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Research training, international collaboration, and the agencies of Ugandan scientists in Uganda
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Abstract This qualitative study reports on teachers in the Western Cape as they attempt to embed information literacy in their classrooms. It explores how teachers come to understand information literacy and the extent to which they change their beliefs about guiding research projects in a more concerted way. The research questions were: (1) how do teachers understand information literacy education? (2) how do teachers make their information literacy explicit in the classroom? and (3) at...
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BACKGROUND Hydrotherapy plays an important role in the management of surgical patients, and especially so in those that have sustained burns to their skin. Different centers practice hydrotherapy differently. At the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, patients with burns in surgical wards use a common bathtub for cleaning their wounds. This breaches patient isolation and increases risk of cross-infection. Audit records from the department of surgery show that burn wound...
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Master of Social Science in Psychology. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2015.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. January 2017. Major: Education, Curriculum and Instruction. Advisors: Aaron Doering, Bhaskar Upadhyay. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 165 pages.
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In light of the growing problem of unemployment amongst young graduates in Nigeria, entrepreneurship has been heralded by the Nigerian government as a viable solution. Nigerian universities have thus been mandated to provide students with entrepreneurial skills, which will enable them to establish viable businesses upon graduation. An important prerequisite for this important objective to be achieved is that lecturers ensure that students adopt a deep learning approach towards...
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The study investigated Cost-Sharing at Public Colleges of Education as a mechanism being implemented to respond to diminishing government funds. Specifically, the study sought to establish the extent to which sources of funds contributed to colleges’ budgets and students’ affordability in the era of Cost-sharing and reduced government funding. An Embedded mixed method design in which qualitative data played a supplementary role to quantitative data was used where questionnaires and document...
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies at the University Of Zululand, 2016
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This study was aimed at establishing Teachers’ and Pupils’ perceptions of Environmental Education in selected primary schools of Chipata District of Eastern Zambia. The study was targeted at exploring teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions regarding the integration of Environmental Education into the primary school curriculum and determine approaches used by teachers in its implementation. It was carried out in ten selected schools and comprised 130 respondents. The study was qualitative. Semi...
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Childhood low levels of learning achievement in numeracy at middle primary school have proved to perpetuate into adult life. In order to raise children with mathematical skills, teachers should be appropriately qualified for the task. An exploratory study method was used to collect qualitative data on the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of three teachers through lesson observations and interviews. The three elements of PCK explored were knowledge of the subject matter, teaching...
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Children are increasingly expected to progress in reading at a standard speed and through one methodology. The Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) curriculum developed in the 1970s in Garland, Texas by Dr. Donald Howard plays a role and contributes to reading through the use of Individualized Instruction in teaching initial literacy to Pre and Lower Primary school learners, as one of its special features. The purpose of the study was to establish the understanding of the teachers who are...
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A population perspective on health underpins the 17 newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and South Africa's recently promulgated White Paper on National Health Insurance (NHI). Monitoring their progress, identifying health service priorities and implementing effective delivery strategies requires a skilled public health (PH) workforce. Yet several key policies intended to transform the country's health system radically make no mention of this workforce. This chapter...
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This article reports the results of an investigation into the predictive value of 33 pre-entry attributes, divided into six broad categories, for predicting the academic performance of first year students at an urban South African university. Low levels of student success are a salient problem in South African higher education. Students tend to dropout quickly, quietly and for a range of different reasons. An important part of early interventions is to be able to accurately identify students...
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Effects of Different Functions of Attention on School Grades in Primary School Children Panayiota Metallidou, Amaryllis-Chryssi Malegiannaki, Konstantinopoulou Eleni, Grigoris Kiosseoglou Abstract The present study aimed at exploring the effects of distinct attention functions on school grades in primary school children. The sample consisted of 208 Greek primary school children (2nd up to 6th grade) of both genders. The participants were examined individually with the Test of Attentional...