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This study investigated the effect of Systematic Desensitisation (SD) therapy on the reduction of test anxiety on some identified test anxious students. In addition, three secondary independent variables were studied along. These were entry test anxiety level, sex, and locus of control. A 2 x 2 x 2 way factorial design was employed. SD was found effective in the reduction of test anxiety of the students who were test anxious F-ratio = 9.261 with df (1,74). Entry test anxiety level of...
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In September of 2005, a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Australia overturned a decision of a single judge of the Court granting an HIV-positive man a temporary student visa.
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This paper argues that as a developmental state, South Africa is faced with a series of critical issues in the arena of public service transformation. The paper further connotes that for democratizating the new administration and committing it to a developmental agenda, certain key policy initiatives need to be put in place. It circumvents to argue that the South African transformation is a microcosm of some of the challenges facing the international community.
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African Development ReviewVolume 17, Issue 3 p. 513-535 Returns to Education in South Africa: Evidence from the Machibisa Township David Fryer, David Fryer David Fryer, Department of Economics and Economic History, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; e-mail: [email protected]. Désiré Vencatachellum, African Development Bank, Research Department; fax: (514) 340-6469; e-mail: [email protected]. We are indebted to Professor Norman Bromberger for providing us with the data. Those...
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Mathematics is considered to be one of the key areas for growth and development in Egyptian schools (Monk et al., 1999). Therefore, reforming mathematics education has been given priority by the Egyptian Ministry of Education. Accordingly, a particular emphasis has been given to the professional development of mathematics teachers. This paper is a case study of the role of the Egyptian National Network for Distance Training (NNDT) in development of mathematics teachers’ knowledge and in...
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In this essay I introduce Guattari’s philosophy of environment and focus in particular on his ecosophy which comprises three interlocking dimensions of self, society and nature. Guattari argues that integrated world capitalism is concerned more than anything else with the production of human subjectivity. He suggests that through its technological arm, the media, integrated world capitalism is producing human subjectivities that are domesticated, that is, passive, dull and uninspiring. The...
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Web-based learning (WBL) can be defined as any form of learning that is partly or fully based on material, applications or communication that is delivered over the World Wide Web (WWW). WBL tools provide integrated environments of various technologies to support diverse educators' and learners' needs via the Internet. One of the biggest challenges facing WBL environments is the organization, communication and presentation of information in a logical and usable manner via the WWW. A good...
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The authors try to appreciate the perception by student and non student population of dental care throughout fear of dentist, pain and dentist-patient relationship, also the patient preventive attitude. Results show more fear of the dentist by students and expressed pain. Dental cares are expensive according both students and non students but seem to be comfortable. Dentist-patient relationship is more appreciated at the Odontologic Institute which form future dentists and 80 per cent of...
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Introduction. In partnership with an African American church, we developed an educational booklet on breast cancer early detection from within a spiritual framework. This booklet included religious themes and biblical scripture supporting the early detection message, for women ages 40 and over to have regular mammograms. Methods. The spiritually based booklet was compared against a demographically targeted booklet (for African American women, but with no spiritual or religious content) for...
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OBJECTIVE To study the preventive effects of vitamin E on short-term noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). METHODS Forty-eight male pigmented guinea pigs were randomly divided into 6 groups, 8 animals in each group. The animals of group 1, 2, 3, 4 were exposed to the noise (4 kHz octave band noise, 100 dB SPL), 8 hours per day for 3 days consecutively and received normal saline, corn oil, 10 mg/kg vitamin E, 50 mg/kg vitamin E respectively daily by intraperitoneal injection from 3 days before...
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Out-of-school teenage sexual harassment is a problem for both boys and girls in our society today, and the effects of this experience can affect their lives negatively in later adult life. The data on sexual harassment, particularly those on the out-of-school teenage population in Nigeria are very scanty, as a result of the sensitive nature of, and the stigma attached to the subject. This study sought to investigate the experiences of out-of-school teenagers with regards to sexual harassment...
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The need for improvement in undergraduate instruction in Nigerian Universities necessitated this investigation. The survey used a random sample of 200 lecturers drawn from five of the public universities in Nigeria. It sought to find out how lecturers perceive the importance of student evaluation, both for formative and summative purposes. The 20-item questionnaire used for the collection of data had a reliability coefficient of 0.61. The data collected were analysed using the Z-test...
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Nigeria is currently facing the problem of youth incivility and immorality. The need has arisen to seek informal approaches to the inculcation of desirable values and civic consciousness in the young people in view of the apparent failure of the formal school system to inculcate desirable values. This study was about holiday citizenship education programme for 100 Nigerian youth. It was a quasi experimental research involving a pre-test of the youth's level of civic consciousness before...