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In this paper, we examine the role of educational leadership in promoting and/or challenging racism as an intentional outcome of schooling. We focus on Egypt and South Africa, two countries uniquely framed as both deeply divided (by race, religion, and/or class) and as models of resistance and conscious activism. We draw upon experiences working as, or with, school principals in South Africa and Egypt to reveal how the context of education is negatively shaped by schooling practices that...
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Mining resources are offered by the natural milieu and liable to exploitation.Raw materials extracted are essential for jewellery and economy.But in most cases, the environmental impact assessment is disappointing.In this study conducted at Betare Oya, mining residues are directly disposed in the immediate environment without passing through the tailing ponds for treatment, despite environmental laws and standards.Soluble components of matter are slowly dissolved, drained by meteoric water...
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AbstractThis paper aims to examine the performance of higher education research in South Africa, since the introduction of the New Funding Formula in 2004. The analysis includes both accredited publication research outputs from peer-reviewed articles and books and master’s and doctoral research outputs (based on the number of graduates). The study also compares the research publication outputs produced by South African researchers with those produced by researchers from other countries. The...
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Abstract We use field data to investigate factors that influence parents' decisions to enrol children in schools in rural G hana. The empirical results identified a host of socio‐economic and household‐level factors including remittances parents expect from investing in education, parents perception of a child's desirable professions, cost of schooling and discount rate as significant determinants of parental school enrolment decision. When gender of the child and remittances are taken into...
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The purpose of this study was to analyze and explore the experiences of eight first-year physical education teachers who have taught African refugee students. Interviews were conducted at the end of each participant’s first year of teaching. The findings of this study highlight the vast different learning styles of students from Africa and the strategies that these teachers trialed and incorporated into their lessons in an attempt to minimize the disruptions they experienced when first...
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This research investigated the factors which motivate teachers in Zimbabwean public schools amid the economic challenges ravaging the country.A survey design was used to gather data on biography, motivators, demotivators, need fulfilment, need deprivation and possible motivators by means of a questionnaire consisting of seven open-ended questions.The qualitative data amassed was screened and categorised in themes.The responses of thirty-seven teachers indicated that participants were...
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In South Africa an increasing number of learners are taught through the medium of English. Limited English proficiency (LEP) learners who enter classes where English is the language of learning, encounter serious problems in coping with their academic work. These learners have usually acquired informal, colloquial language or Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS), but lack Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP). The primary aim of this article is to explore the language...
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A needs assessment survey research was carried out for Master's of Science training in environmental health in Swaziland. The objective of the survey was to acquire information on training needs, gaps, options of specializations, program structure, courses, topics, and research areas that are relevant to the needs of the stakeholders and sector organizations related to environmental health. A document study, focus group discussion with key informants, stakeholder forum workshop, and needs...