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African American college students attending predominately White institutions often encounter stressors that their Caucasian peers do not experience. Because of these unique stressors, African American students are more prone to experience psychological distress. Identifying factors that counteract psychological distress among these students is vital to increasing their sense of well being. This study examined parental attachments as a buffer against psychological distress among African...
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The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in developing countries like Tanzania is considered to be a necessity in order to overcome the challenges that are hindering the country from developing in all sectors and also from reducing the digital divide. As ICT is becoming more and more integrated in societies world wide, its effects are clearly seen i.e. on peoples’ lives, on countries’ economy, opens doors to new opportunities, change how people learn etc. Applying ICT to...
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Medical education is a key factor in the progress of any country.The advancement of any nation is based in part on this type of education.Medical education world-wide has improved immensely over the past two decades, having undergone major changes.The progress of developing countries can be judged based on how they incorporate this field of education into everyday life, and how this impacts the healthcare that is provided [1,2].In Arab-speaking countries, the education system varies.Most of...
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To The Editor: The authors are to be commended on this highly valuable and succinctly written editorial [1]. It is undoubtedly very useful to encourage tutors and lecturers to make their teaching more interactive and non-threateningly challenging for students. The authors provided numerous useful suggestions for developing learners’ problem-solving skills. Problem-solving skills are an important component of PBL. In PBL students are presented with the problem rather than the information...
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Gender inequality in access to education has generally been seen as a major problem that needs to be addressed. This study investigates the factors that contribute to gender inequality in higher education. It also examines the challenges faced by Ghanaian girls that contribute to their discrimination in education. Government initiatives towards girls’ higher education have also been explored. The study used mainly qualitative method, thus interview and field notes. Students, parents, faculty...
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This study sought to determine the extent to which secondary school teachers' and University lecturers' are aware of the new Internet lexical items and how instructional practices are being affected by the emergence of this new mode of pedagogies. The study also attempted to establish the relevance and appropriateness of e-registers and coinages and their implications in teacher education programmes. With stratified randomized sampling technique, a quantitative and qualitative survey was...
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We investigated post-seismic deformation following the 2003 May 21, Mw= 6.9 Boumerdes, Algeria, earthquake using surface displacements from six continuous Global Positioning System sites that operated in the epicentral area for 2.5 yr following the event. We find up to 4 cm of cumulative horizontal displacement during that time period, with a time-dependence well fit by a logarithmic decay. Post-seismic deformation appears to continue at all sites after the 2.5-yr observation period, with...
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Scholars have devoted considerable attention and resources to creating and expanding legal aid clinics, law school clinics, and university-based law clinics in order to make the law school experience more educational and relevant for law students in developing countries by introducing more skills training into the curriculum. Those who support the expansion of clinical legal education in South Africa and elsewhere have sought to achieve specific objectives related to improving legal...
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The present paper assessed the extent to which Free Primary Education is accessed by all Basotho children irrespective of their socio-demographic standing. It was also the objective of this study to investigate if differences in participation rates between boys and girls have disappeared following the introduction of Free Primary Education. Using the ten percent sample from the 1996 Lesotho Population Census and the 2001 Lesotho Demographic Survey, the findings of the study suggest that...
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The Human Resources Development Review 2008 edited by Andre Kraak and Karen Press is a collection of monumental proportions on the subject of human resources development in South Africa. The Review is produced by the Research Programme on Education, Science and Skills Development (ESSD) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). This is a very important collection at a time in South Africa when there is constant critical debate about the availability of high-level skills,...
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I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II THE TABLE OF CONTENTS III LIST OF TABLES VI LIST OF FIGURES VI ABREVIATIONS VII CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2 1.3 THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 4 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 1.4.2 SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 1.5 MOTIVATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 6 1.6 DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY 7 1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 8 1.8 THE STRUCTURE OF THE DISSERTATION 9 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 13 2.0 INTRODUCTION...