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The present paper discusses a conceptual, methodological and practical framework within which the limitations of the conventional notion of natural resource management (NRM) can be overcome. NRM is understood as the application of scientific ecological knowledge to resource management. By including a consideration of the normative imperatives that arise from scientific ecological knowledge and submitting them to public scrutiny, ‘sustainable management of natural resources’ can be...
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This article reports on a study into how lecturers at three universities offering pre-service teacher education in the Western Cape are preparing future primary school teachers for diversity in classrooms and schools. The study is located within a social justice orientation to education, where teacher preparation aims to reduce barriers to learning experienced by learners from a variety of social settings. It descriptionbes how these teacher educators are responding and/or contributing to...
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How are African American and European American children getting along in integrated elementary schools? The authors find substantial integration in majority black and multicultural classrooms, but ethnic segregation and cross-ethnic antipathies are more common in majority white classrooms.
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Inclusive education is a recent phenomenon in the education system in Papua New Guinea. It is about giving equal educational opportunities to all children, whether with disabilities or not in the regular school or classroom. Schools are considered as social institutions that should endeavour to enhance all children’s lives through appropriate teaching and learning practices. However, the school culture, which is generally defined as ‘how things are done here’ is vital for the promotion of...
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Access to reliable information as part of service delivery is vital to economic development and social well-being. Two projects by the Meraka Institute's human language technologies (HLT) research group - one in Botswana and one in South Africa - are fast-tracking the delivery of service information through novel information and communications technology (ICT) interventions. The Meraka Institute is a national research centre managed by the CSIR.
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Background Emigration of African doctors to Western countries has left African countries with inadequate coverage and the unsatisfying situation of educating doctors but losing them soon after their graduation. Gaining a better understanding of the perceptions that medical students have toward emigration will help address its causes and possibly limit the loss of health care personnel. We hypothesized that medical students at Makerere University develop a more favorable attitude toward...
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Malawi is one of the poorest countries in central Africa with some two-thirds of the population living in poverty. Chronic food insecurity weak governance and an underdeveloped health imfrastructure exacerbate the situation and are reflected in among other things the countrys high rates of maternal and infant morality. In response the MINESRH (Models for Inclusive and Equitable Sexual and Reproductive Health Services) project is using the social-challenge process to address root causes of...
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This study determined the prevalence and associated factors of suicidal ideation among school-going adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe. Data on 1970 respondents were obtained from a cross sectional study of the Global School-based health survey. Respondents were selected using a two-stage probability sampling technique. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 21.6%. Males were less likely to have suicidal ideation than females (OR=0.70; 95% CI 0.54,0.91). Worrying (OR=1.81; 95% CI 1.29,2.56),...