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Abstract While it is important that education be relevant to the context of students, education systems struggle to introduce curricula that relate to the context of students. In South Africa the national curriculum, which is outcomes based, attempts to address the local context of students by introducing critical outcomes restricted to learning areas, and guide classroom methodology, the selection of content and the motivations for teaching and learning. In this article I argue that due to...
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According to trend computations at three stations each in Sahara desert (Libya), characterized by a “hot” desert type (“BWh”, according to the Koeppen climate classification), and in Central Asia (Xinjiang, China) identified as a “cold” desert type (“BWk”, after Koeppen), increasing annual temperatures were detected over the period 1955–2005 corresponding with global temperature warming. From 1955–1978, negative (decreasing) temperature trends were, however, observed at all three hot desert...
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The study reports on learners’ views on the effectiveness of disciplinary measures used against them by educators in South African schools. The study was a descriptive survey that was a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. It looked into insights of 300 learners selected from 15 independent schools in Mthatha district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data were collected mainly thorough a semi-structured questionnaire administered on selected learners as well...
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The study assessed the writing efficacy of students enrolled for the post-graduate studies at a University of Technology. It sought to answer the following questions: (a) What is the level of writing efficacy of post-graduate students enrolled in the three programmes, namely, B.Ed.(Hons), PGCE and ACE programmes?; (b) Are there differences in the writing efficacy of these students?; (c) To what contextual variables can the differences in the writing efficacy (if any) of these students be...
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Participative decision-making has increasingly become the agreed-upon model around the world for the operation of schools, particularly those in the public education systems. A critical element of the model is devolving enhanced levels of decision-making from the centre (head office) to schools. While this reform is viewed as a positive step, policy based on democratic principles takes some time to filter down to rural schools. The research on which this article is based aimed at...
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Abstract At the turn of the century there was sheer optimism that ‘Africa's time’ to address all its problems had come, and as a result the 21st century was widely hailed as the ‘African century’ (Ban 2008; Makgoba 1999; Mbeki 1999; O'Reilly 1998; Zoellick 2009). This pronouncement was accompanied by the parallel call for the African Renaissance, which challenged many institutions to align themselves with this ‘crucial phase’ in the history of Africa. In the process, expressions such as...
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Climate change whatever its causes and precise timelines represents one of the most challenging threats to sustainable development for all those living in Africa. The continent is home to the most susceptible populations of the world because of the sensitivity and fragility of its natural envi-ronment and its high dependence on environment-based livelihoods such as agriculture. Over the past ten years the African Development Bank’s annual Gender Poverty and Environment Indicators in African...
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The focus on the rights of persons with disabilities on the African continent dates back to the 1980s. It can be traced to an African regional conference on the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) held in Ethiopia. However, the idea of an Africa-specific disability rights instrument is fairly new. The first call by the African Union for such an instrument was only made in 2003. The African Union has observed that the rights of persons with disability are not adequately protected,...