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Engineering a Brighter Sudan involves bringing sustainable energy to a primary school in the remote village of Theou, Southern Sudan, where project member Mou Riiny was born. The project consists of specifying, designing, and building a power generation and storage system for the school as well as building a prototype system on campus at the University of San Diego (USD). Electricity carries with it a world of benefits for rural communities, including the alleviation of poverty, reduction of...

We used Consensual Qualitative Research Methodology to analyze responses from 14 African American men (Mdn(Age) = 25 years-old) in graduate school at a predominantly-White university in the Midwestern region of the United Sates regarding how they acquired awareness of their social-class status; how social class was related to their sense of masculinity; how social class was related to race and skin tone; and the role that education and a romantic partner could play in upward mobility. School...

The purpose of the study, grounded in sociocultural theory, is to describe the funds of knowledge of a Moroccan family living in Catalonia (Spain) in order to document how teachers can use these funds of knowledge to make direct links between students� lives and classroom teaching. The funds of knowledge approach is based on a simple premise: regardless of any socio-economical and sociocultural �deficit� that people may or may not have all families accumulate bodies of beliefs, ideas, skills...

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Abstract People construct mental models of local climate change based on their observations and experiences of past climate events and changes. These mental models offer critical insight into locally important factors that trigger responses to new climate conditions and can be used to ground-truth regional climate models. In this paper, the authors explore mental models of changes to local climate patterns and climate-associated environmental changes over the past 45 years (1963–2008) in two...

This exploratory study examined the relationships between Africentric values, racial/ethnic identity, neighborhood satisfaction, and academic self‐efficacy beliefs among 88 African American elementary school children. Results indicated that Africentric values and neighborhood satisfaction were both predictive of academic self‐efficacy beliefs. Racial/ethnic identity did not significantly predict the outcome variable. Este estudio exploratorio examinó las relaciones entre valores...

This study used qualitative and quantitative research methods in tandem to compare teaching and learning processes to illuminate differences in students' academic performance gap in Visual Arts in urban, peri-urban and rural Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The purposive and simple random sampling techniques enabled the sampling of six schools - two in each setting, comprising 120 students and 18 teachers. Using interview, questionnaire and observation to solicit data, the...

Teaching Theology & ReligionVolume 14, Issue 4 p. 394-395 Creative Expression in Transformative Learning: Tools and Techniques for Educators of Adults – Edited by Chad Hoggan, Soni Simpson, and Heather Stuckey Laura K. Simmons, Laura K. Simmons George Fox SeminarySearch for more papers by this author Laura K. Simmons, Laura K. Simmons George Fox SeminarySearch for more papers by this author First published: 04 October 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9647.2011.00747.xRead the full...

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is an allergic eye disease and an important cause of hospital referral among children in Africa and Asia. Hospital-based studies have suggested a role for parasites in its pathogenesis. To determine the prevalence and risk factors for VKC in Central Africa, we conducted a nested population-based case control study in Rwanda, involving randomly selected primary schools from different environments (rural/urban) and climate. A prevalence of VKC of 4.0% (95%...

he advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and its rapid growth are changing the way people use, develop, process and disseminate information and instruction {technology}. There is no doubt that ICT use in theclassroomincrease student’s motivation to learn, engage in learning and give independence in learning. Evidence shows that there is a correlation between using ICT in schools and students academic achievement across a range of courses. Student are comfortable and...

Abstract Athol Fugard's powerful drama My Children! My Africa! (1989) focuses on Bantu Education during the State of Emergency in a South Africa sharply divided by apartheid. Fugard portrays a dedicated black South African teacher, Mr. M, who, despite his misgivings, instructs his students in the Bantu Educational system. Nonetheless, he works toward racial integration by inviting a class of white female students to his school for a debate. He then invites a white student, Isabel, to join...

The article on medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa by Fitzhugh Mullan and colleagues1Mullan F Frehywot S Omaswa F et al.Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa.Lancet. 2011; 377: 1113-1121Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (236) Google Scholar highlights the worrying situation of medical education in this region. The huge gap between the burden of disease and the health-care workforce is not just worrying but life-threatening for many individuals and families.However, the...

The research explored the enrolment decisions of science students in the University of Education, Winneba to enroll in science courses particularly. The study used a modified ‘multiple worlds’ model to investigate how the various worlds of the students influenced their science subject choice. All science students of UEW constituted the population from which a sample of two hundred and sixteen students was drawn. Two equivalent forms of questionnaire designated as PSQ, responded to by Physics...

Due to an urgent national need for more IT professionals, developing countries spawn academic IT programs at an increasing rate. Those programs are often replicated from similar programs in Europe and America. Students' preferences concerning their education are, however, rarely inquired. This research study explored and analyzed Tanzanian IT students' views of challenges in their studies, as well as their views of the most important factors for their learning. A longitudinal perspective was...

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy Policy, Vol 39(10), pp 6658-6666

This paper espouses the rationale for public–private sector collaboration for quality library and information science education in Nigeria. In all the phases librarianship has passed through in Nigeria, it has been public sector sponsored. The paper identifies ways in which the private sector could participate towards ensuring quality library and information science education in Nigeria. It identifies the token presence of the private sector in librarianship as one of the factors that lead...

The South African Constitution outlaws all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, cultural origin, age, religion and so forth. The post-Apartheid government of South Africa has put in place policies and programmes to enhance gender equality. In education different policies have been put in place to ensure gender equality at all levels and these are currently being implemented. This study examined the implementation of gender equality policies in schools in South Africa. Data...