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This article reports the first classroom environment study worldwide specifically in agricultural science classes and one of the few learning environment studies in Nigeria. The sample consisted of 1 175 students in 50 classes in 20 schools in eight states and the federal capital. First, Nigerian agricultural science classrooms were perceived by students to have particularly low levels of student centredness and negotiation. Second, a new classroom environment instrument displayed...
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ABSTRACT The definition of deviant behaviour is elusive; but I will adopt a simple one; deviance is behaviour that violates the norms and expectations of a group. The first mention of the concept Sociology of deviant behaviour can be traced to Marshall B. Clinard, an American sociologist, who wrote a book of the same title about 37 years ago (1957). Indeed, Clinard's book was the first textbook in deviant behaviour and it provided the first codification of the deviant behaviour perspective....
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Environmental problems occur at all stages of pollution of the natural environment. In the marine environment the problem is more serious when the pollutants arc absorbed in the food web of marine system. They arc as a result of disturbance of the natural habitat which included; dumping of raw sewage directly into the marine waters, chemical and oil spills. The input of oil to the Atlantic waters of Nigeria have been identified as a major source of environmental problem in Nigeria's marine...
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Abstract: A cross-sectional study evaluated STD/HIV related sexual behaviours among 383 (90.8% of the required 422) secondary school students in Kolla Diba town of North Gondar Zone using a pre-tested self-reporting questionnaire. Additionally, the contraceptive utilization and occurrence of pregnancies among the 202 female students was evaluated. There were 122 (31.9%) sexually active students, of these 44 were females. Their mean age of sexual commencement was 16.4(± 2.3 SD) years. The...
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It is well documented that quinine induces reversible hearing loss and tinnitus. The purpose in this study was to induce a quinine hearing loss and to investigate if verapamil, a Ca2+ channel antagonist of L-type might affect the response. Pigmented guinea pigs (n = 24) were anaesthetized by atropine. Hypnorm and midazolam but permitting spontaneous respiration. An electrode of platinum was placed on the round window and short (10 msec) tone pulses at 8 kHz were presented to the external...
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This study examines the role of the Fula in Islamic education inFreetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, from the colonial to the postcolonialperiod. The Fula educational initiative forges a partnershipbetween the Muslim private sector and local educators. Not only does itprovide a model for responding to the challenge of developing Islamiceducation in Sierra Leone, but it is a model that can be implementedthroughout Africa. It is especially important given the increasing...
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In this article, I examine the experiences of a sample of African Canadian teacher candidates in a Faculty of Education with an access program, noting how their educational experiences are affected by the existence of the program; how they negotiate the learning environment, which does not welcome their presence; and what narratives they construct to explain the contradictions inherent in their presence in the institution. The experiences of these students indicate that the culture of the...
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The significant role science plays in the development of an individual and a nation has led to its inclusion in the school curriculum since the early part of the nineteenth century. The values, ethos, practices and perspective of science for interpreting nature are a part of science education. However, in recent times due to a combination of factors, school science has been seen to promote a mythic text book science rather than present the true image of science and reflect the real nature...
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Abstract: In a survey carried out in five schools of five rural towns in Adarkay district in Northwest Ethiopia, 519 children had their stool specimens examined for Schistosoma mansoni and other intestinal helminth infections of man by the Kato thick smear technique. Infection due to S. mansoni was the most prevalent (54.3%), ranging from 16.7% in Deb Bahir to 55.3% in Adarkay and Buya, 67.4% in Kerenejan and as high as 88.9% in Zarema, followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (43.0%) and hookworm...
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The 1996 publication of "The Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Nigeria," a result of collaboration between SIECUS and Nigerian organizations, is a major step toward incorporating sex education into current reproductive health and population initiatives. A National Task Force of 20 key Nigerian agencies and institutions working in the area of adolescent health, education, and development prepared the document with technical assistance from SIECUS. Days before the document's...