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Instructional materials play a significant role in language teaching and learning processes as they provide learners with the input needed for them to learn the language effectively. They also support enriching language instruction and stimulate learners’ interests and motivation. The aims of the present study were to explore Moroccan EFL high school teachers’ perceptions of instructional materials, the criteria they follow when developing materials, the types of learning materials they use...

Somaliland is situated in the Horn of Africa. It has experienced decades of civil unrest, poverty and climate adversity. It became a self-declared independent country in 1991, separate from Somalia.

<p align="justify">Curriculum transformation for 21st-century skills in higher education is gaining much attention nationally and internationally. The African continent is becoming acutely aware of strengthening the curriculum to improve teaching and learning. In this study, the focus is on transforming the acupuncture programme to align with international standards. Streamlining and aligning the South Africa (SA) curriculum programme to international standards will improve patients’...

In 2013, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to teach psychiatry in Boroma, Somaliland for two weeks as part of the King’s THET Somaliland Partnership (Tropical Health and Education Trust; KTSP) charitable project. Somaliland is a self-declared independent state and post-conflict area, with a significantly under-developed healthcare system. Mental health is a particularly neglected area. I taught alongside another UK-based psychiatry trainee and project co-lead, with a team of 8–12...

Girls' and women's health as well as social and economic wellbeing are often negatively impacted by early childbearing. In many parts of Africa, adolescent girls who get pregnant often drop out of school, resulting in widening gender inequalities in schooling and economic participation. Few interventions have focused on education and economic empowerment of adolescent mothers in the region. We aim to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial in Blantyre (Malawi) and Ouagadougou (Burkina...

Abstract Background Cardiac Arrest (CA) is one of the leading causes of death, either inside or outside hospitals. Recently, the use of creative teaching strategies, such as simulation, has gained popularity in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) instruction. This study aimed to assess the effect of High-Fidelity Simulation (HFS) training on nursing students’ self-efficacy, attitude, and anxiety in the context of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Methodology The study design is...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence E-Commerce adoption from a Lesotho consumers’ perspective and further classify these under a cluster of either enabling or inhibiting factors of the technology in the context of study using an adapted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a framework. TAM has been widely used to understand why some individuals embrace technology, while others reject the same. However, several studies have identified TAM’s inability to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of a multifaceted public health approach. Promoting health literacy and safe behaviour to reduce disease spread can be an effective social vaccine. However, the role of science teachers as part of a social vaccine is unclear. Similarly, their responses to health crises and the factors affecting such responses are poorly understood. We investigated the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccination status and the reliance on different sources of...

This study examined the Influence of learning environment, and teacher’s skill on students’ academic achievement among senior secondary school students in Jigawa State Nigeria. Using Ex-post facto design. Three objectives and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested. the population of the study consist of 28202 S.S.S. 1 students and 477 teachers out of which 381students and 217 teachers were randomly selected as sample for the study in Nine senior secondary schools in Jigawa...

Enrolment statistics for learners with special needs at Lurambi sub-county Educational Assessment and Resource Centre are alarming and warrant verifying whether these learners receive any mainstream education and are retained in the schools after placement. The study sought to determine the implementation of mainstreamed practices on the retention of learners with special needs. The study was guided by Michael Oliver's Social Model of disability theory, which argues that it is the society...

In 2011 as a consultant psychiatrist, newly retired from the NHS, I decided to apply to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ volunteer scheme to teach in Sudan. On setting out, my biggest fear was failing to meet my contacts at the airport. I knew that once I was linked up with colleagues that all would flow smoothly, and it did!

Zimbabwe is facing increased violence by and against learners at institutions of learning. As part of efforts to reduce school violence, this study sought to educate learners on non-violence, using a transformative approach to learning. The aim of the study was to build a culture of peace at the school of study. To achieve this, the study used a participatory action research approach to address the problem and find solutions. The study was informed by Lederach’s Conflict Transformation...

The purpose of this study was to compile historical data from Demo automobiles in South Africa to build a prediction model that could predict the prices of second-hand vehicles. The developed approach was designed to serve as a facilitator for sellers and buyers in the used car industry. The dataset for this study was obtained from the Demo automobiles website. Several machine learning approaches were utilized in creating the prediction model, with the best algorithm chosen based on the...

Misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and/or fake news have gained attention for good and bad in South Africa, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research-based and non-research-based interventions to tackle misinformation have also been slowly gaining traction, particularly through fact checkers, fake news reporting systems such as those by real411, research on automated systems to detect fake news online using machine learning, sentiment analysis of fake news, tagging of...

Misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and/or fake news have gained attention for good and bad in South Africa, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research-based and non-research-based interventions to tackle misinformation have also been slowly gaining traction, particularly through fact checkers, fake news reporting systems such as those by real411, research on automated systems to detect fake news online using machine learning, sentiment analysis of fake news, tagging of...