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This volume focuses on gender and education in sub-Saharan Africa, considering in particular the impact formal and non-formal education have had on African women. A variety of country studies illustrate theoretical debates and the authors provide historical and cultural context.
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An examination of reported cases of child abuse in Nigerian schools was carried out against the backdrop of the legal framework for the protection of pupils. The objective was to highlight the deficiency in Nigerian law on child protection in the light of UN Conventions which Nigeria has ratified.
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Shortly after South African College, the predecessor of today's University of Cape Town, opened its doors in 1829 faculty members found that they had a problem. In one meeting of the Faculty Senate alone, four students were brought up on charges that one had been ‘fighting and noisy’, another ‘fighting – kicking open the door of the Messenger's Room’, another ‘writing on the Professor's desk with chalk’ the words ‘Ziervogel is a vagabond’ as well as ‘threatening the messenger with his fist’,...
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Through an examination of the concept of rights in emergent policy in South Africa, this article illustrates some of the ways in which philosophy can serve democratic policy in its pursuit of the public good. We argue that while the South African Schools Act establishes some of the institutional conditions for a rights-based educational system, inadequacies in the treatment of gender and rights in the new national curriculum threaten to undermine the vision of the public good in South...
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This study examines the association between a household's degree of vulnerability to food crisis and the incidence of deaths using primary survey data carried out to look at the demographic consequences of drought and famine in the drought-prone areas of northern Ethiopia. Retrospective data on the occurrences of deaths within a household were collected for the period 1984 to 1994. Consistent with previous studies, the findings confirm that mortality was clustered among the age groups 1-4...
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The need to more effectively teach and meet the needs of culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse students occupies a great deal of attention in the field of education. In gifted education, much of the discussion centers on the underrepresentation of diverse students in programs and services for gifted students, with a growing body of work focusing on issues of underachievement among these students. In this article, we contend that one solution to these two issues is for schools to...
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The challenges to sustain and enhance the quality of teaching and learning facing academic staff in South African universities are discussed against the background of the latest quality assurance policy developments at the national level. In addition, eight contextual factors that need to be taken into account are reviewed. Three strategies are proposed to facilitate the adoption of quality assurance measures by academics functioning in challenging contexts.
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Policy-makers have placed great faith in education as a means of transforming and developing South African society. Recent policy documents specify occupational, professional and academic roles and competences for teachers. These documents require a significant shift to “extended” professionalism. Do these roles and competences resonate with current classroom realities and practices? This question was addressed by mapping the practices of “effective” teachers onto research schedules based on...
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The conference ¿Dakar Framework for Action¿ held in Dakar, Senegal, April 26-28, 2000, declared that education is not only the key to sustainable development, but also a fundamental human right. It was stated that by 2015 all children must have access to and be able to complete primary school. The elimination of gender disparities in access to primary and secondary education by 2005 and a 50% improvement in adult literacy level by 2015 were also urged. In setting these goals, the conference...
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The application of computers in Kenya is relatively uncommon, and the facilities and stage of professional and organisational development in Kenya appear to reflect this. This article describes the views of a group of pupils and their teacher regarding the impact of a computer-based instruction (CBI) programme that involved the collaborative learning of a physics course on measurement. Three secondary schools and a total of 118 pupils were studied in three classrooms, one class acting as a...
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Studies were carried out on 855 pupils of classes 3, 5 and 7 (age range 5-16 years) attending 17 primary schools in the Health District, Cameroon, to determine the infection pattern of Schistosoma haematobium in its different communities. The results reveal prevalence rates of 9.7 % for urinary schistosomiasis and 11.6 % for haemuturia. The focal area for Schistosomiasis was Barombi kotto with a prevalence rate of 75.9 %, a finding not significantly different from 78.2 % for haematuria. Low...
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ABSTRACT This paper examines whether a video produced by young African people could serve the goal of education for understanding ‘others’ in the context of Japan. This was investigated by assessing Japanese pupils’ perceptions of Africa before and after viewing a video produced by Kenyan students. Data were gathered from Japanese pupils’ drawings. The result suggests that, after seeing the test video, the pupils changed their perceptions of Africa significantly. This concluded that video...
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As a historically Black institution (HBI) which recently admitted students of all races, the University of Natal Medical Faculty (South Africa) must now provide a conducive learning environment for all students. Based on casual observations that second year medical students associated along racial/ethnic and gender lines in an academic setting (Histology laboratory), the present study discusses these phenomena from historical, political and cultural perspectives. English, as the medium of...
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While Koranic schools are omnipresent throughout Somaliland and can boast a student enrolment rate of 60% compared to just 17% in primary schools, their contribution to basic education is either not known or thought to be insignificant. This paper reports on a survey to establish the current structure of Koranic schools in Somaliland, with a view to documenting the changing nature of the institution and assessing its potential to effectively address the expansion of basic education. It...