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This study observed the interaction between historically disadvantaged undergraduate students and on-line information retrieval systems at the University of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
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This chapter is based on focus group discussions of African and Ghanaian university students as they reflect on their university experiences on the subject of how questions of difference and diversity are broached in the teaching, learning, and administration of education in their schools and universities. The students use their personal knowledge and lived experiences to reflect on the question of how inclusivity and diversity implicate schooling in Africa. The learning objective is to...
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In sub-Saharan Africa, the etiology of anemia in early childhood is complex and multifactorial. Three community-based cross-sectional surveys were used to determine the prevalence and severity of anemia. Regression methods were used to compare mean hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations across covariate levels to identify children at risk of low Hb levels in an area with intense malaria transmission. In a random sample of 2,774 children < 36 months old, the prevalence of anemia (Hb < 11g/dL) was...
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This quote is pertinent to this chapter in that it sets the scene for discussing the issues of education, gender, and culture in an international, rather than national perspective. It also recognizes both the key role played by international development institutions and the contribution of the academic field. Finally, it underscores the importance of using a gender framework to analyze policy issues that affect the education of girls and women.
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The purpose of this paper was to investigate and analyze the reasons advanced by Post Grade Diploma in Education students (PGDE) for choosing teaching as a career. The subjects of the study were 102 students of which 58 were females and 44 were males. The average age for this group of students was 23. Data were collected using a questionnaire in which a quantitative approach was employed using closed and open-ended questions. The findings of the study revealed that, PGDE students choose the...
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The paper discussed the objectives of the UBE and the library facilities. The roles of the school library play in the school system were identifiedm and the space requirements as well as functions to be performed in the school library were also discussed. Recommendations were made for the provision of effective library service for the UBE programme.
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To prepare the way for further work, an SSHE programme in two regions of Swaziland was studied. This article describes the lessons learned from the UNICEF and government-funded project.
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The present descriptive study obtained nursing education administrators’ perceptions about the use and effectiveness of recruitment and retention strategies for African American male nursing students as compared to those strategies used for all nursing students in their nursing programs. A survey based on a review of the literature was developed by the researcher. The survey was mailed to 241 baccalaureate degree nursing education administrators in the 16 states and District of Columbia,...