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The present study sheds light on the feasibility of virtual learning in teaching EFL to university students. It reviews a number of studies that addressed the topic in the Algerian educational context and builds upon their findings to reach meaningful conclusions. The design embodies a narrative review that relies on qualitative and quantitative data for analysing the applicability of distance education. The study aims to answer the following questions: “What are the attitudes of teachers...
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The COVID-19 lockdown compelled higher education institutions to embrace the use of technology in the teaching and learning process more frequently than previously.The student cohorts enrolled in higher education institution under study in this paper, come from a technologically challenged background.This is largely because the technology was not used as a learning aid in students' previous schooling.The purpose of this study was to look into how students from a technologically disadvantaged...
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This chapter refers briefly to the role of educationEducation in developing future citizens of a democracyDemocracy and explains the key aspects of PhilosophyPhilosophy for ChildrenPhilosophy for Children (P4C) (P4C). It then presents and discusses an analysis of one inquiry session with education students. Not long before the final class of the year, a series of #FeesMustFall student protests broke out across South AfricaSouth Africa, including on our campus. Protest activity had started...
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This paper presents findings from a community-based participatory study exploring the lived experiences and key livelihood changes post-intervention of a vocational skills training for young people with disabilities in rural Uganda. Twenty-four youth with disabilities (13 female, 11 male) who had previously taken the vocational training were trained to become peer researchers and conducted 72 in-depth interviews with a more recent cohort of youth with disabilities. Findings were gathered...
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Professional development of academics in higher education in South Africa has been offered in an uncoordinated and unsustainable manner. Ever since the new dispensation, concerted efforts have been implemented to address this problem. As part of the solution, universities through their academic development units, have introduced various pedagogical training workshops to equip academics with teaching skills. This study investigates perceptions of academics pertaining to this training. A...
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Abstract The present study focuses on that unique positioning of Ethiopian origin teachers in Israeli schools, with the aim of examining COVID-19 as an extreme situation in which unique characteristics of minority-majority relations in the education system may be revealed and intensified. Interviews with seven teachers of Ethiopian origin during the early years of their careers indicated two specific phenomena that they faced during the period of closure in the education system. These...
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The challenge of embracing a gender-inclusive approach to science education in postindependence African education institutions continues to hamper the attainment of various national development initiatives. This chapter seeks to give an evidence-based historical analysis of the implementation of a gender-inclusive approach in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in Zimbabwe. It studies the policy measures that have been undertaken by the government and...
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This study looks at how teachers can improve their in-class assessment practice in the Ellembelle District in Ghana, and aims to identify the challenges confronted by teachers in classroom assessments, as well as ways to improve the classroom assessments themselves. A quantitative research method was adopted using a simple random sampling technique. The study was conducted among 207 professional teachers using a mailed questionnaire (primary data), which was analyses using statistical tools....
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between pollution organic of wastewater and aquatic macroinvertebrates assemblages at the wadi of Tighza in the Bouregreg basin hydraulic. To respond of this objective, we are used indicators parameters of organic pollution such Ammonia (NH4 + ), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2–), Phosphate (PO43-), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) and the analysis of Bio-indicators (benthic macroinvertebrates) at the level of Oued Tighza. All these indicators...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many universities to move to online learning to sustain students’ education. Today’s Students are digital natives. They grew up with digital technologies and have different learning styles, new attitude to the learning process and higher requirements for teaching and learning. Indeed, there is a need to develop new e-learning models that transform education to sustain goals and achieve education’s objectives. Modern pedagogical paradigms and trends in...