Your search

This study on teaching practice experience was conducted at a Kenyan University by researchers from both the USA and Kenya through a partnership project to build capacity through quality teacher preparation. The portion of this study presented here used survey techniques and specifically addressed the student teachers’ perspectives on the preparation processes, and ability to plan, instruct and use feedback to improve instruction in teaching practice. Stratified sampling of student teachers...

This study investigates the impact of different schooling dimensions (primary, secondary and tertiary) on the intensity of intra-state conflicts in 25 African states during the period 1989–2008. It uses fixed-effects and Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) estimators in an annualized panel data framework. Parameter estimates suggest the following (1) primary schooling broadly mitigates conflicts in Africa. However, in environments with high natural resource rents, it could ignite conflicts;...

This qualitative study examined the ways in which African American college students perceive family structure, relationships, and support as impacting their academic persistence and collegiate experiences. Participants included nine females and five males attending a Historically Black University. Participants described family structure and relationships in a variety of ways. Furthermore, some participants experienced a change in relationships with immediate family members while attending...

According to the World Database of Happiness (Veenhoven, 2013) New Zealand and Malta are among the happiest countries, whereas Czech Republic, South Africa and India belong to middle ranking countries. In our study we explore links between life values and subjective well-being among university students from five countries. Our sample consists of 165 Czech, 115 Maltese, 110 South African, 168 Indian and 131 New Zealand respondents (69% females, 31 % males, mean age 21.3). We measured...

Occupationally acquired infections are leading causes of morbidity and mortality among health care workers. The study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of health care workers on needle stick injuries in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria.This was a cross sectional descriptive study in which stratified sampling technique was used to sample respondents. Data was collected using structured, close ended self-administered questionnaire.A total of 166...

Records at the Endulen Hospital in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania, reveal that soil-transmitted helminth infections and protozoa are consistently in the top ten diagnoses for Maasai pastoralists, indicating a significant public health concern. Nevertheless, Maasai pastoralist adaptations to life in close proximity to livestock and to unreliable access to water raise important questions about experiences of, and resiliency to, parasitic infections. Though these infections...

This article examines the supporting and constraining factors influencing professional learning about interactive teaching and mobile digital technology use in low-resourced basic schools in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a case study of iterative development and refinement of a school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme (‘OER4Schools’) that integrated use of mobile technologies, digital open educational resources and interactive pedagogy. The research and development...

This article investigates the contribution of higher education to democratisation in Africa by studying the political attitudes of undergraduate students at four African flagship universities in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. It analyses students’ attitudes against those of youths without higher education and mass publics in their respective countries. The study focuses on flagship universities because of their role as important players in the development of the social, economic...

In the last decade, student politics and governance of universities in Kenya and in other African countries have undergone a tremendous transformation.The unprecedented expansion and massification of public universities, the introduction of 'Module 2' programmes, the admission of private, 'parallel' and 'school-based' students, and the substantial increase in private universities have impacted on the governance of the institutions and student politics in different ways.In this context, this...

The purpose of the article is to trace the development of student unionism in Zimbabwe.On the basis of a discussion of the nature of the university, the article argues that because the university environment tolerates and promotes academic freedom and liberal values, it provides an environment conducive to critical thought and oppositional politics, while the university quite often itself becomes the target for student attack.Student representation during the pre-independence period in...

South African universities have been facing a critical shortage in the provision of student housing for several years now, and the establishment of public-private partnerships (PPPs) is seen as part of the solution to address the shortage (Rensburg, 2011).This article investigates the effectiveness of the Students' Representative Council (SRC) of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in representing student interests during its negotiations with university management to reduce the...

Funding is considered all over the world as the life wire that propels the educational sector towards achieving her objectives.The paper focuses on the need for adequate funding of secondary education in Nigeria.Emphases were laid on the alternative sources of funding for secondary schools as well as the consequences of inadequate funding on secondary school such as infrastructural decay, high cost of education, low level of staff commitment.Influence of adequate funding on secondary...

This study examines student involvement in university leadership and decision-making and its impacts on leadership effectiveness in universities in Nigeria. The study uses a descriptive survey conducted among students and staff in all 12 of the public and private universities in South-West Nigeria.1 The research findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between student involvement in decision-making and leadership effectiveness. It also reveals that there are significant...

Uganda is internationally recognised for both its legal and constitutional provisions for people with disabilities, and the presence of disabled persons’ organisations that provide informal advocacy and support. Using a unique dataset of 579 Ugandans with physical disabilities, we develop a conceptual framework on social capital to investigate the factors correlated with knowledge of formal institutions that target disability. In examining whether this knowledge results in higher incomes we...

Ethiopian higher education has a short history of quality assurance practice. Pressed with acute concerns on educational quality caused by massive expansion over the past decade, the Ministry of Education has adopted an external and internal system of managing and supervising the relevance and quality of higher education. In spite of this, the existing practice of quality assurance lacks comprehensiveness. It suffers from a disproportionate focus on the quality of core university missions, a...

This paper examines the influence of teachers' learning styles on their classroom teaching and learning practices.The reported mixed method study was conducted in various school districts in a large province in South Africa.The data was collected with the use of questionnaires administered to primary school natural science teachers and classroom observations made during a science lesson.The study examined the preferred learning styles of primary school science teachers.It then investigated...