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The objective of this paper is to measure the contribution of education to growth in per capita real GDP in Palestine over the period 1990-2014 by employing OLS estimation on the growth accounting formula. Over the period, per capita real GDP increased in a yearly average by about 3.6 percent. Of about 47 percent contributed by total employed labor and capital components to economic growth only about 11 percent was contributed by education through private-public enrollments ratio. Whilst it...

This study investigated the behavioural intentions of Nigerian Students With Disabilities (SWDs) to adopt Mobile Learning (ML). The descriptive survey design was used. Data were collected through structured, validated and reliable questionnaires from a total of 104 purposively selected SWDs. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) and Independent t-test were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that the five factors namely...

14Dec 2017 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LANDSLIDE IN THE CENTRAL HIGH ATLAS OF MOROCCO: CASE OF TIT N'ZIZA, EL KSIBA. Mustapha Alaoui , Fatima Ezzahra Housni , Abdessamad Najine , Humberto Bracamontes del Toro and Amina Wafik Sultan Moulay Slimane University. B.P. 523 Beni Mellal, Morocco. Southern Region University Center, University of Guadalajara. Tecnol?gico Nacional de M?xico, Campus Cd. Guzm?n.

Tertiary institutions in Ghana have been established to play specific roles in the socio- economic development of the country. There are various opinions as to whether these institutions have lived up to the expectation of a developing country like Ghana. In order to improve on the performance of these tertiary institutions, various training and capacity building programs are organized for the employees concerned. The studies revealed that, majority of the employees were not aware of the...

RÉSUMÉ. Dans le cas des langues en contact, l’emploi d’alternance codique par des enseignants et des apprenants devient un objet de discussion dans des institutions scolaires. L’objectif de ce travail est d’examiner le phénomène d’alternance codique en classe de français langue étrangère pour évaluer son influence sur l’enseignement/apprentissage du français langue étrangère dans le contexte ghanéen. Les données sont recueillis à travers l’observation des cours de français et les résultats...

Social protection is mainly used for assisting the most vulnerable in the area of poverty reduction. However, international development scholars are arguing that social protection aside impacting the poor can also help in climate resilience. This study examines selected case studies in the social protection and climate resilient debate in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using qualitative and quantitative approaches in data collection, the study finds that social protection through cash transfers have...

Arastirmanin amaci siniflarinda Suriyeli ogrenci bulunan sinif ogretmenlerinin Suriyeli ogrencilerin egitimlerinde karsilastiklari durumlara iliskin goruslerini belirlemektir. Bu calismada nitel arastirma yontemlerinden biri olan durum calismasi yontemi uygulanmistir.  Arastirmanin calisma grubunu 2016-2017 egitim-ogretim yili guz doneminde Mardin Merkez Ilcesi’ne bagli ilkokullarda gorev yapan ve en az bir Suriyeli ogrencisi bulunan 18 sinif ogretmeni olusturmaktadir. Kartopu ornekleme...

Rapid population growth and urbanization in southwestern Nigeria is envisage to have led to the pollution of aquatic environment, due to largely uncontrolled contaminants discharge into the rivers ecosystem.In a river ecosystem, sediment is a main concern as related to issues

Schistosoma haematobium infection is reported to facilitate the development of urogenital diseases. Its symptoms include haematuria, dysuria and tiredness, and it may cause cognitive decline in children. The prevalence of S. haematobium infection needs to be known in endemic areas and a mass treatment programme against the disease implemented. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and intensity of S. haematobium infection in ILembe and uThungulu health districts, using the...

Ce que nous apprend la psycholinguistique, en particulier les chercheurs qui œuvrent sur plusieurs langues et dans une perspective interculturelle, c’est le caractère essentiel des premières acquisitions : non seulement le langage à travers la langue 1, mais avec langage par la langue 1, les fondamentaux de la pensée, concepts-cadres et relations.Nous constatons que l’école exerce ensuite un passage brutal en langue de scolarisation, et refuse la langue1 ; pourtant celle-ci pourrait jouer...

The study aims to investigate the attitudes of Nigerian postgraduate students towards information and communication technology (ICT) and their perceived competence in using ICT resources for research purpose. The influence of field of studies on their competence and attitude were also examined. A total of 77 Nigerian postgraduate students at a university in Malaysia were randomly selected for the study. Data collected through questionnaires were analysed using descriptive and inferential...

In Zambia, essential hypertension is one of the commonest and prevalent non-communicable diseases. In the current medical literature it is not clear on the serum selenium levels among essential hypertensive patients in Zambia despite evidence in literature of its role in development of hypertension. The present study investigated serum selenium levels in essential hypertensive adults. We hypothesized that serum selenium levels were significantly lower in this population and was a risk factor...

Background:One of the main hazards within health care practice comes from occupational violence; this is even more salient in certain countries of sub-Saharan Africa, as there is a lack governmental policies and procedures to guarantee health and safety standards. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a 4-day aggression management training (RESPECT) on staff’s attitudes regarding management and causes of aggressive episodes in the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH),...

This paper discusses the main features of academic writing such as formality, accuracy and objectivity. It highlights and explains these features in view of academic writing conventions. Differences between formal and informal style are compared and analysed. The data for this research paper was collected from some examples of inappropriate students’ works. These examples were chosen from some assignments, and dissertations of higher education students at the Libyan Academy. Appropriate...

This article examines the way in which the Mauritian tertiary education sector is responding to the island's current socioeconomic and political context in an era of globalisation.We begin with a reflection on international trends in higher education and discuss how reduced state funding has led to the 'commodification' of education.In line with studies that stress the need for small island developing states (SIDS) to devise their own approaches rather than emulate bigger states, the...

The article seeks to explore the intrigues behind the establishment of St Andrew’s College of Theology and Development in Eastern Africa, at the Kabare Hill of Kenya, from May 1977. How does the legacy of the pioneer European missionaries to Eastern Africa (I refer to Krapf, Hannington, Tucker, Parker, McGregor, Crawford, Beecher among others) contribute to the current state of affairs in mission education and the establishment of St. Andrew’s College in particular? The materials in this...

In inclusive education classrooms, teachers’ knowledge of the disabilities of their students is an important aspect in language teaching. Of these disabilities is dyslexia. Little research has been conducted about teachers’ awareness of dyslexia but almost none about the knowledge of the themes or the specific characteristics of dyslexics. The researcher has noticed that some first language teachers (Arabic) seem not aware of some crucial characteristics of dyslexia. To find out about which...