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Twenty-first century foreign language pedagogy has strongly insisted on the promotion of the fifth language skill that combines language and culture in a harmonizing fashion. Many foreign language educators have reached a high level of awareness about the need of developing intercultural competence. Yet, despite such awareness, it remains unclear to many of them just when and how this can be integrated in their classroom practice. Hence, this paper tends to suggest a functional course design...
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This research explored the perspectives of trainee Support Teachers at the Mauritius Institute of Education on inclusive education, based on their practice. It showed that the concept of inclusive education is not well understood, and that inclusion is still not a reality in Mauritius. The purpose of the study was to find out the extent to which inclusive education is possible in Mauritius at Grades 1 and 2 level when support is provided. It examined the practices of trainee support teachers...
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Background: Death is the end spectrum of everyone's life. From a policy maker's point of view, the cause of death and the place of death are important variables as they have a bearing on the diagnostic capacity of a health system and the level of health services utilization by a population respectively. A study done in Zambia showed that 51 per cent of the adult deaths occurred in a health facility, 41.5% occurred at home and 7.7% happened elsewhere. This finding contrasted those of a...
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Basic education is the first level of education at primary one (1) level to basic nine (9) which is the junior secondary school level in Nigeria.However, achieving education level for all Nigerian children, need a secured teaching and learning environment.This has become extremely difficult due to the current insurgency in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria.This study examines the impact of insurgency on Universal Basic Education (UBE) students' attitude towards schooling in Northern Borno...
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*MEAL Candidate, Department of communication, FoHS at NUST, Namibia ** Corresponding author; Associate Professor and MEAL Coordinator, Department of communication, FoHS at NUST, Namibia
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What is women’s empowerment, and how and why does it matter for women’s health? Despite the rise of a human rights–based approach to women’s health and increasing awareness of the synergies between women’s health and empowerment, a lack of consensus remains as to how to measure empowerment and successfully intervene in ways that improve health. Women’s Empowerment and Global Health presents thirteen multidisciplinary case studies that demonstrate how science and advocacy can be creatively...
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Secondary school education system is central to the human development of any nation and the advent of ICT elevates the notion. Numerous challenges hinder the integration of ICT to enhance administration and other deliverables at the secondary school level in Uganda. In view of the foregoing, therefore, this paper examines the ICT needs of school administrators, teachers and the learners in enhancing the educational system in Uganda. Stakeholders’ commitment and dedication to solving the...
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The organisational governance of further education and training colleges in South Africa has been cited as an obstacle to the institutions’ ability to contribute to the developmental needs of the country. In response, the government has instituted major policy reforms since 1996, including a move towards granting greater organisational autonomy to these colleges, with limited success. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the causes of these governance issues by examining...
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IntroductionInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the principal drivers of economic development and social change worldwide.Torero and Braun (2006) offered a broad definition of ICT which encompasses equipment and services.For them, ICT includes the computing industry (hardware, software, networks, the Internet, and related services); electronic data processing and display (such as photocopiers, cash registers, calculators, and scanners, as well as a myriad of less...
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17Dec 2019 THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CULTURAL FACTORS ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF KWANZA DIVISION, KENYA Simiyu Kepher Kisobo , Ben Malesi , Salome Awinja , Scholasticah Nalobire , Ezine Enos , Odngo Were , Murunga Joseph , Rose Kisaka , Nalondo Phanus , Beatrice Watiti , Kellways Nyamanga , Susan Chematui and Daniel Wamalwa Med (Policy Planning and Management) Busoga university
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The paper firstly clarified the characteristic of competencies being discussed in African countries by comparing them with competencies being discussed in developed countries. It has become clear that both countries are very similar. In other words, against the background of rapidly increasing internationalization and globalization, the competencies required to live in the society of the future are the same across borders, regardless of whether in a developed country or a developing country....
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This study investigates the impact of socio-economic conditions on at-risk students in 2 selected Chitungwiza secondary schools in Zimbabwe. At-risk students are characterised by irregular school attendance, high dropout rates, poor grade retention or sustained diminished academic achievement. At-riskness has increased in Zimbabwe’s school population since the adoption and subsequent failure of the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), which has contributed to concomitant poor...
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Kenya 1. Background to the StudyMcConnell, (2014) describes contemporary Virtual and Open Learning (VOL) as planned a teaching situation which uses a broad scope of telecommunications to arrive at the students at a distance and is devised to uplift interactions of the learners and learning certification.Shin and Chan (2004) assert that the term virtual and distance learning has been applicable in various pedagogies.Even though, its main feature is that there is segregation between the...