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The mandate of Business Education in Colleges of Education is to train teachers to teach Business Studies at the Junior Secondary School and to prepare students for office or self employment. The guideline for implementation of the programme is enshrined in the minimum standard for Colleges of Education. The major purpose of the study was, therefore, to determine the extent of utilization of teaching facilities in business education departments in Colleges of Education in North-West Nigeria...
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Blood is a veritable tool in many life-saving situations. Despite the increased demand for blood, the supply of safe blood has been inadequate. This study was aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention on the knowledge and attitude of medical students of a Nigerian University to voluntary blood donation.This was a cross-sectional study involving 158 undergraduate medical students of Ebonyi State University in South-East Nigeria. Participants were recruited by stratified...
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The role of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEME) in National development cannot be overemphasized. However, the enrollment of students in the STEME courses at the university level seems not to be encouraging. Moreover, literature is scarce on the major determinants of students' interest in STEME courses. Thus, this study explored the possible determinants of university students' interest in STEME courses using a structural equation modeling approach. The study...
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This paper assesses teachers' and students' self-perception as global citizens in the context of Alfred North Whitehead Process Philosophy.The aim of the paper is to identify the potential for global citizenship within pedagogy and learning.One hundred students and 50 teachers from Peaceland College of Education, Enugu, in Nigeria, were selected systematically and examined on their belief that an action in situ could pose global consequences or benefits.Respondents were also assessed on...
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For poetry as a stand-alone subject, there is very scant empirical evidence that exist which estimates the impact of constructivism on its learning and teaching in Africa. There are, however, a number of existing studies in this regard in the Western context. This paper, using an experimental approach, examines the impact of constructivism on poetry learning among junior high school students in southeast Nigeria. Repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to estimate the...
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There are various myths and perceptions about teachers‟ behaviours in popular culture, whereby some of these behaviours positively or negatively affect learners‟ emotions and decision making. We carried out the present study in Rwanda and employed 79 people of different educational levels and nationalities including pupils, students, bicyclists, motorists and vendors, who were purposively, randomly, and conveniently selected, to explore mathematics teachers‟ behaviours. The study‟s findings...
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Entrepreneurship remains a major subject considered relevant to proffering solutions to challenges of unemployment across various continents of the world, South Africa inclusive. However, in spite of the need for entrepreneurship, the approach with which entrepreneurial activities are conducted contributes to the success or challenges experienced in various entrepreneurial spaces. This study explores the role of role of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in proffering solution and contributing...
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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infections to occur in the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and remains a global emergency despite substantial investment in health services.Aim: This study aims to determine the spectrum of chest X-ray findings in patients with HIV/TB coinfection.Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of the clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary TB (PTB) in 244 confirmed HIV-seropositive patients...
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With digital advancements and technological transformations in today's world and likelihood of increase in years to come, a major concern is how to use school intervention strategies to arm students with critical thinking and personal intelligence skills for safe digital adventures and responsible cooperative behaviours. This study examined basic educational institutions' intervention in students' digital skill acquisition and application for digital safety. The descriptive survey that was...
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An assessment of the feasibility of screening Asking and telling: An assessment of the feasibility of screening children for sexual violence in Kenyan school and
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In this paper, we identify under which conditions and to what extent armed conflicts harm the long-run educational attainment of children in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. By combining 66 rounds of DHS surveys with geo-coded conflict information, our study contextualizes the findings of a series of country-specific case studies on the effects of conflict on education, and provides evidence on the mechanisms through which these effects occur. Our main identification strategy compares educational...
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Ethiopia is one of the drought affected areas which require huge community, government and NGOs participation.The past experience in the country shows the limited capacity of the government for climate change adaptation strategies.Therefore, the current direction is towards enhancing the capacity and creating awareness of the community and users could own, finance and manage their environment in order to minimize impact of climate change by establishing adaptation strategies.The objective of...
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The change in contemporary teaching methods made necessary by technological, economic, and cultural forces in the early 21st century have fundamentally altered the very foundation of traditional educational models. Stakeholders have raised concerns that traditional teacher-centered learning is not longer in line with emerging globalized world. Hence, the need for a more democratic, student-centred approach.Therefore, there is the necessity to modify the process of teaching and learning...