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Information Communication Technology (ICT) is becoming an integral part of our lives. ICTs form part of our working, social and educational environment. Access to ICT devices is rapidly increasing and more ICT users in developing countries are becoming cyber users. One group of cyber users that is fast becoming active cyber citizens in the online community are children (school children). School children are exposed to ICTs from a young age and access to these devices is becoming easier and...
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Pregnancy among teenagers especially those that are at tertiary institutions seem to be an increasing problem. Teenagers and adolescents have been observed to be sexually active, with about 85 percent of teenage girls being sexually active at the age of 19 years, some of them experiencing their first intercourse at a low age of 12 years. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe knowledge, attitudes and perception of tertiary students towards teenage pregnancy. A qualitative,...
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To study the effects of sildenafil on morphology to noise-induced hearing loss in guinea pigs.Guinea pigs were randomly divided into control group, noise exposure group and the sildenafil treatment group, 12 in each group. a week after white noise exposure of 110 dB, sildenafil (10 mg/kg x d) and NS (4 ml/kg x d) were injected into guinea pigs of the sildenafil treatment group and noise exposure group respectively for four continuous weeks. ABR thresholds were measured respectively prior to...
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L'horticulture, longtemps marginale, a connu un essor remarquable après les grandes sécheresses culminant dans les années 1985-90, au Niger comme dans les Etats voisins. En ville et dans des régions bien reliées par des circuits de commercialisation, les producteurs de légumes et de fruits se sont saisi des marchés urbains en expansion. Ils ont su hybrider, de façon très dynamique, les techniques anciennes et celles introduites par l'agronomie moderne. Ces producteurs se sont...
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Teenage pregnancy can be used as one of the indicators of high risk sexual behaviour. This study determined the prevalence and explored the perceived risk behaviour related to teenage pregnancy among university students. A qualitative cross sectional descriptive design was adopted. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from a stratified randomly selected sample of 281 female students registered in the university. Descriptive analysis was done. The results showed a...
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Abstract Some mathematics educational reform policies indicate that mathematics education should be connected to learners’ cultures. However, teaching in schools rarely brings the interconnection between mathematics and culture in pedagogically informed ways. Connections are often done superficially; the curriculum in schools lacks content and specific strategies that enable the making of the connections explicit in the context of teaching. The qualitative study from which this paper emerges...
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The freight industry is one of the major players that contribute to the development of the economy of South Africa. About 80% of freight in South Africa is transported by road. As a result, heavy vehicle crashes occurring on South Africa’s roads are becoming a far too familiar sight. In addition to loss of life, heavy vehicle crashes causes a great deal of damage to property, the environment, and the economy. Part of the problem might be a lack of experience and training for truck drivers....
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Inter-school collaborations or clustering has a long history, dating back to the 1940s in Nepal and Great Britain and it has spread across many parts of the world. Zimbabwe is no exception to this trend of adopting inter-school collaborations as a reform strategy for improving teaching and learning in schools. This innovation, which was initially meant to bring together disadvantaged rural schools, has spread to include urban schools. Despite its promise, however, the utility of clusters or...
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Job satisfaction and work motivation are very important management concepts but the conceptual and empirical literature are predominantly from western countries, with only limited literature from African scholars and very little focused on the Cameroon context. This study contributes to the current research and literature by examining teachers’ job satisfaction and work motivation in the South West region of Cameroon, through a mixed methods design. In the quantitative phase, data were...
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Zimbabwean teachers are the largest cohort of foreign teachers in South Africa. This paper explores Zimbabwean immigrant teachers’ migration experiences in South Africa after fleeing from socio-economic and political strife in Zimbabwe post 2000. The data draws from the findings of two studies (one qualitative and the other mixed methods) undertaken in South Africa on immigrant teachers; teachers being a category of highly skilled professionals in demand globally. Both studies were on the...
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Teenage pregnancy is a global problem in both developed and underdeveloped countries. This is evidenced by the high rates of pregnant teenagers in South African schools. The study sought to explore the perceived challenges faced by mothers of pregnant teenagers who are attending a particular schools Mopani district. A qualitative explorative and descriptive approach was used. The population comprised of all mothers of pregnant teenagers who were waiting at the school gate. A non-probability,...
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(2015). Overcoming challenges in primary care education in South Africa. Education for Primary Care: Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 274-278.
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The purpose of this study was to improve child feeding practices by educating mothers on optimal child care practices, with an ultimate purpose of reducing stunting rate for under five year old children in Turkana which is currently 35%. Seventy three women with children under 5 years from Turkana County Kenya were randomly selected to participate in this study through community leaders. To ensure sustainability of the learned practices, 5 community health workers underwent the intervention...