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Curriculum implementation ought to be considered the main driving force for achieving the envisaged teaching and learning objectives. However, a major gap seems to exist between curriculum stipulations and actual classroom practice in many disadvantaged South African public schools. The CAPS prescribes both text-based and communicative approaches for English FAL and provides a description of the text-based approach, including several teaching guidelines. The authors believe that this form of...
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The study recorded the prevalence rates of cyberbullying and investigated its psychological outcomes among 324 secondary school learners in the Kgakotlou school circuit, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Learners completed an instrument consisting of objective questionnaires on cyberbullying, psychological distress and demographic details. Whereas the average rates of being cyberbullied were just below eight percent for the whole sample, females were the most cyberbullied (11%). Rates of...
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The paper aimed to explore the Maasai girls’ education aspirations and the social cultural constraints they face in their effort towards acquiring formal education in Monduli, Tanzania. Capability Approach (CA) was used to guide the understanding of girls’ education aspirations. The study employed ethnographic research design by involving 30 participants across the community, including elders, parents, traditional leaders, children (school and out-of-school) and the district education...
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Abstract The history of physical education (PE) in Zambia follows the pattern of the history of education in Zambia. Thus, the history of PE in Zambia can be divided into the indigenous period, the colonial period and the post-independence period. “PE” was essential and utilitarian in the indigenous period because it was simply part of the lives of the people at that time. People walked, swam, ran, and were involved in many other forms of physical activity. PE was indispensable. Later, the...
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The issue of students' housing cannot be ignored in the overall development process and master plan of the ivory tower of learning therefore the purpose of this study was to explore the challenges faced by students residing off-campus in a rural university in South Africa. The issue of students' housing cannot be ignored in the overall development process and master plan of the ivory tower of learning. The study also aimed to find out if staying off-campus has affected students who are...
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This research is one of the few attempts to employ the conceptual framework of "technology transfer" to analyze the extent that participation in cross-national learning assessments has had on capacity development, particularly in the development of official public structures, by equipping educationists and influencing teachers' competency in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with key informants drawn from the Ministries of Basic Education,...
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Value chain development (VCD) with smallholders forms a central element of the poverty reduction strategies of governments and NGOs in developing countries.Nevertheless, too little is known about how VCD interventions are designed and implemented, the approaches and tools used, and the challenges faced in the process.This paper helps to fill this gap with evidence from six cases in Uganda.For each case, data was collected from interviews with NGOs, government organizations, buyers, and...
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Despite increasing acceptance of lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons many studies still report that much discrimination still exists. Lesbians in Southern Africa are subject to physical and verbal violence and corrective rape on a daily basis.The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of black undergraduate lesbian students at a rural university in South Africa. A qualitative research approach using a phenomenological research design was...
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Technology has become a vital tool in teaching and learning, realising a paradigm of learner centred instruction for diverse learners. Accordingly, Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) invested resources in establishing computer laboratories at selected tuition centres in Namibia and trained its staff members in order to meet the requirements of Level 2 as per the Namibian ICT Policy for Education (2002). The study was informed by Rogers’ theory of diffusion and adopted a qualitative...
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Over the past twenty years, Kenya has been developing many important components of a prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) system. This is due to the ever-increasing demand for emergency medical care across the country. To better inform the next phase of this development, we undertook an assessment of the current state of EMS training in Kenya.A group of international and Kenyan experts with relevant EMS and educational expertise conducted an observational qualitative assessment of...
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The standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized streamflow index (SSI) were used to analyse dry/wet conditions in the Logone catchment over a 50-year period (1951–2000). The SPI analysis at different time scales showed several meteorological drought events ranging from moderate to extreme; and SSI analysis showed that wetter conditions prevailed in the catchment from 1950 to 1970 interspersed with a few hydrological drought events. Overall, the results indicate that both the...