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During the 1950s, many new states emerged and changed the entire balance of power within the international organizations, adding to both their willingness and their ability to help. Support came first and foremost via the UN and its specialized agencies’ programs for technical assistance, which aimed to help with the economic development of new as well as already existing countries around the world, and through which also UNESCO slowly but surely expanded its field operations. In these early...
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Mangroves supply essential ecosystem services to tropical informal economies.In the Cameroon coastal region, the impacts of various projections on change in temperatures and precipitations sound low compared to the pressure of human activities.This survey evaluated the sensitivity of local population on the impact of climate change and the vulnerability of coastal ecosystems.An investigation carried out on 425 individuals was based on the major income and development activities, the...
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Research indicates that children in small-scale cultures acquire many subsistence skills and knowledge relatively easily and quickly at an early age. However, the precise age and the developmental sequence of acquiring skills and knowledge are seldom described. Considerable debate also exists as to the importance of particular modes (e.g., vertical, horizontal, and oblique) and processes (e.g., role of teaching) of cultural transmission. This chapter examines some of these debates by...
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Background: Khat is a large green shrub grown in Eastern to Southern Africa and extends to Arabian Peninsula. Khat has its own impact on mental and physical health of the chewers. Studies revealed that khat chewing was associated with frequent absenteeism from class and poor academic performance among students. Although khat has harmful consequences, little is known about factors associated with khat chewing among high school students in Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study design...
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The value of fieldwork as a means of delivering experiential teaching and learning is widely accepted across the geographical disciplines, and for many years Worcester’s Geography programmes have been commended for their provision of a diversity of field experiences that enhance student learning. In December 2016, Geography piloted a two-week fieldcourse to Malawi for final year students undertaking GEOG3136 ‘Environment and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa’. This has emerged from students...
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The study developed Teacher Classroom Autonomy Scale (T-CARS) and estimated the validity and reliability of the scale as well as establishing the scale factor structure. The study adopted a survey design. The population comprised secondary school teachers in southwestern Nigeria and a sample of 1440 teachers that were selected from 72 secondary schools using multistage sampling procedure. Two instruments, T-CARS and School Participant Empowerment Scale (SPES) were used for data collection....
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This paper seeks to contribute to discussions on the development of teacher training curricula by evaluating the trainees’ needs within the English language teacher training teaching methodology curriculum in Algeria. The purpose is to evaluate the teaching methodology curriculum in terms of its response to the students’ needs and expectations, hypothesizing that needs assessment in this context is a matter of developers’ perceptions where the other stakeholders’ views including students’...
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Master of Education in Mathermatics and computer Science Education. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2016.
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Master of Education in Language and Media Studies. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood 2016.
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The study assessed the efficacy of Sodium carbonate in removing jiggers. The 2007 study purposively sampled 27 pupils in class five to eight out of 68 jigger victims at Uuna primary school that had an upper primary pupil population of 275. The upper primary section was purposively selected because the school offered holiday teaching for these pupils. The whole school had 762 pupils. Structured questionnaires were administered to the purposively sampled pupils. Frequencies and percentages...
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Road runoffs were sampled from five highways and five urban roads located in the New Juaben Municipality during the late storm events in the month of November 2014 and the early storm events in January 2015.A variety of water quality parameters such as, pH, temperature, turbidity, electrical conductivity (EC), total suspended solids (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), aqueous concentrations of Chloride (Cl -), Phosphate ( -3 4 PO ), Nitrate ( -3 NO ) and Sulphate ( -2 4SO ) ions as well as...
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In recent years, the prevalence of tinea capitis, an infection of the scalp by dermatophytes, has increased in children worldwide. This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and risk factor of tinea capitis among school children in Nok community of Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of 100 children were screened and 45% were diagnosed to have tinea capitis after fungal culture and microscopy. The prevalence of tinea capitis among girls was higher (51.4%) than that...
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There is a directive in the South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) that teaching should include inquiry-based approaches, where learning is guided by students’ own question ...
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The internationalisation of South Africa’s higher education system, has involved (among other developments) the steady increase of international student enrollment, particularly from other African nations. While there has been a considerable increase in the percentage of international students within the past few decades, little is known about the challenges they confront and the ways in which socio-political and economic issues facing South Africa and the higher education system may impact...
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In Nigeria today, a major issue is the training of manpower to meet the needs of the people. When tackling this issue, consideration must be given to the occupational aspirations of the Nigerian youths. Knowledge of their occupational aspirations is prerequisite for effective guidance and educational planning. It has been well documented that often there is conflict between Nigerian students, their families, and the society concerning the types of occupations for which the youths should be...