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Introduction: Active commuting to school has health and non-health benefits which might extend to long lasting effects on adult physical activity. Systematic reviews on active commuting to school have found almost no evidence from low and middle-income countries (LMIC), including sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence of active commuting to school in children and adolescents in rural South Africa and to test for associations between active commuting and risk of overweight and obesity.

Managers at district education offices in South Africa should be able to apply a variety of communication skills effectively in a range of management contexts for these district offices to be successful. This paper reports on a theoretical investigation into effective communication strategies and dimensions, as well as an empirical study of the perceptions of managers and staff at an educational district office regarding the effectiveness of the communication channels and strategies, as well...

The purpose of this study was to determine the abstract thinking levels of the science students attending the first and fourth year at two Palestinian Universities (Al-Aqsa and Al-Azhar). The sample consisted of 133 students from Science Education Departments (SE). The tool, used to measure abstract thinking, was one of the Science Reasoning Tasks developed by the CSMS in UK in 1994. The results showed that almost 65% of the 4th year science-education students was at levels

Despite its allegiance to French, language-in-education planning in Senegal has given top priority to English in its education system. In the 1980s, policy-makers shifted English language teaching pedagogy from the Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar (CLAD) [Centre for Applied Linguistics of Dakar] teaching methods to Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). However, this shift in pedagogy has not always worked successfully in Senegalese classrooms. Like all imported methods and...

Scientific progress and developments in technology have improved our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts on smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the persistence of such smallholder farming systems, despite multiple exposures to climate hazards, demonstrates a capacity to respond or adapt, i.e. adaptive capacity. There is potential to gain useful insights from how smallholder farmers have mobilised their adaptive capacity to identify how they...

Abstract This article addresses Technology Arts Education in South Africa, in particular the case of the development and mutant growth of the Digital Arts department at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg from 2003 to present. The article addresses the difficulties of working in a strongly discipline-orientated university system, and the small but fascinating successes that have led to major developments in the department. The focus is on the mechanisms of collaboration that...

The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Teaching as a Predictor of Reading Motivation and Literacy Achievement among Standard Two Pupils in Tharaka- Nithi and Nairobi counties in Kenya .T he types of peer teaching activities, the levels of peers teaching activities, reading achievement, the relationship between reading motivation and reading achievement among the children under study were investigated. The study was informed by Vygotsky’s (1978) theory which states that children...

A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI).The government's HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI.Both programs combined reduce STI more, but cut dropout and pregnancy less, than education subsidies alone.These results are inconsistent with a model of schooling and sexual behavior in which both pregnancy and STI are...

The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of teachers on crisis counseling and intervention in rural schools in South Africa.Apart from a literature review on crisis counseling, intervention and prevention in schools, the article reports on a study in which empirical investigation based on quantitative research paradigm was used to collect data from rural school teachers.The literature findings revealed that crisis counseling and intervention is a critical component of school...

The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of principals on rural school parent engagement in governance of schools.Apart from a literature review on parent engagement in school governance, this article reports on a study in which empirical investigation based on quantitative research paradigm was used to collect data from rural school principals.The literature findings revealed that engaging parents in school governance is a critical component of education in South Africa.The...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of school‐related variables on the physical activity ( PA ) levels of early adolescent African American, Latino, and White girls. METHODS Data were collected from 353 African American (N = 123), Latino (N = 118), and White (N = 112) girls. Physical activity levels included a PA latent factor and minutes per day of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity ( MVPA ). School variables included hours of physical education (...

This paper reports the results of an investigation into principals' understanding of their role in establishing a positive and enabling school culture in Chinese and South African public primary school.The culture of a school, defined as the intangible foundation of norms, values, rules, beliefs and common assumptions that govern and determine not only the behaviour of all the role players in a school, but also the attitude of these role players towards the school and the character and...

Abstract Ensuring gender equality in higher education system is high on the agenda worldwide particularly in science disciplines. This study explores the problems and prospects of gender equality in public higher education institutions of Ethiopia, especially in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Descriptive survey and analytical research methods were used in the study. Subjects of the study consisted of university instructors, higher education institutions gender affairs...

www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Vol 2 December 2014 e689 schools have “a nervousness about not being seen to conform to Western educational imperatives”. This unease impels these schools to use accreditation systems from developed countries (a trend that has proven lucrative for some American educational organisations). Disfavouring this model, CONSAMS has instead innovated networks of external examiners who monitor assessment and evaluation standards at partner schools and are also developing...