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The aims of this research article are to: indicate the differences between the traditional and the new outcomes-based education (Curriculum 2005) approaches in the RSA, reflect on the demise of C2005 and the introduction of Curriculum 21 (C21), identify and discuss the corresponding principles and practices of outcomes-based education (OBE) in South Africa, and of progressive education in America, analyse the anticipated success and/or shortcomings of the transformed education system in the RSA
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This study focuses on the education and work of indigenous Sierra Leonean visual artists. It examines the artistic training processes, the nature of the artists' work, the place of the artists in their communities and their contributions to our national development. In order to address these four issues, answers to the following questions were sought: In what ways have educational processes contributed to the education of our artists in Sierra Leone? How important is the input of ethnic...
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMP or IMF policy.Working Papcrs describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate.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...
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Research world-wide indicates that in countries where road safety education is compulsory, the accident rate is relatively low and in countries where road safety education is partly compulsory or where there is no road safety education at all the accident rate is relatively high. Road safety education thus forms the focus in the accomplishment of traffic safety and is a contributing factor in the reduction of the death toll. A comprehensive study was done from 1997 to 1999 in order to...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessIslam and Egyptian Higher Education: Student AttitudesBradley J. CookBradley J. Cook Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 45, Number 3August 2001 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article...
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affected by HIV/AIDS (2) the culture of sexual violence, abuse and fear, linked to HIV/AIDS, which complicates the lives of female learners and many young children (3) the culture of deprivation and loss in which AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children live and learn, and (4) how to mitigate the potentially disastrous long-term consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for learners in difficulty. Carol Coombe Research Associate: HIV and Education and Research Programme Leader University of Pretoria Faculty of Education 14 May 2001
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This study has focused on the problem that institutions of Christian higher education are reactive or passive towards political, social, and spiritual trends affecting education and leadership in South Africa. A group of 32 participants consisting of Christian higher education leaders, clergy, Christian scholars, and politicians was selected from various regions of South Africa. An instrument focusing on historical precedents and current ideas of the African Renaissance was designed and...
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This paper deals with the findings of a survey conducted at the school environnement in Ouagadougou. Three factors of cardiovascular risks were identified: obesity, high blood pressure, and diabete millitus. The survey was based on a sample of 1470 students from primary and secondary schools consisted in taking their blood pressure, measuring they weight and height and glycaemia using dextrostix. Of the 1470 students targeted, 668 were girls and 782 were boys. Their age ranges between 4 and...
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The Islamic revival in the Arab world has sparked intense debate in policy and academic circles over the last two decades. The purpose of this debate has been twofold: first, to assess the expanding role of Islam in social and political life and to register the extent of its impact; second, to analyze its root causes and situate it in broader political analysis linking culture to politics. Gregory Starrett's book, Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in...
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South Africa's capacity to absorb new recruits into the formal labour market has fallen from approximately 62% to less than 4% in three decades, compelling school leavers, graduates and the unemployed to look towards self employment for survival and sustenance. This article explores the role of tertiary institutions, particularly Technikons, in meeting the challenge of self employment as the option to unemployment. The institutional constraints within the current legislative framework are...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessEducation, Ethnicity and National Integration in the History of Nigeria: Continuing Problems of Africa's Colonial LegacyThomas J. Davis and Azubike Kalu-NwiwuThomas J. Davis Search for more articles by this author and Azubike Kalu-Nwiwu Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 86,...
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This special issue is dedicated to research on climate change in Africa.This research has, until recently, taken a back seat to more pressing applied research on natural resource management.As countries of the world position themselves with respect to climate change, it is important for African nations to better understand the likely impacts of climate change on their environment, peoples and economies.African researchers are now starting to address global change research issues, and this...