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While access to higher education for racial and ethnic minorities improved over the last half of the 20th century, the percentage of these populations obtaining terminal degrees does not approach their respective percentage of society at large. By interviewing five African American males who completed a doctoral program at a Majority White Institution (MWI), this study seeks to identify some consistent themes among successful graduates. Using Critical Race Theory as an analytical framework,...

日本の理科教育における国際協カプロジェクトでは．協力対象国の研修指導者を日本以外の国で行う第3国研修として，アフリカの理科教員研修指導者を東南アジアで研修を行っている．本研究ではケニア理科教員研修指導者のフィリピン大学国立理数科教育開発研究所での研修を取り上げた．第3国研修の利点と考えられる，費用対効果面での利点を持つか，研修の運営内容面で利点を持つか，研修実施機関の能力向上につながっているか，について明らかにした．調査は， 2008年1月にフィリピン研修時の観察， インタビュー，質間紙調査， 2008年8月にケニアでの研修観察，インタビューを行った．調査の結果から，研修は安価であり，受講者は，研修全体，研修講師，研修リソースについて評価が高い．また，研修受講者は帰国後に，教育方法の改善，教材の活用，コンピュータの活用の面において研修成果を活用している．このため研修は，コストバフォーマンスがよいと言える．研修の運営実施面では，英語によるスムーズな講義と運営が行われ，十分な運常スタッフを有する利点があるため， 日本での研修に比べ利点を持つ．また，...

This paper examines in-school adolescents and career choices in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The sample consists of two hundred randomly selected parents and in-school adolescents from four local government areas in Ekiti State. Two hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistical analysis. The results showed that there were no significant differences between parental influence, as well as gender influence of in-school adolescents in choice of career. The...

Two thirds of children with cancer never reach a specialist centre for treatment in South Africa. The majority of those who present have advanced disease. A campaign was undertaken to educate the public and the primary health workers on the Saint Siluan early warning signs of cancer in children. There was a statistically significant increase in the number of new patients referred in the 6 years following the campaign (P = 0.001), but did not succeed in achieving the referral of patients at...

In this article, Franciscah Wamocho, lecturer and chairperson, Geoffrey Karugu, senior lecturer, both in the Department of Special Education, and Augustine Nwoye, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, all from Kenyatta University in Nairobi, argue that people with disabilities are likely to need the support of counselling services. The study reported here sought to collect baseline data that could be used in designing a comprehensive guidance programme for students with...

In this compelling narrative, Michael L. Buckler draws readers into the challenging, yet rewarding world of the Peace Corps. Inspired by his journals, the book recounts his life as a Peace Corps teacher after a heartbreaking divorce and a demanding legal career prompted him to make a change. Assigned to a village school in Malawi, Buckler opens his tiny home to three boys, embarking with them on a journey of cross-cultural discovery, personal sacrifice, and transformative growth. Determined...

In a developing country such as Egypt, there are growing challenges for providing water supply of good quality. Committing to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by providing access to clean drinking water supply is an additional challenge. This is primarily attributed to treatment costs, especially when large quantities of water are treated. The two sources of potable water supply in Egypt are groundwater and surface water, either from the River Nile or from the main irrigation canals....

This paper investigated the distribution of teachers to secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. As an ex-post facto and descriptive survey, the study population embraced all the 141 secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The sample was identified with the population as all the schools were involved in the study. The method of selection was by multi-stag and stratified random sampling technique. The instrument used to collect data for the study was an inventory while the data collected...

This paper investigated the supply of science teachers to secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria.It was an ex-post facto and descriptive research.The study population comprised all the 281 secondary schools and 4 higher institutions in the State as well as 30 higher institutions from neighbouring States producing teachers for secondary schools.The sample in respect of secondary schools was identical with the population.Since only 2 out of the 4 higher institutions in the State produce...

Abstract This chapter covers clinical legal education in Southern, East, and West Africa. It includes a short history of law clinics in each region, as well as an analysis of why the law clinics were needed and a description the clinical programs' requirements and the types of training and evaluation used. In most African countries, university law clinics were established to provide legal services and access to justice for poor and marginalized communities, as well as to teach law students...

The West African Sahel is a harsh environment stressed by a fast-growing population and increasing pressure on the scarce natural resources. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the majority of the people living in the area. Increases in temperature and/or modifications in rainfall quantities and distribution will substantially impact on the natural resource on which agriculture depends. The vulnerability of livelihoods based on agriculture is increased and most likely exacerbate...

As a result of barriers erected by language, especially in situations where 'school language' is different from children‘s mother tongue, there could often be incongruity between children‘s knowledge of mathematics and teachers‘ assessment of it. This paper, a case study conducted in Ghana, West Africa, shows how children‘s 'mother language‘ can be used to make what is 'invisible‘ to teachers - children‘s true knowledge of mathematics - 'visible‘. By changing the medium of instruction from...

The Senior High School (SHS) is one of the levels of education within the structure of pre-tertiary education in Ghana. The duration of the SHS cannot, therefore, be determined without due consideration to the entire structure, the inputs and outputs of the other levels, namely KG, Primary and the Junior High School (JHS). Drawing from this fact, this paper has emphasized that JHS is the first stage of secondary education and therefore be managed as a level within the secondary education sub...

This study examined the effect of varying learning strategies making use of procedural and conceptual learning strategies on secondary school students‟ study habits in mathematics. A total of 124 senior secondary school students, from Osun state in southwestern Nigeria divided into three groups were involved in this study. Two experimental groups were randomly assigned to the two learning strategies and the third group was the control group. The study adopted modified non-equivalent pretest...

In this era of information and technology it is generally accepted that mathematics plays a very crucial role in national development. In view of this, it has become our desire that our students will be able to feel that mathematics is an enjoyable and rewarding subject for them but the question which still remain unanswered is do we succeed? The purpose of this study was to understand and determine the attitude, beliefs and self confidence in learning mathematics among grade nine students...

Researchers are now pointing to the fact that mathematics that was once regarded as culturei2 and value free is no longer regarded as such. Views about the nature of mathematical facts being absolute and unquestionable have changed in recent times. Mathematics education researchers have therefore highlighted the need for the recognition of children‟s out-of-school mathematical practicesii in scaffolding their learning in mathematics classroom. This paper reviews theories and research on...

This study explored primary and junior high school (JHS) teachers‟ attitudes toward mathematics. A survey of attitudes toward mathematics of 114 primary and JHS teachers who were holders of three-year post secondary teachers‟ certificate “A” from 40 basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis and Elmina district in the Central region of Ghana was carried out using a questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using means and standard deviations. The t-test was used to investigate...