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To investigate the response to endurance training on physiological characteristics, 10 Nandi town boys and 14 Nandi village boys 16.5 and 16.6 years of age, respectively, from western Kenya performed 12 weeks of running training. The study was performed at altitude (∼2000 m.a.s.l. ∼595 mm Hg). Training heart rate and speed were registered during every training session throughout the entire training period. While town and village boys trained at similar heart rates (172.1 vs. 172.5 beats min...

This study investigated the perceptions of teacher educators to the use of strikes by teachers’ unions like the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the alternatives to this in grievance handling by lecturers of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The population of the study is all lecturers of the Federal College of Education Gusau (a total of 73) from whom forty (40) lecturers were used as the sample. Data were collected using a scaled questionnaire and were analysed using means...

Estimates of the prevalence and causes of visual impairment in South Africa are reviewed against the existing services and limitations in the country. The magnitude1 of visual impair-ment and the projected increase worldwide over the coming decades have been recognized as having potentially far-reaching social, eco-nomic and quality of life implications for not only the affected individuals but also for their families and communities. Two-thirds or more of all blindness is avoidable, in that...

The study aimed to find out the level of knowledge of medical death certification of final year medical students, Objective - (1) To assess their knowledge of death certification (2) find out at what level of their training they came in contact with death certificates (3) who normally fills death certificate (4) if they can fill death certificate correctly (5) if there is need for formalized training session on death certificate in the medical school. Materials and Methods - This was a cross...

The first decade of democracy in South Africa has seen intensive policy-making in the higher education sector with a view to transforming the teaching and learning practices to be more consistent with a modern democracy on the African continent. In addition to addressing specific problems and gaps caused by the destructive policies of the past, the government has sought to ensure that the higher education institutions improve the government's performance with respect to global...

Background: Prior to the identification of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989, raised serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was used as a surrogate marker for non-A, non-B (NANB) hepatitis agents to reduce the risk of post-transfusion hepatitis. Most of this NANB hepatitis was later found to be due to HCV infection. The absence of a national screening policy for HCV infection and the non-availability of screening facilities in most of our health institution may place many blood recipients at...

Objective: To analyze the specialty choice of residents in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu from 1989 - 1999, and to assess the ratio of community physicians to the clinical specialties of residents. Method: The record of admissions into the residency training programme in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu was analyzed. Simple percentages and proportions of residents in the different specialties were computed and compared with one another and with community...

OBJECTIVE: To highlight the severity and complications of grinding machine injuries. To design a treatment protocol that may become a model for future management of grinding machine injuries and find ways of preventing them. PATIENTS: Over a seven-year period, 135 patients who had grinding machine injuries were referred to the orthopedic unit. The mean age of the patients was 15.72 (+1.2) years. Most of the patients were young, 20 years and below. Female patients were below fifteen years of...

Globalization has become a conspicuous phenomenon of our time and has attracted the attention of many. This paper examines the place of Africa in the global village by showing what the African continent stands to gain in the,global community, whether globalization portends any threat to African education and values and how best to make African education, cultures, and values functional and relevant in the new modernity.

No Abstract Available Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research Vol.14(2) 2002: 167-178

The present study sought to establish A-level students’ perceptions of the causes and effects of HIV/AIDS. The rational for the study was to establish the extent to which A level students understand issues related to HIV/AIDS. The sample was made up of 100 A-level students - 68 males and 32 females. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The 7.5 SPSS package was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that students had a lot of accurate factual information about HIV/AIDS but at...

This study sought to establish the level of marital adjustment among 198 students (135 male and 63 female) of the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) at the Manicaland and the Masvingo regional campuses. These students were on the B.Sc. Counselling, B.Sc. Psychology and B.Sc. Special Education programmes. The adapted Locke’s Marital Adjustment Test (LMAT) was administered to collect data. The results showed that the bulk of the ZOU students were perfectly happy and only a small percentage was...

The study sought to identify the kinds of knowledge and skills possessed by or lacking in persons serving as laboratory assistants in Zimbabwean schools in relation to their effective functioning. Data was obtained through focused group discussions and questionnaires within the framework of a national survey. The informants were 124 designated laboratory assistants, 79 heads of science departments from different high schools and regions and 9 science education officers. The main finding was...

The aim of this study was to find out whether secondary school mathematics and science teachers are using active learning strategies in their teaching. Ten teachers and nine teachers were observed teaching mathematics and science, respectively. Their knowledge about teaching for active learning and the constraints that impact on them were assessed through subsequent interviews. Although the results showed that the teachers’ knowledge of active learning is consistent with literature, only'...

This preliminary study looks at the understandings, as revealed by their drawings, of some seven-year-olds and 15-year-olds in Zimbabwe of their internal anatomy. A total of 23 seven year-olds and 21 fifteen year-olds participated in the study. These pupils were given a blank piece of A4-sized (296 x 210 mm) drawing paper and asked to draw what they thought was inside themselves. The drawings were analysed on a seven point scale related to biological knowledge of human organs and organ...