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Abstract This article reports on a study of pre-service teachers’ literacy narratives in a South African institution of higher learning. Literacy self-narratives of 57 students were collected and analysed for categories and themes under narrator and sponsor identities through the use of AtlasTi software. The results of the study show the role of historical, cultural and political contexts in shaping literacy identities of student teachers. The results also show huge disparities of literacy...
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The need for a paradigm shift in African development blueprint is also a call for reform of certain critical aspects of education in Africa.In the main stream African studies, this need may be defined as the Africanization of the contents of Africa's inherited modern educational system.Presently, there is an urgent need for a paradigm shift in the study and practice of music as an integral agenda of African studies and African philosophy.Current educational reforms in both African studies...
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The present study intended to explore possible gender-based patterns of teacher-pupil interactions in mathematics classrooms and its effect on pupils’ attitude towards mathematics. Data were gathered using an attitude scale and a classroom observation schedule and the study was carried out in a natural school environment following a quantitative research design methodology and it involved junior secondary school pupils and their mathematics teachers. The general result from this study showed...
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The credit and liquidity risks of most A frican MFIs are strongly affected by drought shocks and, even though some traditional asset–liability management strategies are somewhat useful for MFIs to deal with drought risk, innovative risk‐transfer mechanisms are required.
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There have been current controversial discussions concerning the performance of private primary schools versus public primary schools in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (K.C.P.E.). Lately, the private primary schools appear to be performing better than public primary schools. For example; in the 2003 K.C.P.E. results more than 31% of the top 100 candidates came from private schools; in the 2004 K.C.P.E. results more than 92% of the top 100 candidates came from private schools....
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change. It is important to stress that we are interested in long-term climatic conditions rather than in short-term weather fluctuations. The data to test these predictions are drawn from two different...
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change. It is important to stress that we are interested in long-term climatic conditions rather than in short-term weather fluctuations. The data to test these predictions are drawn from two different...
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Cultural socialization practices are common among ethnic minority parents and important for ethnic minority child development. However, little research has examined these practices among parents of very young children. In this study, we report on cultural socialization practices among a sample of parents of low income, African American (n = 179) and Latino (n = 220) preschool-age children in relation to children's school readiness. Cultural socialization was assessed when children were 2.5...
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Zimbabwean secondary school history teachers have taken their political inclinations and dire economic situation into the classroom. There is a deliberate attempt by ZANU-PF opponents to infuse their political ideologies to learners as they go about their teaching business. Equally the same, those supportive of the government and the ruling party sometimes take their line of thinking into the classroom. Further, certain topics in ‘O’ Level History Paper 1 and ‘A’ Level Paper 5 meant...
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Background: HIV1&2, HBsAg, anti-HCV and syphilis antibody are mandatory disease marker tests of Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) conducted on every donated unit of blood in Zambia. Blood is donated by first time voluntary donors and repeat/regular donors of ages between 16 and 65 years. Both first time and regular blood donors undergo the same screening eligibility criteria in the form of medical questionnaire, history and physical examination prior to blood donation. Units,...
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This paper analyzes the landmarks of Special Education in Angola, Mozambique and Brazil, countries that, despite differences, have similarities, such as the colonial past and the Portuguese as the official language. This study aims to discuss the historical, political, economic and social aspects of each of the three countries and the adoption of policies that support people with disabilities. It includes the Salamanca Statement (1994) adopted by the World Conference on Education for All...