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Preface The Introduction of Western Education in Zimbabwe: The Search for a Strategy of Control Circumstances Surrounding the Naming of Commissions: The Beginning of Government Control The Findings of the Commissions: The Structure of Government Control The Recommendations of the Commissions: The Purpose of Government Control Implementing the Recommendations of the Commissions: The Effect of Government Control Case Study in Conflict Between the Government and the Africans: Inquiry into the...
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The South African educational system and race relations were studied in the context of effects on cross-cultural relations in the classroom. An examination of South African faculty perspectives was compared and contrasted witht U.S. faculty perspectives and was interpreted in relation to the cross-cultural relations that exist in the two countries. Faculty attitudes were compared through the use of a written survey. Based on the responses received, South African faculty (N=112) were found to...
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An examination of cross-cultural toleration in South African university classrooms and speculation on the causes and effects of this toleration are presented in this paper. South African faculty attitudes are surveyed and compared against U.S. faculty attitudes. Findings expose the need for improvement regarding cross-cultural communication in the South African university classroom and an understanding of linguistic differences such as style, nonverbal behaviors, and high and low context...
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The national continuing education programme for health workers in Tanzania embarked on development of training materials by concept mapping. Modules on the management of diarrhoea in the community were developed in simple English by three members of the health team. The short modules consisted of things which were essential for health workers to know and do, plus those things of which they needed to be aware in order to delegate them to other members of the team. Cloze test, fog index and...
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Abstract The residential school, held once a year, usually for two weeks, is an integral and compulsory component of distance education at the University of Zambia. It is, however, expensive for students and can discourage prospective students from applying for distance learning courses. This notwithstanding, residential schools have advantages. This article summarizes the findings of a study in a Zambian setting in which both lecturers and students felt that the residential schools have...
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THE APARTHEID POLICY in South Africa has legally separated its 35 million inhabitants into four official racial groups. Political power and privilege have been vested entirely in the white group (i.e., 14% of the population), while the blacks are sociopolitically disadvantaged. The systems of education and special education strikingly reflect, and are a product of the divided, inequitable society. The majority of black South African students are academically retarded due to the inadequacy...
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Ground-based biomass measurements, systematic aerial reconnaissance and NOAA AVHRR and Landsat data were used to define the geographic limits of dry season pasture in the southern part of the pastoral zone of Niger. This dry season pasture, referred to as the pastoral habitat, was of such overwhelming importance to the well-being of the pastoral system that it could be used to define the sample frame for a meso-scale drought early warning system. Normalized rainfall departures for 1957 to...
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The first section of this article addresses the relationship between reader response and culture. The second section consists of portraits of a teacher and her students as they navigated their way through a series of African American literary texts. Most of my remarks focus on Virginia Hamilton's House of Dies Drear (1968) because the reading of this text marked a turning point for the teacher and students I observed. The portraits are drawn from a study which sought to explore the cultural...