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African Americans have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease partly due to low fruit and vegetable consumption. This article reports the results of an intervention to provide nutrition education and access to fruits and vegetables through community gardens to change dietary behaviors among African Americans in rural Missouri. Cross-sectional surveys evaluated the intervention effect on blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and perceived fruit and vegetable consumption in this...

Relevant electronic information resources in contemporary information age are necessity to buttress teaching and learning for effective knowledge development in educational institutions. The purpose of the study is to know the state of availability of electronic information resources in government owned secondary school libraries in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Questionnaire, observation and interview are instruments...

While it is not unknown for a university to honour the career of a distinguished academic by way of a valedictory lecture, it is uncommon to honour such an individual by organising an international conference by way of tribute. This singular honour was recently bestowed on Professor Louis Scott by colleagues from the institution with which he has been associated for almost half a century, the University of the Free State, in collaboration with a group of colleagues and friends from the...

Book Title: Under pressure: The regulation of sexualities in South African secondary schools Book Author:  Deevia Bhana 2014, MaThoko’s Books, Braamfontein Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-920590-58-1 Price: ZAR224

This paper reports on the findings from individual interviews and focus group discussions involving six teachers implementing the Singapore Mathematics Curriculum (SMC) in the Foundation Phase (Grade R to Grade 3) in a school in South Africa. The interviews presented an opportunity to explore teachers’ experiences with their attempts to use the SMC approach in their classrooms. By the same token, it highlighted the challenges faced by the teachers as they implemented the curriculum, and...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between prodromal psychotic symptoms and psychological distress among Nigerian adolescents.Method: Students (n=508) were randomly selected from secondary schools in Abeokuta, Nigeria. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief Version (PQ-B) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) were administered to each student.Results: The mean age of the students was 15.4 years (SD 1.3), with most (63%)...

Refugees have remained a significant feature on the South Africa landscape and a concern in the country even prior to the advent of democracy. Since the advent of democracy in 1994, South Africa (SA) has received waves of newcomers – people fleeing wars, drought and poverty from countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Angola, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia. South Africa allows for the admittance of refugee children into its system provided they have the...

Disparities emanating from South Africa's apartheid history still pose a number of challenges to the country, especially in education. Since the transition to democracy in 1994, the prescribed government school curriculum has undergone several revisions in an endeavour to set standards and provide instruction of a high quality. On the language education front, laws and policies have been adopted to ensure, inter alia, the maintenance and development of the 11 official languages and the...

We investigated the relationship between Chichewa (L1) and English (L2) literacies in Malawi. Through our use of hierarchical linear modeling, we found that cross-language literacy transfer between Chichewa and English did occur, but that the pattern and the strength of the relationships varied depending on the literacy domain (i.e., reading or writing) and grade level. Our work has implications for students, teachers, and policy makers in countries like Malawi, where the language of the...

The aim of the study is to discuss the notion of accountability with respect to education in South Africa. Starting with an overview of the international literature on accountability, the article then turns to the South African context and focuses on one particular capacity constraint as an illustrative example: low mathematics teacher content knowledge. After explaining two important problems identified in the literature – accountability without capacity and capacity without accountability...

Although vocational education and training is considered to be a good option for improving livelihood opportunities for marginalised youth in developing countries, it often suffers from an image problem.This situation affects the quality of entrants, instruction and skills acquisition in training programmes.In this article, the researchers report on results and experiences from a participatory action research (PAR) project initiated to work towards the improvement of vocational education and...

The development of problem solving skills is a shared goal in science, engineering, mathematics and technology education. In the applied sciences, problems are often open-ended and complex, requiring a multidisciplinary approach as well as new designs. In such cases, problem solving requires not only analytical capabilities, but also creativity and the ability to innovate. The development of an information system entails problem solving by means of design, hence creativity is integral to the...

Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesVolume 52, Issue 7 p. 20919A-20919B Policy and Practice MAURITIUS: Transforming Agriculture for Inclusive Economic Growth First published: 02 September 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6346.2015.06569.xCitations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and...

Daylight quality and quantity in Algerian schools display a serious condition in ensuring the visual comfort of students and teachers. Some problems arise due to poor window design and excessive amounts of daylight penetration into the classrooms as well as non-uniform daylight distribution, which may cause glare and heat gain. This study aimed at choosing an ideal window size and glazing pattern to maximise daylight effectiveness and occupant comfort in Algerian schools. Field measurements...

Research confirms that combining texts and illustrations in teaching materials, enhances learners' achievements.However, many educators, authors and textbooks' analysts may not share this claim.For them, the idea that the textbooks, in general and the textbook illustrations in particular have a positive/negative impact on EFL learners' outcomes has not been thoroughly examined.Therefore, this study provides empirical evidence regarding the side-effects of the use of textbooks' illustrations...

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA - NIGERIA

(1) To examine changes in women's awareness and utilisation of reproductive healthcare services in emergency settings following provision of interpersonal communication (IPC) and mass education campaigns, and (2) to describe factors associated with reproductive healthcare service use in internally displaced person (IDP) camps.Three camps containing 88 984 IDPs in Darfur, Sudan.640 women aged 15-49 who had experienced pregnancy in the camp during the previous 2 years were enrolled in each of...