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The Internet nowadays is the twenty-four hours ’teacher, and is one of the leading sources of vital information nowadays. Therefore, this research was conceptual in nature and survey research design. It examined the contribution of the technology (internet technology) toward the enhancement of Job performance amongst secondary school teachers in central senatorial district of Kaduna State. For the purpose of this study, six (6) secondary schools were selected and the selection was based on...
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Resourcing inclusive education is increasingly becoming a critical issue for education systems and schools. It is identified that providing adequate and sustainable resources help to transform and optimise implementation of inclusive education. This paper thus examines system and school-level resources considered essential for practising inclusive early childhood education. The extant literature reveals successful inclusive education in early childhood settings requires multifaceted and...
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Comorbidity is the presence of more than one disorder/condition at the same time, and it is common among those with mental illness. Prisoners with multiple disorders are more disabled and consume more health resources than those with only one disorder. This study aimed at providing prevalence of physical comorbidity among inmates with mental illness and the relationship between physical comorbidity and functional disability among this group of inmates. The study was part of a comprehensive...
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Background: Suicide ideation is a health issue affecting adolescents worldwide. There are significant variations in suicide ideation between countries and genders, which have not been fully explained. Research is especially lacking in countries outside Europe and North America. Gender equality has been shown to matter in other aspects of adolescent mental health, such as life satisfaction, but has not been researched in relation to suicide ideation at national level.Objective: To investigate...
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The availability of various health care professionals including obstetricians and gynaecologist is dependent on career interest of present undergraduate medical students. We sought to identify obstetrics and gynaecology and other career choices among medical students in Makurdi, Nigeria and what affect these choices. Clinical students in the College of Medicine, Benue State University, Makurdi Nigeria completed a pre-validated, self-administered questionnaire on nature and reasons of career...
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It is believed that understanding the dynamics of classroom communication is essential because how students learn, talk and act in the classroom greatly influences what they learn. The current study therefore aimed at investigating the socio-cultural linguistic aspects influencing learner participation in the learning of English language in selected secondary schools in Kitui Central Sub-County. The study was prompted by the believe that since language is part of culture and learning takes...
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The African continent is usually considered to be a periphery within the Islamic world, despite being home to one quarter of the world’s Muslims, and with several countries (Niger, Somalia and Sene...
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This study assesses the challenges facing teachers in the implementation of the paradigm shift towards a competence-based curriculum in public secondary schools in Iringa municipality. The study was guided by three research objectives, namely: to investigate the teachers’ understanding about the paradigm shift towards a competence-based curriculum in secondary schools; to find out the importance of the competence-based curriculum in the students’ academic performance; and to examine the...
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The implementation of Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs) is a strategy to bring vulnerable women close to a health facility towards the end of their pregnancies. To date, while MWHs are a popular strategy, there is limited evidence on the role that MWHs play in reaching women most in need. This paper contributes to this topic by examining whether two program-supported MWHs in Malawi are reaching women in need and if there are changes in women reached over time. Two rounds of exit interviews...
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"Primary school leadership in Post-Conflict Rwanda: a narrative arc." Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 49(6), pp. 1016–1017
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Learning to program presents difficulty to most novices at higher education level. In particular, students from poor and middle-income countries may struggle with learning introductory programming. In this paper, we present the issues and difficulties novice programmers face from the lens of lecturers teaching the course from different universities drawn from two African countries.
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Classroom practitioners are expected to facilitate effective learning under the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in South Africa. During this facilitation process, educators are required to become more resourceful in terms of their learning and teaching strategies. This article is based on a case study – within the phenomenographic paradigm – of Grade 9 educators and learners in four rural schools in North West, South Africa. The study focussed on a specific economics and...
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Because English is considered and taught as a foreign language in Libya, where the classroom is the only environment offering exposure to English, an effective teaching method is required to underpin the quality of teaching English in such a context. This study was undertaken to investigate the implementation of communicative language teaching (CLT) in Libyan secondary schools by exploring the implementation of the Libyan English language curriculum in which the CLT principles are...
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This chapter aims at identifying the main determinants of earnings and at estimating the private returns to education in Tunisia. The private rate of return to schooling is relatively low by international standards, especially for basic education. It is argued that in addition to the limited capacity of the economy to create high-productivity jobs, institutional factors may explain the low and heterogeneous returns to education in Tunisia. The returns to schooling are found to increase with...
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This article reports on research that investigated integration challenges in multicultural schools. The inquiry followed a qualitative approach, using interviews, focus groups and open-ended questionnaires. The understanding of the integration of multicultural challenges in schools was done through the lens of critical race theory (CRT). Individual interviews were conducted with eight principals, followed by focus groups with 34 teachers, together with open-ended questionnaires which were...