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The purpose of this study was to determine the psychosocial environmental barriers to school attendance by children with disabilities in Rwanda.A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in one urban and one rural community-based rehabilitation centre.There was a sample of 94 parents or caregivers of children with disabilities who were not attending school.A structured closed-ended questionnaire was used.The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) (15.0...
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This paper measures the extent to which households in Madagascar adjust children’s school attendance in order to cope with exogenous shocks. We model the household’s decisions to enroll children in school, and remove them from school, and measure the impact on these decisions of shocks to household income, assets and labor supply. In order to explore these questions more fully, we use a unique dataset with ten years of recall data on school attendance and household shocks. We estimate hazard...
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The objective of this systematic review was to explore the role of mobile phone technologies in delivering health education programs in Asian and African countries. The search engine used was Pubmed during 2008–2011. Randomised controlled trials or controlled studies that improved health outcomes through delivery of health educational interventions using cell phone or text messaging were included in the review. Results showed studies from six Asian and African countries including...
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This paper examines the numerous benefits Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as multimedia that improve the quality and quantity of teaching and learning in tertiary institutions. Furthermore, the paper reveals the challenges encountered and how multimedia facilitates teaching and learning in various ways that include: active, collaborative, creative and evaluative learning. However, the challenges were also outlined such as Lack of maintenance of ICTs facilities,...
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This article aims at hypothesizing about existing correlations between interactivity and subsequent learning in Moroccan class and interactivity and consumers’ purchase intent in Tunisia. On the one hand, it investigates whether and to what extent any sociolinguistic view to language will be needed or should be applicable to the classroom situation, whether students indeed constitute an entity that owes much of its language success to the degree of sociability among the learners and the type...
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In the education system, the teaching of physical education is considered as an activity rather than a formalized intellectual activity. As a result, the perception of the pedagogical relationship actors in this field it is not always favorable, especially in Western countries. No data are currently available on this subject in Algeria. The goal of our research is to fill this gap. We proposed to 142 physical education teachers and 464 students in secondary and middle schools in the Algiers...
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In the education system, the teaching of physical education is considered as an activity rather than a formalized intellectual activity.As a result, the perception of the pedagogical relationship actors in this field it is not always favorable, especially in Western countries.No data are currently available on this subject in Algeria.The goal of our research is to fill this gap.We proposed to 142 physical education teachers and 464 students in secondary and middle schools in the Algiers...
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This paper examined challenges facing university education in Nigeria and the way forward. Some of the challenges include inadequate financing, deteriorated infrastructure, brain-drain and university autonomy. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should allocate more funds to the universities so that they can be more effective in their day-to-day operations. The universities on their own part should establish and equip a unit in their institutions solely for the purpose...
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A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULT OF EDUCATION IN PATIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
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Formal education is of various levels in which the curriculum is designed in a spiral form; wherein a level is meant to be a prerequisite to the next level.When a given level of formal education suffers, its effects are always enormous on the next level.The idea of alternative educational systems also operates in Nigeria wherein, education are either provided by the government (public), individuals or organizations (private).These two forms of education produce students for university...
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This thesis examines the reconstruction of identity of first generation Somali refugeeyouth in the context of refugee education in the Netherlands within the theoretical frameworkof acculturation. It gives an account of the Somali youth’s educational past and of refugeeeducation in the Netherlands. Somali past and Dutch future are pursuing factors in the youth’sidentity. By using Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity this thesisdemonstrates the answer of the Somali youth...
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In Ghana, several education initiatives for promoting the quality of education have excluded the issue of teacher motivation. Well-motivated teachers are likely to be more committed to their profession and this could lead to desirable learning outcomes. This research attempted to identity and analyse what teachers in public pre-tertiary schools in Ghana perceived as barriers to their motivation towards professional practice. Employing mainly a qualitative approach, the research revealed that...
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Several factors influence the preference and patronage of one public transport mode as against the others. The study set out to assess the factors that influence students of the University of Cape Coast in their choice of public transport service operators. Using questionnaires and interview guides, the study was conducted at five main intercity bus terminals in Cape Coast involving 100 student commuters who happened to be available at the various terminals during the survey (Easter break)....