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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of...

This work is located in the unique context of the newly democratised South Africa of 1997 and comprises two phases reflecting its beginning as a Masters project and Its development into a doctoral study. It seeks to answer the research question: Can we improve the learning opportunities for South African Management Studies students from African cultures and restrictive economic and schooling backgrounds, by providing them with a curriculum that promoted free thought? The purpose of the first...

Abstract Recent global occurrences are significantly affecting institutions of higher education, particularly on the continent of Africa. In addition, the process of the democratization of education has inevitably led to the explosive demands by the citizens of the different African countries for open admission to institutions of higher education. Against this background this article discusses recent developments at the University of South Africa (UNISA) which have been concerned with the...

With the end of civil war in 1991, Ethiopia's government launched a New Education and Training Policy in 1994 which, by the early 2000s, had already produced remarkable results. The gross enrollment ratio rose from 20 to 62 percent in primary education between 1993-94 and 2001-02; and in secondary and higher education it climbed, respectively, from 8 to 12 percent and from 0.5 to 1.7 percent. Yet the government can hardly afford to rest on its laurels. Primary education is still not...

The present study examined identification among African American adolescents through the voices of 16 low-income, urban high school students. Gender and ability group differences in school identification were examined through an assessment of students' perceptions of teacher feedback, teacher support and accessibility, and students' perceptions of the roles and purposes of school. Findings suggest patterns across gender and achievement groups regarding students' perceptions of teachers and of schools in general.

By Paul Kirshen (Tufts University, paul.kirshen@tufts.edu), Keith Ingram (University of Georgia(UGA)), Gerrit Hoogenboom (UGA), Christine Jost (Tufts), Carla Roncoli (UGA), Matthias Ruth (University of Maryland), and Kelly Knee (Tufts) Prepared for Insights and Tools for Adaptation: Learning from Climate Variability, 18-20 November 2003, Washington, DC

Histologic analysis of the hydropic and normal guinea pig cochleae was undertaken to assess a potential correlation between the magnitude of endolymphatic hydrops and hearing loss. It was hypothesized that a greater correlation than previously reported might be found by looking at long-standing endolymphatic hydrops and high-frequency range hearing.Surgically induced endolymphatic hydrops in guinea pigs is the most widely used animal model for the study of human Ménière's Disease and...

Objective To investigate the preventive effects of vitamin C on noise induced hearing loss(NIHL).Methods 40 male pigmented guinea pigs were randomly divided into 5 groups,8 animals in each group.The animals of group 1,2,and 3 were exposed to noise and injected intraperitoneally with normal saline, 10 mg/kg vitamin C and 50 mg/kg vitamin C respectively.Animals of group 4 injected with normal saline without noise exposure.Animals of group 5 injected with 50 mg/kg vitamin C without noise...

My paper is study that seeks to explain the ways barriers to girl child education in Ghana are overcome by Ghanaian women. Specifically, it explains the experiences of different Ghanaian women who have obtained formal education beyond Senior Secondary Schools and compares their explanations for success. It provides an analysis of the factors that contributed to their educational success, such as, financial support, psychological/ emotional support, gender ideologies, and role models. It also...

The research examining African American high school students' perceptions of their academic identities has been limited. Yet, multitudes of other sources have contributed to the discussion on how to reverse the perennial underachievement of many African American students. This qualitative study attempts to provide a space for African American high school students to contribute to this important dialogue about their own perspectives, the influences on their academic identities, and their...

South Africa participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995 and again in 1999 (TIMSS-Repeat) and in both studies the performance was extremely low compared to the other countries in the studies. In both studies more than 70% of the pupils wrote the achievement tests in their second or third language. A national option, an English test, was included together with the TIMSS-R mathematics and science tests in an attempt to ascertain the level of the...

South Africa participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995 and again in 1999 (TIMSS-Repeat) and in both studies the performance was extremely low compared to the other countries in the studies. In both studies more than 70% of the pupils wrote the achievement tests in their second or third language. A national option, an English test, was included together with the TIMSS-R mathematics and science tests in an attempt to ascertain the level of the...

South Africa participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995 and again in 1999 (TIMSS-Repeat) and in both studies the performance was extremely low compared to the other countries in the studies. In both studies more than 70% of the pupils wrote the achievement tests in their second or third language. A national option, an English test, was included together with the TIMSS-R mathematics and science tests in an attempt to ascertain the level of the...

South Africa participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995 and again in 1999 (TIMSS-Repeat) and in both studies the performance was extremely low compared to the other countries in the studies. In both studies more than 70% of the pupils wrote the achievement tests in their second or third language. A national option, an English test, was included together with the TIMSS-R mathematics and science tests in an attempt to ascertain the level of the...

The common presumption that orphans are less likely to attend school than non-orphans is re-examined using survey data from two regions in Tanzania. It is argued that orphans should not be compared simply with non-orphans since there are other vulnerable groups of children. Further, with particular reference to place of residence, it is argued that orphans should not be viewed as a homogeneous group. In Tanzania both orphans and a second, sizable, also potentially vulnerable group of...