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Many countries identified with the developing world, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, have been recipients of aid programs over the past five decades totaling billions of dollars and aimed at fostering social and economic development to achieve global parity with the industrialized world. Much of this activity has been focused on building capacity in the higher education sector, especially through the introduction and implementation of distance education delivery systems to move from...
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Marine pollution is one of some troubling aspects of the deterioration of natural environment. This pollution is a major risk which could hadicap seriously the biosphere geosphere balance. The harbours of Arzew are concerned by a big naval traffic; bound to an industrial zone particularly with great risk in matter of pollution. The work presented in this paper focuses on an approach that uses mainly in situ data based on Physical and chemical analysis of water sampling and remote sensing...
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Higher education, regardless of social context and geographic location, undergoes change. The challenge for higher education is to understand its history, articulate and accept its role with regard to diverse constituencies in society, and create an appropriate future within its social context (Du Pre, 2003; Thelin, 2004). In what ways are service learning and civic engagement shaped by context, and in what ways do these two trends contribute to higher education's trajectory for an...
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The devastation associated with Hurricane Katrina raised several issues related to race, class, and the government in the United States. We examined African American children's (a) knowledge of demographic characteristics of the victims, (b) beliefs about the role of race and class biases in the delayed relief efforts, and (c) views of the role and effectiveness of the government in response to the disaster. Overall, results indicated that older African American children were less likely to...
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Livelihood diversification is essential to food security and improved incomes for human development in African rural communities. Uganda's agrarian economy suffers from limited diversification, environmental degradation, low incomes, and multifaceted negative impacts of AIDS. Efforts to stimulate and support innovation in agricultural production technology, forms of social organization, and poor markets are essential elements in promotion of sustainable rural livelihoods. Iowa State...
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When a new, democratically elected Malawian government made primary schooling free of fee payments in 1994, the numbers of children in school increased by almost one million. The implications of this policy change in terms of resource needs were obvious. The donor community provided support for free primary education in various forms. Based on work that analysed the involvement of civil society organizations in education through a structured questionnaire, the article points out that...
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When eagles are allowed to fly : A global and contextual perspective on teacher education in Ethiopia
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Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent acute nodular hypodermatitis. Etiologies of EN are varied although a similar clinical presentation. The aim of our study is to establish epidemio-clinical characteristics of EN in 103 patients.(62 in care (january 1980-december 2005) and 41 consultants (january 1991-december 2005) were seen on the dermatology unit of the Rabta hospital. We have only included patients that had done: blood count, chest X-Ray, ASLO, tuberculin intradermoreaction,...
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In this article the relationship between identity and context is examined at a high school in Johannesburg, South Africa, which has, since 1995, been racially desegregated. Findings suggest that the identities of the learners are influenced not only by the immediate context of the school, but also by the past context of schooling in South Africa and by the broader social context, which refers to relationships between learners and between learners and teachers, and also the interests, likes...
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This article investigates the value of writing reflective journals for student teachers during practicum placement. The author invited 10 pre‐service education degree teachers to write a weekly reflective journal throughout their four weeks practicum teaching. Each student teacher was given the opportunity to revisit the issues in his journals through a subsequent reflective dialogue. At the end of the practicum, the student teachers were asked to complete one additional reflective journal...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate how pupils from black African backgrounds are helped to achieve high standards in schools and to identify the factors that contribute to the success of raising achievement. Two complementary methodological approaches were adopted, each contributing a particular set of data to the study. First, General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) empirical investigation was undertaken to draw lessons from the last seven years by examining in detail the...
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This study investigated the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among pupils in primary schools in Benin City, Edo State through a teacher questionnaire. Three selected public schools were drawn purposively from schools in Benin City, Edo State. The pupils were selected from primary one to six, and the age range was between 5 to 12 years (mean age was 9.13yrs). The instrument used was the Disruptive Behaviour Disorder rating scale. Six research questions were generated and...