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► It highlights the need for universities in Africa to develop curricula on climate change. ► It identifies opportunities and entry points for doing so. ► It describes the need to promote skill development of students and teachers. ► It identifies initiatives and networks that could be potential resources for universities interested in developing curricula.
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This paper presents a vertical case study of the history of universalizing education in postcolonial Sierra Leone from the early 1950s to 1990 to highlight how there has never been a universal conception of universal education. In order to unite a nation behind a universal ideal of schooling, education needed to be adapted to different subpopulations, as the Bunumbu Project did for rural Sierra Leoneans in the 1970s to 1980s. While the idea of “localizing” education was sound, early program...
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This paper presents the similarities and differences in the training needs of men and women farmers involved in horticulture, from case study villages in PNG’s Central Province. It seemed there could be differences in training needs and priorities among men and women, given the observed gendered differences in horticultural tasks traditionally undertaken in this province. Typically, men are involved with soil preparation and planting, while both men and women are involved with irrigation...
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The author argues that learning in classroom communities of practice may reduce exclusionary school discipline practices and the discipline gap that disproportionately affect African American students. Communities of practice prioritize the social nature of learning as legitimate peripheral participation, encouraging community membership, social identity transformation, and synergistic relationships and spaces. Exclusionary school discipline is the administration of punishment to disruptive...
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The purpose of this study was to find out the perception of secondary school stakeholders towards women representation in educational leadership and to find the barriers that cause this perception to determine the possible solutions for these problems. To carry out this study descriptive method was employed. Participants of the study were 75 male teachers, selected by using stratified random sampling techniques. The 34 female teachers, 12 school leader such school principals, two deputy...
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The world today has a population of over 7 billion people, with more than half of that number living in coastal areas, which accounts for only 5% of the inhabited land. This aspect is clearly reflected when one realises that of the 33 biggest megacities in the world, 22 are on the coast (UNEP, 2011). Especially in developing states such as Zanzibar, sewage still flows untreated into the sea, causing pollution of coastal habitats. The Zanzibar Archipelago, consists of two main islands –...
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Little information exists on the receipt of mammography by African American women with intellectual disabilities. Given the high rates of mortality from breast cancer among African American women and low screening rates among women with intellectual disabilities, it is important to understand the health screening behavior of this population.We compared rates of mammography receipt among African American and White women with intellectual disabilities (n = 92) living in community settings in...
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"This is Africa: a year of surgical training in South Africa." The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 95(1), pp. 41–42
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The under-representation of women in leadership positions in primary schools is common in many developing countries, raising issues of equity, social justice and sustainable development. This article presents part of an investigation for a Master’s dissertation (Parsaloi, 2012). The broad research aim was to investigate the lived experiences of women heading public rural primary schools in Kenya, and to explore possible strategies that may be applied to improve women’s participation in...
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This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Religious Orientation Test (ROT) (Idehen, 2001) with 1284 South African respondents. Participants were 323 learners (mean age = 15.81, SD = 1.24) and 961 university students (mean age = 20.08, SD = 2.44). They varied by religious affiliation (65.3% Christian, 17.1% Hindu, 11.1% Muslim). Females made up 73% of the sample. Data were analyzed for reliability of scores and construct validity. Findings suggest that scores from the ROT are...
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This paper explores the theme of South African girlhoods1 within the context of post-apartheid schooling environments and from the perspective of young Muslim female learners. Presented chiefly as an exploratory endeavour within the field of Islamic feminist scholarship in South Africa, this paper navigates the relatively uncharted terrain of girlhood studies and asks the following questions: How do present-day young Muslim girls in South Africa self-identify with the labels “South African”,...