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This research paper describes the theoretical and pedagogical back­ground and results of the trial of implementing a service-learning course for 18 engineering students at a public Libyan engineering college. This study fills a gap in the literature related to service-learning practice and outcomes in Libya and the Arab world in general. The results of the study, based on student reflection journals, focus groups, and final course outcomes, showed that students reported academic gains in...

Toxoplasma gondii infection during pregnancy can lead to many complications such as abortion, cerebral calcifications, chorioretinitis, and hydrocephalus. In Senegal, toxoplasmosis primary prevention during pregnancy usually refers to prenatal screening of pregnant women, but epidemiological data are needed to help shape human toxoplasmosis prevention policy. This study assessed T. gondii seroprevalence among pregnant women attending the Fann Teaching Hospital in Dakar Senegal. An...

Studies have advocated for participatory governance in education (Kindiki, 2009, Tikoko& Kiprop, 2011). There is however a dearth of literature on use student mentoring in relation to discipline. The purpose of this study was investigating principals’ use of student mentorship programmes and students’ discipline in secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study sought to establish the focus of student mentoring and determine significant relationships existed between principals’...

The current research aims at identifying and measuring the political knowledge of the students of the two universities of Al- Balqaa in Jordan and Omar Al- Mokhtar in Libya. The two communities are almost similar in terms of the social formation, Arab customs and traditions, the Bedouin values, the difference in the institutional age and the political stability.The study attempts to measure and compare the political knowledge in the communities of the two universities using the descriptive...

This mixed methods study examines the impact teacher professional development has on the levels of concern of nine Ugandan teachers as they begin to use computers in their school environment. These teachers completed the Stages of Concern Questionnaire before and immediately following training on the basics of how to use a computer for educational purposes. Additionally, qualitative data in the form of interviews and written responses were collected and analyzed to look at what aspects of...

This study was carried out to assess the heavy metal pollution status and potential ecological risk in the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. The concentrations of twelve heavy metals commonly associated with environmental pollution were determined in the sediments of the lagoon by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) and the cold vapor method was employed for Mercury (Hg). Nonempirical risk indices and empirical Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) were used to assess the ecological risk associated...

A decade has elapsed since the Learning Management System (LMS) technology permeated its way into higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), offering new paradigms of both blended and online mode e-learning delivery. Parallel to other continents, the introduction of LMS stimulated acceptance and adoption intentions among stakeholders in higher education. This necessitated research into faculty members’ and students’ LMS acceptance and adoption intentions. While some research has been...

Mathematics has always been a difficult issue, especially in the African countries. Mozambique is not an exception. This country had been colonized by Portugal until 1975. When the independence was obtained, a socialist regime was adopted (1977). The learning of mathematics entered the struggle against colonial and imperialistic ideas. Its best ally was Paulus Gerdes, one of the most relevant ethnomatematicians of the world, who carried out an intense promotion of this approach to...

Objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women in Ethiopia, however, cervical cancer screening is almost nonexistent.This study provided training and assessed knowledge and clinical skills of cervical cancer screening among medical students at Saint Paul Hospital and Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Ethiopia.Methods: This study consisted of training on cervical cancer screening and assessment of knowledge and...

Purpose: This article is based on questions related to the formative assessment of preparatory trainee ship in the professional life of Physical Education teachers. In general, in the first training program, the traineeship represents an integral part of training. In this sense, the traineeship offers a vital opportunity for future teacher to gain practical experience in the real environment, given that formative evaluation is a process of collecting evidence from trainees by cooperative...

The student protests in South African Universities, which started in 2015, demanded the decolonisation of certain aspects of higher education. While the primary demand is free education, issues of the curriculum and transformation connected with the country's history of colonialism and apartheid have also surfaced. In the field of law, demands for curriculum change are accompanied by the broad issue of the decolonisation of law, translating into questions of legal history, the concept of...

The study determined the effects of cooperative, competitive and individualistic classroom interaction patterns on the performance of secondary school students in Physics. It also examined the moderating effect of gender on dependent measure. The study adopted the pretest, posttest, control group quasi experimental design. The sample consisted of 214 senior secondary school I students (104 males and 110 females) from four intact classes randomly selected in two local government areas of Ogun...

The dimension to value-laden in Nigeria has been in contention for a while now with many adopting several approaches to the debate. The paper does not pretend to be definite in conception of value-laden education in line with the national policy. Rather it allows some measures of flexibility as it expatiates on the concepts of value, education and national development. For proper anchorage, the paper discussed the theoretical framework of value education and constraints to value teaching in...

This study investigated the Impact of Small-Group Learning Strategy (S-GLS) on students’ retention and academic performance in ecology among Senior Secondary 2 (SS2) students in Gusau, Zamfara state. The study was guided by two objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses. Sixty (60) SS2 students were selected using simple random sampling technique from a population of six hundred (600) SS2 students who offer biology. Pre-test, posttest and post-posttest quasi experimental...

Globally diet patterns have shown a decline in the quantities of vegetables consumed with low amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables available. Regionally the decline in the use of African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) by many rural communities over the years has resulted in poor diets and increased incidence of nutritional deficiency disorders and diseases. In Kenya, at least 33% of children are anemic, and a large number of school children cannot enjoy their right to nutrition. Academic...