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A ZJER article on the career aspirations of University of Zimbabwe under-graduate Geography students.

This article outlines the development of post-graduate physiotherapy education in South Africa and the problems encountered. The method and results of two surveys are discussed. The first, conducted in 1986, ascertained involvement and interest in post-graduate study, and the reasons for non-participation. The respondents’ needs and preferences were also analysed. The second (1989) survey investigated the extent to which universities were meeting these needs. The difference between clinical...

This article outlines the development of post-graduate physiotherapy education in South Africa and the problems encountered. The method and results of two surveys are discussed. The first, conducted in 1986, ascertained involvement and interest in post-graduate study, and the reasons for non-participation. The respondents’ needs and preferences were also analysed. The second (1989) survey investigated the extent to which universities were meeting these needs. The difference between clinical...

The training of African Christian ministers had been a matter of concern to the erstwhile International Missionary Council, now merged with the World Council of Churches. The reason was that it was believed by some critics that missionaries gave only low priority to theological training. This book recounts how the missionaries actually trained the indigenous leaders in the mission fields. The study covers the world of British, German, Swiss and American Protestant missionaries as well as...

A pilot survey conducted in Cameroon comprising 702 children of primary school age revealed that 58.5% of the children were positive for at least one HBV marker. An overall HBsAg prevalence of 19.9% was observed. Both any HBV marker and HBsAg prevalences increased with age (P less than 0.01). Of the HBsAg-positive subjects, 28.4% were positive for HBV-DNA; none was positive for anti-HDV. There was no significant difference among sexes for either any HBV marker or for HBsAg prevalence....

SUMMARY African governments are turning to computers in their efforts to build stronger economies and more efficient public services. Ministers of Education in Africa are facing the difficult question of whether schools should have computers and what the machines should be used for. A recent study funded by the Harold Macmillan Trust provides data from several African countries for this policy debate. This paper analyses and discusses the issues and quotes the cases of Kenya and Zimbabwe, two countries taking a lead in this field.

Special problems and challenges face the teacher of management in societies undergoing paradigm shift. It is suggested that the fundamental values and assumptions underlying the dominant paradigm of society and consequently of the students and teachers themselves become the object of investigation and debate. This is a process of introspection and not, as in the traditional mode of teaching, a matter of transferring skills from teacher to student. This is illustrated by means of two...

Soil water properties were estimated in the field, using guidelines established in Canada, for five volcanic-derived soils in Tanzania. Many of the estimates for horizons near the surface were satisfactory but those for water retained at − 1500 kPa by horizons below a depth of 1 m were far too low. These low estimates combined with underestimates of air porosity at − 10 kPa for many of the samples resulted in very poor estimates of available water capacity. The guidelines were not directly...

Eighty-four cases of illegally induced abortion presented at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (1982-1986), or 4 per 1000 deliveries. Seventy-one percent of the patients were 20 years or younger and 8 out of 10 were nulliparous. Medical practitioners were responsible for one-third of the cases. Presentation and treatment are described. Fifteen women died (179 per 1000 cases). The true number of deaths from abortion in the community is probably higher.

SUMMARY Two sets of experiments were conducted on oxic Plinthustalf and udic Ustochrept soils in 1983–85 at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. One set tested six daylength-insensitive (DI) cultivars and the other set compared four or five daylength-sensitive (DS) cultivars with one or two DI cultivars as controls, sown on three or four dates. Sowing date, cultivar and their interaction significantly affected seed yield in 1983 and 1985. In 1984, yield was not affected by sowing date in the DI...

SUMMARY Two sets of experiments on cowpea sowing date were conducted in 1983–85 at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. One set tested six daylength-insensitive (DI) cultivars and the other compared four or five daylength-sensitive (DS) cultivars with one or two DI cultivars as controls. Sowing after inadequate rainfall, particularly when followed by drought stress, impeded seedling establishment and growth. Severe drought stress during the reproductive growth stages and prolonged drought stress...

A cross-sectional survey of households was carried out in a dracunculiasis endemic village in Oyo state Nigeria. Data were collected on history of dracunculiasis, occupational and domestic sources of drinking water, clinical manifestations, disability, use of folk medicine, and incorporation of previous dracunculiasis control programmes. The findings indicated that dracunculiasis patients were usually unaware of their infection 3-5 days before the appearance of a bleb; that religious...

Abstract The educational computer programming language LOGO is assumed to foster cognitive development. The cognitive effects of LOGO were examined among 8- to 9-year-old Black and White Zimbabwean schoolgirls. Forty-nine experimental group children were exposed to a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) LOGO program, and fifty-eight control group children were exposed to BBC Computer-Aided Instruction programs. Pretests on the SRA Primary Mental Abilities Test for Grades 2 to 4 (Thurstone,...

Drawing on the experiences of Kenya and Tanzania, investigates how the expansion of the educational system affects productivity and the growth and distribution of income. Explains that Kenya and Tanzania, with their similar colonial background, resources, and economic structure, but markedly divergent educational policies, constitute a natural experiment. Obtains measures of both reasoning ability and cognitive skill from surveys of representative samples of urban wage employees, allowing...

The study objective was to analyse the dynamics of the teaching-learning situation in Southern Nigeria Agricultural Schools. Data were collected from 107 Agricultural Assistants-in-training and 54 Agricultural Superintendents-in-training, in January to March. 1981 through the questionnaire. Most respondents were males with a neutral attitude towards agriculture, although. they perceived their courses as relevant to their training lecture and demonstration were the commonly experienced...