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A San rock art site discovered in the southern Drakensberg of South Africa is probably the most important find since the first decades of the twentieth century. The images in the site open up possibilities for a more detailed understanding of San religious experience and the history of the area.
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Fifteen drought tolerant maize genotypes developed by CIMMYT and one local variety, A511, were evaluated for two seasons at four drought stressed locations in 1997 and 1998. The study was undertaken to determine the adaptability and stability of the genotypes in the moisture deficit zones of Ethiopia. Except for anthesis silking interval (ASI), the combined analysis showed significant (P0.01) genotype, environment, genotype x environment and genotype x year effects on grain yield, plant...
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The Effects of Movement Expressiveness in Story Content and Learning Context on the Analogical Reasoning Performance of African American Children* This study examined the effects on performance of incorporating cultural factors into the presentation and content of task materials. Sixty-four low-income African American children listened to stories read under two different contextual conditions. One context allowed for high movement expression (HME) and the other context afforded children...
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Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The promise and deception of modern education in sub-Sahara Africa: colonial education - the civilizing mission, 1910-1960 independence education - for the grandeur of the whole nation, 1960-1980 austerity education - sauve qui peut, 1980-. Part 3 Social class, civil society, and political analysis in sub-Sahara Africa: elite theory and social class analysis political elites and ruling classes elite, classes, and civil society. Part 4 Schooling and social...
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A paper presented at the 1st East African regional conference on physical, education, sport, health recreation and dance hosted by Makerere University & Kyambogo University,13th - 16th December, 2001
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This paper shows that during the 1990s, and before the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, the gender gap in education in. Eritrea has widened on the national level, and large regional disparities have persisted. The gender gap appears to be linked to lower female teacher participation and limited employment opportunities. The widening of the gender gap is likely to have a long-term negative impact on both economic growth and poverty reduction.
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A study on guiding principles of teaching,contents and structures etc.was made to compare primary school teaching in China and Botswana.The result proved that in Botswana physical teaching was more emphasized in developing students ability in social intercourses and in nurturing students interest in sports.The contents tallied with the physiological and psychological features of primary school students.Students ability of applying basic techniques and skills were stressed in P.E. classes.
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AbstractAfrica is the world’s poorest continent, but amid all the bad news, there is hope for change. This pamphlet examines the lessons to be learned from some of the more successful economies south of the Sahara, and discusses a policy framework to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty across the region.
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CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 17:183-193 (2001) - doi:10.3354/cr017183 Dynamic responses of African ecosystem carbon cycling to climate change Mingkui Cao*, Quanfa Zhang, Hank H. Shugart Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Charlotteesville, Virginia 22904-4123, USA *Present address: Department of Geography, University of...
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In 1992–93 the Department of Physics decided that there was a need for physicists to participate in the industrial development in Zimbabwe. The idea of a Master of Science in Applied Physics programme was conceived. Before designing the programme, a postal survey was conducted to discover the needs of industry particularly in relation to industrial processes. There was a 20% response to our survey with many indicating the area of specialisation required in Zimbabwe. Based on their response,...
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This paper argues that the sociological literature concerning teachers' identities and their social locations have tended to concentrate primarily on only two aspects of teachers: teachers as workers; and, teachers as professionals. Whilst these are still relevant in considering the forces impacting upon teachers they are by no means sufficient. Teachers are more than just workers and professionals. They are raced, gendered, with different sexual orientations, religious beliefs, and so on,...
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This paper presents an 18-month intervention for African American inner city elementary students in a classroom. The case study describes the application of proactive and positive management strategies aimed at reducing noncompliant and disruptive behaviors and increasing academic productivity. The intervention involved positively phrased classroom behavioral expectations, social skills training, structured/systematic instruction, and preplanned positive and negative consequences for...