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This article presents the results of recently completed research which assesses the extent to which post-school, pre-employment training initiatives in Zimbabwe have achieved their central objective of promoting rural self-employment. Past outputs from two government and one NGO training centres were successfully traced using conventional tracer survey techniques.
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This paper focuses on pedagogical discourse, specifically that which is current in primary education in South Africa. It represents critical reflection on (rather than findings about) two research projects in primary schools in Cape Town in which the author was engaged. It shows how psychometry and the production of development as pedagogy inform the common sense understandings of how teachers go about their work. With a new political dispensation being negotiated in South Africa, it is...
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While the development of cognition among African children has been studied, in this short review in only six studies was the relation between cognitive development and performance by subjects of school age assessed. Evidence shows that the attainment of certain cognitive concepts is associated weakly with successful performance in school ( rs < .36).
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Abstract About 60 volcanic-plutonic alkaline complexes of Tertiary age are located along the continental part of the Cameroon Line. This paper reports the chemical nature and evolution of six of them (Gwenfalabo, Ntumbaw, Nkogam, Nda Ali, Bana and Koupe), all located in the southern part of this line. The geochemical data (major, trace and REE) of these six complexes reveal the following general behaviour: • -differentiation from a primary magma of intermediate composition situated in the...
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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRichard GuyIn this article Richard Guy, of the University of Papua New Guinea, presents an analysis of the emergence of distance education in that country, and reflects on the present practice of distance education in terms of access, equity, funding and research. While other sections of education are putting in place a series of reforms in recognition of the country's changing social reality,...
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Since the end of apartheid, public libraries have struggled to find their place in the new democratic South Africa. Confusion over which branches of government fund which library services, a lack of library presence in rural areas, and an overreliance on Western ideals and languages have all contributed to a lack of effectiveness. Libraries are also struggling against negative public perception and uneven geographical distribution. Several pieces of legislation and studies on the national...
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The article treats agricultural education as a complex knowledge sub-system, linked to broader rural knowledge (and learning) systems, and divided between formal and nonformal sectors. Its main concern is with interactions at the interface between these two sectors, and across their boundaries with the wider rural environment in which they operate. The importance of mutual learning processes is stressed. Theoretical models are applied through an examination of experiences in five major...
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The knowledge of and attitude to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) of 738 secondary school youths in Calabar were studied by questionnaire in March 1991. Most (92%) of the adolescents had heard about AIDS, largely through the mass media (79-85%), with parents and teachers contributing in less than 40%. About 30% did not know that AIDS exists in Nigeria. Most of them knew that promiscuity, blood transfusion and sharing injection needles and syringes are the major modes of...
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SPECIAL EDUCATION now serves students at all levels in Nigeria. Differences exist between states and between urban and rural areas. Considerable efforts have been made to promote integration though special schools are also an important part of the service pattern. Special education needs to be coordinated with improved health care and early diagnosis of disabilities.