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The use of computer system is growing rapidly and there is growing concern on the environmental hazard associated with its use. Thus, the need for every user’s to possess the knowledge of using computer in an environmental friendly manner. This study therefore, investigated the knowledge of green computing possessed by university students in Nigeria. To achieve this, survey method was employed to carry out the study. The study involved students from three schools (Computer Science,...
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The introduction of outcomes-based education in South Africa placed many challenges on the transformation of science classrooms. The 2009 National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) Report concluded that South African rural and township schools are largely dysfunctional. This article examined some of the reasons for the ‘collapse’ of rural schools as seen through the eyes of pre-service science teachers. It explored the reflections of 30 pre-service teachers in science...
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Communities’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria disease often remain unobserved during malaria control efforts. In Tanzania, many studies focus on increasing community knowledge and awareness on malaria prevention but the potential participation and contribution of schoolchildren towards knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria has received little attention. We investigated the knowledge and understanding of primary school children on malaria transmission, recognition of...
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The research paper demonstrates the contribution of indigenous knowledge and farming practices to climate change resilience. The study involved a purposive sample of 100 indigenous knowledge holders living adjacent to the Nyungwe National Park (NNP) and Volcanoes National Park (VNP), Rwanda. The major threats to climate change included deforestation, floods, changes in volcanic activity and changes in solar radiation and the use of chemical fertilizers. The majority of local farmers (75%)...
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The study used both primary and secondary sources to investigate the enhancement of the livelihood of rural women through indigenous vegetable (IVs) production around Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. It was found that the major types of IVs grown in the area were Night shade, Gombo, Spider plant and Pumpkin leaves. These were preferred by the respondent rural women farmers, over exotic vegetables, due to their higher nutritional value, resistance to pests and diseases, resilience to...
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For many children around the world, access to higher education and the labour market depends on becoming fluent in a second language. In South Africa, the majority of children do not speak English as their first language but are required to undertake their final school-leaving examinations in English. Most schools offer mother-tongue instruction in the first three grades of school and then transition to English as the language of instruction in the fourth grade. Some schools use English as...
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Race differences in chronic conditions and disability are well established; however, little is known about the association between specific chronic conditions and disability in African Americans. This is important because African Americans have higher rates and earlier onset of both chronic conditions and disability than white Americans.We examined the relationship between chronic conditions and disability in 602 African Americans aged 50 years and older in the Baltimore Study of Black...
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A review of archaeological research on the impacts of multiple volcanic events in the Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea during the past 40,000 years demonstrates that disaster studies in archaeology would benefit from considering resilience and innovation in addition to the more common emphasis on vulnerability, often glossed as ‘collapse.’ When analytical time frames are extended beyond the immediate environmental impacts, continuity in cultural practices is often observed. The...
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We studied staff class size, job satisfaction and morale in some secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria. The relevant variables of teacher class size and workload were used as independent variables while the dependent variables were students’ academic performance, teacher satisfaction and morale. Out of the total population of 2,100 teachers from 165 secondary schools in the State, 600 teachers from 60 secondary schools were sampled for the study using stratified random...
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Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) were proposed as a policy framework that could provide middle ground for meeting both the development and mitigation objectives in developing countries. While South Africa engaged actively with the NAMA terminology in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations, its engagement at the domestic level has been rather lacklustre. This presents an interesting paradox. The paper studies the interplay of international...
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The paper uses a participatory and case study approach to discuss the importance of sorghum as an indigenous drought resistant crop for food security in the North-West province of Cameroon. It was found that sorghum was experiencing a decline in production due to: the colonial introduction of exotic cash crops, limited cultivation land and tenure insecurity, lack of farming equipment and government financial support to small-scale farmers. It is recommended that the government develop policy...
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Poor performance of university undergraduate students has been traced to their poor academic performance and attitudes in secondary schools. There was concern over whether class size was responsible for this. Researches on the effect of class size on academic performance and achievement exist. The study was carried out to investigate the impact of class size on students’ attitude to studies using four (4) selected secondary schools in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria. Possible effect of class...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate student academic freedom from the university education students' point of view in Egypt.This study adopted a survey research design in which the questionnaire was the main data collection instrument.The study participants comprised 800 university education students in Egypt.The result of the study reveals that student academic freedom in Egypt is at moderate level.In general, findings show that student academic freedom is not sorely lacking...