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Abstract The relationship between nations (or states), languages and social cohesion have been studied over time. Contexts like Africa and India challenge the conceived Western notion of “one-nation-one-language”. Insights about multilingualism and social cohesion from complex sociolinguistic contexts like South Africa could provide a deeper understanding helpful for promoting social cohesion in emerging “super-diverse” situations across the globe. This article reports on selected data from...

Reflecting on interreligious education and human rights education in South Africa is complex. The different paradigms underpinning religious education in school environments embody deep philosophical differences. In this chapter an overview regarding interreligious dialogue and human rights educations is given within a social-cultural paradigm. This paradigm will be used to describe the propensity that interreligious and human rights education have to support interreligious dialogue. The...

Freire (1993) premised his pedagogical theory on the assumption that humanisation is the fundamental objective of education, and he emphasised the role of dialogue as praxis in achieving this.In South Africa, race has played a constitutive and dehumanising role in higher education since its beginnings during colonialism and apartheid (Soudien, 2015(Soudien, , 2016)).During 2014 and 2015, higher education in South Africa came under attack from various student organisations for alleged...

Debates about transformation for a more equitable and socially just South African university and society more broadly have highlighted the need to consider how university curricula may (re)produce  enduring  historical  and  societal  inequities.  They  also  suggest  the  need to  bring student  voices  into  conversations  about  reimagining  these  curricula. There  is a  silence in...

In the open distance learning (ODL) sphere there are invariably incremental student support costs that largely remain unaccounted for and might not be readily apparent. From an educational perspective this raises serious concerns given that effective on and off-line student support could potentially reduce the intrinsic cost of studying at ODL institutions. Typical hidden student support service costs in ODL are rooted in areas such as information technology, registration, contact centre,...

Engaging in cognitive, social, and physical activities may prevent cognitive decline. In a sample of older African Americans with mild cognitive impairment (MCI; N=221), we investigated the cross-sectional relationships between activity levels and participants’ demographic, clinical, and neuropsychological characteristics. The average age of participants was 75.4 years (SD, 7.0); 177 (80.1%) were women. Participation in cognitive/social activities was positively associated with education,...

IntroductionWe pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has (Kundera, 1969/1999, p. 5).The significance of the events that we experience as teachers can often feel blurred within the whirlwind of immediate teaching and learning concerns. While we may feel the experiences are very...

Parasitic helminthes are of great concern to man in developing countries, hence investigation on the prevalence of Ascaris and Hookworm was carried out to enlighten people of the harm associated with the infection and possible ways of controlling and reducing the infection. 96 volunteers between 6-12 years of age were used for the study. The fecal samples were collected and examined using saline and iodine on wet mount and keto thick smear technique period before 44.8% infected out of 96...

Education is seen to play a crucial role in the reconstruction of post-conflict countries, particularly in transforming people’s mindsets and rebuilding social relations. In this regard, teachers are often perceived as key agents to bring about this transformative change through their role as agents of peace. This paper seeks to understand how teachers are positioned to promote peacebuilding and social cohesion in Rwandan schools in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The...

The purpose of this study was to examine how frequently and effectively lecturers use motivational teaching strategies in their teaching of undergraduate students at Botho University in Gaborone, Botswana. A number of authorities allude to the fact that the choice and use of teaching strategies are critical factors in the success of the teaching/learning process. It is also shown in literature that motivational teaching strategies give ownership of the learning process to the students and...

In an essay on his life as a qur'anic school student written in early 1940s, a young Senegalese man named Abdou Rahmane Diop voiced an educational ideal common in many Islamic cultures. According to a commandment of Qur'an, he wrote, the teaching of Holy Book should not be monopolized. No sum should be asked of one who leaves family, money, and pleasures to come learn about God and his Prophet.' Thus, in principle, learning Qur'an should be free; but if it were, who would choose to teach? If...

There is a growing concern over the dominant nature of Western models of teacher education in African universities. Investigation reveals that teacher education curriculum models in such universities are either a wholesale importation or partial duplication of some of the dominant models of teacher preparation especially the Teachers College, Columbia and University of Wisconsin, Madison models. Accordingly, teacher education curricula in African universities are ostensibly alien or arguably...

HIV/AIDS has remained a challenge in Uganda among adolescent despite the ABC strategy used globally to prevent HIV infection.The study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of secondary school teenagers towards HIV transmission and prevention in rural and urban schools of central Uganda.A cross sectional study using self-administered questionnaires and structured interviews was used to collect data from adolescents in secondary schools in Kampala and Buikwe districts.Eight...

Introduction: masters Students are major stakeholders in undergraduate medical education but their contribution has not been documented in Uganda. The aim of the study was to explore and document views and experiences of undergraduate students regarding the role of masters students as educators in four Ugandan medical schools.

Climate change will challenge the resilience of both agriculture-based livelihoods and natural resource management regimes in East Africa in myriad ways. A major challenge is to reduce the vulnerability of people and climate-sensitive sectors, including water, agriculture, and energy, to today?s climate variability and to ensure that future development activities are appropriate to future climate contexts. Through an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) research approach this project will help...