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Climate change is projected to have significant effects on the distribution of species globally, but research into the implications in parts of Africa has been limited. Using species distribution modelling, this study models climate change-related risks to the terrestrial biodiversity (birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants) of Kenya's economically-important and ecologically diverse Tana River Basin. Large reductions in species richness are projected with just 2°C warming (relative...

Background. One of the most effective ways of translating medical theory into clinical practice is through workplace learning, because practice is learnt by practising. Undergraduate medical students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, have workplace rotations at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital (MNRTH), Kampala, for the purpose of learning clinical medicine. Objectives. To explore undergraduate medical students’ perceptions and experiences...

Background. Following a World Health Assembly call in 2014 to strengthen palliative care, the South African (SA) Department of Health approved this strategy as part of the SA National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care. In 2016, the University of Cape Town, together with the College of Radiation Oncology of SA, identified the need to integrate palliative care (PC) into the oncology curriculum. In collaboration with the Cancer Association of SA, a research project was developed...

This study explored the perceptions, learner characteristics and preferences of Moroccan women with limited literacy skills towards the use of their smartphones to improve reading literacy skills in Latin script Moroccan Darija (LSD). The goal was to generate a range of recommendations for instructional designers, curriculum developers and education policymakers designing literacy programs for the target population. Specific focus was given to the fundamental reading sub-skill of matching...

Purpose: The study delved into prescribed pedagogy practices for Design and Technology in Zambian schools, “Chipata district in particular”. The main objective of this study was to contribute towards a comprehensive understanding of the prescribed pedagogies in the syllabus of Design and Technology. Thus, the rationale of the work is based on the application of prescribed pedagogies by practicing teachers for Design and Technology in the teaching and learning process in secondary schools....

Abstract Recent studies show that the adoption of RME scenarios is still a matter of concern for non-western countries ((Mousa et al., Journal of Management Development 38:681–696, 2019), 2021a, 2021b). In this paper, we theoretically propose the potential direction of RME scenarios that business schools in Egypt and other similar cultural context to implement through articulating the main antecedents of RME before and after Covid-19. we used the method of multilevel research by combining...

This article reflects on Religious Education in Zambia. Drawing on the historical developments and current status of the subject, the article shows that Religious Education has lost its importance in Zambia as it has remained the same since the 1977 Education Reforms. The article advances the need to set up a Zambian Commission on Religious Education to conduct a large-scale research into the quality of Religious Education and prepare a new national plan for the subject. It also calls on...

Background: In the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, schools were forced to close indefinitely with no clue as to when they would reopen. Upon school closures, remote teaching was adopted, with online teaching becoming the most preferred mode of instruction, yet the Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure was not adequate enough across the country. Aim: This article scrutinises the remote teaching approaches that were put in place in Zimbabwe in...

Demotivation is a negative counterpart of motivation that affects student learning process and outcome. The present study attempted to determine the demotivating factors in learning a second language in Ghana using the Chinese language as a case study. A structured survey questionnaire data were collected from two hundred students learning Chinese at the University of Ghana to achieve the stated objective. The study identified the significant demotivation factors affecting students learning...

Background. South African (SA) children from disadvantaged communities are plagued by a double burden of under- and over-nutrition. The resulting overweight and obesity on the one hand, and stunting on the other, are risk factors for chronic diseases in adulthood. Objective. To determine the effect of school-based interventions on body composition of grade-4 children from lower socioeconomic communities in the Gqeberha region, SA. Methods. A cluster-randomised controlled trial was carried...

COVID-19 is a threatening disease that has led to total lockdown of educational institutions in various countries, Nigeria inclusive. Presently, there is no vaccination for its cure yet; thus, the need for preventive mechanisms to reduce its spread in the schools. The secondary school which this study is delimited is made of students whose ability to prevent this disease is minimal due to their level of physical and mental development, therefore they require proper attention. The principals...

This study aimed to identify the main patterns of alcohol and tobacco consumption among adolescents and its risk factors. Participants were 208 eighth, ninth, and tenth-grade students (65.3% female, 34.7% male) in Maputo, Mozambique, whose ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (M=14.88; SD=1.29). The study sought to investigate the association between sociodemographic features, academic performance, positive and negative beliefs about drugs, and its consumption patterns among teenagers in...

This article is largely based on a doctoral study (by the author) whose findings and recommendations have not been widely disseminated or published before. It, therefore, aims at proposing and discussing one of the key recommendations of the study, that is, the adoption and introduction of a national policy on Religious Education (RE) to govern the teaching and learning of the subject in Zambia. In proposing the national policy, the article first gives a brief history of RE in Zambia,...

Background. Sleep deprivation is a problem for medical students and practitioners due to long and late working hours, which may result in a decline in their performance in practising medicine. Objectives. To investigate whether educational practices require altering with regard to the time at which simulation classes are presented, or identify any other possible suggestions for improving the preparation of students for shift work in their profession as medical doctors as a potential solution...

Education remains an important key to open doors of enlightenment and shut doors of ignorance. For more than a year now, the whole nations of the universe are faced with a virus called corona, which has claimed millions of lives. As such, communities of the whole world shut all entrances into their territories to avoid complications of the virus. The world system economy, education, health sector, politics, religion and the likes have been tremendously affected. The situation was not...

Despite efforts to reduce the adverse living conditions of people living with disabilities in South Africa, they continue to experience a myriad of challenges on a daily basis. The study aimed at exploring the challenges and coping strategies of Visually Impaired (VI) adults in Zeerust, South Africa. A qualitative research approach was adopted, and a descriptive (QD) design was used to collect data from fourteen participants with visual impairments. Purposive sampling and used to select...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a deadly virus is caused through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose of a person that is infected. The advent of this world deadly virus has hampered teaching and learning processes in all institutions across the globe. Since education is the bedrock of development for every nation, a way out must be found to the issue of inability to attend classes for lectures due to lockdown. As such, online platforms as teaching strategies are inevitable. Eight hundred...

Inclusive design, also known as Universal design, is the ability of a place to be usable by all classes of people, regardless of their ability, age and circumstance. Circulation systems in shopping malls are an essential part of the built environment. This research sought to evaluate the circulation system in existing shopping malls in Lagos with a view to identifying the inadequacies in accessibility and produce improved accessibility conditions for designing a shopping mall. The objective...