses were stated and tested in the study. The design of the study was the pre-test posttest control group experimental design. The sample for the study consists of 270 randomly selected students from three junior secondary schools in Edo state. The instruments constructed...