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The role language has in human learning has been discussed in the context of its impact on culture through African American communities. A strong link between thinking and language through the framework of question asking was reported. This essay improves upon Crogman and Trebeau’s (2016) Generated Question Learning Model by incorporating language and comprehension as major tenets. The proposed argument is centered on language as the determinant of structured thinking, which in essence...

Indigenous peoples in Africa often face enormous challenges. This is mainly due to the reluctance of some African States to acknowledge the existence of indigenous peoples within their territories, with these challenges varying from country to country. This is often related to the goal of nation building and achieving national unity in multi-ethnic societies. Many African Governments argue that all Africans are indigenous. As a result, official records such as the national census do not...

Sesame is an important crop in West and Central Africa playing a role of an alternative cash crop for smallholders. However, sesame productivity is highly impaired by drought. This study aimed at identifying some drought-resistant genotypes and efficient screening traits in large sesame germplasm. Ten genotypes were examined based on 21 biochemical, physiological, agromorphological and seed quality traits under three weeks of water stress. A high variability for drought resistance was...

Schistosomiasis is one of the major Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in sub-Saharan Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, two major human schistosome species namely Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium often occur sympatrically largely affecting children. Recognizing the public health impact of Schistosomiasis, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging member states to regularly treat at least 75% and up to 100%, of all school-aged children at risk of morbidity. For control strategies based...

Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) and Choroid Plexus Cautery (CPC) are low-cost, safe, and promising interventions for spina bifida-associated hydrocephalus (SBHCP). The purpose of this review was to explore and describe these efforts in Africa in order to upscale surgical training and rehabilitation services.A PubMed search for articles on ETV and CPC as management of SBHCP in Africa was performed. Two authors appraised the results for key themes in content: indications, technique,...

This work aims to highlight the characteristic elements of Togo's external public debt. The results after estimates, revealing the external debt as the dependent variable, indicate that, in the short term, the quality of the institutions and imports have significant effects on the external debt and the effect of the 1994 devaluation. In the long run, imports, export variation, and the quality of institutions have a significant impact on external debt and the effect of the devaluation in 1994.

Global changes in the cataloguing environment, training needs of cataloguers, the professional profile of cataloguers, and concerns about the future of the cataloguing profession have been widely noted over many years. Document types are published in a variety of formats, and are accordingly recorded in metadata formats other than conventional MARC. Expanded cataloguing theory to include the digital environment has required cataloguers to adjust to new job content. This necessitated training...

Despite impressive economic growth recorded in Ethiopia over the past decade, chronic food insecurity affects many. The country's subsistence crop and livestock agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and rainfall variability. The Ethiopian Somali region is one of the regions worst affected. A shortage of rainfall in the region over the past three consecutive years has resulted in huge losses of livestock and internal displacement of people. Although the drought affects everyone, men and...

Education is perceived as the most relevant tool or instrument for change, development and progress by all societies. Human history indicates that education remains the most important agent of social conservation and transformation. It is indeed the most significant means by which the experiences, the totality and cultural disposition of all human societies are transmitted from generation to generation. Essentially, the education system of a society evolved from within values, need and...

This study analysed the issues involved in inclusive growth as well as the challenges faced by Nigeria. Issues like economic growth, green growth, inclusive green growth and inclusive growth were discussed in the study. Key determinants of inclusive growth such as human capital investment, job creation, structural transformation, social protection and quality institutions were identified. With regards to Nigeria, it was observed that the country is still far away from realistically being...

The purpose of this study was to examine the affective and cognitive variables of pre-service teachers in Bonga College of Teacher Education. Using available sampling, all 144 student teachers of mathematics and environmental science generalist program were taken as a sample. The study used nonsurvey design and it utilized quantitative research method of data collection. From the independent t-test, correlation, and regression analysis, the study found that college cumulative grade point...

The purpose of this study was to examine the affective and cognitive variables of pre-service teachers in Bonga College of Teacher Education. Using available sampling, all 144 student teachers of mathematics and environmental science generalist program were taken as a sample. The study used nonsurvey design and it utilized quantitative research method of data collection. From the independent t-test, correlation, and regression analysis, the study found that college cumulative grade point...

The main purpose of this study was to examine trends of treating within-country higher education students‘ socio-cultural differences in the Ethiopian education systems retrospectively and find evidence based explanation with regard to the level of effectiveness of the current multicultural approach for managing student diversity. The study used qualitative data collected from ranges of policystrategy documents and documented higher education student intergroup scenarios in the country...

This qualitative study sought to investigate the reasons for continued paragraph writing mistakes by o’ level pupils in English Language free composition writing in selected six secondary schools from three clusters in Mutoko District. The study was constrained by lack of literature. In this study, accidental sampled 12 teachers and 24 school pupils were used as research subjects. Interview, observation and document analysis methods were used to generate data. Document analysis/ review...

This study contributes to a better understanding of climate change adaptation by investigating different farming systems and by including cognitive factors as explanatory variables. We compared a food crop and a horticultural farming system, regarding applied adaptation measures and factors influencing adaptation. The data were based on a field survey of 267 smallholder farmers in Laikipia County of Kenya. A binary logistic regression was conducted against individual adaptation measures to...