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This article examines the growth of private higher education (PHE) in two North African nations: Morocco and Tunisia. It draws on interviews with policy-makers and university officials to understand similarities and differences in the nations’ experiences with PHE. It argues that both nations’ official embrace of privatization was in part because PHE was packaged as part of World Bank loans and supported by local entrepreneurs who viewed PHE a lucrative market. Yet, it also finds that the...
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To compare the effectiveness of three delivery modalities of Decision-making Education for Choices In Diabetes Everyday (DECIDE), a nine-module, literacy-adapted diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) education and problem-solving training, compared with an enhanced usual care (UC), on clinical and behavioral outcomes among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes.Eligible participants (n = 182) had a suboptimal CVD risk factor profile (A1C, blood pressure, and/or lipids)....
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This chapter analyses the historical and socio-political contexts of the design and delivery of school-based sexuality education for young women and men in two sub-Saharan African countries: Ghana and Mozambique. The chapter interrogates colonising tendencies within, and created through, school-based sexuality education. Emphasis is placed on the forms of knowledge and pedagogies that are promoted by Western donors in the design and delivery of school-based sexuality. The analyses of the...
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The use of temporary workers by organizations is growing, and has extensively extended to higher learning institutions (HLIs). This paper discusses the challenges of fixed term contract administrative and professional employees (FTC A/Ps) in Gauteng Provinces’ HLIs in South Africa. The research methodology used was exploratory. Surveys were used to collect data. The study sample consisted of 107 FTC A/Ps. Primary data were collected using a questionnaire. Text data were analyzed using the...
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Critical care nursing practice and education in Rwanda is a young specialty. There are very few critical care nurses practising in either hospital or academic settings, and typically nurses taking care of critically ill patients receive only a brief period of informal education prior to practising. Intensive care units are found predominantly in the state tertiary hospitals, located primarily in Kigali city. The purpose of this article is to describe the current state of critical care...
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Albinism is much prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa than in other parts of the world. It is estimated that one in 1400 people in Tanzania are affected. The prevalence is as high as one in 1000 in selected Zimbabwean and other Southern African ethnic groups. Attacks are rampant in Africa with myths that their body parts are potent charms to bring fortune and good luck. In the past 10 years a worrying new trend has emerged, Children with albinism are often the victims of the brutal attacks. This...
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Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC) through the ECART - NICHE-UGA 083 project Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) whose funding under the project titled “Strengthening University Outreach and Agri-Entrepreneurship Training in Northern Uganda” (Grant Number: RU 2014 NG 15)
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Numerous studies have explored the potential of podcast integration in teaching and learning environments. This paper first presents and organises perspectives from literature in a conceptual framework for the effective integration of podcasting in higher education. An empirical study is then discussed in which the guidelines presented in the framework were evaluated for applicability in a selected course at a South African University of Technology. Since the results of the study revealed a...
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In this chapter, we reflect on what we learn from South African learners about sexuality as it emerges in their accounts about their lives in and out of school. We focus on how sexuality is spoken about and given meaning by learners. The chapter also considers how intersectionality is forged through the connections that learners make between sexuality, gender, race, class, and age. We reflect, too, on how we learn this and the relations we establish with the young people in the research...
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A personal beginning 17 October 2014: Here in Zimbabwe, it is quite diffi cult for us to access a lot of reading materials, particularly those that require subscription for access such as journal articles. Is [the article you suggest reading] a kind of resource you can email me as an attachment? If not, then I may not be able to access it. This is why it is so vital for us here in the Global South to collaborate with colleagues like you in the Global North where reading materials and other knowledge forms can be easily accessed.
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Catholic Church sponsored schools have generally exh ibited great academic performance all over Kenya.However, there are a nu mber of challenges facing these Schools which have not been studied and documented.The purpose of this paper is therefore to share the findings of the Nature and Pastoral Care challenges facing Catholic Church-sponsored schools in Nakuru Municipality in Nakuru County.The objectives of the paper are; to establish the nature of Pastoral Care in Catholic Church-sponsored...
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The regional and cultural closeness of Botswana and South Africa, as well as differences in their political histories and language policy stances, offers a unique opportunity to evaluate the role of language in reading outcomes. This study aims to empirically test the effect of exposure to mother tongue and English instruction on the reading performances of grade 4 students in Botswana and South Africa using the 2011 pre-Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (prePIRLS) and...
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The increasing cases of students’ indiscipline in secondary schools have remained a serious problem in school system in Nigeria and other parts of the world. This paper ascertained the perception of health and physical education -HPE teachers on students’ indiscipline in secondary schools in Enugu State of Nigeria. The study provided answers to the research questions and the null hypotheses. Literature, relevant and related to the study was reviewed and properly documented. The study was...