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The purpose of the present paper is to explore the challenges of Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) in inclusive Lesotho schools. The study is based on the concept that many teachers in inclusive schools do not have sufficient knowledge and skills required for teaching in inclusive schools and that in the multitude of schools there is presumably the little understanding of disability, pedagogy and least desire to handle the additional challenges of teaching a diverse learner...
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The keen adoption of m-learning by higher education institutions on a global scale because of widespread use of mobile devices requires proper security considerations in order not to expose m-learning systems to cyber-attack. M-learning systems normally comprise three components which are the mobile device, one or multiple servers and network devices. While servers and network infrastructure have some inbuilt security and are usually owned by educational institutions or service providers,...
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Although sub-Saharan Africa suffers the greatest burden of progressive illness, there are few outcome measures with adequate properties to measure needs and outcomes.To examine the psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) among people receiving palliative care in three African countries.Adult patients in South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda gave self-reported data to the core FACIT-G plus Pal subscale. Data were subjected to...
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There are widespread concerns that surgical trainees are gaining insufficient operative experience. 1,2 such concerns have been highlighted in several studies, identifying a dramatic decline in available operative opportunities. 3,4 One study revealed a 56% fall in less than a decade. 5
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Abstract In 2013 there are still thousands of children in South Africa attending dilapidated mud schools, schools lacking sanitation, and schools without electricity. The situation took a positive turn in 2009 when the government was taken to court about the severe infrastructure backlogs in the Eastern Cape province. The case settled out of court, and resulted in a memorandum of agreement which pledged R 8.2 billion over three years. However, the allocation of these and other funds has not...
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Adaptation is a complex, dynamic, and sometimes unequal process. Stemming from social ecological systems theories of climate change adaptation and adaptive capacity, this case study introduces the concept of ‘divergent’ adaptation. Adaptation is divergent when one user or group's adaptation causes a subsequent reduction in another user or group's adaptive capacity in the same ecosystem. Using the example of pastoral and agricultural groups in northern and southern rainfall zones of Niger,...
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Mali has an adequate and coherent institutional framework to implement an effective climate change adaptation policy. However, there is a problem of lack of human resources and skills, as well as lack of communication between institutions and between researchers and policy makers. To achieve effective dialogue between researchers and policy makers, researchers need to present their research results in a format that can be understood and used by policy makers. The National Climate Change...
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Abstract Climate change has been a burning issue since quite a long time and its effects can be perceived around the world. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main driver of climate change among other greenhouse gases (GHGs). Despite increasing emissions, CO2 is fortunately also absorbed or sequestered by plants and other biotic media which form the carbon sinks. These sinks have been diminishing, for instance due to deforestation. Therefore no effort should be spared to assess CO2 emissions and...
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Collaboration between the Director of Accelerated Learning Systems in Nigeria education management lecturers and The University of South Africa since 2008 has led to professional development workshops for staff from Nigerian independent schools.This study, which is a follow-up from a previous study (Steyn, 2010) describes the experiences of delegates of Nigerian independent schools participating in a professional development workshop in South Africa in October 2009.A qualitative study based...
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Recent models of professional development of teachers focus on schools as teacher learning communities.This study is an attempt to investigate the vision of a principal and the way in which his actions brought about a teacher learning community in his school.A qualitative research design was gauged as most appropriate to illustrate the experiences of a school principal in creating and developing a collaborative learning environment for teachers in a South African primary school.Data were...
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The National Qualifications Framework Act (NQF Act 67) changed the landscape of professional bodies in the South African (SA) education and training system substantially by mandating the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) to recognise professional bodies and to register their designations on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). This study endeavoured to critically look at the roles and responsibilities of professional bodies as dictated by SAQA, against existing literature...
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Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of HIV among blood donors in Juba Teaching Hospital Blood Bank, South Sudan in 2013. Method and Materials: This is a retrospective study that involved the abstraction of data from registers at the blood bank. Data were collected onto data sheets and entered into a computer database. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Version 20 Software. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of...
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In April 2014 London Metropolitan University signed an agreement with the University of Sierra Leone and the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects to collaborate in founding Sierra Leone’s first School of Architecture to be set up on the university campus perched high above the capital city of Freetown overlooking the sea.
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AbstractAdolescent pregnancy is a growing concern amongst students across South Africa. This causes highrates of school drop-outs curbing the chances of success and independence for many adolescent females. Sexeducation forms part of the life orientation curriculum and has been put in place as a method of reducing theescalation of pregnancy by the Department of Education. This paper is based on a Master of Social Work degreedissertation whose aim was to explore the perception of the...
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This study focuses on the socio-cultural and institutional factors that affect female teacher deployment in rural primary schools in Nigeria. In Kwara State, there are extreme imbalances in teacher distribution between rural and urban areas due to female teachers’ active avoidance and/or attrition from rural posts. Given these problems, this article discusses an innovative use of the Capability Approach that informed a rural teacher deployment policy that addressed a number of issues that...
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The negative impact from the climate change has been striking the agriculture sector in Africa. For countries like Ethiopia, whose livelihood occupation of the nation is mainly based on subsistence agriculture that highly rely on rainfall, making an adjustment to adapt to the changing situation is crucial. Therefore, designing context specific adaptation strategies are essential to moderate the negative effect of climate change. This study was intended to answer how farmers perceive climate...