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Over recent decades, there has been a significant rise in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and a greater emphasis on student-centred learning (SCL) in higher education all ...
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Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) has carried out a curricular reform since 2000 to introduce Student Centered Learning (SCL) as well as the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). T ...
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high risk HPV is the perpetrator of cervical cancer disease, however screening and vaccination is not included in cervical cancer prevention program within public hospitals in Kenya. This descriptive study assessed the association of specific microbial STI and socio-demographic characteristics and practices with cervical cytomorphologic presentations in regards to pre cervical cancer grades amongst health seeking patients attending the reproductive health clinic of Nakuru County referral...
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In recent years, some African countries have tried to highlight and exploit the potential of Space Sciences. But many countries on the African continent have far greater problems than investing in a very cost-intensive future technology: population growth, insecurity and conflicts, insufficient infrastructure etc.. However, with enthusiasm for outer space, interest in science, mathematics and technology is also on the rise. From this point of view sound school education, the creation of...
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Limited non-farm opportunities in the rural areas of the developing world, coupled with population growth, means agriculture will continue to play a dominant role as a source of livelihood in these areas. Thus, while rural transformation has dominated recent literature as a way of improving welfare through diversifying into non-farm sectors, improving productivity and resilience to shocks in smallholder agricultural production cannot be downplayed. This is especially so given the changing...
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The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study...
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This article describes, analyses, and reflects on the conceptualisation and establishment of a Writing Lab at a South African university's Faculty of Health Sciences. Drawing on the theoretical framework of New Literacy Studies, the academic literacies approach, and South African writing centre scholarship, the analysis revealed that the conceptualisation of the Writing Lab was primarily informed by the academic socialisation model but has since shifted to encompass a more transformative...
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This chapter assesses how fisher-mangrove-dependent societies such as those of the Rufiji Delta in Southern Tanzania are being affected by and what is their capacity to adapt to climate change impacts that are occurring in the area. The objective of the study was not only aimed at improving linkages between the practice of community-level assessments and efforts to develop and implement vulnerability-reducing interventions; it was also an attempt to address the critique about the need for a...
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Reducing the vulnerability of coastal communities to marine climate change requires that communities have some intrinsic capacity to adapt. To assist adaptation planning and the implementation of adaptation strategies, identifying barriers and enablers to adaptation is critical. Adaptive capacity, resource dependence, local climate change exposure, and biological sensitivity were used to assess socioeconomic vulnerability to climate change in five Tanzania mainland coastal districts of...