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The present study poses the problem of the variations observed in the construction of identity strategies among schooled adolescent refugees. It starts from the observation that the latter express serious difficulties to be integrated into their host socio-cultural environments. Yet proximity to their original culture should guarantee continuity in the emergence of developmental skills initiated in their basic anthropomorphic universe. Paradoxically, they become dysfunctional in face of the...

Sign languages is a critical requirement that helps deaf people to express their needs, feelings and emotions using a variety of hand gestures throughout their daily life. This language had evolved in parallel with spoken languages, however, it do not resemble its counterparts in the same way. Moreover, it is as complex as any other spoken language, as each sign language embodies hundreds of signs, that differs from the next by slight changes in hand shape, position, motion direction, face...

The broad objective of this study was to analyze the impact of climatic change on palm oil output in Nigeria (1975–2018) and identify the trend and factors that influenced output performance of palm oil. The study covered 1975–2018 periods. Secondary data were used for the study. The data were analyzed by the use of econometric methods. Findings showed that climatic parameters of rainfall, temperature, radiation, relative humidity, and sunshine exhibited significant positive trends during...

The rapid outbreak of COVID-19 is a global health problem that has a significant effect on the educational systems. Therefore, students shifted to distance learning through the digital platform. Since COVID-19 has consequences on mental health, the present study examined the perceived stress level in school students in distance learning during the COVID-19 period. A cross-sectional study of a sample consisting of 385 school students evaluated the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and their...

This chapter presents current research in youth development related to climate change adaptation globally, specifically highlighting the impact of climate change on developing countries. It gives an updated review of literature that is found in the book “Impact of Climate Change on Youth in Small Island Communities”, by identifying the gaps in the literature and justifying the need for the implementation of the study in Sierra Leone, a least developing country (LDC) in West Africa. It...

The chapter focuses on the implementation of the CCA Framework for youth development. The chapter is divided into three sections. Section 1 discusses the methodological processes involved in implementing the four stages of the framework, including the challenges and successes faced by the consortium in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The second section of the chapter is divided into two subsections: (a) the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework and (b) the YEEP Pilot Model Framework. The PPP...

This chapter is divided into two sections. The first section discusses the processes and methodologies concern with the review of the curricula and resulting in the development of the CCA for Sustainable Development curricula. The section documents the work of the NCTVA and the implementation process, which led to curricula approval, despite the COVID19 pandemic preventing the Committee from physically reviewing the curricula, training manuals and the assessment procedures together. Its...

In this chapter starts broadly by discussing the causes of climate change and how it impacts developing countries globally, specifically young people and their communities. It discusses the outcomes from the 2015 Paris Climate Change agreement and challenges to keep global warming within 1.5–2°C; the problems associated with the impact of climate change on developing countries in Africa, and the relevance of developing climate change adaptation models as a mechanism for achieving sustainable...

Parents traditionally play important roles in their children’s early learning, education, and socialisation. As children’s first and continuing teachers, parents’ involvement in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is linked to improved children’s learning, behaviour, and success, and is seen as a collective responsibility and process. In Ghana ECE for all children is a key policy-practice issue. This chapter reviews policy and legal framework and current research on parental involvement in...

Colocasia esculenta (taro), Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), Abelmoschus esculentus (okra), Ananas cosmosus (pineapple), Musa paradisiaca (plantain), and Anacardium occidentale (cashew) are economically important horticultural crops in West Africa, which are widely grown across the region under rain fed conditions. They are very important set of crops that provides income for the individuals involved with it and thus contributing to economy of West African nation’s. For Predicting the...

A long-important tool for quantitative analysis of protests, the potential power of Protest Event Analysis (PEA) has only increased with the rise of Machine Learning technologies and the ubiquity of big data. PEA coders also present an advantage over contemporary Natural Language Programming innovations by being customisable to incorporate locally appropriate terms and vernaculars, expressed as personalised ontologies. As such, there is a need to develop a standard process for deploying...

The study was undertaken to analyze higher learning institutions’ e-learning policies post COVID-19. A descriptive research design was used. The sample comprised 10 administrators and 15 lectures in 10 Universities, and 30 students who were randomly selected. Data was collected using questionnaires while analysis of data was done using SPSS to obtain descriptive statistics. The study revealed that Universities have e-learning policies in place and are prepared for digital teaching and...

Four countries in the Western Balkan region (Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Montenegro) are in the top ten countries with the most foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) per capita. The political will to repatriate FTFs remains strong, at least in the Western Balkans, despite delays in 2020 due to COVID-19. In other parts of the world, especially high-income countries, political will to repatriate is considerably lower. COVID-19 has further constrained nations in their...

The realization that early childhood education guarantees a solid foundation for children who participate in it has raised the need for parental involvement as the immediate teachers. There are, however, differences on how parents ought to be involved and by whom. The current approach and facilitators for parent involvement risk making it a routine. Locals think parenting is supposed to be passed on from one generation to another in a cultural context rather than being promoted as a best...

This chapter examines developments in computer-oriented innovations and raises a number of issues pertinent to the assessment of the new technology in the context of Zimbabwe. It considers the historical context in which the new technology is emerging; an assessment of the response of the educational system to the bottom-up emergence of the computer as an educational tool will be made; and the expectations associated with computer technologies will be assessed within the framework of...

The implementation of inclusive education continues to pose challenges to teachers world-wide and Botswana is no exception. This study aimed to explore the teaching competencies general education teachers in Botswana primary schools perceived as important to their teaching in inclusive classrooms. Using a quantitative research approach, 116 general education primary school teachers completed a 14-Item questionnaire titled Perceived Competencies for Inclusive Teaching Scale, and an open-ended...

Student failure prediction is one of the main topics in university learning contexts, as it helps to avoid failure in higher education institutions and provides a basis to make the teaching and learning process more effective, efficient and reliable. The overall aim of this study is to identify students who are susceptible to fail a given university course. This research paper reports the implementation of an Educational Data Mining project based on the CRISP-DM methodology. The data was...

This article reports the outcomes of research on student teachers' situational engagement during their third-year teaching practice in university-affiliated teaching schools (teacher training schools) at the universities of Helsinki, Finland and Johannesburg, South Africa. We have explored situations that possibly engage the student teachers during the teaching practice related to learning, social interaction, working with different domains of teacher knowledge and sourcing from different...

This study attempted to examine the role of institutions in boosting rural and agricultural development in the region of the Volcanic Highlands of Rwanda. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a random sample of 401 small-scale farmers through a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using a weighted least-squares method to account for heteroscedasticity, a common issue in cross-sectional studies. Results from crop output function reveal a positive and significant effect of...