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Purpose African American English (AAE) speakers often face mismatches between home language and school language, coupled with negative attitudes toward AAE in the classroom. This forum, Serving African American English Speakers in Schools Through Interprofessional Education & Practice, will help researchers, parents, and school-based practitioners communicate in ways that are synergistic, collaborative, and transparent to improve educational outcomes of AAE speakers. Method The forum...

The study sought to investigate the negative effects of ‘double-sessioning’ and perspectives held by District Schools Inspector (DSI), school heads and teachers, on pupil learning and provision of quality education in schools practising hot-sitting in Goromonzi District. It employed a mixed methods research design. The study population comprised the DSI, all heads and teachers in primary schools practising ‘double-sessioning’, commonly referred to as ‘hot-seating’ in the District. Six...

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Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) conditions are common in the educational leaning environment and are often associated with poor ergonomic conditions.This study investigated the prevalence, pattern and possible risk factors of MSP among undergraduate students of occupational therapy and physiotherapy in a South African university.A cross-sectional survey using an internet-based self-designed electronic questionnaire was used to obtain information about participants' socio-demography, ergonomic...

Abstract With continued global change as a result of land use changes, invasive species and changing climatic patterns, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the adaptability of Senegalia senegal provenances to maximize resilience in managed and natural populations of this species. The objective of this study is to investigate Senegalia senegal genotypic differences in water use efficiency (WUE) measured by stable 13 C isotope composition in foliage according to their ploidy...

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to and is under consideration at AGU Books. ESSOAr is a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more about preprints preprintOpen AccessYou are viewing the latest version by default [v1]Water Budgets and Droughts under Current and Future Conditions in the Congo River BasinAuthorsVenkataramanaSridharHyunwooKangiDSyed AAliiDGode BBolaiDRaphael...

Community Action Planning (CAP) develops capacity of grass-root communities to create the change they desire. African Rural University (ARU) students are deployed in villages for internship program to facilitate change and acquire hands-on experience in conducting CAP with rural farming communities. Using the Epicenter Strategy (ES), ARU internship students (interns) were deployed in 11 Sub Counties in Kagadi, Kibaale and Kakumiro districts for two academic semesters to help villages plan...

Albinism is a huge challenge both socially and educationally in Tanzania and many other countries. Pupils with albinism are normally encouraged to read with a fixed gaze due to their nystagmus, and there are doubts about whether refraction improves their reading. The aim is to get more knowledge about their functional vision as a fundament for educating pupils with albinism. The article presents a case study with three pupils from a primary school in Tanzania who went through a functional...

The objective of this study is to identify the germs present in the drink (sweet must) sold in Cotonou schools in the Republic of Benin. One hundred (100) samples of the sweet must drink were used for this study. All samples of the sweet must drink were taken from sterile 40 ml bottles. After carrying out the various bacteriological examinations, it emerged from the tests that the germs isolated belong to the genera Staphylococcus and Klebsiella. We obtained the following percentages: 52%...

The study focused on the topic “Investigating the Effectiveness of Health Counselling in curbing Drug Abuse Menace Among Secondary School Students in AMAC” Two theories formed the framework for the research- the person centered and social learning/behaviourist theories. This helped to proffer ways by which counselling sessions between the clients (the students) and the counselor can be made efficient. It further looked at the need for counseling, types and reasons for counseling. Through...

The South Africans Schools Act mandates institutional policy duty bearers such as the school governing bodies (SGBs) and school disciplinary committees (SDCs) through which education stakeholders such as school principals, teachers, parents and learners to democratically formulate and implement school policies. The effectiveness of these bodies in carrying out their responsibilities in most cases is left to speculation. Based on a case study of high schools in a rural district setting in...

The violent political situation and economic meltdown in Zimbabwe at the turn of the 21st century that saw a mass exit of Zimbabweans to other countries served as a catalyst for this study. Female teachers were among the historic outflow to neighbouring South Africa. Thus, this paper examined the experience of Zimbabwean female immigrant teachers in South Africa. Empirically, narrative interviews, were used together to elicit data. The author who was amongst the immigrant teachers gave a...

There is a scholarly divide on the propriety of the notion of digital nativity and digital immigration. In contrast, one side of the range postulates that digital nativity and digital migration influence adoption of digital technologies, the other side contends that the concept is instead an unsubstantiated over-generalization. This study interrogates the role of digital nativity and digital immigration play in Internet usage by students and lecturers of tertiary institutions of learning in...

Background: Residency training is a postgraduate medical education where graduate doctors are mentored by qualified specialists in specific fields in hospital settings. Satisfaction in residency training is found to be interrelated with performance and quality of life of resident doctors. Numerous literatures have assessed satisfaction using various parameters with significant proportion of doctors not satisfied with their jobs. The literatures reviewed mostly measured satisfaction as a...

More recently, air pollution has been a prevailing issue for discussion due to its adverse health and environmental effects in major cities and more importantly the Niger Delta region as a whole. Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or cause damage to the natural environment or built environment, into the atmosphere. The causes of air pollution are either natural or...