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Online distance learning is a feasible strategy to provide access to higher education for women in Africa. By reaching across borders, partnerships between African and American universities can be used to remove barriers to educational attainment for women in the developing countries. Using the case of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation-funded Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) program, this qualitative study describes the perceptions and experiences of 18 women from Kenya and Uganda...
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Introduction- Intestinal protozoan infections continue to remain a global public health challenge, particularly in developing countries. Children are greatly prone to these infections via the ingestion of food, water or soil contaminated with the infective stage of these parasites. Objectives- This study focused on establishing the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infection among primary school children aged 5 to 12 years from six communities in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana. Methods- A...
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On a humid Saturday in a southeastern metropolitan city, I circled our airport's loading area several times until I spotted my colleague, Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Hasan. She had flown in for a short visit. We exited the airport and headed toward the nearby ''Global Shopping Mall for some well-deserved, relaxing activities-catching up over lunch and leisurely shopping for shoes. Or so we thought. Just as we prepared to turn into the mall parking lot, my once pleasant cell phone's ring tone not only...
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In the era of mobile devices and services, researchers in the educational domain have been interested in how to support learning with mobile technology in both local and global contexts. Recent human-computer interaction (HCI) research in the educational domain has particularly focused on how to develop mobile learning services and how to evaluate the learning outcomes. However, learning occurs in a local cultural context and the impact of culturally sensitive issues of the design of mobile...
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This article defends the claim that two conditions facilitate sustainable development, namely, a democratic citizenry, and social justice, and that in establishing these, the university is indispensable and ideally placed. With the use of an experiential, interpretive approach the article examines the social critique function of the university, as well as the role of the university in reinforcing a culture of democratic citizenry and thereby of promoting social justice. The last part of the...
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The investigation reported in this paper centred on the socially relevant question of whether a number of countries in Southern Africa, particularly their education systems, had not only succeeded to shrug off their pre-independent past and heritage, but also whether they have made significant strides in terms of the education reform that form part of their broad socio-political restructuring. After having stipulated a number of input, throughput and output criteria, the researchers examined...
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Although English language is a compulsory subject in the Kenyan school curriculum, its teaching faces enhancement challenges. English language has been allotted more time for effective teaching and learning, this is however, not reflected in students’ performance results in many public secondary schools in Kenya. In assessing the cause of this poor performance, teachers are said to have absconded their duties. Most teachers in public schools are said to absent themselves from school, while...
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This paper assesses the status of instructional media technology equipment based on a survey of Bachelor of Education undergraduate preparation in development and administration of instructional media technology by Kenyan universities. The research sampled four universities out of the thirteen that are operational in Kenya. The universities that participated in the study were Moi University, Kenyatta University, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Baraton University. A survey...
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Pornography viewing afforded through advanced technology has become a widespread social phenomenon globally and has contributed to changing the terrain of human sexuality in both positive and negative ways.Technology in form of computers and internet has made the availability of pornography faster and easier than ever before.However, the media provides unfiltered sexual explicit materials which when coupled with the loose regulatory mechanisms may expose university students to...
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Due to increased impact of drought on water availability at different scales there is need to understand droughts especially in upper Tana River basin which is a critical and largest water system in Kenya. There is need to correlate trends of drought as influenced by the climate variability of the present times. Drought frequency, duration and intensity in the basin have been increasing. The influencing hydro-meteorological parameters and their interaction are necessary in developing...
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The main purpose of this research was to examine how parental involvement in pupil education influenced their academic achievement. The study was carried out in Ruiru Sub-County of Kiambu Kenya. A total of eight schools were sampled, 3 rural and 5 urban using stratified sampling. The sample size comprised of 124 respondents, including 48 teachers and 76 pupils. A pilot study was done in two schools on a sample of 12 teachers and 17 pupils to pre-test the research instruments. A descriptive...
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Violence towards female students in school is devastating and is worldwide. Unsafe learning environment is among the reasons that girls discontinue their studies. In developing world where economic imbalance are extreme, literacy rates are low, basic universal education a goal rather than a reality and HIV pandemic often shocking, the question of violence against women and its impact on education and health is particularly curial. Objective of The aim of the study was to assess the...