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A study of the bacterial flora on the hands of 100 randomly selected nursing services workers comprising 56 nurses and 44 ward-maids working in Medical, Surgical, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatric wards in addition to Intensive Care Units and Special Care Baby units of Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria were carried out. The samples were inoculated onto dried Blood agar, MacConkey agar, Mannitol salt agar and Muellar-Hinton agar plates and incubated aerobically...

Abstract This paper explores the possibility of bringing e‐learning to African universities through collaborative networks of public–private partnerships. It is envisaged that this approach will solve the dual problem of infrastructural barriers and weak ICT policies. As technology is used more in education, the teachers’ roles are increasingly integrated with those of support staff, administrators and technical staff. The needs of e‐learning environments suggest the viability of...

The aim of this article is to provide insight into the personal characteristics and family backgrounds that South African grade 6 learners bring to the learning process as well as how they interact with the resources and practices that characterise the schools they attend. The research method is historiographic, offering insights into current conditions. An analysis of content is done through examining evidence gathered from an international project. Gender, socio-economic groupings and...

In South Africa the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10 – 12 (General): Mathematics (DoE, 2003) together with the Norms and Standards for Educators (DoE, 2000a) are key policy documents that provide the official basis for mathematics education reform and for the construction of new pedagogic identities. In this paper I use a framework based on the work of Bernstein (1996, 2000) to theorise the construction of pedagogic identities. I use this to build on Graven’s (2002) description of...

A total of two hundred urine samples were collected from pupils aged 4-14 years from four different primary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The urine samples were cultured on Cystine Lactose Electrolyte Deficient (CLED) medium using standardized wire-loop technique and incubated aerobically at 370C for 24h. Twenty-nine (14.5%) samples were found to have significant bacterial growth (>105 organisms). Twenty-two (75.86%) of which were from females and seven (24.14%) from males. Sixteen...

ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii LIST OF TABLES viii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Research Questions 4 Introduction to the Study 4 Limitations of the Study 5 Organization of the Study 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 Importance of Content and Pedagogy in Teacher Education Programs 7 Beginning Teachers and Science Teaching and Learning 9 Teacher Beliefs as they Impact Teaching and Learning 13 Summary 14 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 15...

The State Education Sector Project (SESP) project aims to support and improve education development in Kaduna, Kano and Kwara. The overall development objectives of the proposed SESP are to: (a) improve access to quality basic and secondary education, especially for the poor and disadvantaged groups (in particular girls) and (b) strengthen the capacity of planning, management and monitoring at the state and local levels for more effective delivery of basic and secondary education. The...

Objectives: To compare different treatment regimens of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in school children, in regard to their consequence in hearing and discharge from the ear drum perforation. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Randomly selected primary schools within Dar es Salaam. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty eight children between 5-17 years of age with CSOM in one or both ears. Results: Three to four months after the onset of treatment 31% of group 1, 54% of...

Abstract Since the late 1960s, the West African Sudan–Sahel zone (10°–18°N) has experienced persistent and often severe drought, which is among the most undisputed and largest regional climate changes in the last half-century. Previous documentation of the drought generally has used monthly, seasonal, and annual rainfall totals and departures, in a standard “climate” approach that overlooks the underlying weather system variability. Most Sudan–Sahel rainfall occurs during June–September and...

Remember the scenes from New Orleans of flooded streets and scavenging people? One year on and little progress is evident in achieving the step-change needed in controlling greenhouse gases. Hurricane Katrina showed only too vividly the massive power of natural forces combined with inadequate preparation. The flood waters washed away and exposed fully the lack of planning and low priority given to securing life and livelihoods, especially of the more vulnerable groups in the community. If...

Surveys were carried out in Ghana into principals' and teachers' attitudes toward and knowledge of inclusive education. Data provided information on the influence of principals' and teachers' background variables on attitudes toward and knowledge of inclusive education. The sample of 128 educators (20 principals and 108 teachers) was drawn from 20 primary schools in two districts. Employing t-tests and Multiple Regression Analyses, the results showed that principals and teachers held...

This study sought to find out the nature of senior secondary school students' study habits in some selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana. Five hypotheses were tested at p IFE PsychologIA Vol. 14(2) 2006: 56-69

The purpose of the study was to find the extent to which social studies tutors in the teacher training colleges (TTC) of Ghana teach in the affective domain and assess the affective objectives of teaching. A sample of thirty-five (35) social studies tutors, purposively selected from twenty-six TTC in all the ten (10) regions of Ghana, was used for the study. A 38 – item questionnaire, observational checklist and an instrument for the analysis of test items in the affective domain were used...

This study, against the background of some perceived poor working conditions of personnel working with special needs persons, sought to ascertain the impacts of some specific working conditions on the job performances of sign language interpreters and teachers of deaf students. 81 interpreters and teachers constituted the study sample. They were purposively selected from some secondary schools for deaf students, Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo and University of Ibadan, all in Oyo...

Academic service learning is a pedagogical model that intentionally integrates academic learning and relevant community service. This paper describes the rationale and theoretical framework for an academic service learning module taught within the discipline of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand. It also describes the various steps followed by groups of third and fourth year students who conducted projects within this paradigm during the period extending...