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Storytelling is one of the earliest forms of knowledge transfer, and parents often use it for teaching their children values and knowledge. Formal schooling, however, is less inclined to use storytelling as a vehicle for knowledge transfer, and even less as a vehicle for modern self-directed, student-centered, and constructionist pedagogy. Research literature reports experiences on student-centered storytelling in schools, but there is little information about such learning environments...

<b>Objective.</b> To investigate Syrian pharmacy students’ intentions and attitudes toward postgraduate study, and to determine and evaluate the factors that influence their preferences. <b>Methods.</b> A questionnaire was developed and used to collect data from final-year bachelor of pharmacy (BPharm) students at Damascus University. <b>Results.</b> Of the 265 students who responded to the survey, approximately 50% intended to work, 25% intended to pursue further study, and 25% were...

International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsVolume 119, Issue S3 p. S339-S339 Free communication (oral) presentations O223 CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN INTRODUCING MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY IN KHARTOUM TEACHING HOSPITAL, SUDAN A. Elnahas, A. ElnahasSearch for more papers by this authorH. Elyas, H. ElyasSearch for more papers by this author A. Elnahas, A. ElnahasSearch for more papers by this authorH. Elyas, H. ElyasSearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 October 2012...

<h3>Objectives</h3> To determine the pattern and risk factors of injuries among school children in Ismailia city, Egypt. <h3>Methodology</h3> Cross-sectional school-based study of five randomly selected preparatory schools (Grades 6–8) in Ismailia governorate. Data were gathered by special form filled in by trained interviewers. It included questions about nature, cause and circumstances of injuries that needed medical care or caused activity restriction during the last 6 months....

This paper discusses the utilization of various electronic mechanisms to manage undergraduate students during their summer research program. Social media, blog sites, Skype, You Tube, shared user interface, and twitter are all used in some capacity in order to interview, keep in touch with, or manage documents among multiple users. The authors will discuss the pros and cons of this technology.

As the nations of the African continent continue to improve their standard of living (including better housing, improved nutrition, access to education, and so on), public health is emerging as a significant necessity [...]

Education is crucial in any type of society for the preservation of lives of its members and the maintenanceof the social structure. It grows out of the environment and the method of teaching being directly related tothe pattern of work in the society. The greater portion of Nigerian education before the colonial era wasinformal, and functional, but with the colonization of Nigeria by Britain, the system of education waschanged from progressive education to essentialist education to enable...

Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded medical professionals. This book tells the engrossing history of this venerable institution. school was founded just after the civil rights era, when major barriers prevented minorities from receiving adequate health care and Black...

Pastoral groups in the Horn of Africa are marginalized and live under extreme poverty. Climate change brings newer and more complicated challenges. It is expected that the frequency and severity of extreme weather events will increase in the region. This will have devastating consequences for the peoples of the region in general and the pastoral communities in particular. This paper examines traditional coping mechanisms that the Dassanech and Nyangatom pastoral groups of the South Omo...

Multi-proxy investigation of high-resolution, ~ 200-year sediment records from two shallow, climate-sensitive crater lakes in western Uganda, surrounded by either presently undisturbed (Lake Chibwera) or severely disturbed (Lake Kanyamukali) catchments, provides insights into lake ecosystem and vegetation response to short-term natural climate variability, as separate from local human impact. Here, we present fossil non-pollen palynomorph (NPP) assemblages, mainly including spores of...

The Nyando Integrated Child Health Education (NICHE) project was a collaborative effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and local partners to assess the effectiveness of multiple interventions for improving child survival in western Kenya. To increase handwashing in schools, NICHE trained teachers and installed handwashing stations with treated water and soap in 51 primary schools. This cluster-randomized trial evaluated an additional educational strategy (a poster contest themed,...

The late Holocene evolution of the Durban Bight shoreface is documented on the basis of core, seismic and micropalaeontological data. From a sedimentological perspective the shoreface comprises three fining-upward packages resting on either granule or pebble layers with well-defined erosional bases. The best developed of these is a lowermost pebble conglomerate that has been tied to a regionally developed erosion surface (g). The surfaces are interpreted as having formed on the lower...

Abstract The arguments for, and justification of, the value of teaching art in school have been made previously, but contextually these are often situated in Western affluence. This article explores the issues with a strikingly contrasted setting. The rural school in the study is approximately 30 minutes' drive from the nearest town, and the pupils are drawn from the surrounding rural bush area which is itself developmentally and materially poor in comparison to the UK. In school, the...

The paper examined the image of the Nigerian teacher and the teaching profession. Existing literature show that teachers and the teaching profession in the country have poor public image and low status. The factors contributing to this poor image and low status were discussed. These include inadequate knowledge of the subject matter, ineffective pedagogic and administrative practices, negative attitude, unethical professional behavior, poor teacher/pupil relationship, and poor relationship...

This study investigated the use of English passive voice by 20 intermediate Somali learners. Findings revealed that 7 out of 20 learners used this structure in their writing and among them only 3 learners could use the correct form. Generally it was indicated that most of them have problems using the passive voice in their writing. Although they were studying at intermediate level, they were considered as beginners in using the passive voice correctly in writing. This paper has suggested...

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) measurements, field observations and elastic modelling of the 2009–2010 Karonga (northern Malawi) earthquake swarm reveal widespread coseismic and localized post-seismic deformation. In a period of about 1.5 months starting on November 5, 29 M ≥ 4 earthquakes struck the region, culminating in an Mw 6 peak event on December 19. The next few months were characterized by significant localized deformation with a very low seismic moment release. We...

Climate change is expected to affect the poor in low- and middle-income countries most, particularly in the next few decades, through increased flooding and droughts. A very large number of these poor live in informal urban settlements, where they rely on water kiosks and pit latrines and where there is usually inadequate provision for drainage. Despite an abundance of publications on climate change, there is little advice that is specific to those providing water and sanitation services to...