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The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and willingness of fishers in four selected fishing communities (Ayitepa/Kponor, Ngyiresia, Adjoa, and Miemia) in Ghana for seaweed cultivation in terms of gender, age, education, and distance. The study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect data and household spatial position recorded by the global positioning system (GPS). The findings show that an average of 95.8% of fishers knew seaweed and 86.5% were willing...

The present study is aimed at investigating the trends of the female students in Al-Azraq Syrian refugee camp towards using "Darsak" platform in learning English language.To achieve the aim of the study, an attitude scale with three dimensions (affective component, perceived usefulness, and perceived control) was prepared and it consisted in its final form of 21 items.It was applied to 110 students of the eighth, ninth and tenth grades from schools in Al-Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in...

The prevalence of social, economic and environmental issues and problems around the world seems to surpass what the traditional entrepreneurship education could handle. Hence, the emergence of social entrepreneurship education as a complement to the traditional entrepreneurship education and empowerment for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs 2030). Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the social entrepreneurship awareness and orientation of Business Education...

Information and CommunicationTechnologies (ICTs) are the core of the digital economy and could be important catalysts for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which can improve people's lives.The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises the great potential of global connectivity to accelerate human progress.ICT has become an integral part of educational development as it enhances the efficiency and productivity of both teaching and learning of any subject.Though...

We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective strategies to build back better. Data from Early Grade Reading Assessments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda suggest half to over a year’s worth of learning loss. In modeling losses over time, we found that learning deficits for a child in grade 3 could lead to 2.8 years of lost learning by grade 10. While COVID-19 has stymied learning, bold, learning-focused reform consistent with the...

Oil pollution is without a doubt a serious challenge in Nigeria today. Since Nigeria discovered crude in Oloibiri, the present day Bayelsa state in 1956 the environment has been wrought with oil spills which have caused the degradation of farmland and gradual destruction of aquatic life through the exploration and exploitation of crude oil. This is even more sickening considering that the general environment where these oil spills occur are where the livelihood of the local which is fishing...

Africa is highly vulnerable to changes in global climatic conditions due to its low adaptive capacity and sensitivity to changes in climatic variables, particularly in the agricultural sector. A key attribute of studies on climate change coping strategies and adaptation mechanisms in Africa is that they lack local specificity. Within a discourse dominated by large-scale attempts to measure the extent of climate change and its impacts with methods drawn from physical and biological sciences,...

New teaching approaches differ from classic ones in promoting active learning. Despite claims that new teaching approaches increase students’ motivation and achievement, empirical research concerning these positive effects is scarce, specifically regarding effects on achievement. In the present investigation, we conducted a series of quasi-experimental studies to compare new with classic teaching approaches. In four studies, we investigated the impact of flipped courses - an innovating...

In developing nations such as Ghana, traditional face-to-face (F2F) mode of education is challenged when physical classroom (academic) resources are not available for all students in a particular tertiary institution. Globally, education modes have improved through learning management systems (LMSs) as a result of technological advancements. Accra Technical University (ATU) in Ghana is currently facing the problem of turning away qualified applicants due to the fact that the academic...

Background: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are prevalent in most developing countries, including Ethiopia, with school-age children (SAC) at high risk of infection. In Ethiopia, despite substantial progress being made on mass drug administration (MDA) coverage for STH infections, its implementation is facing challenges in hard-to-reach areas. This study thus aimed at assessing equity and coverage in MDA and identifying factors associated with drug coverage for STH infections...

Background: The prevalence of neurocognitive disorders, especially dementia, is rising due to an increase in longevity. Early detection and diagnosis of neurocognitive impairments are important for early interventions and appropriate management of reversible causes, especially by the primary health workers. However, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of severe neurocognitive impairment among elderly persons attending a tertiary hospital in Uganda. Methods:...

The study aimed investigate personality traits predictors of superiority school among the students of primary stage in government schools province of Tulkarem from the point of view of teachers in light of some of the variables for teachers, for this purpose applied study tool consisting of (32) clause and distributed into four dominos: mental, and physical, social, emotional, on a sample of (228) teachers were selected at random stratified according to the variables of sex and scientific...

Little evidence exists on the livelihoods of young people with disabilities in low- and middle-income settings.This study examined employability and livelihood outcomes among a cohort of youth with disabilities who participated in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda.Prospective cohort of youth with disabilities participating in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda. Livelihood outcomes of participants were assessed through structured interviews at baseline (n = 297)...

The issue of climate change today has become one of the issues that receive increasing attention on the part of the global system, due to its disastrous effects at all levels, and this is due to human and natural factors, including the southern bank of the Mediterranean which has not been excluded from, especially the Tarifa Plain in the far northeast of Morocco, which is one of the most important irrigated areas in the country due to its great contribution to agricultural production and its...

The current study aims to investigate students' attitudes towards the use of distance education during COVID-19 in Morocco. The first cases of COVID-19 starting from the first weeks of March 2020 has obliged educational authorities to suspend face-to-face education. Immediately, distance education was declared the alternative means to complete the academic year. Moroccan TV channels started broadcasting lessons for different levels at different times. Moreover, teachers and students started...

This aim of this study is to contribute to the existing literature on the psychosocial outcomes of outdoor adventure education. In doing so, it explores the relationship between Journey, a school-based programme and life effectiveness skills, emotional literacy, and resilience for adolescents in a South African setting. Employing a pre–post quasi-experimental design, a purposive convenience sample of 144 Grade 10 learners was recruited for this study. Results of the three measures...

This study centered on the use of teacher’s profile dimensions to assess Social Studies student’s learning outcomes in the Senior High Schools in Aowin and Wassa Amenfi West Districts in the Western and Western North Regions of Ghana. The objective of the study was to assess how graduate teachers use profile dimensions to assess student’s learning outcomes in teaching and learning of Social Studies in Senior High Schools. This study adopted a multiple case study design. The data were used...

<h2>Abstract</h2> Higher educational institutions are engaged in the provision of services and thus require better focus on satisfying the needs and anticipation of their participating consumers (students). Additionally, it is the delivery of quality services that creates loyal consumers: consumers who patronize the institution more and who stimulate others to patronize. While past researchers have discovered a relationship between service quality and student loyalty in higher educational...