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This article focuses on the campus involvement of African American students on small, predominantly white college campuses. The results represent a portion of a larger study, which intended to describe the experiences of African American students who persisted to their junior or senior year. Four small colleges in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States served as research sites. A qualitative approach was followed where twenty-four students and five administrators participated...

Abstract Electron microprobe analyses are presented of chevkinite-group minerals occurring as microphenocrysts in peralkaline rhyolites of the Greater Olkaria Volcanic Complex (Kenya) and as a groundmass phase in a peralkaline quartz trachyte lava from the Tarosero volcano (Tanzania), both in the East African Rift Valley. Their compositions conform closely to the formula: ( REE , Ca, Th) 4 Fe 2+ (Fe 2+ , Al, Ti, Zr, Nb) 2 Ti 2 (Si 4 O 22 ). Compared to published analyses of chevkinite-group...

AbstractThis is an investigation into the perceived parental disorders as risk factors for child sexual, physical and emotional abuse among high school students in the Mpumalanga Province (South Africa). 559 participants filled in a retrospective self-rating questionnaire in a classroom setting. The questionnaire asked questions about perceived parental disorders, and childhood sexual, physical and emotional abusive experiences of participants. Logistic Regression Analysis shows that among...

Episiotomy is one of the most commonly performed obstetric interventions. The practice has been on the rise since hospital confinement became the tradition of childbirth. Unlike the rising cesarean section rate the rise in episiotomy rate has not been challenged. There is evidence that episiotomy rate of over 30% is not acceptable and it should be done on selective basis than routinely. A retrospective review of all deliveries that took place at Jimma teaching Hospital from Sept 23, 1998 to...

For some, globalisation offers real possibilities for the eradication of world poverty; for others it is at the root of problems of poverty and inequality globally. Our position in this paper is that whilst it is possible to see real benefits within the broad and complex trends associated with globalisation much of globalisation remains biased towards the interests of the North. Nonetheless in this paper we shall work from the assumption that, whatever its problems, globalisation is here to...

This paper estimates the net education effects on economic growth as well as non-market delayed effects on health, poverty, political stability, and other key measures of economic development in Africa. It seeks to do this more comprehensively than this has been done before, as well as to estimate the delayed feedback effects from the non-market outcomes on economic growth and the externalities. It does this by means of a simulation model based on panel and cross country data. However, the...

Abstract In this article, the author outlines affective and social issues as well as needs among high achieving African American students. In particular, he discusses high achievers in terms of: (a) urban schooling, (b) emotional and psychological experiences, (c) exclusion and isolation, (d) powerlessness, (e) token status, and (f) pigeonholing. The author posits that affective and social issues among high achieving African American students have been virtually ignored in theoretical and...

This paper reviews the introduction of a new primary Diploma in Education at the National Teacher Training College. As the only institution responsible for initial primary teacher education in Lesotho, it carries much responsibility for bringing about change and improving the quality of teachers. The introduction of the Diploma in Education (Primary) (DEP) in 1998 was to meet this challenge. The paper draws from several sub-studies of the Multi-Site Teacher Education Research (MUSTER)...

To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of secondary (high) school students concerning HIV/AIDS as a way of assessing the need for inclusion of reproductive health education in the school curriculum.A questionnaire was constructed to expose depth of knowledge and attitude of respondents concerning HIV/AIDS.This was a workshop venue, a civic center, outside a school compound.Three hundred and sixty students were randomly selected from 5 secondary (high) schools in Enugu,...

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica among diarrhoeal patients attending University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Diarrhoeal is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria due to lack of clean portable water, and poor personal and environmental hygiene among majority of Nigerians. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study of the patients presenting with diarrhoea to the hospital was done. SETTING: The study was carried out in both...

The prevalence and incidence of syphilis infection were examined in a cohort study of factory workers in Ethiopia.Between February 1997 and March 1999, 409 men and 348 women were enrolled and followed in the cohort study.The prevalence (95% CI) of past/current syphilis (positive TPPA serology) was 28.9% (25.7% to 32.3%), and factors associated with past/current syphilis were markers of risky sexual behaviours including HIV infection. In this cohort of factory workers subject to public...

This case study of the transformation of teacher education in post-apartheid South Africa is a reflection on the pressures and priorities that characterise curriculum design and development in a society undergoing rapid change. It focusses on the varied sources behind the process of curriculum transformation, indicating how an historically disadvantaged institution chose to redesign its model of teacher professional development to reflect a more progressive interpretation of the process of...

Previous articleNext article No AccessCultural Capital and African American Agency: The Economic Struggle for Effective Education for African Americans in Franklin, Tennessee, 1890-1967Carter Julian SavageCarter Julian Savage Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of African American History Volume 87, Number...

This paper examines some aspects of teacher education policy change in South Africa. It contextualises the changes by firstly examining the apartheid teacher education system and then mapping the changes that have occurred in teacher education in South Africa since 1994. Using a case study of the Further Diploma in Educational Management at the University of Pretoria, it provides a critical analysis of one particular current path to teacher education in South Africa, namely the ‘franchise’...

Journal Article Distribution of genotypes of F‐specific RNA bacteriophages in human and non‐human sources of faecal pollution in South Africa and Spain Get access M. Schaper, M. Schaper Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Spain Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J. Jofre, J. Jofre Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Spain Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. Uys, M. Uys Department...