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Racial disparities in rates of exclusionary school discipline are well documented and seemingly intractable. However, emerging theories on implicit bias show promise in identifying effective interventions. In this study, we used school discipline data from 1,666 elementary schools and 483,686 office discipline referrals to identify specific situations in which disproportionality was more likely. Results were largely consistent with our theoretical model, indicating increased racial and...
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To investigate effect of booking status and other parturient characteristics on pregnancy outcome. A retrospective case controlled study of unbooked and booked women. Case notes and ward registers were sources of data. The unbooked had less education and higher teenage pregnancy than the booked (Primary education; unbooked 41.7% and booked 9.4%. Teenage pregnancy; unbooked 4.1%, booked 0.6%) P 7 times less in the booked compared to the unbooked. Low social class of unbooked women influenced...
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This paper examined the methods of teaching in present day secondary schools in Nigeria in relation to the digital age. Comparison was drawn between the use of modern technology tools and the traditional old ways of teaching. A total sample of sixty eight (68) copies of a questionnaire was produced for the study out of which sixty four (64) copies were administered and analysed for the study (approximately 96%), out of which 42 (61.8%) respondents came from public schools and 22(32.4%) were...
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Background: Meconium is not only a potential sign of fetal hypoxia but is also a potential toxin if the fetus aspirates particulate matters with a gasping breath in utero or when it takes its first breaths following birth. In addition to this the condition of the mother who gives birth in such circumstances is a concern. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on labouring mothers with meconium stained amniotic fluid who delivered in the labor ward of...
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This chapter draws on the major issues in South Africa’s modern history to see how the post-apartheid government which came into power in 1994 has responded to the demands and requirements of citizenship and social justice with respect to education. It makes the argument that South Africa is an important global social laboratory. It attempts to locate the place of education in the process of building the dignity of all people. Important questions in working through the significance of this place are the following:
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The higher education system that the newly democratic South Africa inherited in 1994 was segregated and hierarchized along the lines of ‘race’, class, knowledge-foci and region. Several initiatives were undertaken by the government led by the African National Congress when it came into power in order to acknowledge and address this apartheid legacy. This chapter examines one key transformational issue with which the higher education system has struggled; namely, that of student access and...
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South Africa, as a country of great diversity, presents itself at first glance as an obvious place for the development of a multicultural policy. Its diversity is, moreover, of a kind that has caused immense difficulty politically and economically. But it does not have a specific multicultural education policy. Why this is so and what approaches the South African polity has taken to the question of diversity is what this contribution seeks to make clear. The chapter begins with a...
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The present research tries to provide a clear idea about factors affecting student’s motivation in the teaching of English in ESP institutions and universities. This study took place at the Preparatory School of Sciences and Techniques, Tlemcen, Algeria. The aim of this research is to highlight the nature of ‘demotivation’ and identify the causes of this lack of interest to the English module. The data are collected from the students of the first-year under the form of questionnaires and...
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This study aspires to explore the attitudes of students and teachers vis a vis the general computer assisted language learning (CALL) in the English language classroom, the obstacles and the solutions perceived to better use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. 30 English teachers and 40 high school EFL learners have been interviewed and asked to fill in a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The software Excel has been...