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The proposed research will assist understating the current narratives of how gender and racial relations are played out South Africa. Democracy brought with it human rights and freedom of expression that are safeguarded the Constitution of 1996, yet that appears contradict tradition and the way black girls/women are customarily treated. The current literature on this topic focuses on black women general, rather than girls at high school. According the literature relating the gender and...

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA

This study aims to investigate the current BIM education status, the pedagogies used and the challenges faced when incorporating BIM into the curriculum, within the Schools of Architecture in South African Universities (Gauteng region) in order to achieve greater insights on the importance placed on Architecture students being adequately prepared to meet the expectations of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

Papua New Guinea has a very high maternal mortality rate (773/100,000), low rates of supervised births and a critical shortage of skilled midwives. A midwifery education initiative commenced in 2012, funded by the Australian Government and led by the National Department of Health. One specific objective of the initiative was to improve the standard of clinical teaching and practice in four schools of midwifery. There were 394 midwives educated over the 4 year period (2012-2015) representing...

The use of technology and ICTs in education is spreading fast worldwide and it is a massive way of spreading knowledge. It has been noted that “the internet is the world’s largest and most powerful computer network connecting personal computers, sophisticated mainstreams, and high speed supercomputers around the globe” Tilwani, A. (2013, p ). To keep abreast with the rest of the world, the Botswana College of Open and Distance Learning (BOCODOL) started infusing technology in running some of...

Tahrir Square has been the epicenter of intense political violence. Students attending schools located near this square witnessed and/or directly experienced the consequences of a series of violent events. This study investigates the presence of psychiatric symptoms in children attending these schools to explore patterns of responses, according to their perceptions of the revolution on their lives, adjusted for gender and socioeconomic status.

to determine what midwifery students throughout Ghana were witnessing, perceiving, and learning with regard to respectful care during labour and childbirth. cross-sectional survey. public midwifery schools in all 10 regions of Ghana. all graduating midwifery students in Ghana. 929 final-year students at 15 public midwifery schools in Ghana were asked to complete a self-administered computerised survey addressing a range of topics, including experiences during training. All data were...

Abstract This paper presents the first detailed, outcrop-based sedimentologic investigation of the Pleistocene–Holocene upper Lake Beds succession in the Rukwa Rift Basin, located in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System, southwestern Tanzania. The goal of this investigation is to examine the sedimentary facies and reconstruct the depositional environments of this important archive of Quaternary climate and environmental change. Eleven diagnostic facies associations comprising...

Discipline of learners has been a major concern for school management (Ritter & Hancock, 2007). Benbenishty (2005) postulated that indiscipline in schools is ranked as a major problem among learners. Seeman ( ) regards indiscipline or discipline problem as number one deterrent to our educational process. Ryan (2006), stated that discipline problem among learners is an issue of concern worldwide. Discipline of learners has been a major concern for school management (Ritter and Hancock, 2007)....

A thesis submitted for the award of the degree of doctor of philosophy in the school of humanities and social sciences of Kenyatta University, October 2016

Poor leadership and management among some school heads in Zimbabwe has been foregrounded as a cause for concern. Questions are being raised about school heads’ ability to influence teachers in their day-to-day practice. Hence, this qualitative ethnographic study with a focus on leader influence behaviours employed by school heads to motivate teachers to attain school goals. Two schools were purposively sampled and at each school the school head and five teachers were selected as...

Mobile learning (mLeaming) in formal education is getting wide spread but little is known about how to adopt mLeaming in non-formal contexts among smallholder farmer communities, who constitute the majority in most African states. These rely on agriculture, yet their livelihoods are affected by immense changes in seasons. Smallholder farmers' access to mobile phones can act as bridges in supporting learning for secure livelihoods. Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology...

A research thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of doctor of philosophy (educational psychology) in the school of Education, Kenyatta University. October, 2016

Climate change has emerged as an important factor in agricultural production globally.Advanced countries are better placed to address the challenges posed by this phenomenon.Developing countries must also develop the capacity to tackle this problem in order to ensure sustainable agriculture.A foundational requirement is to access the knowledge, attitude and practice of local farmers in order to design a robust response to support their activities.The study was aimed at assessing the farmers'...

This research work was aimed at investigating play, as a mechanism for developing peaceful behaviour among elementary school pupils for sustainable peace in Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to determine this, Ex-post facto research design was used. Some determinants of play such as; playing age preference of pupils, gender differences and willingness to play with opposite sex and pupils’ home background were identified as variables for the study. The population of the study was 26,363. A...

Background: Soil-transmitted helminthiases cause a substantial yet under-appreciated public health burden. School age children harbour the heaviest burden. Infected children experience growth stunting and diminished physical fitness as well as impaired memory and cognition. These adverse health consequences impair educational performance, and reduce school attendance. Determination of the burden is central to designing and implementing appropriate interventions. Objective: To determine the...

This study investigated the extent to which junior secondary school students in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State Nigeria are aware of issues related to climate change and sustainable development. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Four research questions were raised. Two instruments were used for data collection, a questionnaire and the junior secondary school teaching syllabus. The  questionnaire titled “ Climate change and Sustainable Development Awareness...