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Dear Editor-in-ChiefThere have been expressed concerns of decline in children physical activity, worldwide (1). Only 20% of 13-15 yr old children from 105 different countries met the WHO physical activity guidelines stipulating at least 60 min of daily moderate-tovigorous physical activity (2). Active transport to school can contribute to children's physical activity and health (3, 4). It helps to maintain healthy weight (4) and improves cardiovascular risk profiles (5) in children and young...

Since 2011, Western Australian nursing and midwifery educators have been providing evidence-based continuing education to Tanzanian health professionals. Despite thorough preparation before departure, differences in local resource levels and available facilities have necessitated impromptu adaptation of curriculum content and delivery methods to ensure an effective program was delivered. This study explored the personal, cultural and teaching strategies utilised by Western Australian nursing...

The northern Afar Depression is one of the most volcano-tectonically active parts of the East African Rift system, a place where oceanic rifting may be beginning to form an incipient oceanic crust. In its center, over an area that is ∼80 km long and ∼50 km wide, there are seven major NNW-SSE-aligned shield volcanoes/volcanic edifices surrounded by compositionally distinct fissure-fed basalts. The Quaternary lavas in this area range from transitional to tholeiitic basalts, with significant...

Over the past 4 years, the African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative for nurses and midwives has supported 12 countries establish national continuing and professional development frameworks and programs, linking continuing education to nursing and midwifery re-licensure through technical assistance and improvement grants. However, lack of electronic media and rural practice sites, differences in priority content, and varying legal frameworks make providing accessible, certifiable,...

The 2015-2030 strategic vision innovates the Moroccan educational system. Unlike previous reforms, this vision addresses problems that have long been ignored. Among these problems is the quality of education. Although educational quality may have been included in previous reform programs, it is considered as one of the priorities in this new vision. The purpose of this Policy Brief is to assess the status of learning achievement, which is an integral part of educational quality, of students...

The aim of this paper is to explore the influence of strategic planning in improving the quality of education.The quality of education is directly linked to the effort expended in making arrangements or preparations of educational objectives and determining the requisite resources to facilitate the training, instruction or study that leads to the acquisition of skills or knowledge.Education at secondary sector is of particular importance because it seeks to augment the general intellectual...

It is a great pleasure to dedicate this article to Professor Rosalie David as an educator who has been at the forefront of university adult education. Having single-handedly set up her innovative Certificate in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, she then ran a consistently oversubscribed course for over twenty-five years, enabling successive cohorts of locally-based adult learners to study Egyptology seriously for the first time. I was privileged to be involved as the programme’s...

The focus of this paper is to understand how Grade 11 learners conceptualize image formation in a plane mirror. The sample consisted of 70 learners, selected by using the convenient sampling technique, from a selected urban senior secondary school in the Province of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The mixed-method nature of the research design was accompanied by the use of the 4-Tier Optics Diagnostic Instrument (4ODI), which enabled the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data...

There is widespread agreement that schooling quality should be a priority in the post-2015 education agenda, but less agreement on how quality can be enhanced in a cost effective manner. In Uganda, classroom overcrowding is often considered a critical cause of poor learning outcomes. This paper investigates how various aspects of classroom composition, including class size and the achievement distribution of classmates, affect individual learning. Using test score data for over 250,000...

A project submitted in partial fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Education (Early Childhood Education) in The School Of Education Kenyatta University May, 2016

A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the degree of doctor of philosophy in education (curriculum studies), of Kenyatta University. May, 2016

As biomedical knowledge continues to explode, medical students and doctors need to assimilate a lot of information for learning and clinical practice. The use of mobile devices provides an opportunity to improve access to information, enhance communication and collaboration and deliver self-paced learning opportunities. However, implementation of mobile device projects can pose significant challenges for institutions in low-to-middle income countries due to scarce financial resources,...

A research thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of Doctor of philosophy (educational psychology) in the School of Education, Kenyatta University. May 2016

IAIA16 Conference Proceedings, Resilience and Sustainability 36th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, 11 - 14 May 2016.Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website

This paper introduces the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) television white space (TVWS) network deployed in Accra, Ghana. The network, which is still work-in-progress, provides broadband Internet connectivity to six Senior High Schools and the GTUC-Abeka campus using two sub-networks built using White Space devices from two different manufacturers. After introducing the GTUC TVWS network, the paper then presents the preliminary results as well as few challenges facing the network....

Objective The demand for global health electives among medical students and residents has grown substantially, yet perspectives of international hosts are not well documented. This study aimed to assess how host country supervising clinical preceptors perceive learners on short-term global health electives of up to 6 weeks. Methods This study used a cross-sectional survey design and assessed international clinical preceptors' perceptions of short-term learners' (STLs) professional behaviors,...

Menopause is a natural part of a woman's life, it is the phase when a woman no longer experience menstruation when her body begins to produce progressively lesser progesterone and estrogen and eventually her menstrual cycles cease.The study assessed awareness and knowledge of menopause and establish relationship between menarche, menopause, lifestyle modification and non communicable diseases with the view of encouraging positive healthy behavior.The study adopted a descriptive cross...