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This study evaluated the Quality and Learning of the Knowledge for Development Action Learning for Africa workshop. The workshop was designed to foster a dialogue among policymakers and key stakeholders from Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda who are involved in advising, developing, and implementing national strategies for the creation, transmission, and effective use of knowledge. The workshop helped participants to use knowledge and information and articulate strategies and action plans to...

This paper outlines an approach to the Christian education of Black children and young people in Britain that seeks to use the insights of African‐centred approaches to education. It commences with an exploration into the development of African‐centred approaches to education which originated in the United States. The author then seeks to outline some of the central ideas of this ideological perspective on the process of teaching and learning. The author argues that African‐centred...

Low test scores are routinely observed in sub-Saharan African populations. In this paper, we explore the topic further by examining Rushton and Skuy's [Intelligence 28 (2000) 251] hypothesis that a bimodal distribution exists in the African population with a high-scoring group virtually indistinguishable from Whites, and a low-scoring group performing significantly below both Whites and the higher-scoring African group. To test this hypothesis, we sought out a potentially higher-scoring...

The increase of the prevalence of the obesity in childhood puts in reason some factors of the environment and the way of life of the child that encourage the hold of weight at these topics of as much more that if they are exposed genetically. A prospective survey has been done close to 3148 school boy aged of 6 to 10 years and who were schooled in the gouvernorat of Ariana showed that the prevalence of the obesity is around 3.7%. A survey case/witness has been achieved in a second time on...

Development in the third world is greatly dependant on assistance and cooperation with developed counties. Agricultural engineering can play an important role in the educational, economical and social development of under developed countries in the world due to the nature of work that requires interaction with local people. In this paper, background information is presented about Palestine and Southern West Bank. In addition, many on-going long-term development projects in Southern West Bank...

The authors examined the multivariate relationships between depression recognition by staff members and characteristics of nursing home residents.Analyses used a simple random sample of 270 residents, drawn from six randomly selected nursing homes, who were evaluated by psychiatrists for depression and depressive symptomatology.African Americans were generally seen by psychiatrists as having less depressive symptomatology than residents from other ethnic groups. The data suggest that nurse...

AbstractThe reliability of the Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS) for use in South Africa has not been established. In order to address this situation, two studies were undertaken to document the reliability of the LBS in Grades 8 and 11 learners attending high schools in Cape Town, South Africa. In Study 1, a random sample of learners (N = 117) attending four independent high schools completed the LBS on two occasions 10 to 14 days apart. In Study 2, a multistage sampling procedure produced a...

Swaziland, located in southern Africa, is faced with a number of socio-economic challenges common to other Sub-Saharan nations. These challenges include the following: 1) a high rate of population growth, 2) an educational system seriously challenged by expanding needs for economic development, 3) insufficient Swazi participation within the economy (especially at managerial levels, which are dominated by representatives of foreign investors), and 4) significant unemployment. An exploratory...

This report identifies negative environmental impacts and recommends mitigation measures for the Basic Education Sector Project for Burkina Faso, which extends basic education and broadens participation among girls. School construction comprises renovating classrooms and building latrines. Workers will remove solid waste materials, particularly hazardous waste, and use latrines to reduce sewage that could pollute the water or lead to water-borne diseases. Appropriate plant species that can...

Following health sector reform, Ethiopia started training new categories of health workers. This study addresses students' perspectives regarding their training and career plans. A cross sectional questionnaire was administered to 145 students in the three schools of the Amhara regional state of Ethiopia. The majority of students were male (62%) and originally from urban areas (76%). Job search was the most common reason for enrolling in the training for almost half (48%) of the respondents,...

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the Requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Public Health and Epidemiology of Kenyatta University

A decade after developing a medical school from scratch and devising a curriculum appropriate to local conditions, Robert Broadhead, a founder member of staff and the present principal, and his colleague Adamson Muula describe how the problems have been successfully surmounted in Malawi In a poor country, developing a medical school is a major undertaking. Malawi, with no medical school of its own, depended on expatriate doctors, missionaries, and the uncertain return of its own nationals...

This study which focuses on Anglican mission and women's education in Palestine from 1888 till 1948, gives new insight to the history of women, education and inter-communal relations in Palestine. It also contributs to a more nuanced understanding of Western women's roles within the imperial setting.

The quality of visionary leadership requires serious attention in current South Africa, both because of its importance but also sometimes because of the lack of leadership in church and theological contexts. In the first section of this article, focus is placed on leadership in the Faculty of Theology (NG Kerk) at the University of Pretoria, and in the second section, on the leadership at the Lovedale Missionary Institution in the Eastern Cape. Finally, some comparisons and conditions are drawn.

Abstract The Amboseli basin, a semi‐arid, open savannah area of southern Kenya, has experienced extensive changes in habitat since the early 1960's. The present report documents patterns of air temperature and rainfall in Amboseli for the 25‐year period beginning 1976. Daily temperatures increased dramatically throughout this time period, at a rate almost an order of magnitude greater than that attributed to global warming. Mean daily maximum temperature increased more than did daily minimum...

Abstract The Amboseli basin, a semi‐arid, open savannah area of southern Kenya, has experienced extensive changes in habitat since the early 1960's. The present report documents patterns of air temperature and rainfall in Amboseli for the 25‐year period beginning 1976. Daily temperatures increased dramatically throughout this time period, at a rate almost an order of magnitude greater than that attributed to global warming. Mean daily maximum temperature increased more than did daily minimum...

Abstract The Amboseli basin, a semi‐arid, open savannah area of southern Kenya, has experienced extensive changes in habitat since the early 1960's. The present report documents patterns of air temperature and rainfall in Amboseli for the 25‐year period beginning 1976. Daily temperatures increased dramatically throughout this time period, at a rate almost an order of magnitude greater than that attributed to global warming. Mean daily maximum temperature increased more than did daily minimum...

Abstract The Amboseli basin, a semi‐arid, open savannah area of southern Kenya, has experienced extensive changes in habitat since the early 1960's. The present report documents patterns of air temperature and rainfall in Amboseli for the 25‐year period beginning 1976. Daily temperatures increased dramatically throughout this time period, at a rate almost an order of magnitude greater than that attributed to global warming. Mean daily maximum temperature increased more than did daily minimum...