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The present study examined the relationship between reading dyslexia condition and academic performance in upper primary learners in Kenyan public schools in Changamwe Sub County, Mombasa County.The study used a purposive sampling method and the sample consisted of 160 learners and 43 teachers from six different schools.Correlational Ex-Post Facto research design was used based on three major examinations done in Term 1 and Term 2. Questionnaires were used to collect data from teachers.A...

Education scholars agree on the positive role that parents play in fostering educational success.Much research done also shows ways in which teachers contribute greatly to students' performance in school.Limited research focuses on how students' interactions with one another effect their academic performance.This study examines ways in which students were impacted by collaborating with their parents, teachers and with each other during a writing workshop in one elementary school in...

This study investigated effects of guided discovery and problem solving instructional strategies on achievement of secondary school students in Volumetric Analysis in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. Two research questions and one research hypothesis were tested at alpha level 0.05 of significance. A 3x 1 Factorial design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of senior secondary school two (SSSII) students with sample size of 238 students selected from six secondary schools in...

There has been considerable research on North–South issues on climate change; however, little work has been done on how the recent discovery of oil in some developing countries could affect North–South relations, the prospects for development for the South, climate change and local socio-environmental issues. Using the theory of inclusive development, the concept of the Right to Development, and their relation to stranded assets, this paper addresses the question: what does inclusive...

This review article discusses the climate, water resources and historical droughts of Africa, drought indices, vulnerability, impact of global warming and land use for drought-prone regions in West, southern and the Greater Horn of Africa, which have suffered recurrent severe droughts in the past. Recent studies detected warming and drying trends in Africa since the mid 20th century. Based on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Coupled Model...

Since the early 40s to today, teachers in Uganda organized themselves into unions and demanded for better conditions of service.Despite the long history of different forms of teachers' protests, the contribution of these protests towards influencing the teacher's welfare in the country is not sufficiently analyzed in the academic and policy circles.Up till now, it is not very clear what these protests have achieved.Written against the background of teachers' protests in Uganda, this paper...

Research in Western nations suggests that parents' involvement in their children's media use can make a difference in how adolescents select, process and respond to sexual television messages. Little or no published research has investigated this issue in sub-Saharan Africa, even though adolescents and young adults remain among the groups at highest risk for HIV transmission. This study investigated the relationship between Kenyan adolescents' level of exposure to sexual television content...

This study investigated and compared the pedagogical orientations of physical sciences teachers in Malawi and South Africa towards inquiry or direct methods of science teaching. Pedagogical orientation has been theorized as a component of pedagogical content knowledge. Orientations were characterized along a spectrum of two variants of inquiry and two variants of direct instruction. Teacher preferences for pedagogy were measured using case-based assessment items which depicted actual...

League Bilong Laif (LBL) is a sport-for-development (SFD) programme that was established in 2013 as a three-way partnership between the Australian Government, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government (Department of Education) and the Australian Rugby League Commission (National Rugby League). As a contribution to addressing low rates of school attendance and significant problems with anti-social behaviour within PNG communities, LBL was designed to contribute to (1) improvements in student...

Methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH) is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The non-medical use of MPH by learners and students has been reported by numerous studies from abroad. The practice stems from beliefs about the benefits of MPH in achieving academic success. Little is known about the use of MPH in South African student populations.The study set out to determine (1) the extent and dynamics associated with MPH use and (2) poly-substance use among...

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental threats facing our world in recent decades. As Ethiopia is dependent on rain–fed agriculture, it becomes one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Therefore, this study analyzed farmers' agricultural land vulnerability to climate change in four randomly selected kebeles of Dembia woreda (District). The 372 sample respondents were randomly selected. The primary quantitative and qualitative data were collected using household...

Capacity building partnerships between healthcare institutions have the potential to benefit both partners particularly in staff development. Previous research suggests that volunteering can contribute to professional development but there is little evidence on how learning is acquired, the barriers and facilitators to learning in this context or the process of translation of learning to the home environment. Volunteers from a healthcare partnership between the UK and Somaliland reported...

While HIV prevention research conducted among adolescent populations may encounter parental resistance, the active engagement of parents from inception to trial completion may alleviate opposition. In preparation for implementing a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the efficacy of a behavioural intervention targeting adolescent sexual risk behaviours, a formative evaluation was undertaken to assess parental reactions to the proposed trial. Six focus groups were conducted with...

• The global shortage of nurses educated at baccalaureate level and higher is of serious concern to the future of nursing and academia in particular. Less than 1% of nurses have a doctoral degree (Feeg & Nickitas, 2011). • To address these shortfalls many countries have set higher degree targets and developed advanced nursing roles, which have to found to impact positively on health care (Kennedy et al., 2012; Comiskey et al., 2014). • In South Africa (SA) less than 20% of RNs have an...