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The higher education landscape has arguably become one of the most arduous to traverse. More so in the African context, where a host of variables continiously challenge educators to reflect critically on their philosophies and practices as they engage an ever-changing audience. In this book, a critical engagement with theological education in Africa is offered. As the book originates from South Africa, it is presented as a South African perspective, although contributors are situated accross...

Social Media is part and parcel of our everyday lives.And since millennials have been interacting on social media on a constant basis, writing is one of the skills by means of which they interact.The intent of this paper is to measure students' social media usage and explore the relationship between these technologies and writing ability among Moroccan university EFL students.In particular, this study employs the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design as a means of researching the...

The purpose of this paper was to study academics’ readiness for organisational change (ROC) towards the integration of Innovative Teaching and Learning Technologies (ITLTs) in public universities. A cross-sectional research design was used to collect data from 234 academics selected from two public universities in Tanzania. The study adopted a mixed-method approach followed up explanatory sequential design whereas data were collected using surveys and semi-structured interviews. Findings...

This paper was motivated by the anecdotal experiences of the lead author on the views of middle-class Black African parents who did their schooling under apartheid and who were parents of high school learners in contemporary post-apartheid South Africa. In this paper narrative inquiry was used to engage with ten purposively selected Black African parents. In the process their narratives of schooling under apartheid and the parental choices they made on the subjects their children studied...

Abstract Climate change impact on rainfall and temperature extreme indices in the Vea catchment was analyzed using observation and an ensemble mean of bias-corrected regional climate models datasets for Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP 4.5) scenario. Rainfall extreme indices such as annual total wet-day precipitation (PRCPTOT), extremely wet days (R99P), consecutive wet days (CWD), consecutive dry days (CDD), and temperature indices such as warmest day (TXx) and warmest night (TNx)...

Abstract Climate change impact on rainfall and temperature extreme indices in the Vea catchment was analyzed using observation and an ensemble mean of bias-corrected regional climate models datasets for Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP 4.5) scenario. Rainfall extreme indices such as annual total wet-day precipitation (PRCPTOT), extremely wet days (R99P), consecutive wet days (CWD), consecutive dry days (CDD), and temperature indices such as warmest day (TXx) and warmest night (TNx)...

Over the years, higher learning institutions (HLIs) have been deploying e-learning systems to complement traditional learning systems in Tanzania. This initiative has consumed many resources including institutions' money, human resources, and time to mention the least. However limited studies have been conducted to investigate long-term intention to use e-learning systems by instructors who are important for initiating, facilitating, and administrating e-learning systems. The current study...

Social and economic development depends on the sustainable management of natural resources to withstand shocks of climate change and reliably support livelihoods. In this context, extension and advisory services are critical for raising awareness and transferring knowledge to reduce farmers’ vulnerabilities. This study critically examines the nexus between research, extension, and farmers focusing on institutionalized opportunities and barriers to transfer of knowledge on better water...

The paper attempts to provide a snapshot of the current practices in the Professional Development of Teachers (PDoT) in four selected countries namely, Ethiopia, Finland, India and Singapore. PDoT has been analysed in the form of a continuum of Initial Teacher Education (ITE), Induction and Continuous Professional Development (CPD). The survey of literature revealed that for ITE in two countries, i.e. Ethiopia and India, the system was unable to attract competent applicants, as a result...

This article presents a Social Network Analysis (SNA) of the medium-term contributions of a mobile phone supported teacher training project. Based on the case study of the IFADEM project in Madagascar, a social network analysis with a mixed-method approach was conducted, making use of qualitative and quantitative datasets covering both the training period and the aftermath (2 years) of the project. The results indicate that a mobile supported teacher network has been formed by former...

The purpose of this paper was to examine the challenges facing community involvement in ensuring quality education in public secondary schools in Meru District.The study employed mixed research approach and convergent parallel design.The study used a sample size of 89 participants which were solicited using both probability and none probability sampling techniques.Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through questionnaires and interviews respectively.Descriptive statistics used...

The aim of the study was to determine the association between oral health-related quality-of-life domains and satisfaction with dental condition of school-age children with dental pain in Ibadan, Nigeria.This cross-sectional study was conducted among 1006 pupils aged 9-12 years who attended 18 randomly selected primary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. An interviewer-administered questionnaire, Child Oral Impact on Daily Performances inventory in addition to oral examination was used to obtain...

The comprehensive climate risk index (CRI) is used to proxy climate change risk in this chapter as an independent variable alongside control variables such as credit risk/nonperforming loan (CRISK), total asset (TA), leverage (LEV), net income margin (NIM), capital adequacy ratio (CAR), yield on earning assets (YEA), and gross domestic product (GDP). Return on assets (ROA) as the response variable was used as proxy for performance of the top six listed South African banks on the Johannesburg...

This chapter highlights the extent to which the Tanzanian secondary education expansion policy shaped teacher identity and thereby affecting the country's industrial economy. The study approach was ‘qualitative', and social ‘cognitive theory' was adopted. The participants' lived experiences were gathered through interviews and document analysis. Findings revealed that the objectives stated in the policy were inconsistent with the actual enactment of strategies in relation to the improvement...

The study investigated the knowledge, perception and attitude of teacher librarians in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State towards makerspace. The survey research design was adopted for the study while questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection. The sample size for the study comprised 103 teacher librarians in selected secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. Nigeria. Findings from the study showed that the teacher librarians in secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State...

Students’ social-emotional capacities are crucial to their civic development, and art is known as a meaningful pedagogy of social-emotional learning. However, the previous studies were mostly conducted in western societies and have rarely done in emerging democratic societies like Kenya. Given Kenya’s educational reform agendas for the sustainable development of society and its citizens, it is necessary to explore pedagogies that contribute to the fulfilment of social demands. This paper...

Climate change is a topic of discussion worldwide including in Ethiopia.Ethiopia is one of the country's most vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change on agriculture.This study investigates were to examine crop water requirements under climate changes scenarios for maize crop at Mirab-abaya woreda which is situated in 6.18• N latitude and 37.77•E longitude.Dynamically downscaled climate model outputs were obtained from the CORDEX-Africa program for (RCP) Representative...

As part of a larger study that aimed at improving students’ mathematical proficiency, this paper contributes a framework for the design and implementation of discourse-based mathematics instruction in secondary school classrooms in an Ethiopian context. The development of the framework was anchored on a review of literature on classroom mathematics instruction being guided by the Teaching for Robust Understanding in Mathematics framework. This framework served as a guiding tool to...

Ponte Academic JournalOct 2021, Volume 77, Issue 10 DIGITALISATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS FOR EDUCATION 4.0 AND 4IRAuthor(s): Dagogo William Legg-JackJ. Ponte - Oct 2021 - Volume 77 - Issue 10 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2021.10.10 Abstract:The study explored the digitalisation of the teaching and learning amid COVID-19 in Nigeria. The purpose was to find out the strategies put in place to ensure the continuity of teaching and learning...

Abstract Education is well established as a leading means for building broad-based social welfare, promoting economic development and eradicating poverty. Most governments and international development agencies have, for many years, argued for a sequential development of schooling, giving priority to primary and then to secondary education before moving on to higher education. The World Education Forum: Education for All (Dakar, Senegal in 2000) advocated for primary education as a lone...