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A national, Web-based survey of 1,219 African American, Latina/o, Asian American, and European American psychology graduate students revealed both similarities and differences in experiences and perspectives. Mentoring was found to be the strongest predictor of satisfaction across groups. Academic supports and barriers, along with perceptions of diversity within the academic environment, were also important predictors of satisfaction. Students of color perceived less fairness of...
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The study determined the prevalence of self-reported hypertension and evaluated the relationship between self-reported hypertension and associated risk factors among adults who participated in the 2006 vulnerability to air pollution study in eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in September 2006 with the heads of 377 randomly selected households to obtain information on the household status of health and disease risk factors. eMbalenhle data were...
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This study investigated the prevalence of corporal punishment in Zimbabwean secondary schools in the first decade of the twenty first century. The focus of the study was to analyze the perceptions of students, teachers and heads in Gweru Urban secondary schools on the continued use of corporal punishment. Currently progressive scholars are calling for child centred and liberative pedagogy while human rights activists are calling for the banning of corporal punishment in schools. The study...
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The study assessed the academic self-efficacy of newly enrolled undergraduate students attending a higher education institution in South Africa (n = 315, females = 53.6%). Data were collected using the students enrolled for science related majors. An existing Academic Behavioural Confidence scale (ABC) was used to measure the academic self-efficacy of the students. Academic self-efficacy varied by degree programs, with those taking the natural sciences showing higher academic behavioural...
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This paper highlights the essential matters in adopting technology as an aid to delivering education in higher education institutes in Africa. The key idea of the paper is how to use open source software for teaching and hence for improving interactivity between content, teachers and students i.e. how a well-selected open source software can foster learning processes. The paper also includes a case study in a Mozambican University to reveal a practical example on how technology has been used...
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The concept of Distance Learning (DL) has been embraced by schools, colleges and universities around the world. Distance Learning is causing a revolution in higher education in Kenya. The country is opting for Distance Learning models in order to help meet growing demands for higher education places and meet the country’s national development goals within diminishing resources. However, there has been a problem in that many Kenyans still remain skeptical not only about the concept of...
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The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC) was developed in 2002 with the aim of equipping young professionals who are involved in the area of sexuality with the necessary skills and information to deal with sexuality issues in a confident and respectful manner. Over the years, the training has largely focused on the promotion of information sharing, capacity building, and knowledge generation regarding sexuality issues across Africa.
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The purpose of this study was to establish teachers' perceptions of head teachers' supervisory practices on performance of duty in public primary schools in Nakuru North district. The objectives of the study were; to establish how the head teachers classroom observation affect teachers' perceptions in the classroom teaching, to assess how the head teachers checking of pupils books influence teachers' preparation of lesson notes and administration of regular class assignments, to determine...
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This paper sets out to emphasize how entrepreneurship education can increase employment, productivity and create wealth through implementation of entrepreneurship education in all Education institutions of learning in Nigeria. Credence was given to Bertrand Russell’s principles of right and wrong education. This document posits that Nigeria is burdened with unemployment, cases of crimes, wrong education, wrong use of skills; wrong religious believes, unsuppressed graduate unemployment, acute...