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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsMagnus JohnIn this first article of two, Magnus John, of the International Centre for Distance Learning based at the OU UK, reviews the history and development of distance education in Africa, in particular the anglophone and francophone centres. The author demonstrates the crucial importance of the infrastructural environment where local or national shortcomings remove the possibility of...

In South Africa, as the myriad of ‘apartheid holy cows’ are buried, so the opportunity for reconstruction takes on an unprecedented challenge. The renewal of South Africa's dishevelled education system is central to the country's renaissance. Against this backdrop, this article briefly describes some current positions on systems thinking and educational psychology service delivery in the South African context. Derived mainly from a formative evaluation of a Cape Town-based teacher in-service...

A community-based health care program in Uganda is described. Perceived learning needs of a group of adults with 3-4 years of elementary school education were assessed and prioritized. A decision was made to teach a few subjects in depth as opposed to many superficially after hearing the large amount and type of topics requested. Teaching sessions included practical applications based upon the availability of materials and local practices and beliefs. Basic needs, such as the need for food...

Summary A community‐based cross‐sectional study on the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment was conducted between July and August 1990 in three rural districts in Ségou region, Mali. The study population consisted of 5871 villagers. In the study area, the overall prevalence of bilateral blindness was 1.7% (standardized rate for age 2.0%± 0.4%), of bilateral visual impairment 1.7% (2.1%± 0.4%), of unilateral blindness 1.7% (2.2%± 0.4%) and of unilateral visual impairment...

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Describes the principles and programmes for teaching information technology in the Department of Library and Information Studies of the University of Botswana. Discusses the question of why to teach information technology, the changing situation of information technology in developing countries and issues and problems in teaching information technology. Reviews the future of information technology training in the Department.

Reconnaissance studies carried out following the October 12, 1992 Dahshour earthquake, near Cairo, Egypt indicated significant sand-boil activities and liquefaction at several locations on both sides of the Nile River near the earthquake epicenter. The study reported in this paper gives a brief account of liquefaction activities during the Dahshour earthquake and reviews the geological and geotechnical characteristics of the Nile Valley and River Delta and the associated seismicity of this...

Abstract South African sociologists of education are living through a momentous and highly particular transition at the same time as they participate in global trends and debates. This paper reviews changes in their framing concerns as they move from an oppositional positionality to afar more ambiguous space that seems to require of them to choose between critique and reconstruction. The resultant re‐positioning and the changing forms of appropriation of international themes as local...

The purpose of this study was to explore black South African college students' views of Freud's claim that during the phallic stage, boys have a special sexual interest in their mothers commonly known as the Oedipus complex and that, similarly, girls have such interest in their fathers commonly referred to as the Electra complex. In response, 30 of the 90 students ( M age = 21.9 yr., SD = 2. 8 yr.) agreed with Freud's interpretation, whereas 60 rejected it. Both groups of students supported...

The purpose of this study was to assess the scores of 161 African (97 girls and 64 boys) and 190 Canadian students (107 girls and 83 boys) on Eysenck's social desirability scale which indicates the extent to which one is Likely to describe his personality favourably. Analysis showed South African students scored higher than Canadian students, both boys and girls, but there were no gender differences between African or Canadian boys and girls. Cross-cultural differences may be attributable to...

This column is edited by Jean Nagelkerk, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Rosaline A. Olade, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Division of Nursing, University of Texas, Tyler.

Abstract The African American community's struggle for literacy occurs in the context of liberation.

Professional Development and Clinical Up-date Programme for a Nursing Staff in Nigeria M.J. Saunders; M.J. Saunders _ Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar P. Watters P. Watters _ Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Paper presented at the SPE Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1996. Paper Number: SPE-35804-MS https://doi.org/10.2118/35804-MS Published:...

This article addresses the use of African American Perspectives as a means of promoting a more inclusive understanding of human communication theory. It describes contributions by African American scholars as they relate to providing a framework for inclusion of other under-represented cultures in U.S. society (i.e. Asian American, Latin American, etc.). This objective is becoming more and more relevant because of the increased percentage of U.S. citizens who are of non-European origin....

The current study investigates the motivations of African Americans with regard to precollege teaching as a career. The study’s participants are one female and one male Afican American, both of whom had strongly considered pursuing secondary certification at the graduate level but decided instead to pursue doctorates in order to teach at the college level. The study, which extended over the course of nearly a year, is narrative life history and as such situates the lives of the individual...

Summary Until recently, schools in South Africa were strictly segregated according to race. And particularly in ‘government’ (state) schools, white teachers taught white children only. With the dismantling of apartheid, schools are becoming integrated. This study surveys the attitudes of teachers at certain previously segregated English‐medium secondary schools towards racially integrated schooling. Further, their attitudes were compared with those of teachers at private schools which had...

Literature is em erging on the adaptation of water resource systems to climate change (Stakhiv, 1995; Strzepek & Sm ith, 1995). These adaptations are generally discussed at either the sectoral or at the micro-economic level. However, little has been said about the macro-economic adaptation to shifts in water resources due to climate change. This lack of discussion is primarily due to the fact that very few countries have been able to make a com prehensive national assessment of climate...