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This study reports on the beliefs of two cases of EFL teachers regarding the integration of social media in the teaching of English in Rwanda. Using semi-structured interviews, the study found that the teachers believed social media had the potential to improve their students' learning of English but could also change their teacher positions within the institution. While both teachers viewed social media positively, their social media practices were more informed by the potential impact of...
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This study reports on the beliefs of two cases of EFL teachers regarding the integration of social media in the teaching of English in Rwanda. Using semi-structured interviews, the study found that the teachers believed social media had the potential to improve their students' learning of English but could also change their teacher positions within the institution. While both teachers viewed social media positively, their social media practices were more informed by the potential impact of...
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The current study investigated the efficacy of business ethics instruction on business students ' Cognitive Moral Development (CMD) in faith-based institutions of higher learning in Tanzania.The study employed demographic characteristics namely, age and work experience as moderating variables.The researchers collected responses from 304 business students.The study used a quantitative research design in order to critically analyse data.They tested two hypotheses.First, that business ethics...
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For effective management of drought risks, a process-specific indicator needs to be employed rather than depending only on precipitation anomalies. In this study, we performed an evapotranspiration-based (ET-based) assessment of agricultural droughts in Uganda where drought has usually been assessed with precipitation deficiency. The land-surface ET and evaporative demand were estimated with a state-of-the-art complementary principle across the country under poor ET data availability. Using...
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The study investigated head teachers' administrative skills and curriculum management in Universal Secondary Education (USE) Schools in Kiruhura District of Uganda.The objectives were to identify the head teachers' administrative skills in managing curriculum, to establish the challenges faced by USE school head teachers in curriculum management, and to find the relationship between head teachers' administrative skills and curriculum management.The study employed a cross sectional survey...
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Nowadays in Morocco, the distribution of inheritance is part of the basic juridical-religious curriculum taught in high school and in some branches of humanities and social sciences in higher education. This question of inheritance is, in fact, a taught discipline - called cilm al-farā'iḍ (lit. science of prescriptions) - with its own textbooks and its own teachers. In their presentation of the mathematical aspect related to this question of inheritance, these textbooks implement mathematics...
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Sexual harassment (SH) at the workplace is a globally discussed topic and one deserving of scrutiny. It is an issue that is often avoided although around 25% of nurses worldwide have experienced some form of SH at their workplace. Consequences of SH at workplaces can be very serious and an occupation hazard for nurses around the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa there is also a need for more studies in the field.The overall aim was to determine the prevalence, types, and consequences of sexual...
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In recent years there has been a shift in discourse from ensuring universal primary education to focusing on the right to quality education. However, as millions of children remain out of school, this research brings back attention to this unresolved issue with an objective to increase the understanding of persistently low primary school attendance. Introduced in this research is an approach that combines the field of education and school attendance with the livelihoods of people and their...
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Abstract From early 2010, the concept of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) has been mainstreamed into international discourse and to a lesser extent in national discourse. Alongside education for sustainable development and education for peace, GCE has become the new buzzword in international development policies. However, its implementation remains problematic, especially in contexts such as West Africa where it faces major challenges. The exogenous origin of GCE and the lack of local...
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Higher education is a major driving force of transformation. To achieve this, higher educational attainment expectation among adolescent learners is critical. In order to clarify why it is challenging for so many black South African adolescents to pursue higher education using the little available facilities and resources, this study analyzed educational expectation factors in transforming higher education. This study adopted a quantitative research approach using the descriptive design of...
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The increasing frequency of negative rainfall shocks presents households with a challenge of whether to send their children to school or withdraw them, in order to provide shock-coping support in the household. We use high-resolution spatial rainfall data matched with geo-referenced Uganda National Panel Survey data to estimate the effect of negative rainfall shocks on children’s school attendance. We find that exposure to negative rainfall shocks reduces children’s school attendance by...