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This study explored education and training considerations applicable to internal auditors in South Africa. The study aimed to determine, by means of a comparison, the extent to which education and training requirements for internal auditors are similar to those requirements that are applicable to other professional accounting and auditing bodies in South Africa. The study also aimed to determine the perceptions of the chief audit executives with regard to two considerations impacting the...

<p>At the University of Pretoria in South Africa, the teaching personnel decided to implement, in addition to the conventional teaching approach, an unconventional approach towards teaching entrepreneurship. The approach is unconventional in the sense that it differs from the norm or standard classroom teaching. The third-year entrepreneurship course is enriched with an assignment to start and grow an actual business. The purpose of this assignment is not only the practical application...

This study is on lecturers’ assessment of the difficulty levels of genetics concepts in Nigerian Colleges of Education. Three hundred and thirty Six Biology Lecturers were purposively sampled from all the 68 Colleges of Education in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Three research questions were raised. Biology lecturers’ questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents on their ratings of difficulty levels. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data...

Africa’s educational terrain is hostile to innovative ideas that can usher in development and consequently sustain it. This idea is motivated by the fact that the death, destruction and suffering which violent conflict have imposed on the African peoples through the excessive availability and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW) have negatively affected the productivity of the educational system. Due to poor security network, easy accessibility, easy to hide and operate, small arms...

The wide disparity in the enrolment and graduation figures of female and male postgraduate students in Nigerian universities is a source of great concern as a result of low female participation rates in comparison with their male counterparts. The purpose of this study therefore was to determine the demographic characteristics of female postgraduate students in Nigerian universities and to find out whether the demographic variables made significant difference in female participation in...

Management of technical and vocational education in Nigerian secondary schools is examined in this paper. It covers the existing policies on class size, infrastructures, funding, staffing and transition from junior secondary school level. It is noted that the prevailing practices in these aspects are at variance with government policies. Low level of investment, high cost of infrastructure, preference for white collar jobs an unfavorable attitude towards this type of education are probable...

Understanding patients‟ cultural expectations could contribute to better health outcomes and decrease cultural health disparities. This qualitative pilot study objective was to explore experiences, perceptions, and expectations of males and females Angolan students as patients in America. Eighteen face-to-face interviews were conducted at a Midwestern university. Burgoon‟s expectancy violation theory (1991) was the theoretical background. Results revealed as positive expectation violations...

In Tanzania, sexuality education in schools is not provided as a standalone subject; rather it is mainstreamed in other subjects, namely Social Studies, Science, Civics and Biology. However, it is not clear how much sexuality education is covered in these subjects. The purpose of this study was to examine the status of sexuality education in the Tanzanian national school curriculum. In order to discern the amount and nature of sexuality education in the school curriculum, the syllabi for the...

In this study, efforts were made to find out the views of 93 science teacher educators in the Nigerian Universities and Colleges of Education. Thirty three came from the Universities while 60 were from the Colleges of Education. The instrument was a questionnaire comprising 28 statements. Findings from the study showed that respondents wanted cognitive aspect, skills on moderation of higher degree science teacher education programme to be imparted to science educators. Specific recommendations were made at the end of the study.

This study investigated the comparative effects of concept-mapping, analogy and expository strategies as well as the influence of gender and ability level on students’ performance in chemistry. Three hundred and forty-seven (347) senior secondary one (SS1) chemistry students were randomly sampled from three secondary schools located in Ilesa, Osun State. Three research instruments: Chemistry Concept Test (CCT), Chemistry Performance Test (CPT) and Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) were used...

In Nigeria, the incidence of sexually transmitted infections {STIs], Human immunodeficiency virus {HIV} and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome {AIDS} is high and is increasing especially among the young people of 15-29 years age group. The study investigated the effect of training of trainers for peer education on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health issues through the National Youth Service Corps {NYSC} members in their orientation camps. The study consisted of 643 {372 males & 271 females};...

The mastery of the use of lightweight rocks in concrete as a means of controlling the thrusts of large‐scale vaults was among the most important contributions of the Roman builders to the development of vaulted architecture. The string of volcanoes along the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy produced a variety of lightweight rocks, which allowed the builders in Rome to develop highly sophisticated ways of manipulating form and mass to create stable structures. The use of lighter rocks in vaults and...

Abstract Current high‐resolution palaeoenvironmental records reveal short‐term Holocene coolings. One of these major Holocene rapid climate changes occurred between 3.2 and 2.7 cal. ka BP. The sensitivity of river systems vis‐à‐vis slight and short‐term Holocene climatic variations is a subject of controversy in the scientific community. In this paper, we present a 4.0 to 1.4 cal ka BP palaeoflood record from the Lower Moulouya River (northeastern Morocco) to demonstrate the high sensitivity...

Neodymium (Nd) and strontium (Sr) isotopic data are presented for Paleoproterozoic metavolcanic rocks in the southern part of the Ashanti volcanic belt of Ghana. The metavolcanic rocks are predominantly basalts/basaltic andesites and andesites with minor dacites. Two types of basalts/basaltic andesites (B/A), Type I and Type II, have been identified. The Type I B/A are stratigraphically overlain by the Type II B/A, followed by the andesites and the dacites. The analyzed volcanic rocks...