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Abstract The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that behavioural stress is associated with hypertension in developing countries. It forms part (students only) of a large study on the population of South Africa. The cross‐sectional study involved 2902 black, white and Indian African students, stratified by year of study, gender and ethnicity. Harburg's anger‐coping scale and James' active coping scale (JHACS) were used. For assessment of socioeconomic status a coefficient of...
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A distance learning programme for medical officers and their assistants at the district level has produced some valuable lessons for future activities in continuing education. Besides correspondence and study materials, face-to-face contact between students and their tutors is a particularly important ingredient, as it provides the guidance, flexibility and motivation that are essential for an effective programme.
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Journal Article Evaluating the construct specificity of intelligence and achievement with African-American and Caucasian learning disabled students Get access D.A. Stanley, D.A. Stanley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar K.H. Clark, K.H. Clark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar R.C. D'Amato, R.C. D'Amato Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar D.E. Maricle D.E....
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African-Americans are one of the largest minority groups in the United States; therefore it is imperative that lit erature that features African-Americans as the main characters be in today’s classrooms. This literature is not only important for African-American children to see themselves, but for children of other races to see as well. Carlsen (1971) stated “... young people want to read about people like themselves, with whom they can identify” (p. 208). ”If African-American students...
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In South Africa training in community development of racially mixed groups can experience problems because of the distrust between races, caused mainly by ignorance of each other. This case study depicts an occasion where the trainers chose to address the race issue instead of ignoring it as is usually the case. They did this by breaking down the ignorance. The outcome was a drastic change in attitudes among both races, a keenness to find out more about each other, a gradual disappearance of...
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In recent times Africa has been a favourite quarry of American social scientists and humanities scholars. It has served Africanist scholars, mostly white, as a springboard for their eminently successful careers, as objects of study, and as cartographic points to which some of them could lay claim as theirs , trespass on which is often the equivalent of a capital offence in African Studies. Many of us have often been lectured, harangued, sometimes nearly insulted, because we dared to suggest...
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In recent times Africa has been a favourite quarry of American social scientists and humanities scholars. It has served Africanist scholars, mostly white, as a springboard for their eminently successful careers, as objects of study, and as cartographic points to which some of them could lay claim as theirs , trespass on which is often the equivalent of a capital offence in African Studies. Many of us have often been lectured, harangued, sometimes nearly insulted, because we dared to suggest...
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Apres l'independance du pays, de nombreuses ressources ont ete mobilisees pour favoriser le developpement de l'enseignement scientifique et technologique au Lesotho. Toutefois, les differentes innovations apportees au programme ou supports de cours n'ont pas eut les resultats escomptes sur la performance des eleves en science
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Although teacher education is recognized world-wide as a key component in educational improvement efforts, the models and practices for producing teachers may differ from one country to another in terms of such factors as resources available, teacher supply needs in the schools, policy guidelines and goals of training, and whether initial teacher education is monopolized by one institution or shared by many. This paper focuses on models and practices in initial secondary teacher education in...