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This study investigated the effects of reciprocal peer tutoring, peer tutoring and conventional teaching method on students’ performance in Building Technology using the quasi-experimental research design. The population consisted of all the 232 ND II Building Technology students’ in the four public Polytechnics in Edo, Delta and Ondo States of Nigeria, while the sample comprised of 193 ND II students purposively selected from three out of the three Polytechnics. The instrument used for data...

Pressure ulcers are areas of localized injury to the skin, underlying tissue or both, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure or in combination with shear.They are common problem in health care and represent a significant burden on patients, their relatives and caregivers.Pressure ulcer prevention is of the quality indicators to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcer in acute care setting.The study assessed nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice of pressure ulcer prevention...

Pressure ulcers are areas of localized injury to the skin, underlying tissue or both, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure or in combination with shear. They are common problem in health care and represent a significant burden on patients, their relatives and caregivers. Pressure ulcer prevention is of the quality indicators to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcer in acute care setting. The study assessed nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice of pressure ulcer...

This study investigated the availability of Captions Resources and Library Patronage by Hearing Impaired Students in University Libraries of South-South Nigeria.One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study and were tested at .05 level of significance.Survey research design was employed.The population for the study was 57 hearing impaired students from 10 universities in South-south Nigeria.Purposive sampling technique was used in the study.A structured...

The expansion of the manufacturing sector is one of the South African government’s focus areas for economic growth and employment creation. The research on which this article is based identified additional incentives, applicable to the manufacturing sector, which the South African government could introduce to encourage investors to choose the South African manufacturing sector as a desired investment destination. The incentives provided to manufacturing companies by the governments of...

Holly Porter’s new article, ‘”Say no to bad touches”: Schools, sexual identity and sexual violence in northern Uganda’, explores the role of schools in the formation of sexual identities and incidence of sexual violence in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda, a conflict and post-conflict setting.

Reproductive health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. In East Africa including Eritrea, adolescents comprise more than a quarter of the population.  The region holds the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion and its complications among young girls. The study aimed to test the effectiveness of peer reproductive health education in improving...

When a natural hazard strikes, children are among the most vulnerable group, especially those attending school in times of disaster. In Kenya, to enable schools prepare against fire-related disasters, the minister for education directed that all provincial secondary boarding schools be given money to purchase and install fire-fighting equipment. The study, therefore, aimed at examining safety precautions and security standards put in place by school authorities to ensure safety of school...

Abstract. The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria) in cooperation with the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Nairobi (Kenya) has setup an operational processing chain for mapping drought occurrence and strength for the territory of Kenya using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NDVI at 250 m ground resolution from 2000 onwards. The processing chain employs a modified Whittaker smoother providing consistent NDVI...

The study investigated the attitude of regular and special teachers to students with special needs in mainstreamed public secondary schools in Southwestern Nigeria; it examined the qualifications of teachers teaching in mainstreamed public schools; and compared the academic performance of students with special needs in relation to regular students. It adopted descriptive survey design. Two research questions and three research hypotheses were answered in the study. The population for this...

This study examined school-based factors influencing performance of pupils on transition from lower to upper primary in public schools in Ekerenyo Division, Nyamira County, Kenya. The study adopted survey research design. A sample size of 109 subjects comprising, 90 teachers, 15 Head teachers and four QASOs were utilized. Various research instruments including questionnaires, interview schedules and observation checklists were used to collect data. Quantitative data from questionnaires were...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and Learning in Rachuonyo South District secondary schools. The focus was on three main subject matters: on ICT use and competence, on teacher and student and on ICT infrastructure and teaching practices. The objective of this study was to examine availability of ICT tools for use in enhancing teaching and learning.A descriptive survey design was used. Data from the field was...

Despite the deeply entrenched belief in and practice of corporal punishment to maintain learner control in schools, a secondary school in Namibia has for a number of years proven to be an exception to this practice. This is an interpretive account of the teachers’ and learners’ experiences and perceptions of the influence of their school principal’s leadership on learner behaviour. In-depth individual and group interviews were held with teachers and learners. Onsite observation was conducted...

Two major goals were targeted throughout this qualitative and quantitative research. The provision of an answer to whether the establishment of a curriculum for Drama therapy could help Moroccan speech hearing impaired students to overcome the challenge of maladjustment was the first target. The confirmation of the validity the hypothesis that the establishment of a curriculum for Drama therapy could benefit Moroccan students facing the challenge of speech impairment to achieve catharsis, to...

Journal Article School Fees and Access to Primary Education: Assessing Four Decades of Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa Get access Talan B. İşcan, Talan B. İşcan * Department ofEconomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada *Corresponding author: Talan B. İşcan. Telephone: +1 902 494 6994. E-mail: tiscan@dal.ca Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Daniel Rosenblum, Daniel Rosenblum Department ofEconomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Search...

BackgroundTanzania has a young mining history with several operating open pit and underground mines. No prevalence studies of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) have been conducted among mine workers to provide an impetus for the development of comprehensive hearing protection programmes.

Cost of education remains an impediment to access and academic performance in public secondary schools in Kenya. To mitigate this, the government introduced cost sharing where by the government through free secondary education caters for the tuition fees while the parents and other stakeholders takes care of the other costs including provision of infrastructure and other services for the boarding schools. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of cost sharing on student’s...

Anthropology & Education QuarterlyVolume 46, Issue 2 p. 201-203 Book Review The NGOisation of Education: Case Studies from Benin by Fichtner, Sarah, Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2012 Kathryn Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn Anderson-Levitt University of California, Los AngelesSearch for more papers by this author Kathryn Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn Anderson-Levitt University of California, Los AngelesSearch for more papers by this author First published: 27 April 2015...

Older African Americans carry a disproportionate share of chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of urban-dwelling African Americans with chronic disease participating in Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) programs and to examine factors related to successful program completion (i.e., attending at least four of the six sessions).Data were analyzed from 11,895 African Americans who attended a CDSME program at one of the five leading...