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In the last decade, curriculum developers have stressed the important role that teachers play in translating educational reforms into classroom practice. In Libya, the English language curriculum reform of 2000, which reflects a learner-centred philosophy of language teaching and learning, was intended to enable learners to communicate effectively in English. To achieve this goal, the reformers called for a learner-centred approach to learning through the use of Communicative Language...

A paper was prepared for the International AGYA Conference : The Place of Humanities in Research, Education and Society: An Arab-German Dialogue, Berlin, 08 – 10 November 2019

Background: Malaria is one of the most common diseases affecting humans worldwide. It remains a major global public health and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical countries. Plasmodium falciparum malaria is the most dangerous and fatal form of illness, and it is the most common species prevalent in Sudan throughout the year. Gastrointestinal manifestations are common in malaria endemic areas. Malaria occasionally presents with both typical and atypical...

Education contributes to the quality of life in many countries including those in sub-Saharan Africa. Individuals are not considered educated unless they are able to communicate their thoughts and ideas meaningfully to others. Language is the means by which this is done and once language becomes a barrier to learning, there’s a snowball effect that negatively impacts the quality of life. Problems and challenges are further exacerbated when there is unequal access to education either directly...

The study examined the pattern of identity formation among secondary school students in Ekiti State. The relationship between peer influence and identity formation among the students and determined the predictive ability of peer influence on identity formation among the students in the State. These were with a view to providing information on the predictive ability of peer influence on identity formation among secondary school students. The study adopted the survey research design. The...

Introduction: Urolithiasis has afflicted humans since centuries dating back to 4000BC, with the disease prevalence differing in various parts of the world.Contrary to earlier studies that depicted urinary stone disease as rare in Nigeria, recent reports have shown an increasing incidence.We aim to document the pattern and management of urinary tract calculi seen at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Nigeria.Patients and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the cases of...

This study investigates how disaggregated government expenditure has an impact on education enrolment in Nigeria within the period 1980 and 2017. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) was used for the parameters estimation. From the findings, in the short-run, capital expenditure components show a negative insignificant impact on education enrolment except for capital expenditure on social service which was insignificantly positive. For recurrent expenditure model, in the short-run, all...

The chapter investigates the adoption and use of YouTube to enhance teaching and learning of research methodology in Nigeria universities. Using a correlational survey research design, the study adapts the theory of reasoned action to present an ICT-literacy model to enhance the use of YouTube in the teaching and learning of research methodology in the university system. The questionnaire was used to obtain information from the respondents and was subjected to validation, and data obtained...

People with special needs constitute an important but special group that needs to be cared for by the society.However, this category of people continues to experience social exclusion and discrimination in the society as well as in the work place.This study investigated Perception towards Disability, Work-place Relations and Social Exclusion of the people with special needs in selected public organisations in Ibadan Metropolis.The study, anchored on the social model of disability theory, was...

Cervical cancer screening is an important screening test commonly used to detect abnormal cervical cells, including precancerous cervical lesions, as well as early cervical cancer.Cervical cancer is a deadly disease which can be prevented through screening.Not much has been documented on awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening among female undergraduate students in the University of Benin.This study investigated the awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening among female...

Abstract This paper is concerned with what is different about China’s cooperation in education and training in Africa. China-Africa education cooperation goes back to the 1950s, first with few African countries, and when the rest African countries broke off the shackles of imperialism, they followed suit. Under the frame work of Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the cooperation has become more and more prosperous. Specifically, for South Africa, education has been esteemed as a...

The study assessed the prevalence, intensity and risk factors affecting the transmission of soil transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in Ifetedo, Osun State, Nigeria with the view to determining the patterns of transmission of the diseases in the area.The study involved stool examination for infective stages of soil-transmitted helminth parasites using some parasitological analysis.Ascariasis, Trichiuriasis and hookworms infection were the only soil transmitted helminthes...

The purpose of this study was to measure the association between years of nursing practice and knowledge of insulin therapy among nurses in Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, The Gambia.A hospital-based descriptive crosssectional study was conducted among 127 randomly selected trained nurses.Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.Data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 20.A total of 127 nurses participated in this study but 118 completely filled and returned the...

In any given social settings, people acquire, learn and use language in different ways and for different purposes. These purposes can be driven by either instrumental or integrative motivations. Within the Kenyan context, English is learnt and used for its instrumental purposes; a practice common in situations where a language is learnt and used as a second language (SL). Kenya is a multilingual setting with estimated 42 languages, rendering it multicultural. English is learnt as a SL and...

There are issues that French Language teachers face while carrying out their day to day activities in the classroom. Some of them include mother tongue interference, use of instructional materials, challenges of the modern technological facilities, confusion of the target French Language and even the learners’ and teachers’ personal challenges too, etc. These challenges can affect the learning processes in French Language classrooms. This paper will discuss some issues faced in the French...