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The paper reports on a pedagogic and research initiative which I introduced in a postgraduate sociology course on Youth, Childhood and Gendered Identities which I taught at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This involved students participating in Collective Memory Work: choosing, writing and telling a story in class relating to their youth or childhoods (from their early to very recent years) about themes which were selected by the class, and then collectively and critically reflecting on...
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About 7.3 million children are estimated to be out of school in Nigeria; majority of them are girls.The Federal Government school feeding programme is to provide one meal per school day to all primary school pupils in Nigeria with the objectives of improving the health of school age children, increase their enrolment, retention and completion rate in the primary school.The nutritional status of 160 pupils (80 boys and 80 girls) of a selected public primary school in Ile-Ife, Osun State,...
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The learning style preferences of Education students in 3 faculties were identified using the Index of Learning Styles questionnaire (Felder 2002). The study also includes an observation of teaching styles. Findings reveal that whilst learning styles are varied, teaching styles are rigid and one-directional. Attempts must be made to match teaching with learning styles.
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The study analysed farmer’s perception of climate change in Central Agricultural Zone of Borno State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 160 respondents in the study area. Descriptive and inferential statistics (multiple regression analysis) were used. The result showed that all the variables except sex and marital status were significant at either 1% or 5% level of significance and positively signed. The study concluded that respondents in the study area perceived climate changes which were...
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It is anticipated that climate variability and change in the Sahelian zone of Nigeria will have an overwhelming impacts on agriculture, land use, ecosystem and biodiversity. Recent years have seen adaptation come to the international climate debate. The focus is centered largely upon enhancing the capacity of developing countries such as Nigeria to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The paper discussed the role of extension in agricultural adaptation to climate change in the Sahelian...
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Many developing countries today are facing major challenges with regard to food security due to changes in rural land use, coupled with population pressure. One of the ways countries like Kenya has responded to this is by teaching agriculture at various levels of education especially secondary school level. Little has been done however; to establish whether there is any significant difference in agricultural productivity between farmers who graduate with secondary school agriculture...
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In 2012, Mali joined the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) trust fund program, the goal of which is to help countries improve their capacity to design, carry out, analyze, and use assessments for improved student learning. As part of the READ trust fund program, and in order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Mozambique participated in a formal exercise to benchmark this system under The World Bank's Systems Approach...
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Background: increased life expectancy and an aging population have made home care for the elderly a major responsibility for families. Caring for a chronically ill or physically disabled person has been referred to as physically or emotionally stressful, placing the caregiver at a heightened risk of burden. This study aimed to identify factors related to caregiving burden among caregivers who care for their disabled older family members. Methods: a cross sectional descriptive study was...
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Introduction Library Education in Nigeria was very much tied up with the general social and political history of the Country. As such, those who aspired to become librarians went to Britain to qualify for the Associate of the Library Association (ALA). However, with the attainment of independence in 1960, the country witnessed the establishment of educational institutions at various levels. The first Library school was established at University College Ibadan in 1960. Prior to 1960, the...
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This paper is an empirical investigation of inequality of education opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We use student scores from tests administered by the international consortium Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for a number of MENA countries and over time since 1999 to estimate the effect of circumstances children are born into on their academic achievement in science and mathematics. From the variation in inequality of education opportunities across...
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This paper is an empirical investigation of inequality of education opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We use student scores from tests administered by the international consortium Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for a number of MENA countries and over time since 1999 to estimate the effect of circumstances children are born into on their academic achievement in science and mathematics. From the variation in inequality of education opportunities across...
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La puissance et la profondeur de la dimension economique de la globalisation semblent occulter d’autres aspects, notamment ceux lies a la culture. Un demi-siecle apres les independances dans les pays de l’ancien empire colonial, l’impact de la globalisation peut etre percu aussi bien comme acces a une modernite liberatrice d’un passe domine par la tradition et l’humiliation, que comme chance offerte a la rencontre, au « metissage » et a la diversite ou encore comme resurgence sous une autre...
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This study examined the effects of problem-solving instructional strategy on Senior Secondary School students‟ attitude towards Mathematics in Ondo, Nigeria. The target population for the study was Senior Secondary Two (SS II) students in Ondo, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 173 SS II students for the study. A quasi-experimental, non-randomized, non-equivalent, pre-test, post-test control group involving a 2 x 3 factorial design was employed for the study. The...