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The quotation above is from a South African teacher who describes a triggering experience after a class discussion on sexuality education. She has redefined her position to provide the learners with information about sex and sexuality and nothing more. She intends that her classroom is not a place for therapy or drama where the learners’ (and her own) emotions and questions about sexuality are expressed and contested. Giving the learners ‘just’ information works with her level of comfort....
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We explored types and qualities of microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people among teachers in South Africa.For data collection, we used in-depth interviews.Twenty-five Life Orientation teachers, nine men and 16 women, from both rural and urban schools throughout the Free State Province participated.Our findings suggest heterosexism as well as subtle and sometimes harder to pin down forms of bias -microaggressions -are...
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A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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One of the constraints that prevent institutions in developing countries from engaging in effective and essential research is a lack of research capacity. This study reports on a north-south collaboration between a group of Flemish universities and a higher education institution in South Africa with the specific goal of improving productivity, quality and capacity amongst researchers. A collaborative project with multiple sub-projects was established in 2003, and extended over two...
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The contribution of mathematics and its allied sciences is central to sustainable economic development of every nation. Students’ performance in mathematics/statistics at tertiary level of education leaves much to be desired. This paper seeks to investigate academic performance of students of students of mathematics and statistics of a tertiary institution in Ghana. It examines students’ performance in mathematics/statistics with respect to; gender, the period from 2000 to 2012, and the...
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The unique benefits of employing peer educators as specially trained co-facilitators have become increasingly popular in HIV risk and health promotion interventions. While several independent studies use peer educators alongside trained specialists, this intervention used co-facilitators to implement a health promotion program for university students at a rural South African university. A total of 16 postgraduate students, were trained as cofacilitators. The co-facilitators were randomly...
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My Thesis aimed at expanding the current knowledge on how variations of temperature characteristics including the possible existence of urban heat islands (UHI) over urban areas of Kenya could be influencing rainfall characteristics, and to examine if the stationary extreme value distributionis still suitable for modeling urban storm designs in view of the global climate change. My hypothesis was that the floodingoccurring frequently in major urban areas of Kenya are due to increased...
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Background: The use of cotton bud for self-ear cleaning is a common practice among many people despite its attendant ill-effects. This study examined the prevalence, attitude toward the use of cotton buds, and reasons for the use of cotton buds and problems or ill-effects associated with its use among medical doctors working at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among a randomly selected sample of 130 medical doctors...