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The study investigated the availability, utilization and management of ICT facilities in teaching English language in secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. A questionnaire titled “Availability, Utilization and Management of Information and Communication Technology in teaching English Language in Secondary Schools” (AUMICTSS) was used for data collection. Twenty randomly selected secondary schools from Kaduna metropolis were used...

This study was carried out to determine the influence of prior knowledge questions on pupils’ performance in reading comprehension in primary schools in Kaduna, Nigeria. Two schools were used for the study. Ungwar Dosa primary school was used as the experimental school while Ungwar Rimi primary school was used as the control school. Thirty (30) primary five pupils from each of the two schools were used for the study. A total of sixty pupils were used for the study. A pre-test was...

Background and Objective: Malignant soft tissue tumours account for less than 1% of overall human burden of malignant tumours. Increasing incidences of these tumours have been noted worldwide. This study aims to determine the pattern of soft tissue sarcomas seen in a teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: The study comprised of all cases of soft tissue sarcoma diagnosed over a 10-year review from 1 January 1999-31 December 2008. Results: A total of 264 cases of soft tissue sarcomas were...

Manganiferous soils have high contents of manganese, which, combined with trace elements could affect the physico-chemistry of the soil and lead to serious hazard on the environment and human. This study aims to assess the levels of trace elements on manganiferous soils of Cote d'Ivoire. A recognition site by manganiferous soil survey on three areas was applied. In these manganiferous soils abundance order of ETM, each site individually, is identical to the global abundance order : (Fe > Mn...

Arabic Abstract: تناولت الدراسة موضوعا في غاية الأهمية وهو جودة التعليم المحاسبي في الجامعات الليبية, وذلك لما له من أهمية كبرى في النهوض بمهنة المحاسبة وبالتالي المساهمة في النمو الاقتصادي الليبي. ونظرا لما لوحظ في الآونة الاخيرة من تدني في مستوى التعليم العالي وبالتحديد التعليم المحاسبي فان الباحث قرر إجراء هذه الدراسة من أجل التعرف على أسباب ومسببات هذا الضعف, وكذلك اقتراح الحلول لها في حال وجودها. تهدف الدراسة الحالة إلي التعرف على المحددات والمشاكل التي تؤثر على الجودة الشاملة للتعليم...

This study investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship among university students in Ethiopia. Specifically, it aims to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship education and inclination towards entrepreneurship. The influence of demographic characteristics and family business background on university students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship is also being examined. An empirical test carried out on the data gathered from questionnaires demonstrates that two...

In this work, we pass from a behavioral conception that considers the teacher as the only source of information to a constructivist and even a semi-constructivist conception which focuses on the fact that the student is a real actor of the teaching-learning process. The objective is to study the semiotics of language interactions between pupils in Physical Education and Sport sessions and the power balance between girls and boys (Wallian, 2010). Discursive interlocutions of Tunisian pupils...

The purpose of this paper is to describe the language interaction of pupils in a football game situation and to show how the action plans are implemented.We have opted for a descriptive/exploratory methodology that seeks to convey the pupil's language typologies: 8 sessions lasting one hour each with 14 boys aged 18 years and T = 8 hours of actual practice.The goal is to help pupils to understand what happens during the play situation in order to co-construct and implement a project of...

Firstly,the drought monitoring model based on CPI(Cloud Parameters Method/Index)is briefly introduced.Meanwhile,the characteristics of sensors,Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager(SEVIRI),key payload of METAOSAT,are analyzed from the aspect for drought monitoring.Secondly,a suitable multi-spectral model is promoted to detect cloud pixels to calculate three cloud parameters.Then,the drought conditions of Africa in the winter of 2009 and spring of 2010 are monitored by using the...

Inclusive models of government entail executive power reconfigurations that invariably change the landscape and conduct of national administration and policy implementation. This article examines the dynamics of public administration under the inclusive government of Zimbabwe, particularly interrogating the ecological contexts, the structure of government bureaucracy, the distribution of executive powers, cabinet decision making, working relations within co-shared ministries as well as...

This article was originally published online on 23 April 2013 A significant and concomitant increase in the prevalence of both asthma and obesity has occurred worldwide. Obesity has recently been identified as a major risk factor for the development of asthma. Asthma in the obese individual tends to be more severe, does not respond well to treatment and is becoming a major public health issue in many countries.Thus, recent literature suggests that Asthma in the obese may represent a unique...

The purpose of this study was to find out Namibian teachers’ understanding of their work circumstances, goals of education for all (EFA) and quality of education. To obtain data on these issues, a structured questionnaire was administered to a proportional representative sample of 1611 primary and secondary school teachers from six regions. Some of the study’s main findings were that several sampled teachers taught under difficult circumstances in which their schools lacked classroom...

This field report describes a peace education program in the Nakuru district of Kenya, focusing on environmental education tree nurseries. The peace clubs introduced tree nurseries as a way of equipping children to take care of their environment. The interaction required to maintain these nurseries strengthens these relationships and promotes cooperation. By planting and caring for tree nurseries, children are able to express their commitment to their community and to the lasting health of their environment.

The aim of this study was to gauge teachers’ information literacy self-efficacy thereby eliciting clues to possible gaps in teachers’ knowledge and skills which could be addressed during an information literacy education course. Twenty nine teachers completed a pre-and post-course information literacy questionnaire. The teachers were part of a school librarianship programme offered at the University of the Western Cape. The results of the study indicate that the intervention of the course...

The most famous deserts exist in subtropical regions which is the direct outcome of insufficient precipitation and high temperatures.The Middle East deserts are subjected often to dust, which reduces horizontal visibility to 5 km, and sometimes even to less than 100 m.The severe and prolong drought recently afflicting the west Asia region has been suggested to be instrumental in producing an increased output of dust into the atmosphere from the region.Regarding the increasing of dust events...

This study integrates effect of drought on the leaf gas exchange, carbon isotope discrimination and water-use efficiency of the young seedlings of Rhus tripartitum and Ziziphus lotus. These parameters were assessed under control and stress condition. Control pots were irrigated several times each week to maintain soil moisture near field capacity, while stress pots experienced soil drying by stopping irrigation for two cycles of severe stress. Under both conditions, Gs was correlated...

This field report summarizes a process evaluation of a Photovoice pilot project, targeting school safety in a public high school in an economically disadvantaged, urban community in Cape Town, South Africa. To measure the success of the program, we use outcomes from Catalani and Minkler’s Photovoice impact model, including (i) improved understanding of community needs and assets, (ii) greater individual empowerment, and (iii) action and advocacy to affect policy. The evaluation shows that...