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As with any calling or vocation, educators need to develop strong identities as professionals. Often continuous professional development (CPD) comes handy in assisting educators employ high-yield instructional practices. The purpose of the research was to explore the influence of continuous professional development in promoting quality teaching and learning leading to enhanced student achievement in South African schools. The researchers highlighted the importance of CPD in promoting student...

Technology application and internet services are prominent developments in the field of global educational systems.These developments have imposed a change in the role and responsibilities of faculty members and the need to possess technical competencies.Faculty members must apply modern learning theories and organize their learning and evaluation plans based on interactive electronic resources.This study first aimed to suggest a standard of technical teaching competencies for faculty...

This study aims at testing the structures of three scales designed for measurement of self-efficacy, burnout and job satisfaction among Moroccan primary school teachers. The study also seeks to explore the possible correlations between these three latent variables. 404 teachers from a small city (El Kalaa Des Sraghna) participated in this study. Data were analyzed by a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using the AMOS 25 software. Findings of the study confirmed the two-dimensionality of the...

South Africa is a multilingual country and the Language in Education Policy (1997) allows for any of the 11 official languages to be used as the language of learning and teaching. However, language ideologies originating in the colonial era, coupled with the global dominance of English, have meant that the majority of schools have chosen English from grade 4 or even earlier – despite the fact that few children by this stage achieve the necessary proficiency in English to fully access the...

Inclusive education has been phased in in South Africa since 2001, but relies heavily upon adequate support services to support learners and teachers experiencing barriers to learning and development. This book focuses on the different levels of support provided in South African education – from School-based Support Teams to District-based Support Teams through to special and full-service schools, and how these could be reconceptualised to provide improved support to learners and teachers....

Inclusive education has been phased in in South Africa since 2001, but relies heavily upon adequate support services to support learners and teachers experiencing barriers to learning and development. This book focuses on the different levels of support provided in South African education – from School-based Support Teams to District-based Support Teams through to special and full-service schools, and how these could be reconceptualised to provide improved support to learners and teachers....

Reports of school and work absences due to unmet menstrual needs have prompted increased attention to menstruation in policy and practice. However, there appear to be few quantitative studies reported in published literature capturing the prevalence of this hypothesised absenteeism. This study undertook secondary analysis of nationally representative Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) data from Burkina Faso and Nigeria, and city-representative data from Niamey, Niger to...

The history and current practices of out-of-school suspensions significantly impact African-American students; research shows the practices to be overly used and target African-American students. This chapter explores the ways that school violence is responded to disproportionally and is entangled with racial mythology. That is, racial discrimination shows up in structural and interpersonal ways such as suspending and expelling students of Color for the same infractions for which White peers...

The higher education in Morocco knows a real challenge due to the consequences of covid19. This challenge was effect by the transformation of the teaching mode from face to face (learning at school) into a distance learning (home based learning). This paper reports comparative studies of technologies that used in Moroccan Higher education and the constraints encountered the E-learning mode. The objective of this article is to describe how to success the higher education in this period of...

According to historical documents and Moroccan earthquakes catalogs, the coastal zone has suffered in the past from several earthquakes. Understanding how sedimentary basins respond to seismic-wave energy generated by earthquake events is a significant concern for seismic-hazard estimation and risk analysis. The main goal of this study is to determine the distribution of the natural frequency value (F), the amplification factor value (A), and the soil vulnerability index (Kg) were carried...

Introduction Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) collect data on births, deaths and migration from relatively small, geographically defined populations primarily in Africa and Asia. HDSS occupy a grey area between research, healthcare and public health practice and it is unclear how ethics guidance that rely on a research-practice distinction apply to HDSS. This topic has received little attention in the literature. In this paper, based on empirical research across sub-Saharan...

Based on Socio-economic Field Laboratory concept, we put forward the need to amplify locally-embedded innovation to address nationwide challenges. The WoodCluster project (2017-2021) aimed to seek solutions to close the national wood supply gap based on farm-wood production in East African countries. Towards achieving the objective, one of the project activities is the implementation of Field School. A field school is understood as a practical element of a thematic study course module,...

This article explores parents and school heads’ understanding of parental engagement as a precursor for sustainable learning by children in rural primary schools in Zimbabwe. The article forms part of a larger study on parental engagement for enhancing sustainable learning in rural primary schools. It sought to provide answers to the central question: What is the conceptualisation of parental engagement in enhancing sustainable learning in rural primary schools? The study adopted a...

We report a newly extended stratigraphic sequence with associated Palaeolithic sites from the area of the extinct Kilombe volcano in central Kenya. The extended archaeological sequence runs from Oldowan finds, through the Acheulean, and up to the Middle Stone Age. The sedimentary sequences within the Kilombe caldera and south flanks of the mountain have been dated through 40Ar/39Ar measurements and palaeomagnetic studies. A series of 40Ar/39Ar values date the geological sequence from 2.493 ±...