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This study investigated the extent of information and communication technology (ICT) utilization for students’ learning in Ondo State tertiary institutions. The research design was descriptive survey. The target population comprises of all students in tertiary institutions of learning in Ondo State. A sample of two hundred (200) undergraduate students from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko was used for this study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample...
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This study ascertained the principals management support practices to promote teachers instructional improvement for sustainable development in secondary education in Anambra State. Two specific purposes were formulated and two research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study was conducted in the six education zones in Anambra State namely: Aguata, Awka, Nnewi, Ogidi, Onitsha and Otuocha. The study population comprised 257 principals in public...
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This paper brings new evidence on the importance of school interventions that target the wider environment of girls (school teachers, parents and community faith leaders) as the enabling mechanism to their empowerment. We show how supporting schooling promotes girls’ empowerment by illustrating the short-term impact of the ‘Girls Can’ project, a four-years intervention in Southern Mali which aimed to increase girls’ school retention rates and transition rates from the primary to the...
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The aim was to describe the experiences of some university students and the effect on their own learning and professional development by participating in an exchange program. Data were derived from two focus group interviews with students (n = 12) who enrolled in a 12-week international exchange program between: (a) the occupational therapy education department at the Institute of Allied Health and Management Sciences in Kampala and its equivalent b) the Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden....
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A research report submitted to The Department of Psychology The School of Human and Community Development Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, 2017
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Introduction: Soft drinks are non-alcoholic beverages that contain carbon dioxide, nutritive or non-nutritive sweeteners, natural or synthetic flavours, colours, acidification agents, chemical preservatives and emulsifiers in addition to other various functional agents. Studies in adolescents has revealed that soft drink consumption is too high in adolescents which has been associated with higher risk of becoming overweight and increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and some...
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This study investigated the factors that influenced facilitation and implementation of environmental education in primary schools in Nairobi County. The study targeted teachers and pupils in order to find out the extent to which they are involved in environmental conservation and protection. The research design was descriptive. Questionnaires with both open and close ended. The collected data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences and presented using tables and...
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The study analyses the problem of professional integrity of teachers in Uganda and explores solutions. It analyses the difficult conditions under which Ugandan teachers work, reports on the professional dilemmas that they face, and on the serious issues of failings of professional integrity. The study then narrows to one case, Nakasero Primary School, where an action research innovation was successfully carried out to analyse professional integrity issues and explore ways of collectively...
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The aim of this study was to establish the influence of collaborative classroom teaching on pupil’s performance in English language in Kenya Certificate of primary education in non formal primary schools in Korogocho, Nairobi Kenya. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which learning in groups influence performance, influence of group assignment on pupils performance, the relationships between group discussions and performance in English language. The study was based...
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New histories of education in South Africa:Authors' reflections on Schooling Muslims in Natal Thembisa Waetjen (bio) and Goolam Vahed (bio) A few weeks after Schooling Muslims came into print in July 2015, a local Durban newspaper announced its publication and reproduced a selection from the text in its pages. That section was drawn from our conclusion, which briefly considers twenty-first century transformations and developments. Among other significant changes, we drew attention to...
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As a previous colony of the Dutch and British, Islamic education in South Africa during the early period of its 300-year history mostly reflects the pedagogical influences of Muslims in the colonized Indonesian Archipelago and sub-East India and Pakistan. Over the last 100 years, the influence of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, and, to a lesser extent, Kuwait, Jordan, Iran, and northern African countries has been significant in guiding Islamic education in Muslim formal and nonformal...
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Rwanda’s post-genocide development is often mentioned as an exceptional success story. Thereby, education is not only one of the main drivers for development, in Rwanda it has a special significance because knowledge and expertise are the main pillars for Rwanda’s vision for the future. The past years, the Rwandan government tries to expand the education of its population and aims to decrease educational inequality, for instance through the implementation of the fee-free and mandatory...
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region emerges as one of the hot spots for worsening extreme heat, drought and aridity conditions under climate change. A synthesis of peer-reviewed literature from 2010 to date and own modeling work on biophysical impacts of climate change on selected sectors shows that the region is highly affected by present and future climate change. These biophysical impacts paired with other pressures and a lack of resilience in some countries cause high...
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Malnutrition is an increasing health problem among children in developing countries. We assessed the level of malnutrition and associated factors among school children in a rural setting in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. A school based cross-sectional survey was conducted on children (6–17 years) in Manshit El Gamal village in Tamia district of Fayoum Governorate. Weight, height, and age data were used to calculate<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"...