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Library has French version: Senegal : un observatoire regional pour l'adaptation des producteurs aux changements climatiques a Thies, Senegal
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Orientation: Female academics in higher-education institutions face numerous challenges in the continuously changing landscape of South African higher education. Mergers, increasing job demands, ever-increasing class sizes and role conflict inherent in the female role contribute extensively to the manifestation of stress and burnout in this population group. Research purpose: This research was conducted from a salutogenic paradigm, seeking to find ways of avoiding the negative consequences...
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The role and importance of small-scale enterprise in the economic development of a nation cannot be over emphasized. It is therefore no doubt a backbone of ever economy, including Nigerian. This paper discussed in detail the concept of Business Education, and the need for self-employment and entrepreneurship through Business education programme and how they are related. Various types of small business that facilitate the attainment of self-employment through Business Education programme and...
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SUCCESSFUL WHITE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS by Carla Rebecca Bidwell In the United States, a growing disparity exists between the racial composition of teachers and the students they teach. In 2006, 43.1% of K–12 public school students were reported as non-White—in 1990, 32.4% (U.S. Department of Education, 2008). Teachers, however, are predominantly White, 83.3% (U.S. Department of Education, 2007a). Exacerbating this disparity, it has been noted that fewer African...
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Opening and closing paragraphs: Of 33.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS, two thirds are in Africa. There are nine million orphaned children in commonwealth Africa. Children are vulnerable, and teachers are therefore in a very difficult position. This commonwealth conference is reported as five sessions, dealing with teacher mobility, the impact of HIV/AIDS of education and teachers, and strategies for using research to improve education. Three out of six appendices offer additional...
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This research was carried out in three selected secondary schools in the northern senatorial district of Cross River State, Nigeria to investigate the implication of career counseling on the occupational preferences of senior secondary school students. We sampled a total of 450 students randomly drawn from 3 (three) secondary schools in Northern Cross River State. Two out of the three schools sampled form the experimental groups, while the third school was used as controlled group. The...
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This article reports upon the involvement of Ethiopian-Australian parents in the education of their children attending secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia. It investigates the parents’ efforts in providing academic support to their children. The study utilized a qualitative methodology, using interviews as a major data collection tool, and employed secondary school students, their teachers and parents as informants for the study. After the transcription and coding of the interview...
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A prospective study to identify the determinants of mortality among 185 preterm babies at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.Data on 185 preterm babies and their mothers were collected over a nine month period in a tertiary hospital to identify the determinants of mortality among these babies.Factors identified as significant determinants of mortality were severe perinatal asphyxia (p = 0.000; OR = 71.31; 95% CI = 17.63-308.24), apnoea (p = 0.000; OR = 178.20; 95% CI =...
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Adult education in Egypt has experienced four development stages and manifest three main features:deep-rooted traditionality,coexistence and conflict between religion and secularity,and struggle and dependence between nationality and westernization.It has significant reference value to the theories and practices of adult education in China.Adult education in China should adapt the cultural traditions,develop toward diversification,take the opportunities of information development and promote extensive international cooperation.