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A ZJER article on the intended vocationalization of the secondary school curriculum in Zimbabwe.
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This paper discusses the entrepreneurial landscape in Africa and locates a new generation of African entrepreneurs and their business networks within it. Unlike others in that landscape (i.e. micro- or small-scale informal sector vendors, and traditional or multinational large-scale formal sector firms), the ‘new generation’ entrepreneurs are business globalists who organized a system of business enterprise networks consisting of national, regional, and pan-African organizations. The study...
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A ZJER study on the attitude of pre-service student teachers in Kenya towards the teaching Chemistry.
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There is widespread concern with the quality o f university business education in Southern Africa. Universities are confronted with lowering academic stan dards, staff attrition, and dwindling financial resources. In this paper, , these issues are addressed in the context o f university education in Zambia. The central issues are analysed and recommendations are made for improvements. Introduction Concern about the quality of higher education in Southern Africa, is regularly expressed by...
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This study assessed gender differences of Zimbabwean A-level students’ perceptions about their actual and preferred biology laboratory environments in relation to cohesiveness, openness, integration between theory and laboratory work, management of laboratory work and the material environment. The Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) was used to collect data from a total of 68 students (40 male and 28 female) attending metropolitan High Schools. Results obtained indicated that...
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There is no doubt that HIV/AIDS is humanity’s greatest enemy in this century. Millions of people have been affected and infected by this disease. In Zimbabwe statistics have it that about 2000 people die of HIV/AIDS related diseases every week. A lot of resources are spent in caring for the infected and the affected. With this scenario, HIV/AIDS no longer has to be seen as a medical problem.- It is now a social problem and so every sector of the society has to think deeply on how it can...
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In this paper, the author discusses his understanding of inclusive education and suggests various ways in which it may be demystified. It is argued that the inclusive education policy in Zimbabwe should take into account the needs of all marginalized, socially disadvantaged and oppressed pupils. Furthermore, the author argues that the Zimbabwe education system should-take heed, of the Salamanca Statement, and enroll all the children in mainstream classrooms, while providing appropriate teacher-training for would-be-teachers.
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The island of Madagascar has been labelled the world's number one conservation ‘hot spot’ because of increasing anthropogenic degradation of its natural habitats, which support a high level of species endemism. However, climatic phenomena may also have a significant impact upon the island's flora and fauna. An analysis of 18 years of monthly satellite images from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have...
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This paper provides a critical exploration of work in progress to develop a genre based academic support that promotes post-graduate academic literacies among new EIL and EAL Hons and Masters students in the School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. It traces the path of an action research project, using an eclectic needs analysis of post-graduate Theological students for their writing, in order to design and implement an effective intervention course. The paper evaluates...
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This article is a summary of a forthcoming book that is a background text for CODESRIA's Multinational Working Group (MWG) on higher education. The crea tion and also the development of contemporary African higher education institu tions, especially the universities, in the colonial and post-colonial context, have been characterised by high expectations,contestations, crises, and struggles by vari ous African stakeholders to assert agency and introduce reforms and innovations in the...
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fhis study focuses on fifteen years of redress policies designed to redress past in qualities in South African higher education, particularly as reflected in funding. At tempts to reverse past injustices included measures to address racial inequities for tndividuals with limited access to higher education at one level, and at another fo used on institutional discrimination through unequal funding of institutions based on the racial groupings they were designated to serve. This led to...