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We carried out a stratified, cluster-randomised, controlled trial in south Mali in 2004 to evaluate the impact of providing information on the diagnosis and treatment of bovine trypanosomosis by farmers. We recruited cattle farmers (444) in 46 villages and used stratified, restricted-randomisation to assign villages to either the test or control group. Farmers in the test group received an information leaflet designed to address gaps in farmer knowledge likely to lead to inadequate...
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This article traces the history of biology as a school subject and discusses some of the developments in the subject in post-apartheid South Africa. A debate that has characterized the history of the subject is whether it should be a science of life or a science of living. Over the years biology as a school subject has been influenced by political, social, economic and religious factors as well as developments in science and technology. The article shows that the science of life / science of...
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Abstract This article examines the lives of Arab women who worked as teachers in government schools in Palestine between 1920 and 1948. Through a prosopographic study of over 200 employment files of these women, I highlight certain variables as well as shared experiences. My findings show that Arab women teachers were a diverse group, hailing from all over Palestine, and from different religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. Teaching was considered a respectable job, as it did not require...
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This study examined the relationship between student engagement and educational outcomes for community college students from various racial/ethnic groups (n = 3,143). Results suggest an Effort–Outcome Gap may exist for African American students—the result of having to expend more effort in attempting to overcome myriad barriers to academic success.
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The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether racial and ethnic-related stressors were associated with overall levels of perceived stress and academic performance among African American students at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test racial and ethnic-related stressors and background variables as predictors of general levels of perceived stress and academic performance (i.e., grade point average). The results of...
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Black student retention in institutions of higher education is an important 21st-century issue. Thompson, Gorin, Obeidat, and Chen (2006) asserted that Blacks are still underrepresented in institutions of higher education and graduate at lower rates than Whites and Asians over a 5-year period. According to the American Council on Education, at the turn of the century only 40% of eligible Black students went to college, with only 46% of the 40% graduating within 6 years (Astin & Oseguera,...
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Strategies of Teaching and Assessment in Bilingual Education : The Case of KenyaGrönberg, H. - 2008
The material for this essay was collected during a field study at a primary school in Kenya. The aim was to examine the strategies the teachers used in order to make content comprehensible to their ...
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Formative supervision is a quality and performance tool based on evaluation and adult training techniques. The 2004 cholera outbreak in Douala (Cameroon) presented a critical problem in terms of quality of care; formative supervision emerged as the choice of instrument developed as a key response and solution. After a chronological qualitative description of how the supervision team and system were constituted, established and organized, the results are presented: strengthening...
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Education in Africa has been dramatically affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is especially true for the millions of children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. The situation is not expected to improve anytime soon - by 2010 the number of HIV/AIDS orphans is expected to exceed 35 million. These orphans face numerous challenges, including interruption or termination of their educations. Zimbabwe has been affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis more than most other countries in...
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An existing accounting framework to describe an education system is elaborated and used as a framework for understanding and comparing the resource allocation policies of the South African and Argentinean schooling systems. The comparison highlights how, by paying fewer teachers more (relative to GDP per capita), South Africa is structurally forced to deal with relatively large class sizes. Both countries have attempted to use production function studies to understand ways of improving pupil...
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The study investigated childhood sexual abuse (CSA) experiences of female student teachers in Zimbabwe. A convenience sample of 112 female respondents (mean age = 27.4 years) responded to a retrospective questionnaire which assessed childhood sexual experiences. Data were analysed descriptively. The overall prevalence rate for child sexual abuse was 43.8%. Contact CSA 42(37.5%) was slightly more common than non-contact CSA 35(31.3%). Prevalence was higher among participants who grew up in...