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This paper looks at the present engineering programs of universities in Commonwealth African countries, identifies the paucity of management studies in them and proposes an alternative approach in the training of engineers through strengthening areas of business management and economics. The paper goes on to show that with the introduction of these courses the engineering graduate will be better prepared to fit into the business or organisational environment. The graduates from the program...
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Datos paleomagnéticos previamente reportados de esta región son complementados con estudios de desmagnetización térmica de 46 nuevos sitios (14 unidades de flujo). Los sitios, de fuerte consistencia interna y entre ellos, se muestran arreglados estratigráficamente y combinados con datos paleomagnéticos y radiométricos previos, con el fin de establecer una cronología magnetoestratigráfica preliminar. Los resultados se correlacionan cercanamente con los crones 5DR a 6An.1r de la Escala del...
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Epidemiological data on cardiovascular disorders are generally lacking in the developing nations. The aim of this study was to assess the five years' incidence and pattern of cardiovascular disease in a NigerianTeaching Hospital. The records of patients diagnosed as having various cardiovascular disorders between 1997 and 2001 were scrutinized. Data such as age, sex, diagnosis, length of hospitalization and status at discharge (dead or alive) were obtained. A total number of 1104 patients...
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This case study focuses on the work of a Cairo-based project working with the southern Sudanese refugee community on sexual and reproductive health issues related to young people. The paper reports on the lessons learnt from refugee training and awareness-raising events organized during 2002–2004 and the challenges facing such initiatives in what can be a hostile climate.
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The crisis of development in the education sector in Africa has been topical for more than a decade. Attention has focused specially on gender disparities because female education has been visibly threatened by the crisis. In Nigeria, for example, the crisis has worsened since the introduction of the series of economic stabilization measures, increasing poverty, and political instability, which has resulted in the widening of the gender disparity in school enrolment right from the primary...
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The Conceptions of Mathematics Questionnaire by Crawford, et al. was administered to 130 southwest Nigerian undergraduate education majors who took mathematics. Coefficient alphas of .86 and .84 for the Fragmented and Cohesive subscales were similar to prior values. There were no statistically significant mean differences between men and women or between undergraduates taking mathematics with science and nonscience topics.
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This paper is an experiential report on a Fulbright-sponsored teaching endeavor in Computer Science at Mekelle University in northern Ethiopia during the 2002--2003 academic year. The reader is introduced to the country of Ethiopia and the administration, teachers, and students of Mekelle University. The paper is intended to increase awareness of similar needs and challenges available through opportunities such as the Fulbright Scholar Program.
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CITATION: Beets, P. & Van Louw, T. 2005. Education Transformation, Assessment and Ubuntu in South Africa, in Waghid, Y. (ed). African(a) Philosophy of Education: Reconstructions and Deconstructions. Stellenboch: Department of Education Policy Studies. 175-189.
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This is the first of two articles that consider the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the education sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Teachers are regularly singled out as being particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and as such they are considered to be a ' high-risk group'. However, this study presents recent evidence from high HIV prevalence countries in eastern, central and southern Africa that suggests that this is not the case. Teacher mortality rates are considerably lower than those for...
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Au Maroc, c’est à l’issue du collège que l’orientation occupe une place centrale. Il s’agit d’un processus sommaire d’orientation qui consiste à répartir les élèves, en référence à des taux et des procédures d’orientation fixés par l’État et fondés essentiellement sur la seule performance scolaire traduite par la notation. L’auteur dresse un constat sévère d’un processus largement inéquitable en fonction des sexes et des catégories sociales, déconsidéré et qui ne fonctionne que dans le cadre d’une régulation étatique.
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A conceptual framework was developed to provide proactive relationship building strategies for professionals in special education and the African American families they serve. Cultural clashes have occurred between the respective groups because of the dissimilar cultural and personal experiences that shape one group's perceptions of the other. Yet, collaborative parent-provider relationships can be established through deconstructing the disparate factors that influence both the perceptions...
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Abstract African American undergraduate engineering student perceptions of institutional and personal/social campus climate factors were investigated to determine how these perceptions influence academic performance and institutional graduation rates. Data collection was accomplished through use of a quantitative and qualitative survey instrument administered to a national sample of subjects. The research discovered wide variation in individual institutional African American graduation rates...
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<b>Objectives:</b> There is little information on the characteristics of persisting impairments associated with severe forms of falciparum malaria. Previous work has suggested the existence of a group of children with particularly poor performance on neurocognitive assessments in the context of average group performance. The aim of this study was to provide a detailed characterisation of impairments in this subgroup. <b>Methods:</b> Three groups of children were recruited: children admitted...