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This article explores policy and curriculum diffusion in southern and eastern Africa through an examination of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and outcomes‐based education. The article argues that the NQF was adopted for different reasons in different contexts, but that discourse coalitions and conferences have been critical in spreading these ideas in a new regional political and economic context. It shows how South Africans have tried to export the idea at the very moment when...
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The success of a country’s education system depends to a large extent on the mutual trust and co-op eration e xisting between all partners. However, numerous documented incidents in the media have confirmed that there is a field of tension between school governing bodies of public schools in South Africa and the Department of Ed ucatio n, which is of great concern to all partners in the system, especially as these parent bodies were established by the current government to be partne rs in...
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The major purposes of the present study were (a) to examine the degree to which gender moderates the relationship between ethnic identity and academic achievement and (b) to examine whether psychological disengagement (i.e., devaluing academic success [DAS]) mediates gender differences in the academic achievement of African American college students. Data from 274 participants (79% female) were examined using measures of psychological disengagement, academic self-concept, ethnic identity,...
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During the past two decades, debate about disability definitions, concepts, models and policies has been led primarily by Western white middle class disability activists and scholars. This paper contributes to the discussion by examining how disability is conceived and disability culture is developed in a poor, African–American community. The recognition of disability as a defining identity and disability culture as a cohesive force is unusual in the African–American community, and we ask...
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Classroom congestion and low utilization rate of classrooms are common features of secondary schools in Nigeria. They have negative impact on both secondary school teacher productivity, student learning input, and thus secondary school students academic performance. Thus study investigated the extent to which class factors like class size, student classroom-space and class utilization rate determined the performance of secondary school students in Senior Certificate Examinations (SSCE)...
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This short Country Report, a result of a larger infoDev-supported Survey of ICT in Education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. The data presented here should be regarded as illustrative rather than exhaustive. ICT use in education is at a particularly dynamic stage in Africa; new developments and announcements happening on a daily basis somewhere on the continent. Therefore, these reports should be seen as...
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Qualitative methods were used to identify problem situations encountered by adolescents in urban middle schools serving a predominantly African American student population. Interviews focusing on identifying problem situations and the context in which they occur were conducted with 60 adolescents including students and peer mediators at middle schools and adolescents at community centers. Interviews were also conducted with 50 adults, including parents of middle school students, community...
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MobilED is a 3-year international collaborative project aimed at creating meaningful learning environments using mobile phone technologies and services. The outputs were a set of learning scenarios that were successfully tested in schools and a prototype MobilED technology platform that provides a mobile audio- wikipedia functionality. The MobilED audio-wikipedia utilises the basic texting capabilities of mobile phones and enables the user to send a text message (SMS) with a search term to...
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The class attendance register can be a key factor in improving the quality of teaching. We have automated the class attendance register using radio frequency identification technology in combination with internet hotspot. Information from a student's ID card is electronically collected automatically from either a bag or pocket when the student enters the classroom and then entered into a register.
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Continuing education of healthcare professionals is a key element for the quality and efficiency of a health system. In developing countries, this activity is usually limited to capitals, and delocalized professionals do not have access to such opportunities, or to didactic material adapted to their needs. This limits the interest of such professionals to remain active in the periphery, where they are most needed to implement effective strategies for prevention and first-line healthcare....
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Operationalizing research and development (R&D) within a fluid continuum encompassing both understanding and application can be a daunting task. This paper presents a typology of distinct learning approaches designed to operationalize research-for-development. It summarizes lessons for achieving quality within each approach, and for their integration into a fluid continuum of theory and practice. A set of cases is presented to illustrate the critical importance of each learning approach and...
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The 21 May 2003 Zemmouri earthquake ( Mw =6.8), which killed 2,278 people, injured 11,450, made 250,000 homeless, and destroyed or seriously damaged 6,000 buildings and 20,800 housing units, is the most significant earthquake to affect Algeria since the 1980 El Asnam earthquake ( Ms =7.3). This paper presents the report of the macroseismic survey conducted by the Centre of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics (CRAAG, Algeria) immediately after the earthquake. The collected...