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Background: Feedback from students regarding their clinical learning environment and clinicians teaching attributes should be evaluated regularly to monitor students' learning experiences which can affect learning outcomes, the readiness for professional practice, and the level of satisfaction with the profession. Differences may exist in this feedback from students based on their institution, level of study, and characteristics of the clinicians. Aim: To evaluate physiotherapy students’...

This study aimed at examining the role of school management team in managing students’ academic performance in Tabora municipality Tanzania. The study employed mixed method approach and convergent parallel design to collect data. The study involved both qualitative and quantitative data. The study applied simple random sampling technique and purposive technique to collect information from respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to select community secondary schools, teachers...

This article reports and reflects on an empirical investigation of the views of selected Generation Z students from South Africa and China on the role of universities in developing socially responsible graduates.In 2020, an online questionnaire was developed and distributed to three university students enrolled in engineering, built environment, and information technology degree programs.There were 417 responses from students in these three fields at the University of Pretoria, South Africa;...

There have been a number of curricular changes in the basic education in pre-and post-independent Namibia.These curricula transformations have been dictated by contextual purposes.The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changes in curriculum while exploring the responsive reasons for those curricular changes.The researchers used a desktop review of literature to extract the reasons for the curricular responsiveness and transformation in Namibia's basic education before and after...

Background: The Namibian constitution declares education as a fundamental right for every child, regardless of their learning abilities.Pre-independence, Namibia adopted separate special schools for learners with visual impairments.However, after independence inclusion in mainstream education system became one of the significant changes in educational reforms.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore challenges facing school management of an inclusive school for learners with visual...

Background: The Namibian constitution declares education as a fundamental right for every child, regardless of their learning abilities.Pre-independence, Namibia adopted separate special schools for learners with visual impairments.However, after independence inclusion in mainstream education system became one of the significant changes in educational reforms.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore challenges facing school management of an inclusive school for learners with visual...

In this article the strengths, caveats and suggestions for improvement of a BEd Hons programme in Educational Psychology presented at a traditional South African university from the viewpoint of 10 alumni students who were part of the 2016 cohort, are explored. The programme under investigation has been running since 2003 and is aimed at training mid-level psychological counsellors who have to pass the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) board examination for Psychology to...

The current decolonial commitments in Higher Education necessitate a need to deepen our understanding of the relationship between English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and students’ sense of belonging, their identity, and epistemological access. This article investigates how EMI influences students’ personal and academic identities as well as their sense of belonging to the higher education space. Using student focus groups, this study is exploratory in nature and informed by the voices...

Nafta is an oasis located in the governorate of Tozeur in the South of Tunisia. The unique natural and built environment it offers has been degrading due to climate change, pollution, and overexploitation. Additionally, the new residential districts are unsuitable for the desert climate of the area. Not only do they fail to provide thermal comfort, especially during the heat waves, but also they contain non-eco-friendly materials such as concrete. However, we notice that the vernacular...

Pre-service health training institutions have a key role in training qualified medical and nursing staff deployable in immunisation programmes, making them capable of addressing complex situations, sustaining routine immunisation and introducing new vaccines and technologies. The incorporation of immunisation-related content into nursing and midwifery education is essential to improve and strengthen immunisation service delivery, disease surveillance, logistics, communication and management...

the population of elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has been on the increase. The burden of cardiovascular disease and renal impairment may also increase due to the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and ageing in those with T2DM. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their association with renal impairment in elderly with T2DM were determined.this is a cross-sectional study that involved 96 elderly patients with T2DM and 96 elderly individuals without DM...

Teacher quality is a crucial element of quality education, and it is dependent on the quality of teacher education.Thus, this study analyses the teacher training programme at a Namibian university to determine its quality.Four quality determining components were analysed: students and teacher educator qualities; curriculum materials; teaching and learning process; and teaching practice.This qualitative study employed a single case study design.Four research instruments were used to collect...

In the last 20 years there has been global increase of episodes of school unrests characterized with violence and arson attacks. They resulted to destruction of schools’ property and death. Arson persists with latest cases seen in 2021. Past studies have not focused on social and cultural aspects in learning institutions as possible causes of arson. The study focused on the application of rules and regulations on students’ involvement in Arson at public boarding Secondary schools in Migori...

Education and training are the most essential factors in the development process of States.Indeed, beyond enabling citizens, including children, to build their own future, education and training are the basis for the sustainable and inclusive development of any society.As proof, industrialized countries have relied on these sectors to increase their human capital.Inspired by this lesson, developing countries south of the Sahara, such as Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), have appropriated...

The research presented in this scholarly book is all original, whether it is theoretical or empirical as it deals with a new phenomenon in the South African context and as it seeks answers to questions that have hitherto not been asked before.The 4IR has become an overarching framework within which education systems including teacher education are operating.Contingent upon the ideology of neo-liberalism, the 4IR seeks to transform societies in ways that respond to the relentless developments...

Gold mining is now widely acknowledged as one of the significant sources of soil pollution in developed countries.In developing countries, the sources and levels of soil contamination have not been thoroughly addressed.Thus, this study was intended to determine the source of soil pollution and the level of contamination in the active and closed gold mining areas.The research paper presents the pollution load of heavy metals (lead-Pb, chromium-Cr, cadmium-Cd, copper-Cu, arsenic-As,...