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Unsustainable consumption of resources remains one of the significant environmental issues that prevent the achievement of sustainable development. Green consumerism forms part of the solutions to decrease unsustainable consumption globally. This study aimed to determine the level of awareness and attitudes of students at the University of Johannesburg towards green consumerism. Data was collected using an online questionnaire, and 404 questionnaires were collected and analyzed using...

The paper aimed at analysing the Lesotho language policy to unmask how power is assumed to be exercised by the Lesotho policy-makers through linguistic elements and structure .The main analytical tool of this paper was critical sociolinguistics, using IGMs in Systemic Functional Linguistics, rhetorical strategies and the CDA model in which the paper analysed the relationship between discourse and society. The paper unveiled performativity (mode, censorship and interpellation and the...

Plastic pollution has become a significant environmental problem, causing widespread environmental and health challenges globally. The impact of plastic pollution on the sustainability of the blue economy in Nigeria has become an area of concern, considering the country's reliance on oceans and seas for economic activities. This research aims to investigate the impact of plastic pollution on the sustainability of the blue economy in Nigeria. Anchored on the Diffusion of Innovations Theory,...

Climate change is a severe and growing challenge facing Nigeria, with significant impacts on the country's economy, environment, and society. To cope with this challenge, there is a need for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies that are evidence-based and tailored to the country's unique vulnerabilities and opportunities. This study aimed to develop such strategies using data mining techniques. A range of climate and non-climate data sources were explored to identify key...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine professionalization of teaching in Nigeria.
 Methodology: A descriptive survey approach and the population of the study consists of secondary school teachers in Edo State. One research question was formulated to guide the study while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 alpha level. The sample of the study was 546 teachers (males 285 females 261). The method of collecting data was by the use of questionnaires. Data...

Background: Although trauma is one of the leading causes of behaviour problems among children with disabilities, there has been limited scholarly interest in trauma management within the discourse of implementation of inclusive education.Objectives: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) trauma management model was used to study teachers’ awareness of trauma management among students with disabilities studying in regular classrooms.Method: A total of 271...

Mainstream schools often encounter problems with learner behaviour which disrupt effective teaching and learning. Inclusive special schools with learners with disabilities, including learners who are deaf, are not spared such problems. This is so especially when they face the challenges of communication barriers. This paper focuses on the influence of communication barriers on misbehaviour by learners who are deaf. The research was a qualitative case study conducted in Gauteng province of...

Objective The impact of acquiring hearing loss might be exacerbated during adolescence, as this normal transition from childhood to adulthood is characterised by identity construction and social intensity. This study aimed to describe the lived experiences of South African adolescents with acquired hearing loss following aminoglycoside treatment for multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Design The study adopted a descriptive phenomenological design and in-depth, semi-structured interviews were...

Substance use is a growing problem in Nigeria. The present study extended recent work documenting the importance of parenting as protective against substance use in Nigerian youth by testing a model linking parenting, additional protective factors and polysubstance use. Public school students ( N = 1607; 56% female; M age = 14.88; SD = .44 years) living in the greater Lagos region participated in school‐based data collection. Lifetime polysubstance use, defined as use of two or more...

This study explored the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) attitudes and self-efficacy of secondary students identifying as Black South African, multi-racial or Afrikaans South African, or Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe nationals who participated in a non-formal STEM education camp programme. Using Bandura’s social cognitive theory for self-efficacy and attitude, this study sought to document participants’ STEM self-efficacy and attitudinal factors related to the camp...

This study investigated the extent to which the notion of knowledge about alternative conceptions is featured in the curriculum for pedagogy courses of a pre-service science teacher programme and explored pre-service students’ understanding of the notion having completed the pedagogy courses. This was achieved by analysing three curricula, one each for physics, biology and chemistry pedagogy courses and by interviewing 29 pre-service teachers from one university in Tanzania. The study was...

Background & Aims: Children are more susceptible to dermatophytes due to different predisposing factors, such as under developed immune system and high sensitivity of their skin to infection. This study investigated the epidemiology of dermatophyte infection among primary school children in Calabar municipality, Nigeria. Methods: Students attending two primary schools, DPS and PCNPS in Calabar Municipality, were clinically screened. Samples were collected from children with physical...

Introduction: There is an increase in the burden of low vision, yet the uptake of low vision assistive devices is still very low in developing countries. This study aimed at investigating the barriers to uptake of low vision devices amongst patients who attended Sabatia Eye Hospital low vision clinic in the year 2018. Methods: Patients’ medical records were retrieved from patients’ files to obtain data on demographic characteristics, causes of low vision, entry Visual Acuity (VA) and the...

Abstract New field investigations along the East Tunisian coastline reveal sedimentary deposits and damaged localities that may account for a catastrophic event during the late Holocene. North of Sfax city, ~ 3.4 m high cliff coastal marine and alluvial terraces show 20 to 50-cm-thick chaotic layer with sandy coarse gravels mixed with reworked pebbles, broken shells of gastropods and molluscs, organic matter and Roman pottery. The chaotic layer truncates sandy-silty paleosol, covers Roman...

Climate change is a global phenomenon that has far-reaching consequences for various sectors, including agriculture and food security. It is widely acknowledged that the impacts of climate change pose a significant threat to food production systems and the livelihoods of millions of people, particularly in vulnerable regions such as Somalia. The study was set to examine the effect of climate change on food security in Gedo, Jubaland, Somalia. This study adopted a mixed-methods research...

Abstract In this work, we sought to uncover the key strategies and challenges to the integration of Indigenous knowledge as knowledge management practices at a public university in The Gambia. It is often axiomatic in the literature that the incorporation of diverse epistemologies is a key resource for sustainable development; therefore, activities associated with the management of knowledge, particularly in higher education, are worthy of elucidation. We discovered that knowledge management...