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This paper considers African-American student protests in secondary schools during the 1960s and early 1970s. Taking a national perspective, it charts a growing sense of independence and militancy among black students as they made the schools a focal point of activism. Activist students challenged established civil rights organisations on a variety of questions. They also engaged in an escalating series of protest activities to make schools change. Much of this focused on curricular change,...
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Changes in heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb) concentrations in marine seaweed (green alga) Ulva sp. and seawater collected from the the Mediterranean Coast, Alexandria region, Egypt were investigated during monthly samplings from January to December 2012 to assess the spatial and seasonal variation of these elements as well as the pollutional status at this area. Fe had the highest concentration and Cd found the lowest one. There were statistically positive significant correlations...
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The study reported in this article explored mathematical classroom pratices in four South African multilingual classroom settings. This paper sought to unpack both the use of language as well as the implementation of discussion as a technique in the teaching and learning of mathematics during and after the intervention The study followed an ethnographic design using four mathematics multilingual classrooms as individual cases, and the four mathematics teachers who participated in the study...
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Abstract Globally, many communities are vulnerable to weather-pattern variability. Climate change will act as a threat multiplier by increasing this variability. To combat growing vulnerability, strategies for adaptation must be developed. This study uses interviews and participatory research techniques to examine the effects of a year-long drought on women and poverty dynamics in Gituamba location, Kenya. It concludes that drought has the ability to create poverty traps and produce a...
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Climate change processes pose significant challenges to development in cities across West Africa. These processes shape and mediate urban vulnerability across urban areas and hinder wider development efforts across these cities. This paper reviews these emerging perspectives within the context of UN-Habitat's work in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and Saint-Louis, Senegal. It argues that policy-makers and researchers need to engage with issues of climate change and development at an urban...
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The study found out the relationship among teachers’ attitude and students’ performance in mathematics Kenya certificate of secondary education (KCSE). The study is an ex-post facto type, which adopted descriptive survey design. Three research questions were answered in the study. The subjects for the study were one hundred and seventy one (171) students and twenty three (23) mathematics teachers selected from secondary schools in Siaya County, Kenya. Two research instruments were used for...
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Background: Little is known about the relevance of advance care planning (ACP), including the use of advance directives (AD) and health care power of attorney in transitional countries where access to health care is often limited. Objective: The study's objective was to determine the perceived relevance of ACP amongst select groups in the South African community, and to refine an existing tool for initiating conversations on the topic. Design: Five focus groups were recruited, with a total...
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La présente étude a pour but de déterminé la prévalence du surpoids et de l'obésité chez les enfants âgés de 4 à 13 ans et scolarisés dans les établissements publics de Tébessa (Est algérien) sur une période de 10-12 ans.Les mesures du poids et de la taille de 21 618 enfants (49,4 % de filles et 50,6 % de garçons) ont été obtenues à partir de leurs carnets de santé de 1995 à 2007.La prévalence du surpoids et de l'obésité est passée de 17,39 % en 1995-1998 à 8,49 % en 2005-2007.Le surpoids...
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Effective leadership is the cornerstone of any education system. It can ensure the effective implementation and management of curriculum changes. Leadership by principals plays a critical role in motivating teachers and creating a culture of learning in the school. This article investigates the capacity of principals to provide instructional leadership at school level and the challenges they encounter in managing and implementing curriculum changes. The study employed qualitative design...
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Patients' willingness to the involvement of medical students in their health care is the mandatory input to medical education. Admitted patients' willingness level should be known and factors affecting willingness should be identified and it is necessary to act upon them for better medical care.A cross-sectional hospital based survey was conducted to assess the admitted patients' attitude towards medical students' involvement in their health care at Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital in 2010....
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. July 2013. Major:Educational Policy and Administration. Advisor: Dr. Frances K. Vavrus. 1 computer file (PDF); xiii, 269 pages, appendices A-E.
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This survey studied the linguistic and communicative evolution in a Language and Communication module (LC) of 1,456 students who took placement tests in the early autumn semester and were evaluated at the end of the spring semester of the same academic year. These students belong to hard science majors and were respectively enrolled in the first and second semesters. 51% of these students demonstrated a weak level of written language, with a worrying final score. Students suffered...
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The study aimed at determining the status of safety awareness of senior secondary school science students as well as examining how their safety awareness vary with gender and location of school. Three research questions, two of which were converted to null hypotheses.Descriptive survey research was employed in carrying out the study using 3906 science students selected using stratified random sampling method. Safety awareness questionnaire was used to collect data which were analyzed using...
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This paper examined the concept of Open Access and the perception of Librarians in Colleges of Education in South East Zone of Nigeria to Open Access publishing as a medium for delivery of quality Scientific knowledge and for assessing the publications of scholars to global knowledge. The study focused on the Federal and state Colleges of Education in the zone. This is made up of three Federal Colleges of Education and four State Colleges of education respectively. 55 Professional librarians...