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New online learning techniques lead to improved ways to investing in larger numbers of people and optimizing the use of resources. Respectively, virtual organizations are gaining grounds in the education sector with its vehicle capable of closing the digital divide and spreading knowledge that can help improve the literacy rate. This article covers the case of the Regional IT Institute (RITI), an institute located in Cairo, Egypt, that specializes in providing quality education in the fields...
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This study examines the policy and practice of instructional supervision in primary education against a background of an educational change in Kenya. Primary education is an important sector of education in Kenya. This is because about 40% of children who start primary education each year terminate their education at that level. It is therefore important to ensure its objectives are achieved. Consequently the government frequently undertakes reforms aimed at improving access, participation,...
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The study aimed at investigating the factors affecting pupils' enrolment in Tanzanian primary school and to propose measures to solve problem. The study also examined application of Education and Training policy, Acts, Regulations and Circulars, Which are used as directives in pupils' enrolment in primary schools. The researcher used interviews to collect data from school Committee chairperson,village council chairperson, parents whose children are not enrolled in primary school and the...
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The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of biology practical work and associated discourses in two Namibian secondary schools. The purposive sample consisted of three biology teachers and 36 grade 11 students who enrolled for NSSC Higher- and Ordinary-level biology in 2004 and 2005. The study adopted a descriptive and an in-depth qualitative design involving the use of interviews and observation schedules (Video Observation Quoting Schedules-VOQS). The quality of VOQS instruments...
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This study was conducted to guide the management at the Polytechnic of Namibia on how to address the challenges the institution faces with regard to the effective implementation of e-learning. The study focused on the reasons for the use and non-use of e-learning by faculty. The study also gave faculty the opportunity to state what they would need from the institution to incorporate e-learning in their courses. The results of this study show that faculty are in favour of using e-learning but...
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This study investigated Contemporary Adult Education (AE) policies and practices in Tanzania and the way they address national challenges. Four questions guided the study: Are contemporary AE policies related to the AE practices in Tanzania? Do contemporary AE policies address national challenges in Tanzania? Are contemporary AE practices addressing national challenges in Tanzania? Lastly, what are the voices of AE stakeholders with regard to contemporary AE policies and practices in...
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Does the literate game help 3rd and 4th grade Zambian children learn how to readKaoma, S. K. - 2008
Author: Simon K Kaoma Supervisor: Heikki Lyytinen Masters thesis of psychology University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Psychology February 2008 Reading acquisition is based on phonological awareness, alphabetical mapping and phonological decoding. Reading is a deliberate process of understanding written language. Knowing the language of the text is clearly fundamental in helping the learners to read. Learning to read and write is to learn how to use the coding system in your own language....
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Objective: To determine the prevalence and pattern of eye diseases and visual impairment in the Nairobi Comprehensive Eye Care Services (NCES) Project; the catchment area of the Mbagathi District Eye Unit of Nairobi. Design: Community based survey conducted from October 15th to 31st 2007 Setting: Kibera and Dagoreti divisions of Nairobi City Subjects: 4200 people of all ages were randomly selected; 4056 were examined (96.6% response rate). 122 (2.9%) were not available and 15 (0.4%) declined...
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The study sought to identify common methods of academic cheating, situations when academic dishonesty took place and the perceived reasons for engaging in such behaviours. Form 5 and Form 6 students sampled from 4 Gweru urban high schools (n=238) responded to a questionnaire that was used to collect data. A descriptive survey design was used and the data were analysed using frequency counts and percentages. The results indicated that academic cheating was common among all sampled schools...
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In this dissertation, the writer, himself a graduate the Zimbabwe teacher training college system, examines the issue of sexual harassment of female trainee teachers by their male teachers. Starting with the ‘lived realities’ of the female victims, he analyses the problem based on evidence gathered through various interrelated methodologies, including the Women’s Law and Grounded Theory Approaches. Although rampant, sexual harassment is seldom reported due to several factors, especially, the...
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The first time I offered to teach the course in a mid-sized state university in the rural upper-Midwest, Ben, a student in my composition class, asked me whether “you’re really teaching ‘African American literature.’” I replied that I was.
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Margat varaban (Qala’at al-Marqab, Sziria) a Szir-Magyar Regeszeti Misszio altal 2007 ota folytatott asatasok soran kerult sor a varfalak foldrenges okozta seruleseinek első felmeresere. A tornyokon, bastyakon, a templomon es a falakon lathato kulonfele toresek es repedesek kozul tobb is arrol tanuskodik, hogy a varat ismetlődően erős foldrengesek raztak meg. A fuggőlegesen es vizszintesen elcsuszott kvaderkovek, vizszintes tengely korul elfordult kvaderek, a lakotorony egy hatalmas,...
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Somalis living in Australia have a very high participation rate in vocational education and training (VET). Findings from Equity Research Centre research conducted in 2007 indicated that for many Somalis, aspirations to attain a university education and a professional career are high. However, achieving these goals often involves a pathway through the VET system, and for some this pathway is more complex than for others. One of the unintended findings from this research project, conducted...