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Medi Reta, Eileen Honan, Terry Evans, Sandy Muspratt and Patricia Paraide report on the use of action research for remote primary school teachers’ professional learning in two districts in PNG. Action research is a school-based and teacher-centered professional development model that empowers teachers to identify their teaching and learning problems, understand the problems by collecting and analyzing data, develop effective strategies for dealing with the problems, mobilize resources,...
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Schistosoma haematobium infection is one of the parasitic diseases of public health importance affecting 100 million people worldwide; more than 75% live in sub-Sahara Africa. This study sought to determine the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis among secondary school students in Lafia and the risk factors associated to it. One hundred and sixty (160) urine samples were obtained from students from both private and public schools in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Urine samples were analyzed in the...
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Objective: This study examined peer and non-peer unwanted early sexual experiences (UESE) among 3,689 university students to establish whether peer UESE is as coercive and bothersome as non-peer UESE. Method: A self-report checklist was administered to all consenting students attending an orientation programme at one South African (SA) and one Belgian university. Results: Of the respondents 21% indicated that they had UESE before their 16th birthday (39.2% SA and 13.5% Belgians). Of...
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Monkeypox is an acute viral infection with a clinical course resembling smallpox. It is endemic in northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but it is reported only sporadically in neighboring Republic of the Congo (ROC). In October 2009, interethnic violence in northwestern DRC precipitated the movement of refugees across the Ubangi River into ROC. The influx of refugees into ROC heightened concerns about monkeypox in the area, because of the possibility that the virus...
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E-learning is increasingly becoming a vital component of education worldwide, and educators acknowledge the importance and potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in facilitating the educational processes. Developing countries, including Libya, are lagging behind the expansion of e-learning, mainly because they lack the necessary infrastructure and resources to support it. While the adoption of e-learning in higher education has been well researched internationally,...
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E-learning is increasingly becoming a vital stream and modern model of education worldwide, including developing countries.While the potential benefits of e-learning for developing countries have been discussed in the literature, there is limited research on the perspectives of elearning among users in developing countries.User perspectives, including their attitudes towards e-learning, beliefs about e-learning, as well as satisfaction with technology and past e-learning experiences are...
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Mobile phones have been identified as the catalyst for offering portable, real-time communication and access to information.In developing countries, where the adoption of mobile phones has reached remarkable levels, mobile phones are seen as a key means for improving access to education.In Libya, mobile phones offer a much more reliable and affordable way to reach students than technologies that have high physical infrastructure requirements.This article presents findings from a case study...
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EMPOWERING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES OF TECHNOLOGY USING TEACHERS OF LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS by Crystal Anika Cuby Richardson The purpose of this case study was to investigate the empowering instructional practices of three technology-using teachers in an elementary school populated by lowincome African American students. The participants, from Ladson ES, had been teaching a variety of grade levels and had between six and ten years of experience. Over the course of six months the...
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This paper will examine how the politics of colonialism and independence during the twentieth century, as well as the culture of each country, have created and limited secondary educational opportunities for women in Tanzania and in Rwanda. I will argue that the English and Belgian colonizers' goals of the education systems in colonial Tanganyika and Ruanda-Urundi-how much education they thought was appropriate for women to have and their overarching goals in creating the education systems...
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This study locates the Blackboard Learning Management System as a Technology Enhanced Learning tool within the bounds of the discipline of eLearning and aimed to interrogate the use of Blackboard for the purposes of teaching, learning and assessment in large classes. It is evident from the literature reviewed that changes in both Higher Education in the South Africa with regards to policy and legislation in addition to international shifts towards increased access and participation in a fast...
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Amoebiasis has a worldwide distribution. It causes death, impairs the physical, mental and intellectual development thereby exerting tremendous impact on productivity of individuals especially the youngsters. This study determined the prevalence of amoebiasis in school age children in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty (120) stool samples were examined for the cysts and/or trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica using the direct smear and formol/ether concentration...
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A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSc HRM) of Mzumbe University.
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Language is learned for communicative purposes. When communication is not achieved, then language is not learned. The objective of this paper is to discuss the usefulness of communicative language teaching approach in language learning. Topics include teaching language as communication, the concept and components of the communicative approach, needs of the learners, the methods of communicative approach, communicative activities, and roles of a language teacher. Recommendations for...