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In Zimbabwe, higher education refers to postsecondary institutions such as universities, polytechnics, teachers colleges, and other units in government ministries, government parastatal organisations and the private sector as well as other non-governmental organisations. In this chapter the focus is on public universities. Higher education is divided as follows: Universities; Further Education Colleges, which include technical colleges and polytechnics; Teachers’ Training Colleges and...
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Government is failing to pay teachers sustainable salaries. In an attempt to improve the teacher’s incomes and to check strikes and brain drain, The Government through circular minute number 5 of 2009, directed that ten percent (10%) of the levies collected by schools should go towards paying teacher’s incentives. This led to an outcry in the media by both parents and teachers. This study set out to establish the problems that emanated from the payment of the 10% incentives at local...
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Experiential learning including student internships has been central to instructional programs in agriculture for decades. If the Agricultural Technical Schools of Egypt are to prepare students for successful careers and to enhance the agricultural economy, teachers must be well-prepared to use this teaching technique. Further, all stakeholders, including students, teachers, parents, headmasters and agribusiness owners, must recognize the importance and impact that implementing a student...
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Along with the increasing numbers of African students coming to China to study,how to teach them Chinese character at beginner level has already become a new topic at present.The university which sets the Chinese character course to these African students is not only for the needs of promoting of international Chinese teaching but also for the needs of enhancing the university internalization.Because African students don't have Chinese character basis,the Chinese character course at beginner...
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The study sought to understand how Grade 9 History teachers perceive and implement learner-centered education (LCE) in selected schools in Caprivi educational region in the Republic of Namibia. It concentrated on three teachers in two combined and junior secondary schools. The research employed a qualitative approach and three data instruments were used: interviews, class observations and document analysis. The findings of the study show that in their interview discussions of the principles,...
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Global climatic changes and water scarcity are attracting major concerns in the recent literature. These issues are particularly important in a country like Sudan, where agriculture contributes over 31% to GDP and the bulk of agricultural production depends on rainfall. Similar to several countries in the Sahel belt of Africa, Sudan has suffered a number of long and devastating droughts during the last decades. The most severe drought occurred in 1984, which was accompanied by widespread...
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Global climatic changes and water scarcity are attracting major concerns in the recent literature. These issues are particularly important in a country like Sudan, where agriculture contributes over 31% to GDP and the bulk of agricultural production depends on rainfall. Similar to several countries in the Sahel belt of Africa, Sudan has suffered a number of long and devastating droughts during the last decades. The most severe drought occurred in 1984, which was accompanied by widespread...
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Albany Medical Center Albany, NY Original study reprint requests: Dr R Bowman, CCBRT Disability Hospital, PO Box 23310, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. E-mail address: [email protected].
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The Silk Road was once the heart of global commerce, a land bridge stretching thousands of miles, connecting China with the Middle East. A caravan might begin in Changan, the Chinese imperial city better known today as Xian, famous for its collection of terracotta warriors. It was here that jade, silk, and musk were collected from around the country before they started their journey west. The caravans traveled to the last fortified Chinese barrier at Dunhuang before attempting to skirt the...
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While the community conservation approach has gained broad acceptance, questions regarding its effectiveness persist. Many of the changes that community conservation projects seek to impart among participants correspond with their values and attitudes. This paper proposes the use of transformative learning as one of the measures of the success of a community conservation project in terms of promoting learning that leads to significant changes in a participant's values and attitudes. Using...
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Among the challenges faced in South African education is the need to transform its face, its function and its folk, drawing the three aspects away from the divisive apartheid past towards a more inclusive, affirming and enabling future. The thrust of transformation underscores the tension between eliminating the inequities of our past and remaining conscious of our people’s underlying diversity. Collaborative learning is ideally suited to helping students mediate and explore the tensions of...