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In the brave new world of physical education teacher education, subjecting teaching performance scores and the professional practices associated with these scores to regular theoretical and empirical scrutiny is necessary to root out preconceptions, stimulate pedagogical innovations, and provide cogent justifications for institutional investments in teaching practicum and clinical supervision. This study examines both the instruments used at the University of Botswana (UB) to evaluate the...
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After entering into 21st century, Nigeria makes efforts to promote its primary education by issuing compulsory education law and carrying out universal education program. To this end, the government made new plan for teacher education development and implemented a series of measures to enhance specialization of teachers. It also adjusts the structure of teacher education system and reform curriculum system of teacher education, etc. This article analyses the general trend of Nigerian...
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration in General Management
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The contribution of higher education to national systems: the case of ZambiaSikwibele, A. L. - 2007
This paper explores the contribution of higher education in the national education systems. Higher education in Zambia has a critical role to play in developing and advancing the national education system through generating and disseminating research knowledge in areas such as curriculum, teacher training, reading, financing, management, quality of teaching, gender, equity, education management, policy and planning. The higher education sector is small but influential at other levels and...
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Inadequate funding of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa is a perennial problem. The inadequacy of financial resources is undermining the efforts of universities to produce educated citizens to engage in productive careers. Public universities' reliance on their governments for funding when there are many competing needs for public resources calls for attention. This thesis is an exploration of perceptions of university academics and administrators and government officials of current and...
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We are presented with a situation in which ‘the male identity is a fragile and tentative thing with no secure anchorage in the contemporary world’ (Brittan, 1989:3). However, empirical evidence surrounding the commonly perceived contemporary crisis of masculinity fails to support any overall crisis of masculinity thesis (Edwards, 2006:16). Instead, the different perceptions of the crisis tend to rest on at least one of the three propositions pointed out by Edwards (2006:17): Firstly;...
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Journalism education and training in Eastern Africa has commonly been a result of fragmented initiatives by Western donor organisations, but there is now a growing tendency to formalise programmes in established colleges and universities. The merger of existing journalism programmes, as has happened recently in Ethiopia and Tanzania, is a notable trend. Generally, while a major challenge for journalism in East Africa is fighting institutional and government corruption, as well the regulation...