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Abstract Several accounts concerning the systematic use of action research by eminent educators in the process of identifying and solving an educational problem(s) have appeared in professional journals. Thus, action research is gaining recognition by policy makers and educators as a tool for change However, this growing concept has not yet caught up in Ghanaian classrooms. This inaction needs to be addressed if education in Ghana is to be twenty-first century compliant. Thus, in attempting...

On 27 June 2001, between 12:00 and 14:00 hours GMT, the worst ever recorded landslides and floods in the history of Cameroon occurred on volcanic cones in Limbe, killing 24 people. This brisk event, which from eyewitness reports, lasted for about 30 min, produced more than 43 landslide scars, several tension cracks, destroyed 120 houses and rendered over 2800 people homeless. Field studies indicated the alignment of the landslide scars along a northwest–southeast zone antithetic to the...

The integrated analysis of thrust structures and facies allows us to interpret the Carboniferous volcano-sedimentary complex of Tazekka massif as a compressive sub-basin controlled mainly by the Hajra Sbaa–Merja Caï’d northwest-verging thrust-propagation fold. The tectono-sedimentary sequence (conglomerates, greywacke and shale) is associated with an extrusive magmatism comprising basalts, andesites and rhyolites, under effusive and volcanoclastic facies (or rhyolites with exotic blocks), of...

Injury, like HIV infection, is a growing epidemic in east Africa, and large numbers of injured people are at risk of death or lifelong disability because of a lack of basic surgical care. WHO has recently said that without improved surgical services, up to 10% of the population will die from injury and 5% of pregnancies will result in maternal death. 1 Surgical and emergency obstetrical care at first referral level. http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/12682.pdf Google Scholar Surgical services...

Policies designed to increase education in low-income settings require an understanding of why children do not attend school. Drawing on longitudinal data of primary-school age children in Tanzania, our analysis evaluates the role various dimensions in determining children’s attendance. Our results indicate that policies directed towards increasing a child’s attendance need to be focused on the demand for schooling within the context of the household. Policies that affect demand for child...

Policies designed to increase education in low-income settings require an understanding of why children do not attend school. Drawing on longitudinal data of primary-school age children in Tanzania, our analysis evaluates the role various dimensions in determining children’s attendance. Our results indicate that policies directed towards increasing a child’s attendance need to be focused on the demand for schooling within the context of the household. Policies that affect demand for child...

In Late Jurassic shallow marine siliciclastic sediments of the dinosaur-bearing Tendaguru Beds from the Mandawa Basin of southeastern Tanzania we identified several event deposits. Based on an analysis of their sedimentological and palaeontological features, a storm-induced origin can be assumed for the majority of these deposits. This interpretation is in agreement with the regional palaeogeography and palaeoclimatological data, and is further supported by the widespread evidence of Late...

Admission to the University of the North (UNIN) pharmacy programme is largely based on performance in the matriculation examinations, with a few students admitted through the UNIN foundation year (UNIFY) programme. We examined the relationship between matriculation scores and student’s performance at first year and the time taken to graduate. High matriculation scores were predictive of good performance in the first year. The English scores had no influence on first year performance....

Abstract Since 1998, the ‘Learnership’ model of workplace training has been promoted in South Africa as a creative vehicle for addressing high unemployment rates and a serious skills shortage. This is achieved through fast-tracking the acquisition of skills and increasing a learner's chances of employment. However, because learnerships are a recent innovation, the body of applied knowledge is small. This article aims to contribute to what is known through examining a series of pilot...

Higher education in Ethiopia, like it is the case elsewhere, is expected to seek, explain and disseminate knowledge. Beyond this, it is expected to play an active role in the socio-economic and cultural transformation of the society. More specifically, the higher education institutions are expected to produce graduates capable of bringing about change and improvement in the society. There has been serious concern about the quality of teaching and learning that takes place in these...

One of the primary objectives of universities is the search for truth, advancement and refinement of knowledge by conducting both basic and applied research. Currently, research has been considered as one of the key tasks of institutions of higher learning not only as a matter of formality but for teaching effectively. Research should keep abreast with teaching and should help to raise the quality of teaching. Thus, research has been recognized as twin broad functions of higher education....

A high frequency of behaviours and attitudes associated with bulimia nervosa among black respondents, including males, has recently been reported in South Africa. The aims of the present study were to replicate these findings using a sampling procedure which would yield few refusals or dropouts, and to interview black males with bulimic symptoms to gain an understanding of their behaviour and motivation. In total, 40 black females, 39 black males, 40 white females and 42 white males who were...

The Maastrichtian oyster Lopha villei (Coquand) occurs abundantly in the upper part of the Duwi Formation in the Red Sea region, Egypt. It forms thin undulating sharp-based shell beds that comprise both reclining and encrusting morphotypes of Lopha villei. Bed-by-bed biostratinomic and facies analyses of these shell beds confirm their shallow marine origin and formation by storm events. A tempestite model, explaining the mode of formation and the idealized sequence of events of such storm shell beds, has been inferred.

L'enseignant peut jouer un role primordial dans l'allegement des troubles psychiatriques de l'enfant a l'ecole. Quel est donc ce role ? Est-il capable d'aider l'eleve efficacement a suivre des strategies qui lui permettent de comprendre la lecon en classe malgre ses handicaps mentaux ? Dans cet article, nous essayons d'examiner ce role.

This article represents an early, successful, partial replication and extension of Neuliep's (1995) immediacy study in the African American college classroom. Results show that African American students perceive their African American instructors to be more immediate than their European American instructors. Significant positive correlations between immediacy and cognitive and affective learning measures were found in classes taught by both African American and European American instructors,...