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Purpose This study was undertaken to determine whether the Adult Identity Mentoring (AIM) project successfully promotes abstinence, delays initiation of sex, and decreases intention to engage in sex. Methods Twenty middle school classes of African-American seventh graders were randomly assigned to receive either the AIM intervention or a standard health education control curriculum. The AIM is a 10-session curriculum based on the theory of possible selves. Class exercises encourage students...

purpose of this study was to compare the learning experience of an African American male mathematics student within an online learning environment and in a traditional mathematics classroom. This case study examined the experiences of one African American male whose mathematics performance had historically been below average. Data collection methods included interviews, observations, and student artifacts. study examined the presence of cultural exchange within the traditional classroom and...

Schools in America are facing rapidly changing demographics, and because of those changing demographics, this article makes the following propositions. First, the increasing demographic changes in urban schools demand new leadership approaches. Second, because many of the urban educational demands are shaped by ongoing social and cultural issues for addressing needs of African American students, perhaps the answer to leadership changes lies in African American culture. Third, and finally,...

Gas hydrates inside mud volcanoes have been observed in several locations but are generally found at water depths of 1000 m and deeper. We present the first observation of the base of a gas hydrate stability zone within a shallow mud volcano in the El Arraiche mud volcano field on the Moroccan Atlantic margin. The mud volcano base is located at about 475 m and is over 125 m high. On high‐resolution seismics we observed an anomalous but coherent reflection under the slopes of the mud volcano....

Parental involvement was a driving and decisive factor in the development of inclusive education worldwide. In South Africa parents also became the advocates of the inclusive education movement in the 1990s, paving the way for parents to be involved in the decision-making process regarding the school placement of their children with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to focus on the way in which equity, individual rights and freedom of choice manifest itself in the implementation...

Parental involvement was a driving and decisive factor in the development of inclusive education worldwide. In South Africa parents also became the advocates of the inclusive education movement in the 1990s, paving the way for parents to be involved in the decision-making process regarding the school placement of their children with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to focus on the way in which equity, individual rights and freedom of choice manifest itself in the implementation...

Parental involvement was a driving and decisive factor in the development of inclusive education worldwide. In South Africa parents also became the advocates of the inclusive education movement in the 1990s, paving the way for parents to be involved in the decision-making process regarding the school placement of their children with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to focus on the way in which equity, individual rights and freedom of choice manifest itself in the implementation...

Parental involvement was a driving and decisive factor in the development of inclusive education worldwide. In South Africa parents also became the advocates of the inclusive education movement in the 1990s, paving the way for parents to be involved in the decision-making process regarding the school placement of their children with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to focus on the way in which equity, individual rights and freedom of choice manifest itself in the implementation...

Gender-based violence exists in all societies and individual woman experience it in every social and economic group. Different studies in Africa have showed that there are significant percentages of females that have suffered from the violence. Most societies encourage manifestation of manliness through violence in workplace, among friends and in the community as a whole.The study tried to see the prevalence of Gender-based Violence and the various patterns and correlates of Gender-Based...

This article provides a synthesis that delineates the scope and context that give meaning, purpose, and setting to the exercise of effective educational leadership and to the attainment of meaningful student achievement within schools that serve large numbers of African American students. Historical, theoretical, and empirical frames of inquiry provide the background for understanding good leadership and leadership practices that address the learning needs of African American students....

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) affects millions of children in the developing world. The relationship between malaria and PEM is controversial. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether undernutrition is associated with increased or decreased malaria attributable morbidity. Three cross-sectional surveys were conducted using insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) among children aged 0-36 months living in an area with intense malaria transmission. Data were collected on nutritional...

To investigate the effects on maternal micronutrient status and infant growth of the increased maize prices that resulted from the southern African drought of 2001-2002.Longitudinal cohort study.A maternal and child health clinic in Lusaka, Zambia.Maternal and infant health and nutrition data and maternal plasma were being collected for a study of breast-feeding and postpartum health. Samples and data were analysed according to whether they were collected before (June to December 2001),...

The research reported here is the result of an exploration of the challenges and triumphs of an African American secondary principal who used a culture-specific leadership style in his quest to raise the standards at an information technology high school. This case study of the principal explores his combining of the elements of traditional notions of leadership with the nontraditional notions of an ethnohumanist role to create a style that complemented the changing climate in a newly restructured urban school.

The mainstream epistemology about in educational leadership roles has been constructed, canonized, and theorized from a white hegemonic female perspective. The early literature about as leaders include The Managerial Woman (Henning & Jardim, 1977); Men and Women of the Corporation (Kanter, 1977); Paths to Power (Josefowitz, 1980); The Androgynous Manager (Sargent, 1981); Women and Men as Leaders (Heller, 1982); In a Different Voice (Gilligan, 1982); and Feminine Leadership (Loden, 1985)....

One of the main criticisms against road safety educational programs has been that these programs are not evaluated properly. This paper aims to discuss the value that children s drawings have as an evaluative tool. Drawings (posters) are one of the most popular ways in which children choose to demonstrate their knowledge about road safety. An image is an aspect or dimension of a conscious experience. Drawings can become an important medium for human insight. Children s drawings ought to be...

Abstract. How can teaching and living abroad impact our teaching in North America? This article explores how what I do teaching religion and ethics to undergraduates at Texas Christian University has been influenced by twelve years of teaching in the two-thirds world. It is structured in terms of three insights that correlate with what I call the past, present, and future dimensions of ethics, respectively. First, we need to begin where our students are – taking their contexts seriously....

Research Article| October 01 2005 Teaching the African American Experience: A Review of Resources and Curricular Options PETER P. HINKS PETER P. HINKS Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Connecticut History Review (2005) 44 (2): 291–310. https://doi.org/10.2307/44369696 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation PETER P. HINKS; Teaching the African American Experience: A Review of Resources and Curricular Options....

IDS BulletinVolume 36, Issue 4 p. 117-122 Linking Climate Adaptation and Development: A Synthesis of Six Case Studies from Asia and Africa Saleemul Huq, Saleemul HuqSearch for more papers by this authorFarhana Yamin, Farhana YaminSearch for more papers by this authorAtiq Rahman, Atiq RahmanSearch for more papers by this authorAnish Chatterjee, Anish ChatterjeeSearch for more papers by this authorXiu Yang, Xiu YangSearch for more papers by this authorSalimata Wade, Salimata WadeSearch for...