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<h2>Abstract</h2> The way in which information is conveyed should contribute positively to learners' overall learning experience and development. Knowledge transfer is a communication activity in the classroom and should therefore be effective. In the study reported in this article, an exploratory mixed method approach was applied to collect data regarding educators' perceptions of communication in South African schools. The results reveal the ways in which effective communication improves...

An individual is born with millions of neurons and the quality of the experiences he/she will have at the early years can potentially determine the future life of that person. This makes quality early childhood education pivotal. However, the perception people have about this influence how they prepare themselves to provide that quality early childhood education for young children. Thus, this qualitative research purposively sampled 26 participants to elicit their views about the perception...

School counseling is intended to help students overcome problems, which usually mitigate their academic performance in schools. Helping students adjust emotionally, physically, mentally, and socially enhances good academic performance. In achieving this goal of counseling especially in schools, the government has previously committed resources towards establishing counseling programs in schools. However, the reality on the ground is that there are few established counseling programs as well...

<h2>Abstract</h2> Protracted and prolonged droughts lead to famine and substantial decline in agricultural productivity that contribute to food insecurity and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa which needs to explore the risk coping strategies to better target risk mitigation. The main research question of this paper was to analyze ex-post coping strategies and their determinants in rural Ethiopia. We use a cross-section data collected in 2013 from vulnerable rural households in Rayitu district,...

Academic research is an essential part of undergraduate Pharmacy education to produce qualified Pharmacists. However, there are no documented studies that examine the nature of undergraduate Pharmacy students' research projects in Ethiopia. Therefore this study aimed to characterize the nature of students' research project conducted for a bachelor of Pharmacy degree program at Ambo University, Ethiopia.A cross-sectional, retrospective review using data extraction form was conducted on 279...

Although policies to widen participation have been implemented in South African higher education since 1994, inequality of achievements persists in universities. The failure of the higher education policy to clearly define ‘disadvantage’ in various interventions seems to have contributed to the continuing inequalities. This study theorises disadvantage using the capabilities approach pioneered by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum and argues for a more nuanced definition of disadvantage by...

Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL) is the most widespread sensory disorder in the elderly. Poor audiological support within retirement homes is one of the fundamental issues impacting the Quality of Life (QoL).The objectives of this study were to: (1) Identify the presence of hearing impairment through a hearing screening test battery in a sample of elderly participants residing in three retirement homes. (2) Determine the psychological, communication-related and social impact of the hearing...

Abstract This paper is an inquiry of investigating trends and spatiotemporal patterns of meteorological drought in semi-arid pastoral areas in southern Ethiopia. Monthly gridded rainfall and temperature data for thirty years between 1986 to 2016 were obtained d from Ethiopian Meteorological Agency. Nonparametric Mann Kendall’s test (MK) along with Sen’s slope estimator was employed to see trends of drought. In addition, Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) was used to characterize the drought...

Background: Although African Americans represent the largest racial minority group, their nursing program success rates are lower. Understanding circumstances that lead to nursing school success may facilitate changes in educational practices that increase graduation among African American students. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological research study of 11 African Americans was used to understand their experiences as nursing students. Data were collected through an interview process, and...

Abstract During Zimbabwe's struggle for national liberation, thousands of black African students fled Rhodesia to universities across the world on refugee scholarship schemes. To these young people, university student activism had historically provided a stable route into political relevance and nationalist leadership. But at foreign universities, many of which were vibrant centres for student mobilisations in the 1960s and 1970s and located far from Zimbabwean liberation movements’...

It is the desire of every teacher to ensure effective and quality education performance.Fine-Arts is a practical oriented subject.In Nigeria, reports and findings shows that students are deficient in the area of practical especially graphics.Also, the attitudes of some parents towards the subject influence the choice of the subject.The aim of the study was to develop computerized simulation, Tutorial and Drill and Practice instructional packages for teaching Graphics, determine the relative...

The study was designed to assess gender vulnerabilities to climate change among farmers in Kano State, Nigeria. The probability and non-probability sampling technique were used to select 250 farmers drawn from 50 co-operatives in the four (4) selected Local Government Areas (LGAs). Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The results revealed the farmer’s average age of 46 years; majority (95.2%) were...

Climate change includes both the global warming phenomenon, driven by greenhouse-emitting anthropogenic activities and the associated large scale shift in weather patterns. Climate change is not just a global threat, but an unprecedented public health emergency. Climate change has been characterized by global warming, increased frequency and intensity of precipitation, catastrophic wind events, and extreme weather events, associated with heat waves, flooding disasters, and prolonged...

The study examined the effects of Video Modelling (VM) and Drama Therapy (DM) on self-help skills of pupils with moderate intellectual disability in Lagos State, Nigeria using parental involvement and age of entry to school as moderating variables.The study adopted a pretest-posttest control group quasi experimental design using a sample size of Seventy-five (75) participants purposively selected from three special primary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria.The instrument used for the study...

In this article, based on a study rooted in interpretivism, the South African NationalWar College military history staff ride, as an education and training method related tothe curriculum of the senior staff programmes since 2002, is discussed. The educationand training process, with specific reference to the staff ride to military battle sites andthe associated application of the theory of operational art, were researched accordingto the tenets of the theory of deep learning. While using...