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Despite the important role that motivation plays in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers, it is not always clear what motives guide vocational teachers in their CPD. This study therefore investigated the motives vocational teachers have for participating in CPD and how those motives influence their CPD practices. The study adopted a qualitative approach, wherein data collected using semi-structured interviews with vocational teachers was inductively coded to identify how...

Abstract African immigrants are a fast-growing segment of the U.S. Black population but dementia literacy and care needs of this population are not fully understood. A dementia care assessment in the community highlighted dementia education as a high priority need in the African immigrant community in Minnesota. This presentation will describe the collaborative process between the research team and a community project advisory board (PAB) to develop a culturally tailored dementia education...

In the landscape of Algerian higher education, where foreign language proficiency is increasingly viewed as a form of human capital, digital storytelling emerges as a pedagogical tool with promising yet complex implications. This qualitative study aims to explore the integration of digital storytelling into foreign language learning courses at Algerian universities, mainly 100 students at Mostaf Benboulaid, Batna 2 University through a post-structuralist lens. Drawing on in-depth interviews...

Energy poverty in developing low- and middle-income economies continues to persist, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. However, empirical studies that examine the channels through which it impacts well-being indicators remain scanty. The growing occurrence of functional disabilities in hearing, vision, mobility, communication, self-care, and cognition, therefore, provides an untapped means of examining the energy poverty and well-being nexus. Against this backdrop, this study uses data from...

This chapter explains the interventions by the Kenyan government to cope with the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector. The responses are categorized as short-, medium- and long-term. They include closure of universities to contain the pandemic's spread, equipping and facilitating of pedagogical shift from in-person learning to virtual learning, increase funding to set up information communication and technology and infrastructure to incorporate blended learning, training of...

Abstract Although climate change is among the main ecological crisis the world is grappling with today, relevant discourses on the subject often focus exclusively on the existential threats it presents ignoring other associated risks, including how it exacerbates modern slavery vulnerabilities. Despite already constituting a major human rights challenge, climate change promises to further exacerbate the modern slavery conundrum in Africa. Thus, in this paper, two interconnected questions are...

Abstract Background The number of dementia cases is projected to triple in the next 20‐25 years with majority of the increase in developing countries including Nigeria. Teachers can act as excellent educators by playing a key role of delivering important health education messages to students that target early adoption of healthy behaviours and reduce stigma. However, there is no assessment of school teachers’ understanding of dementia in Nigeria. Method This was a cross‐sectional study of...

Climate change poses a significant threat to crop production and food security in North Africa and around the world. Intense heat, drought, and other climatic changes can significantly impact the yield of certain crops, such as cucurbits (e.g., melons, gourds, and pumpkins). Hence, the need to explore means to mitigate the adverse effect of change in climate on Cucurbits which are sensitive to heat stress and require a sufficient water supply to thrive. Cucurbits are plants mostly grown for...

This study investigates the responses of the Nigerian ionosphere to thirteen geomagnetic storms that occurred during the ascending and maximum phases of the solar cycle 24. The Total Electron Content (TEC) data obtained from the Nigerian Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) network (NIGNET) were used. The ionosphere over Nigeria recorded marked diurnal TEC variations around 1100–1700 LT, with the most significant variations between 1400–1600 LT time period, and minimum variation at 0600...

Banana cultivation plays a pivotal role in Tanzania’s agricultural landscape and food security. Precisely forecasting banana crop yield is essential for resource optimization, market stability, and informed policymaking, particularly in the face of climate change. This study employed time series and ensemble models to forecast banana crop yield in Tanzania, offering crucial insights into future production trends. We utilized Seasonal ARIMA with Exogenous Variables (SARIMAX), State Space...

Northern Africa experienced humid periods known as African humid periods or Green Sahara periods during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. The waxing and waning of the African Monsoon over the last several million years raises the question of how the climatic variability in the African Saharan region could have influenced the evolution and dispersion of hominins in Africa. Little is yet known about the changes in climate extremes in central southern Africa associated with these cycles and...

Surface and subsurface dynamics of the western equatorial Indian Ocean (WEIO) significantly impacted the East African climate, and played an important role in hominin evolution and dispersal. Planktic foraminiferal abundance and stable isotope data from Site 241, helped to ascertain cool subsurface and thermocline shoaling in the WEIO along with a strong zonal subsurface δ18O gradient in the equatorial Indian Ocean between 2.3 and 0.4 Ma. This east-west contrast in the Indian Ocean triggered...

In December 2019, the COVID-19 virus was first detected in Wuhan, Hebei Province, China. By February/March 2020, it was declared a world pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). To keep the virus from spreading, various tertiary institutions around the world were closed by their respective governments and forced to move to an online model for teaching and learning, as well as for assessments. The closure affected the studies of around 200 million tertiary students. The move to online...

Abstract Objective Assessment of the perceived SA for medical students in Beni-Suef University, Egypt. Methods An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 6 months among medical students at faculty of medicine, Beni-Suef University through an online survey using google form. For data collection, an English validated questionnaire developed in partnership by the International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) and the Training for Health Equity Network...

The upstream part of the Essaouira basin, a data-scare region in Morocco, Northwestern Africa. The scarcity of hydro-climate data is a significant challenge found in several regions worldwide, where qualitative and quantitative water resource information remains limited. Estimating and predicting groundwater levels (GWL) in such areas is a significant challenge in producing knowledge for effective water resource management. To address this issue, the present study aimed to use the Soil and...

Egypt is a rich country with natural volcanic glass, which can be utilized to produce possibility volcanic glass powder (VGP). This VGP can then be employed as a pozzolanic material for the Portland cement (PC) system. In this investigation, for the first time, the possibility to employ Egyptian volcanic glass powder (VGP) as a modifier agent for alkali-activated slag (AAS) cement was studied. The volcanic glass (VG) was delivered from a quarry in the form of lumps pieces. After crushing and...

In a call for papers, the English Academy of Southern Africa (EASA) problematises what we perceive as the challenges of stylising agency, identity and solidarities in South African literature in English and English Language classroom encounters. The academy argues that speaking of literature and literacy in a single breath is to take for granted a linear relationship between literature and literacy. In interrogating ways of reading, this article contends that such proficiency is itself...