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While partnerships are key to sustained engagement between universities and schools, structural and historical differences exist between partners at the level of both organisational boundaries and socioeconomic borders. Differential relations, particularly accentuated in contexts such as South Africa, are frequently masked by normative assumptions that have largely remained unquestioned.
 Reciprocity and mutuality are two such foundational concepts, regularly enlisted in the partnership...
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Using cross-sectional data from 504 students from four Kenyan universities, this study evaluates the indirect effect of brand personality on the relationship between social media and students’ behavioral intentions to enroll in postgraduate studies. Additionally, the study examines the moderating effect of attitude on the relationship between social media and brand personality, social media and students’ behavioral intentions, brand personality and students’ behavioral intentions. Finally,...
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The study assessed the level of perception, awareness and information of households to climate change in Amaro ward, Ethiopia. Two villages were purposively selected from the 34 homogeneous villages that make up the Amaro ward. During the survey, one hundred households were interviewed using multistage technique. Descriptive statistics was applied to analyze the level of information and awareness of rural households on climate change. Weighted Average Score was used to analyze the perception...
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Although there is a plethora of studies on poverty in schools, poverty in satellite schools in Zimbabwe remains a neglected phenomenon. Satellite schools are newly established temporary schools which are attached to a registered school. This paper derives from a study that focused on the social capital influences of communal farmers and land reform beneficiaries on satellite schools in the Masvingo district, Zimbabwe after the year 2000. The study drew on the capability approach by Sen...
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Developing countries face critical challenges in teaching and learning in the twenty-first century. Challenges such as paucity of educational resources and curriculum rigidity hamper a sustainable path in reaching goals for Education for Sustainable Development. These challenges impact the successful integration of Environmental Education in Math and Science subjects. This research discusses how Math and Science in-service teachers in a Junior Secondary School in Africa understood...
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This paper investigates a disruption hypothesis that student learning is lost as a direct consequence of teacher strike action in South Africa. At face value estimates from a within-student across-...
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As the world population keeps increasing and cultivating more land, the extraction of vegetation conditions using remote sensing is important for monitoring land changes in areas with limited ground observations. Water supply in wetlands directly affects plant growth and biodiversity, which makes monitoring drought an important aspect in such areas. Vegetation Temperature Condition Index (VTCI) which depends on thermal stress and vegetation state, is widely used as an indicator for drought...
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This paper reviews compliance with the IAS 36 goodwill impairment testing disclosure requirements by South African entities included in the All Share Index of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. A det...
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This study examined the perception of climate change and adaptation among small holder cassava farmers in Anambara. Three out of the four agricultural zones were purposively selected for the study based on intensity of agricultural activities. They are Anambra, Awka and Aguata zones. Multi-stage randomized sampling technique was adopted to select 120 cassava farmers in 2010 for the study, relevant data elicited from the farmers through structured questionnaire and analysed with descriptive...
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Whereas nursing profession helps the well and the sick regain independence as rapidly as possible, nursing ethics education provides the basis for effective professional practice.Objectives: This study sought to identify factors affecting nursing ethics education and to describe impact of nursing ethics education on nursing practice. Method: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted, and two sets of questionnaires were developed and administered, one to 80 final year nursing...