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This study addresses the restricted attention of critical thinking in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Moroccan high schools, which is one of the new issues investigated in recent times. Many students could not think critically since their instructors could not implement critical thinking into their instructional practices every day. The primary bjective of this inquiry is to examine teachers’ attitude towards the use of critical thinking in the classroom. In this...

The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the TVET professional development training, which was planned to be carried out in a face-to-face manner. This study aims to examine TVET professional development training based on the ADDIE model and provide implications for ODA and TVET professional development training in the post-COVID era. In this case study, a TVET training program for Botswana was developed based on the ADDIE model in an untact environment. Accordingly, the performance...

The purpose of this study was to develop an online instructional material for computer aided (CAD) pattern making training in Zimbabwe Polytechnics. The study adopted an experimental design to develop the material. The study identified that CorelDraw; open access software, can be used for the development of basic block patterns. Through a screencast-o-matric tool and VSDC Video Editor, a screen cast was developed to show the progression of size 12 straight skirt block development on the...

This study examined the school distance, parental socio-economic status and students' academic performance in Ibrahim Sakaba Day Secondary School, Dabai in Zuru.The study employed a case study design.The population for this study comprised of 1,205 students of the school and purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting the 221 subjects for the study.two instruments were used in collecting data, and they are: a Self-Designed School Distance and Parental Socio-Economic Status...

This Study Investigated What The Implementation Of Physical Education Brought To PE Teachers And Learners In Secondary Schools Of Serenje District, Central Province- Zambia. A Case Study Design Was Adopted. The Sample Was Chosen Purposefully And Consisted 110 Respondents To Which 32 Were PE Teachers, 6 Head Teachers, 6 Heads Of Department For Expressive Arts (PE) And 6 Heads Of Section For Expressive Arts. Others Were 60 Pupils (30 Boys And 30 Girls) From Secondary Schools Of Serenje...

Teachers are perceived as role models and studies have shown that they can enhance the oral health behaviour of young children. To assess the oral health (OH) knowledge, attitudes and practices of public school teachers in a district in Pretoria, South Africa. This was a cross sectional analytical study. The sample comprised of six schools that were randomly selected within the Tshwane West sub district. A total of 160 teachers were included. A modified, self-administered, validated...

The writing ability of Moroccan students is generally characterized by low language fluency. This article examines the impact of the implementation of graded readers as a syllabus intervention alternative rather than the textbook-based approach regarding teaching writing skill. The research design for this study is a mixed method. The qualitative method was twofold, in-class and online. The first tool was conducted via a series of observations and structured discussions with students....

This article explores the views held by content subject teachers on the implementation of the English Across the Curriculum (EAC) approach in their high school classrooms. In South Africa, the EAC approach has been part of the school curriculum since 2014; however, to date, there is a paucity of studies that have focused on understanding how high school teachers implement this approach. In 2017, the South African Department of Basic Education reported that high school teachers were not using...

Key populations (KP) continue to account for high HIV incidence globally. Still, prioritization of KP in the national HIV prevention response remains insufficient, leading to their suboptimal access to HIV programmes. This commentary aims to share Kenya's challenges and successes in achieving 2020 global HIV targets and scaling up the KP programme in the last decade.The KP programme in Kenya has scaled up in the last decade with the inclusion of female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex...

Mathematics anxiety and attitude have a great influence on mathematics performance.This article presents an analysis of the relationship between Mathematics anxiety, attitude and performance.The study adopted a correlational research design.The analysis is based on the responses of 367 students who were randomly selected from 55 secondary schools.An adapted Mathematics Anxiety Scale (MAS) and Attitude towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) were used.The performance grades for the students were...

Universities in Kenya 1. Background to the StudyEmergence of COVID 19 in early 2019 brought about historical disruption to globally, by bringing it to standstill with worst hit being educational institutions that majorly relied on Conventional classroom set up for teaching.According to the report of UNESCO (UNESCO, 2020), as of April, 2020, COVID 19 had caused disruption to education sector in over175 countries as evidenced by closure of educational institutions, a situation that saw over...

English, as a communication tool, plays an extremely significant role in cross-cultural communication. While it is true that language users can mean exactly what they mean in their utterances, it is also true that they can have their utterances mean much more than what they say. Speakers of English speak indirectly, and using conversational implicatures is a way to be indirect. And as sentences often express messages above and beyond their literal meanings, it is not surprising that...

<p xmlns="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1">The association between loneliness, love styles and satisfaction with love life among Palestinian university students was examined in this study. Gender differences in loneliness, love styles and satisfaction with love life was examined as well as the relationship among these variables. The study included 500 students (63.6% females and 36.4% males), aged between 18 and 26 years. Data were collected using the Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Love...

Background: Universities, globally, and in South Africa, continue to be confronted with demands for transformation, humanisation of pedagogical practices and to embrace social justice. Aim: In this article, we bring to the surface possibilities of Ubuntu pedagogy within a social justice framework. We intersect Collective Fingers Theory and Social Justice Theory to propose the notion of Ubuntu pedagogy, which draws from African philosophy of Ubuntu . We argue that Ubuntu pedagogy provides an...