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History provides an essential input into the entire system of education, bringing out the link between human beings and various areas of knowledge and their significance for individuals in society as they progress and interact. History teaching in schools also helps students to develop a sense of values and to resolve ethical and moral problems since it focuses primarily on cultivating humanism. In Mauritius, history is taught both at primary and secondary level. However, the curriculum...
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The focus of this article is on mapping the inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) content in the higher education curriculum of universities that offer library and information science (LIS) education in Anglophone eastern and southern Africa (AESA). As universities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are being encouraged to adapt and to become more societally relevant in their production, transmission and acquisition of knowledge, they should include hitherto subjugated IKS. The main...
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The aim of this paper is to explore the experiences of educators on crisis intervention in rural schools in South Africa. Apart from a literature review on crisis intervention in schools, the paper...
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The aim of this paper is to explore the views of teachers on the role of learners in rural school management in South Africa. Apart from a literature review on learner management, empirical study investigation based on quantitative research paradigm was used to collect data from teachers about the role of learners in rural school management. The literature findings revealed that learner participation in school management is a critical component of education in South Africa. The study further...
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The study examined the impact of home environment fac- tors on the academic performance of public secondary school students in Gar- ki Area District, Abuja, Nigeria. The stratified sampling technique was used to select 300 students from six public schools, while the simple random sampling technique was used to administer the questionnaire. The study utilized a de- scriptive survey research design for the study. Also, data on student's academ- ic performance was obtained from student's scores...
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Commonly described as tropical wet-dry and semiarid climates, north western region of Nigeria has been affected by temperature and rainfall changes over space and time in the last six decades. This change of climate may affect agriculture which is the most important sector in the study area. Monthly temperature and rainfall data at eight meteorological stations scattered over study area were collected in order to investigate the trends of temperature and rainfall using statistical methods....
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The World Health Organization in 1994 recommended that dental education should be problem based, socially and culturally relevant, and community oriented.To explore the perceptions of Pre-phase II (pre-clinical II) dental students on three methods of teaching used during two academic sessions.All part IV dental students in two consecutive sessions undergoing pre phase II course in the Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife were recruited into the study. Three different...
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the challenges -on a spiritual level -that secondary school learners in South Africa face in the context of moral decay.It therefore aims to develop educational strategies that Life Orientation teachers in particular can use to facilitate spiritual intelligence (SQ) in learners, especially when religious and cultural diversity in schools is considered.To this end, a programme to develop SQ was designed based on a literature review, and then implemented within the framework of...
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There is a great need for an instrument that can accurately identify children with language problems early, regardless of the language(s) they speak. Certain tasks have been identified as potential markers of language impairment, including sentence repetition and digit repetition (Ziethe, Eysholdt and Doellinger 2013: 1). The purpose of this study was to compare the sensitivity of these two potential markers in order to compile an accurate measuring instrument for language impairment in...
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Informal school fees – for uniforms, books, and other supplies – are substantial in developing countries, often several times formal tuition. We evaluate a scholarship program that alleviated informal fees for girls in a subset of Gambian secondary schools. The program is unique because it overlapped with a government policy that had already eliminated formal school fees for girls, allowing for a comparison between program recipients and students who paid no tuition fees but were responsible...
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Teaching Climate Change's concepts are hard and challenging to impress in the minds of adolescent learners in a traditional classroom environment. Designing appropriate instructional strategies with the best visual experiences enable learners to grasp the complex principle behind the concept and stimulate their interest. Hence, technology can be seen as a panacea. In this regard, a study was conducted to explore Form II learners' view on learning Climate Change with blended learning...
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Social defeat occurs when an animal is attacked and subjugated by an aggressive conspecific. Following social defeat, male Syrian hamsters fail to display species-typical territorial aggression and instead exhibit submissive or defensive behaviors even when in the presence of a non-aggressive intruder. We have termed this phenomenon conditioned defeat (CD). The mechanisms underlying CD are not fully understood, but data from our lab suggest that at least some of the mechanisms are similar to...
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In 1980, Zimbabwe rapidly expanded access to secondary schools, providing a natural experiment to estimate the impact of increased maternal secondary education on child mortality. Exploiting age specific exposure to these reforms, we find that children born to mothers most likely to have benefited from the policies were about 21% less likely to die than children born to slightly older mothers. We also find that increased education leads to delayed age at marriage, sexual debut, and first...