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Global climate change is projected to adversely impact freshwater resources, and in many settings these impacts are already apparent.In Nigeria, these impacts can be especially severe because of limited adaptive capacity.Understanding the knowledge and attitudes of current and future Nigerian decision-makers is important to preparing Nigeria for climate change impacts.This paper examines the knowledge and attitudes of university students and government officials about the causes, effects,...

United Nations Sustainable Development Network 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development Practice, Columbia University, New York, USA, 23 - 24 September 2015

Truancy is one of the problems affecting teaching and learning in our secondary schools these days. This study investigated the causes of truancy among public senior secondary school students in Azare metropolis of Bauchi state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used and the sampled was 357 which were selected from the population of 5,219 by using disproportionate stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used in the collection of data for this study and simple...

Combating obesity at an early age, by improving physical activity and nutrition-related behaviors, is vital to the prevention of more critical health concerns in adulthood. This intervention study evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based component of a community behavioral intervention on overweight and obesity rates of adolescents in Sousse, Tunisia.A quasi-experimental school-based intervention was conducted with an intervention group (in Sousse Jawhara and Sousse Riadh) and a control...

This study explores the introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Kenyan secondary schools. Specifically, it is a case study of four schools with no previous access to ICT. The professional development programme from which data for this study were drawn was designed to support teachers learning to integrate ICT in the curriculum. Using a mixed-method research approach, the authors collected data from multiple sources and triangulated the views of various stakeholders:...

This study determined the facilities benchmark for preparing students on the undergraduate physical education degree programme of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Through a pilot study, Determination of the facilities benchmark was conducted with information elicited from the staff in change of implementing the programme, and those derived from the relevant aspects of the 1989 National Universities Commission (NUC) Approved Minimum Academic Standard. Graduates of the programme in...

The researchers investigated the effect of a two-week training programme on teachers’ acquisition of School-based Teachers Development (SbTD) concepts. The concepts considered were active learning, reflective teaching, activity-based learning and individual differences. The one shot pretest-posttest control group design was adopted. The sample consisted of eighty four (84) Universal Basic Education (UBE) teachers drawn from a population of one hundred and fifty (150) teachers from three...

It is well known fact that the rate of industrial growth of any country is a function of the amount of energy available in that country and the extent to which this energy is utilized. The burning of fossil fuels to generate energy is a dirty process. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions result when fossil fuels are produced and consumed and these emissions contribute to climate change. Nigeria as a country is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because its economy is mainly...

This study investigates the spatial and temporal variation of meteorological droughts in the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) basin in Ethiopia using long historical records (1953–2009) for 14 meteorological stations, and relatively short records (1975–2009) for 23 other stations. The influence of using varying record length on drought category was studied by comparing the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) results from the 14 stations with long record length, by taking out incrementally 1-year records...

The purpose of this qualitative study is to gain an in-depth understanding of factors Latin@ and African American students perceive as contributing to or impeding their persistence in adult education programs such as Adult Basic Education (ABE), the General Education Diploma (GED), Adult High School Diploma (AHSD) or Career Technical Education (CTE). A total of 20 participants (12 Latin@ and 8 African American) from Silicon Valley Adult Education (SVAE) volunteered for face-to-face,...

Background. Globally, the prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency is high in young children, especially in developing countries. Nutrition education is an important intervention to address these challenges. Objective. To determine the nutritional (anthropometric and micronutrient) status of children aged 3 - 5 years at baseline and post intervention. Methods. A pre-test–post-test control group design was chosen, which included eight villages (four villages...

The aim of this study was to explore teachers‟ experiences with the generalist approach of teaching in selected primary schools of Chankhanga Zone in Kasungu District. The study involved thirty participants and it used the mixed methods design. However, the study tilted much towards the qualitative design. The study was guided by the General Teaching Theory. Structured questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data while semistructured interviews were used to collect qualitative data....

Numerous studies in schools in the Western Cape Province, South Africa have shown that children have an unhealthy diet with poor diversity and which is high in sugar and fat. HealthKick (HK) was a three-year randomised controlled trial aimed at promoting healthy eating habits.Sixteen schools were selected from two low-income school districts and randomly allocated to intervention (n = 8) or control school (n = 8) status. The HK intervention comprised numerous activities to improve the school...

Vocabulary is of vital importance for EFL learners particularly for its major contribution to reading comprehension. The lack of necessary support for learning vocabulary effectively explains why EFL university learners still have limited vocabulary knowledge. The integration of computer technology has offered language teachers and learners a variety of tools to assist in developing pedagogical practices and language learning. One of these tools is corpora, also known as data-driven learning...

Purpose This paper describes the different ways in which people in the highlands of Papua New Guinea are talking about climate change. It demonstrates that people locate themselves in this process of change in terms of food production and exchange, and that some of the changes being witnessed are also related to the impacts of a growing cash economy on social relations.

Introduction Technological advancement has continued to add value to the dynamic nature of the society in recent times, especially in the industries and the educational institutions, thereby making production, teaching and learning easier. The fields of engineering, technology and industrial education have continued to experience technological innovation in the new economy era in order to meet the challenges and demands of the society. However, it has also posed challenges to technology...