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Аннотация.Рассматриваются многолетние ряды среднемесячных температур воздуха на 65 метеостанциях Центральной Африки для оценки влияния климатических изменений на динамику средних многолетних значений.В связи с пространственно-временной неоднородностью наблюдений, разработана методика, основанная на последовательном переходе от более надежной к менее надежной информации, на оценке устойчивости показателей нестационарности, на выделении районов однородных по динамике изменений климата и на...

Homophobic bullying in schools is a global phenomenon. However, on the African continent, the phenomenon is rife because homosexuality is regarded to be un-African and is often linked to Western culture and colonial influence. These misconceptions about homosexuality have resulted in a culture of homophobia being inculcated into major structures of the society including schools. In this regard, this chapter aims to explore and describe the problem of homophobic bullying in South African...

Abstract Background: Climate change is currently the most significant threat to human health. Middle- and lower-income countries are at particular risk, placing South Africa at risk. To date research analysing healthcare workers’ perspectives on climate change has a unitary bias towards the views of developed and high-income nations. The aim of this study was to assess healthcare professionals’ knowledge and perspectives on climate change in South Africa and thereby contribute to improving...

The article explores how issues of spatiality and agency are implicated in the construction of teachers' attitudes on the occurrence of graffiti within the Zimbabwe school system.Graffiti is an important third space in the education system that is, however, negatively conceptualised by both the teaching staff and school authorities, alike.Teachers are a crucial cog in the total education process who have the mandate to determine the range of spaces on which 'legitimate' discoursing and...

While transformation in the higher education sector in South Africa has been the subject of intensive research since 1994, few studies have explored the link between workplace bullying and transformation. Whereas workplace bullying has drawn researchers’ attention for decades, it is only recently that scholars have started to interrogate the phenomenon through the intersectional lens. This paper employs intersectionality to explore women academics’ experiences of workplace bullying and to...

This study was motivated by the existence of reported teacher-pupil conflict in schools. Its purpose was to enhance teaching and learning interactive relation by exploring management strategies which reduce teacher-pupil conflicts. The study was guided by a qualitative research philosophy which used mixed data collection methods to capture social variables. The study design was a prescriptive seriation of three methods. First was a document analysis of school policies, rules and regulations...

The importance of adaptation strategies in helping rice farmers meet the many challenges of agricultural production cannot be overstated. However, few existing studies have been conducted to determine the adaptation strategies developed at the farm level by rice farmers. Even fewer studies have been conducted on how these strategies should be strengthened to help them manage climate impacts more effectively. With climate change a major threat to smallholder food production, it is...

For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been vulnerable to disasters. The most dangerous Nyiragongo volcanic eruption posed a threat to the country, particularly the city of Goma. The explosions on 22 May 2021 caused unfathomable damages, with loss of lives, properties, and the destruction of homes, displacing thousands of people, with thousands of children being left vulnerable as a result. Furthermore, it charred health and school infrastructures and decimated crops, an...

This paper aims to determine the level of food security of small-scale crop farmers and to identify coping strategies for food security mostly adopted by small-scale crop farmers in the Volcanic Highlands in Rwanda.Data were collected using a questionnaire administered to a random sample of 401 small scale crop producers in the study area.CARI approach and descriptive statistics were used to analyse data.This methodology was chosen by the fact that it enables to have disaggregated food...

This study aims to compare the development of special education practices for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the UK and Egypt and gain an understanding of those factors that enhance special education in both countries. The study applies a comparative framework method. The findings provide a better understanding of special education practices and factors that enhanced the special education for ASD across the two countries. The findings reveal that special education practice...

Hearing impairment (HI) is a silent planetary health crisis that requires attention worldwide. The prevalence of HI in South Africa is estimated as 5.5 in 100 live births, which is about 5 times higher than the prevalence in high-income countries. This also offers opportunity to drive progressive science, technology and innovation policy, and health systems. We present here a systematic analysis and review on the prevalence, etiologies, clinical patterns, and genetics/genomics of HI in South...

More and more countries are operating their own national satellites. In recent years, states like Peru, Angola, Bangladesh and Qatar have launched their very first satellite missions. Many of these states aim for multiple socio-economic benefits: the mission tasks typically cover disaster management, agricultural monitoring, water management, fisheries and national security. With their own ground stations and a mission control system, the corresponding national institution can fully control...

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Academic integrity is an ongoing concern in higher education. Research dating back to the 1960s shows students self-reporting cheating, and with the advent of more online education, concerns about the integrity of degrees have become even more widespread. Due to this concern about academic integrity, especially in view of the changes brought about by COVID-19, I launched a research project that aimed to holistically understand how academics understand and teach academic integrity and...

This mixed-methods study explores teachers, principals, and supervisors' personal experiences with and perspectives on the features of Discovery Education professional development (PD) programs as a transformative PD (TPD) model, which is implemented as a key component of current educational reforms in Egypt. Constructivist principles, the theory of change, and the transformative learning theory guide this study's framework. Quantitively, more than 4159 participants representing 8.31% of all...

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...

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...