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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to question the usefulness of Euro-Western concepts of principled ethical behaviour for school leaders in non-Euro-Western countries by examining the dilemmas faced by Kenyan educational leaders. Design/methodology/approach A single, multi-site case study methodological approach was used, and data gathered by means of semi-structured interviews with stakeholders: school principals, boards of governors, heads of department, school bursars and parents....

This study aims at shedding the light on the factors lying behind switching to Hebrew, represented with age, gender, work history and place of residence the phenomenon of code-switching between Hebrew-Arabic among Israeli Arab students at the Arab AmericanUniversity in Palestine. It also studies how code-switching may affect the Palestinian identity of those students. The sample of this study is twofold. The first was conducted quantitatively through randomly selecting 70 Israeli Arabs to...

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, there has been rapid growth in the number of philanthropic organisations over the past 15 years, in particular in the education sector. However, there is still very little research that takes a detailed look at what exactly philanthropic organisations are doing within the sector. This chapter explores philanthropic activity in the education sector across 11 MENA countries. Using data from 65 philanthropic organisations, we examine key...

Mitigation of climate change is one of the major environmental challenges facing the globe. In this context, homegarden agroforestry systems (HGAFs) have large potential for climate change mitigation. Therefore, this study was initiated to estimate the biomass and soil carbon stocks of HGAFs in relation to adjacent Natural Forest (NF). It also analyzed the relationship between woody species diversity, evenness and richness with biomass and soil carbon stocks. Three sites were purposely...

The public sector in developing countries, including Nigeria, face several challenges which include insufficient resources for funding education. Arguably, both the state and the private sector have roles in the development of any nation-state and the benefits of education serve both public and private interests. An avenue for private sector engagement in education is corporate philanthropy, often undertaken as corporate social responsibilities (CSR). Corporate philanthropy is considered an...

This study aims at shedding the light on the factors lying behind switching to Hebrew, represented with age, gender, work history and place of residence the phenomenon of code-switching between Hebrew-Arabic among Israeli Arab students at the Arab American University in Palestine. It also studies how code-switching may affect the Palestinian identity of those students. The sample of this study is two-fold. The first was conducted quantitatively through randomly selecting 70 Israeli Arabs to...

Abstract Background Adolescents are among the nutritionally vulnerable group due to their nutritional demand for pubertal spurt. At this age, adequate nutrition, nutritional education, and counseling are very important to halt the consequence and its impact on this segment of the population. So, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and its associated factors of nutritional status among high school adolescents aged 10–19 years in Debre Tabor Town, South Gondar Zone, and North...

Drought events have significant impacts on agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as agricultural production in most of the countries relies on precipitation. Socio-economic factors have a tremendous influence on whether a farmer or a nation can adapt to these climate stressors. This study aims to examine the extent to which these factors affect maize vulnerability to drought in SSA. To differentiate sensitive regions from resilient ones, we defined a crop drought vulnerability...

BACKGROUND: Teaching and learning are like two composites sides of a coin. While the indispensability of teaching to knowledge and skill acquisition among professionals including nurses is never in doubt, certain teaching methods have been proven to yield more fruitful results than others. This study therefore explored the lived experience of nurse educators regarding teaching methods and the challenges encountered in nursing education institutions in South West Nigeria.
 
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This study attempted to unveil students’ perspectives on examination cheating in terms of its causes, methods, consequences, and innovative approaches of combating this symptom of moral decay in Basic education in Kenya. The target population was 838 university freshmen joining in first semester of 2018/2019 academic year in a selected faith-based University in Kenya. The sample was 272students who were registered for Introduction to Sociology and Introduction to Psychology courses, either...

World Class Universities (WCU) have substantially grown in popularity over the past couple of decades. These entities have incentivized the use of research as a tool for economic growth, as the emphasis on education and research development has led the governments to include them as key aspects for their national economic strategies. However, in a country like Yemen, there is a gap in research and development when it comes to the enhancement of the education system and university academia....

This study examined the status of learning experiences in secondary schools in Hargeisa district, Somaliland. It was brought by the fact that the learning experiences in schools in Somaliland had been largely described as not result-oriented but without any empirical evidence. But there were significant pointers to inadequate educational planning. For Example, overall teacher effectiveness was rated at just 22.61%. Yet teachers are the architects of learning experience planning....

Based on a thorough literature review of Base of the Pyramid (BoP), this chapter investigates how foreign firms, local firms, and small-scale farmers can form an inclusive business model for the development of aquaculture in Tanzania. The chapter follows an embedded, single case study design, using semi-structured interviews with key informants and case firms. Empirical evidence from this study challenges part of the BoP literature, as the literature to a high extent emphasizes co-creation...

Language is considered as a veritable tool for socio-economic and manpower development because of the role it plays in connecting people. Language education is a concept that is structured to provide learners with the opportunity to possess the basic language acquisition skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in a target language. French as Nigeria’s second official language has suffered several setbacks in a bid to take its rightful place as stipulated in the National Policy on...

The study investigated the potentials and constraints for enhanced food security and climate resilience in the drylands of Somaliland by taking the case of Garab-Cad and Caro-Malko villages, Gabiley region. The aim of the PD was to generate community-driven information on agriculture, livestock and environmental priority needs of the selected villages. The problem of the study was persistent food insecurity in Somaliland in general and in this potentially agricultural rich region of...