Literacy as Access: Reviewing the Data, Investigating the Skills, Knowledge and Dispositions and Providing Evidence-Based Professional Development to Serve African American Learners More Effectively. - Houck, Bonnie; Lafon, Norann; McQuillan, Billie; Shefveland, Diane; Watson, Dwight C. (2009)
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Prevention of venous thromboembolism among inpatients at Cotonou teaching hospital, Benin - Houénassi, Dèdonougbo Martin; Tchabi, Y.; Yovo, Rosemonde Akindès-Dossou; Vehounkpe-Sacca, Jeanne; Lawson, Michel; Moevi, Aristote Hans; Zannou, Marcel; Amoussou-Guénou, Daniel; Gounongbe, Marcel; Abode, Aimé; Dossou, Francis Moïse; Adjien, Constant; et al. (Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases, 2009)
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the use and appropriateness of preventive measures for venous thrombosis among adult inpatients in a Benin teaching hospital.All patients were systematically enrolled. The risk of venous thrombosis was estimated according to international guidelines. Thromboembolic events were diagnosed using the Wells score and, when possible, by paraclinical investigations. The following variables were studied: the risk of venous thrombosis, the use and appropriateness of preventive measures, and the frequency of thromboembolic events. The data were analyzed with Epiinfo 6.04.fr and SPSS software, and significance was assumed at p=0.05.The study population consisted of 487 patients recruited in four surgical wards, four general wards and one obstetric-gynecology ward. Mean age was 38.7+/-11.3 years and the sex ratio 0.51. The risk of thrombosis was considered low in 15% of patients, moderate in 60.8%, high in 21.1% and very high in 3.1%. Prophylactic measures were prescribed to 33.9% of the patients overall, 53.6% in the obstetric gynecology ward, 28.5% in the surgical wards and 12.9% in the general wards. The frequency of preventive measures rose with the level of risk (p<0.0001). Preventive measures consisted of passive mobilization, aspirin, enoxaparin and acenocoumarol. The prescriptions were appropriate in only 6% of cases. Among 198 patients who were monitored for two months after hospital discharge, 8% had a venous thromboembolic event. Such events were more frequent in the absence of prophylaxis (12% vs 3.3%, p=0.02).The risk of venous thromboembolic is recognized but poorly managed in this Bénin teaching hospital.
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Effects of Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors On The Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites In School Children In Makurdi, Benue State-Nigeria. - Houmsou, R. S.; Amuta, E. U. (African Journal Of Environmental Pollution And Health, 2009)
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Potential effects of predicted climate change on the endemic South African Dwarf Chameleons,Bradypodion - Houniet, Darren T.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Tolley, Krystal A. (African Journal of Herpetology, 2009)
Abstract The niche concept implies that a relationship exists between a species and its environment, while macro‐ecological theory suggests that an important attribute of a species’ environment is climate. Thus, changes in climate could affect individual species, but also communities. Here, we analysed the potential impacts of climate change on dwarf chameleons. A niche‐based modelling technique was used to predict current suitable climatic habitat for most Bradypodion species and for their phylogenetic clades. Additionally, the models were projected into the future (2080) using the IPCC climate change scenarios. All models for Bradypodion species and clades showed responses to predicted climate change, however, the degree and extent of these responses were individualistic. Most species responded with a contraction in predicated climatic suitability, but some registered an expansion or a shift. These results have important implications in understanding the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change, and for the importance of considering the effects of predicted climatic shifts on the protection of biodiversity.
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Charcoal from the Congo Basin : palaeo-botanical evidence for climate change? - Hubau, Wannes; Beeckman, Hans; Acker, Joris Van (2009)
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The Challenges Facing Egyptian Higher Education and Countermeasures - Huiji, WU (Arab World Studies, 2009)
Egypt which has more advanced higher education in the Arab world has cultivated several Nobel Prize winners. The last century in the late 1980s, Egypt had early realized higher education popularity while many serious problems and challenges are facing its higher education system. Such as the contradiction between centralized management system of higher education and University autonomy, as well as the confusion and inequality which are brought about by two paralleling education system: the secular system and the religious ,or Al-Azhar system. Facing its history and current situation of higher education, Egyptian government persists in implementing the education development strategy to explore the way to cope with and get rid of dilemma. However, it is still a difficult problem for Egyptian government to realize the coordination between education and economy society.
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Transformational leadership and teacher job satisfaciton: a comparative study of private and public tertiary institutions in Ghana. - Hukpati, Colette Ama (2009)
This study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership style of the heads of departments and employee job satisfaction in tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study sought to examine the relationship between transformational leadership style of heads of departments and the job satisfaction of lecturers in private and public tertiary institutions in Ghana. Questionnaires and case studies were administered to 74 lecturers and 12 heads of departments from private and public institutions respectively. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) were used by lecturers to assess their heads of departments in relation to the satisfaction they derive from their jobs. While Heads of departments in identified departments were interviewed to assess their transformational leadership strategies. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were executed to establish the transformational leadership practices of heads of departments and the relationship between transformational leadership and the job satisfaction of lecturers. Regression tests were used to analyze the data taking into consideration the descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviations. The results showed a positive correlation between transformational leadership and employee job satisfaction. It further revealed no differences in transformational leadership and job satisfaction of lecturers in both private and public institutions. The results of the survey show that heads of departments do not differ in their transformational leadership practices in both types of institutions. Finally, the study recommended that policy makers and boards of institutions should integrate programmes such as seminars, workshops and updates on school administration and leadership in order to sharpen the skills of institutional leaders on the job.
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Identity and coping strategies in academic writing : a study of first year Mauritian students at a South African university - Hunma, Aditi (2009)
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African History on Screen and in the Classroom - Hunter, Emma (African Research & Documentation, 2009)
In 1954, an African welfare association, the African Association of Tanganyika, decided to create a new organisation, TANU, to campaign for selfgovernment. Their reasons for taking this step were many, but among the long list of criticisms of the colonial government documented at that first conference was one which related to films. According to the colonial government's report on the conference, among the “social topics” discussed was “the portrayal of Africans as savages in popular films”, and “a campaign to persuade people not to perform dances or allow themselves to be photographed by Europeans was proposed”. The representation of Africa in general and African history in particular in film is not, then, a new concern. Created in a web of power relations, films are both shaped by and in turn serve to shape our understandings of the present and of the past.
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Raising Muslim adolescents: Somali parents perceived challenges in raising their children in the public schools - Husom, Gale (2009)
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Designing a reading literacy curriculum for secondary school students in Egypt - Hussien, Abdelaziz M. (2009)
The key contribution of this research is to produce a proposal for a reading literacy curriculum design (RLCD) for secondary school students (15-17 year-old) in Egypt. This proposal includes four major components: targets, assessment, instruction, and content. Two complementary dimensions are investigated: the theoretical analysis (the researcher’s perspective based upon analysis of reading literacy research) and the fieldwork (the empirical study using a questionnaire for teachers and supervisors and a semi-structured interview for other professionals). Those two dimensions are charted through seven chapters and introduction to and conclusion of these chapters. Following an introduction to the research problem, purposes, questions, structure, rationale, and parameters, the successive focus of these chapters is on: - Clarifying the Egyptian context in terms of education system, culture of learning, critical analysis of the actual reading situation and how all of these elements reveal the gap between 'what is' and 'what ought to be' in RLCD in the secondary school in Egypt (Chapter one);- Reading literacy theory: the concept of reading literacy, dimensions, and models and how these can be used a baseline for RLCD (Chapter two);- Theoretical analysis of reading literacy targets and assessment, the first two components of RLCD (Chapter three);- Theoretical analysis of reading literacy instruction and content, the other two components of RLCD (Chapter four);- Research methodology, where survey design was employed and mixed methods were used: a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The major aim was to collect data to find out if the practitioners (i.e. secondary school teachers and supervisors) and other professionals (i.e. specialists in curriculum and instruction) in Egypt agree with the reading literacy research (chapter five);- Data analysis, where a descriptive statistical analysis was conducted for data provided by the questionnaire and a cross-sectional or code and retrieve analysis strategy was applied for data provided by the semi-structured interview. Results indicated that the practitioners' perceptions on the questionnaire and the professionals' answers in the semi-structured interview supported what was revealed by the theoretical analysis regarding RLCD. This suggests that the proposed RLCD is a practical proposition and it is timely to do it. It also raises the confidence in RLCD by triangulation of data by using the questionnaire for the practitioners and the semi-structured interview for other professionals and relating all of this to literature analysis (Chapter six);-Developing the proposal (RLCD): its scope, framework, and components: targets, assessment, instruction, and content. The researcher combines all sources of data: the theoretical analysis, the questionnaire data, and the semi-structured interview data (Chapter seven).The conclusion of the research is introduced. It presents a summary of the research and most importantly, it provides a summary of the contribution of the present research to reading literacy curriculum in theory and practice. Deriving from its results, some recommendations for practice and further research are made and a closing reflective epilogue on the research and the researcher is provided.
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Misconceptions of Concepts in Chemistry among Senior Secondary School Teachers in Cross River State, Nigeria - Ibe, JO; Umoren, Grace (Annals of Modern Education, 2009)
This study examined the misconceptions by chemistry teachers of senior secondary three (SSIII) in Cross River State, Nigeria. Concepts investigated were hydrocarbons, alkanols, alkanoic acids, pollution, classification and nomenclature of carbon compounds, natural products, chemistry in industry, extraction of metals, fats and oils, amino acids and biotechnology. The sample consisted of seventy three (54 male and 19 female) teachers purposively drawn from forty two randomly selected schools in the three educational zones of Cross River state. Research data were collected using 60-item multiple choice tests of the concepts administered to the teachers. These were subjected to statistical analysis using Z-test for single proportions. The study have shown that senior secondary chemistry teachers do have some misconceptions in hydrocarbon, pollution, classification and nomenclature of carbon compounds, extraction of metals, fats and oil, alkanols, alkanoic acids, biotechnology and, amino acids. It was concluded that students may be negatively impacted by their teachers’ misconceptions during classroom interactions and may thus not have a full grasp of what specialists expect from them during evaluation of what have been studied at this level. It was therefore recommended that chemistry teachers should endeavor to attend workshops seminars and conferences of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) and Curriculum Organization of Nigeria (CON) where some of these deficiencies are highlighted and explained. Keywords: misconceptions, extraction of metals, pollution, nomenclatures, biotechnology, alkanols and alkanoic acid.
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Management of Adult Education Programme in Abia State, Nigeria - Ibiam, N; Undie, JA (Annals of Modern Education, 2009)
Adult Education is the instruction or controlled experiences for the mature person so that he/she may attain social, economic, cultural, political or technical competence or individual development. The importance of management in adult education programme cannot be over emphasized because of the vital role it plays in organizing, planning, directing and controlling the programme. Here, we surveyed the management of adult education programme in Abia State of Nigeria, using a 30-item questionnaire administered to 190 adult education instructors. Our data showed that the management and implementation of adult education policies in Abia State was very poor. Lack of man-power, poor attitudes by the government, lack of funding and poor facilities and supervision are constraints to adult education programme in the State. Based on the findings, conclusions were drawn from the study as follows: Adult Education Programme is to be encouraged to eradicate mass illiteracy in Abia State. while several recommendations were made including that Government should develop curriculum for Adult Education and accordingly, monitor ad ensure quality control of state programme by having spot-checks and supervision of the activities of the literacy Network committees in the state. Keywords : adult education, management, individual development, education policy and policy implementation,
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The impact of siege on prevalence of depression and anxiety disorder among universities students in Gaza governorates - Ibrahim, Ismail; Aziz, Abdel; Thabet, Mousa (2009)
Aim: The study aimed to examine the impact of the siege on t he mental health (anxiety and depression) of universities students in Gaza Strip. Subjects: The sample consisted of 392 students from the four universities in Gaza strip by representative sample of 183 males and 209 females. The researcher used analytical descriptive design to represent the entire population of the study. Instruments: The researcher used modified questionnaires and scales to achieve the goal of the study such as socioeconomic questionnaire prepared by the researcher; Siege Checklist b y (GCMHP); Taylor Manifestation Anxiety Scale (TMAS); and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2). Results: The results showed that 166 (42.3%) had moderate anxiety, and 62 (15.8%) of had severe anxiety. While 146 (37.2%), had moderate depression, and 12 (3.1%) of them were had sever depression. The results indicated that there were positive significant correlation between siege, anxiety and depression among the universities students. In addition, found that a significant difference in siege and depression according to sex of the study sample in favor of males. While the result found no significant differences in anxiety according to sex of the study sample. There were a significant difference in total siege and anxiety according to the type of university of Al Aqsa, Al Quds Open and Al Azhar universities. Conclusion :The siege has several dangerous effects on social, political, economical, educational, as well as psychological impacts. The siege limits the entrance of medical equipments and instruments, drugs an d medication, goods, and all life basics. Furthermore, the limited resources in Gaza strip due to siege created socio-economical gap in all life walks. The Palestinian people suffer from poverty, low income, and high prices for every thing they want to a chieve. The dramatically changes that occurred due to siege were severe and unbearable in short time which deteriorated all aspects of life inside Gaza Strip. Also, the universities students were considered the most significant group among Palestinian peop le who complain of several limitations and shortages due to siege that affected these groups. These groups represent the highest cluster among Palestinian people whom suffer of a great anxiety and depression and other mental health problems as a result of confirmed siege on Gaza Strip.
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Factors that influence curriculum implementation among private secondary schools with an influx of refugees in Nairobi North District, Kenya - Ibrahim, Larry B (2009)
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THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL BACKGROUND IN SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING ON THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE) LEVEL - Ibrahim, Sani (2009)
The researcher suspects that most of the students who encounter difficulties in the study of shorthand and typewriting at the NCE level have poor or no secondary school background in these subjects. The paper investigates the impact of students’ secondary school background in shorthand and typewriting on their performance in the subjects at the NCE level. The Z statistic was used in analysing the data collected. The result reveals that there is significant difference in the performance of students with and those without secondary school background in shorthand and typewriting in the subjects at the NCE level. Four recommendations were made. One of them is that the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should amend its entry requirements into business education programs of colleges of education for those students who wish to eventually specialise in office/secretarial education to include credit in both shorthand and typewriting at the ordinary level.
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Critical success factors in Kenya certificate of secondary education examinations in public secondary schools in kiambaa division - Icharia, Sylvia Njeri (2009)
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Language learning on a next-generation service platform for Africa - Idris, Azni; Beresford, Alastair R. (2009)
Developing countries are seeing rapid growth in the deployment of mobile phones. Billions of people (including those in the poorest parts of the world) now have devices capable of communication and computation. In Uganda it was reported that there were 25 mobile phones per 100 people in 2007 [11]. This makes mobile phones the most ubiquitous computing and communication platform in the country compared with computers (1.6 per 100 people), television (2.2 per 100 people) and even radio (15.6 per 100 people). Applications and services for these devices are emerging rapidly.
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Inclusion of blind children in primary schools : a case study of teachers’ opinions in Moroto district-Uganda - Igune, George William (2009)
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Impact of climate change on sustainable tourism management in Plateau State, Nigeria. - Ijeomah, H. M.; Aiyeloja, A. A. (Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 2009)
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Training and ManpowerDevelopment As a Tool For Responding to the Challenges of the Nigerian Financial Services Industry - Ikpefan, Ochei Ailemen; Ebiai, Augustine (2009)
People are employed into organizations to contribute to the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives. In the process, their performance may be satisfactory or become unsatisfactory in view of the dynamic nature of the environment in which the organization exists, as well as the changes that occur in its human resources. One critical way of alleviating the situation and improving performance of employees is through training and manpower planning. The changes in the legal framework, economic and technological environment in the financial services sector especially banks since the introduction of the structural Adjustment Programme and post consolidation of banks in Nigeria by 31st Dec. 2005 requires substantial investment in human resources. Banks Management does not live in a vacuum; they have to train and retrain employees to achieve their set objectives. This paper takes a cursory look at vision 20-20-20, an overview of the aims and objectives of training and manpower development, challenges of training and manpower planning and strategies for coping with training and manpower development in the financial services industry.
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Prevalence and Predictors of Tuberculosis Coinfection among HIV-Seropositive Patients Attending the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Northern Nigeria - Iliyasu, Zubairu; Babashani, Musa (Journal of Epidemiology, 2009)
Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been accompanied by a severe epidemic of tuberculosis (TB), although the prevalence of coinfection is largely unknown, especially in developing countries, including Nigeria. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of TB coinfection among HIV-seropositive Nigerians.Methods: The case files of HIV/AIDS patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria from January to December 2006 were reviewed.Results: A total of 1320 HIV/AIDS patients had complete records and were reviewed, among which 138 (10.5%) were coinfected with TB (95% CI, 8.9% to 12.2%). Pulmonary TB was diagnosed in 103 (74.6%) patients, among whom only 18 (17.5%) were sputum-positive. Fifty (36.2%) coinfected patients had some type of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB); 15 had both pulmonary TB and EPTB. Among the 35 patients with EPTB only, 20 (57.1%) had abdominal TB, 5 (14.3%) had TB adenitis, 5 (14.3%) had spinal TB, 3 (8.6%) were being monitored for tuberculous meningitis, and 1 (2.9%) each had renal TB and tuberculous adrenalitis. The highest prevalence of TB, 13.7% (n = 28), was seen among patients aged 41–50 years. TB coinfection was significantly associated with marital status, WHO clinical stage, and CD4 count. Marital status (OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.28–3.59; P = 0.04), WHO clinical stage at presentation (4.81; 1.42–8.34; P = 0.001), and baseline CD4 count (2.71; 1.51–6.21; P = 0.02) remained significant predictors after adjustment for confounding.Conclusions: The moderately high prevalence of TB among HIV-seropositive patients underscores the urgent need for strategies that lead to rapid identification and treatment of coinfection with active or latent TB.
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Possibility of CDM Project to Respond Climate Change in Africa - In, Kim Jeong; 김재진; Yim, Hyosook (Journal of the Korean Association of African Studies, 2009)
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Local application of hepatocyte growth factor using gelatin hydrogels attenuates noise-induced hearing loss in guinea pigs - Inaoka, Takatoshi; Nakagawa, Takayuki; Kikkawa, Yuichiro; Tabata, Yasuhiko; Ono, Kazuya; Yoshida, Mitsuhiro; Tsubouchi, Hirohito; Ido, Akio; Ito, Juichi (Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2009)
Takatoshi Inaokaa, Takayuki Nakagawa PhD MDa*, Yayoi S. Kikkawaa, Yasuhiko Tabatab, Kazuya Onoa, Mitsuhiro Yoshidaa, Hirohito Tsubouchic, Akio Idoc & Juichi Itoaa Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicineb Department of Biomaterials, Field of Tissue Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyotoc Department of Digestive and Life-style Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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The need-oriented approach to improving Adult Basic Education delivery in Nigeria - Ingwu, EU; Ogar, MN (Sophia: An African Journal of Philosophy, 2009)
This paper subscribes to the view that the high drop-out rate vis-a-vis the low enrolment ratio in the current adult basic education efforts in Nigeria is due to the non-tailoring of the programme to the adult learners' needs and interests. It is highly probable that the adult learners do not readily appreciate this programme either because the content of what is being offered is not helping them solve their daily problems or is above their learning capabilities. It is the authors' conviction that if the needs of the potential adult learners are identified and then built into the adult basic education programme; and with their active involvement in the learning process, it will greatly improve the teaching-learning activities. This is one of the major strategies that adult learners can be attracted to participate in the literacy programme.
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A critique of African indegenious education in the light of pragmatism - Injendi, Juma (2009)
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Is There Any Threshold in the Relationship between Mother's Education and Child Health? Evidence from Nigeria - Iqbal, Kazi; Ahmed, Meherun (Social Science Research Network, 2009)
The literature on mother's education and child health casually observes some nonlinearities and also a threshold in the relationship. Even though this nonlinearity or threshold has significant bearing on policy matters, any rigorous attempt to address this issue is missing in the literature. With height for age z score (HAZ) as a proxy for long run child health capital, regression results reveal that there is hardly any significant effects of mother's education on child health if mothers do not go past primary education. We use Hansen (2000) for threshold estimation and it also corroborates the regression result about the existence of a threshold.
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The impact of home based factors on students academic performance in public secondary school in Ndia Division Of Kirinyaga District Kenya - Irimia, Charles M (2009)
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An Analysis of Dominant and Alternative Approaches to Education Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa:the case of Ghana - Isahaku, Sadique (2009)
An Analysis of Dominant and Alternative Approaches to Education Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa:the case of Ghana
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Education in Tanzania: An Historical Context, Structure and Challenges - Ishumi, Abel G.M.; Anangisye, William A. L. (2009)
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS' AWARENESS OF ICT POTENTIALS AND TRAINING NEEDS ON USAGE FOR IMPROVED EXTENSION SERVICE DELIV- ERY IN SELECTED SOUTHWEST STATES OF NIGERIA - Isiaka, B. T.; Lawal-Adebowale, Okanlade Adesokan; Oyekunle, O. (2009)
The study examined the agricultural extension workers’ awareness of ICT potentials and training needs on ICT usage for improved extension service delivery in selected southwest states of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select a total of 132 extension workers’ from Lagos and Ogun States Agricultural Development Programmes (LADA and OGADEP). A validated and reliable questionnaire was used to obtain primary data on socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, their awareness of ICT potentials and training needs on ICT usage for improved extension services delivery. Data collected were analysed using frequency counts, percentages and chi-square statistics. Result of the analysis showed that most of the respondents were the Village Extension Agents (78.8 %,), and about 34.1% of them were within the age range of 41 and 45years. About 72.7% the extension agents had first degree (HND/BSc) as the least educational qualification and about 57.6% of them have spent between 11 and 20 years in the extension services. The result also showed that all the extension agents were familiar with the Global System Mobile communication (GSM), 58.3% with the computer and 38.6% of them with the internet. About 43.2% of the extension workers were moderately aware of the ICT potentials for improved extension service delivery based on their mean awareness score of 8.5 (53.1%). The chi-square test of the relationship between the extension workers’ socioeconomic characteristics (education: χ² = 45.5, df = 12; professional rank: χ² = 38.7, df = 9; working experience χ² = 65.2, df = 12) and level of awareness of the ICT potentials showed a significant relationship at p < 0.05. Similarly, a significant relationship was observed between the extension agents’ level of awareness of ICT potentials and their needs for training on usage for improved extension service delivery (χ² = 71.3, df = 18) at p < 0.05. In the light of this, it was concluded that the extension workers had moderate level awareness of ICT potentials for improved extension services and were in need of training on usage in their extension activities. It was recommended that education on ICT potentials and training on usage for improved extension service delivery should be promoted and intensified among the extension workers.
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Informal Learning at Work: The Case of Working Children in Egypt - Iskandar, Laila (2009)
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Peace, Education, and Economic Development in Somaliland - Ismail, Edna Adan (Northeast African Studies, 2009)
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Analysis of Interlanguage in Algerian Brevet Papers in English: A Case Study of Learners in Tizi-Ouzou - Isselnane, Karima (2009)
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Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, Climate Change and the way Forward - Ituen, E. U. U.; Alonge, Akindele Folarin (2009)
Definite environmental problems including climate change are visible since the inception of oil exploration in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the last 50 years. Incessant oil spill has damaged the ecosystem destroying plants on land and in water. The rich mangrove of the coast of the gulf of guinea is seriously depleted. Much of the land is left bare without plants thus leading to excess of carbon in the atmosphere. Gas flaring is not reduced till today. Trucks, many which are ill maintained and coming for oil business from all the land sends much emission into the air. The deforestation due to oil spill, gas flaring and emissions from vehicles, all contribute greatly to excess carbon. This causes overheating of the atmosphere and rise in temperature. Thus, there is excessive evaporation from the nearby ocean and water bodies and ultimately leading to very heavy rainfall and flooding. It is observed that the weather conditions including rainfall pattern has changed greatly in the last 20 years. Too much rainfall has caused serious soil erosion, leaching and poor soil fertility leading to poor agricultural productivity. These problems can be reduced by enforcing laws to control oil spill and gas flaring. Emissions can also be controlled by blending biodiesel with diesel fuel. Fortunately, a very effective biodiesel, the Dura palm oil biodiesel obtained from the Dura Oil palm has been found to cut down emissions of fuel pollutants such as CO by up to 60%
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Effects of principals' leadership styles on students' performance in KCSE in public secondary schools in Meru central district, Kenya - Itunga, Mercy K (2009)
Degree of Master of Education In Educational Administration and Planning, University of Nairobi
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Teachers´wievs on HIV/AIDS related issues in the Dodoma region, Tanzania - Ivarsson, Thérèse; Rimfjäll, Fredrik (2009)
This study is about how Tanzanian primary schools teachers look on HIV/AIDS related issuesin relation to education, and how the teachers use their education to prevent the spread ofHIV/AIDS.The data to this study has been collected over a period of eight weeks. Fifteen randomlyselected Tanzanian teachers from three different primary schools in the Dodoma region havebeen interviewed, where five of the interviewed teachers have been working in an urbanschool, another five in a semiurban school, and further, five of the teachers in a rural school.The theoretical foundation of this study is pedagogical. We have in our study emanated fromthe African pedagogue Julius Nyerere´s and the Latin American pedagogue Paolo Feriere´sthoughts around education as liberalization, when we asked teachers about how they educatearound questions concerning HIV/AIDS.Our conclusion from this study is that the Tanzanian teachers have a substantial knowledgeabout HIV/AIDS, and that all of the teachers are teaching their students in questions aroundHIV/AIDS. Further, all of the teachers are using innovative ways to transmit knowledgearound HIV/AIDS to their students, though there is a difference between pedagogical methodsin the three different schools. Moreover, all of the teachers think that teachers have aresponsibility to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and that education can prevent the spreadof the disease. Concerning sexual interactions in school environment, the teachers in the urbanschool did not consider pregnancy among school girls as a problem, comparative to theteachers in the semiurban and rural school, who considered this to be a problem in theirschools.The teachers direct or indirect stressed the importance of education for all people to preventthe spread of HIV/AIDS. The knowledge about the disease could be transmitted throughdifferent kinds of ways, where some teachers mentioned public meetings, massmedia,counselling from parents and spiritual/religious education.
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INTEGRATING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN NIGERIA: AN INVESTIGATION - Izuagba, A. C.; Nwigwe, V.N. (EDULEARN09 Proceedings, 2009)
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Addressing Assessment in Libyan Medical Education - J, Gill D Richardson; J, Gill D Richardson; J, Gill D Richardson (DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2009)
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An investigation into the factors contributing to the poor performance of grade 12 (COSC) learners in Lesotho - Jackson, Mark (2009)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment requirement for the Degree of Master of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2009.
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Creating a Comprehensive Broad Based Curriculum Model For Adult and Alternative High School Education Based in the African Centered Paradigm - Jackson, Nancy Ewald (2009)
In this session we will explore the history of challenges to the African centered paradigm, and how to design a comprehensive curriculum model and lens for use with African American adult student’s ages 17 years old and up. Interests in the African Centered Paradigm Manifest in my Work and Life My interests in designing curriculum is manifest in my life through several important channels, first I learned about the Africentric paradigm as part of my professional preparation in the field of Adult Education. I completed an eight month research study involving interviews, literature review, classroom observations, and examination of historical documents for my dissertation and this paper presents some of what I’ve learned. In this session we will explore some of what I have learned and time will be available for interaction and discussion about what other scholars can contribute or expand on the curriculum. Commitment to African American Values The values I admire and seek to live by and encourage in young people include the following: hope, hard work, determination, respect, dignity, preserving our cultural heritage, restoring Africa to its rightful place on the world stage of history, building today for a better future for our children in the next generations, overcoming racial oppression, race stigma, reversing hegemony while creating space for equality, working toward the eradication of class oppression and white privilege, patriarchy, and gender equity. Purpose of this Paper The purpose of this Paper is to present the steps that I followed in creating a comprehensive broad based African centered curriculum model and to expand on Asante’s concept of an African Lens by which teachers and other educators can analyze material for inclusion in the teaching materials that they use with Black students in secondary education. “The term curriculum model refers to a conceptual framework and organizational structure for decision making about educational priorities, administrative policies, instructional methods, and evaluation criteria. Although they vary in their underlying premises, curriculum models provide well-defined frameworks to guide program implementation and evaluation.” Goffin, 2001 Research Study The research study that I completed over an eight month period involved interviews from 90 minutes to two and half hours with the following educators: City Councilwoman Mrs. Joann Watson, Anjua Nafatari (teacher), Marvis Cofield (Detroit School Board Member), Steve Jackson (parent), Pa Joof (principal), Jamillah Kareem (principal), Dr. Cynthia Felton (Educational Consultant), Mukasa Willie Riggs (SNCC Activist), Taki Raton (principal), and Phillip Jackson (Executive Director African American Mentoring Program).
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Higher Education in Uganda: The Role of Community Colleges in Educational Delivery and Reform - Jacob, W. James; Nsubuga, Yusuf K.; Mugimu, Christopher B. (2009)
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Does emergency medicine training improve ECG interpretation skills in South Africa - Jager, de (2009)
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Academic expectations of South African and selected Asian university students - Jager, Johan de; Soontiens, Werner (2009)
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Marketing and reputation considerations when choosing an institution of higher education: the case of South Africa versus Singapore - Jager, Johan de; Soontiens, Werner (2009)
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The image and academic expectations of South African and Malaysian university students - Jager, Johan de; Soontiens, Werner (International Journal of Business Excellence, 2009)
Tertiary institutions across the globe are facing challenges brought about by globalisation, internationalisation and government policy transformations in higher education. Attracting quality students in a highly competitive education environment is crucial, as poor retention ratios are a cause of concern and government funding is consequently being influenced adversely. In striving to maintain a respectable and viable market share, sound marketing principles should be applied as universities compete for quality students to service them for the duration of studies. This paper examines and compares the criteria used by South African and Malaysian students when choosing or evaluating a tertiary institution. Both countries are emerging countries where education not only is recognised as a crucial driving force, but where the accessibility of education is politically important. The main findings are (amongst others) that the most important attributes for South African students are the institutional reputation and reasonable tuition fees, while Malaysian students consider the reputation of the study programme and informed academic staff as most important.
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The Impact of teacher migration on the quality of basic education in the Upper West region of Ghana - Jaha, Imoro Razak; Ahorlu, Collins; Koka, Eric (2009)
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Comparing the development of a sample of South African pre-school boys and girls utilizing the Griffiths Mental Development Scales-extended revised - Jakins, Tamarin Ashlea (2009)
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The skills training levy in South Africa: skilling the workforce or just another tax? - James, Susan (2009)
In 1998, the Skills Development Act was implemented in South Africa. Its purpose was to encourage employers to provide skills training for employees through the use of a levy system linked to a company's payroll. Ten years on, the system is burdened with bureaucracy. Whilst there is evidence of increased skills training, it varies greatly within and between sectors. In particular, it would seem that many small- to medium-sized enterprises do not have the human resources to comply with the criteria to receive and administer the funds, adding the one percent skills training levy to their tax burden.
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Afrikaner Nationalism, Tertiary Military Education and Civil Discontent: Student attitudes at an Afrikaans University from Apartheid's beginnings to the end of the Angolan War, 1950-1989 - Jcr, Liebenberg; Visser, Gustav (2009)
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Age and ICT-Related Behaviours of Higher Education Teachers in Nigeria - Jegede, Philip (Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2009)
The study examined ICT attitude, competence, and use pattern of teacher educators. It also examined the effect of age of educators on time used in interacting with ICT. Four hundred and sixty seven teacher educators from 10 teacher education institutions (5 colleges of education and 5 universities) participated in the study. Data were collected with the aid of four research instruments. Resulting data were analyzed using One-way ANOVA and Chi-square statistics. Findings revealed that age is not a factor when considering the attitudes, competence and use pattern of teacher educators. In addition, age was not found to affect the time used on ICT by higher education teachers in Nigeria.
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Assessment of Nigerian Teacher Educators’ ICT Training - Jegede, Philip (Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2009)
The study examines the nature and impact of ICT trainings received by teacher educators in Southwestern Nigeria teacher training institutions. Four hundred and sixty nine teacher educators participated in the study by responding to three research instruments. The instruments enquired information on ICT training background, competence and use level of teacher educators. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA and Chi-square. Result showed that more than half of the educators had been exposed to one form of ICT training or the other. But trainings had hardly included the use of ICT in instruction. Most of those trained received their training directly from the institution. Educators preferred mostly the inclusion of software skills on teachers’ ICT training curriculum. It was also found that training delivery has no varying effect on basic ICT skills.
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Age and ICT-Related Behaviours of Higher Education Teachers in Nigeria - Jegede, Philip Olu (Issues in informing science & information technology, 2009)
The study examined ICT attitude, competence, and use pattern of teacher educators.It also examined the effect of age of educators on time used in interacting with ICT.Four hundred and sixty seven teacher educators from 10 teacher education institutions (5 colleges of education and 5 universities) participated in the study.Data were collected with the aid of four research instruments.Resulting data were analyzed using One-way ANOVA and Chi-square statistics.Findings revealed that age is not a factor when considering the attitudes, competence and use pattern of teacher educators.In addition, age was not found to affect the time used on ICT by higher education teachers in Nigeria.
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Assessment of Nigerian Teacher Educators’ ICT Training - Jegede, Philip Olu (Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 2009)
The study examines the nature and impact of ICT trainings received by teacher educators in Southwestern Nigeria teacher training institutions.Four hundred and sixty nine teacher educators participated in the study by responding to three research instruments.The instruments enquired information on ICT training background, competence and use level of teacher educators.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA and Chi-square.Result showed that more than half of the educators had been exposed to one form of ICT training or the other.But trainings had hardly included the use of ICT in instruction.Most of those trained received their training directly from the institution.Educators preferred mostly the inclusion of software skills on teachers' ICT training curriculum.It was also found that training delivery has no varying effect on basic ICT skills.
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INTERNET RELATED VARIABLES AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IT ETHICS: A NIGERIAN CASE - Jegede, Philip Olu (EDULEARN09 Proceedings, 2009)
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Patterns and Sources of Faecal Pollution in the Heavily Impaired River Njoro Watershed Kenya: Findings and Implicaions. - Jenkins, MW; Maina-Gichaba, Charles (2009)
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The PhonicStick : A South African pilot study about learning how to use a communication device for early literacy training - Jenny, Kimhag; Lindmark, Gabriella (2009)
Literacy is an important part of communication. Phonological awareness, i.e. the ability to recognise the sound units of language and to manipulate them, has been found to be crucial in literacy ac ...
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Facilitating practical knowledge using flexible forms of learning in the education of Occupational Therapists in Palestine : An action research approach performed in cooperation with teachers in the Occupational Therapist program at Bethlehem University - Jentoft, Rita (2009)
An action research approach performed in cooperation with teachers in the Occupational Therapist program at Bethlehem University.
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The Major Difficulties Faced by Nigerian University Education and the Innovations - Jia, Cen (Comparative Education Review, 2009)
In order to address the problems in financing,graduates quality,social services and teachers, the Nigerian central government has mainly adopted measures of sharing expenditures,enhancing universities' relevance to society,improving teaching staff and building the system of quality insurance.This article presents the difficulties faced by Nigerian university education and the innovations to deal with the difficulties.It also analyses the nature of the innovations.
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Multilingualism and identity in new shared spaces :a study of Cameroon migrant in a primary school in Cape Town - Jih, Tatah Gwendoline (2009)
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Examination Malpractice in Secondary Schools in Nigeria: What Sustains It? - Jimoh, B. O.; Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Salum Mohammed; Taha, Zainab; Jolly, Orrin; Aluede, Oyaziwo; Ai, Ojugo; Güler, Arzu; Buyurgan, S.; Imamoğlu, Saadet Ulaşoğlu (European Journal of Education Studies, 2009)
In Nigeria, the last two decades have witnessed an alarming rate of increase in incidents of examination misconduct especially at secondary school level. Evidences abound of increasing incidents of examination malpractice by students, teachers and parents. Examination malpractice has become so widespread that there is virtually no examination anywhere at all levels and even outside the formal school system that there is no one form of sharp practice or the other. Every examination season witnesses the emergence of new and ingenious ways of cheating. This paper addresses the problem of examination malpractice in secondary schools in Nigeria, what sustains it, the consequences of examination malpractice and the ways through which examination malpractice could be curbed in order to give credibility to the examination process in the country.
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Reforms in higher education strategy and structure in Uganda - Johannesson, Jokull (2009)
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What is the difference in the quality of education provided by government and private primary schools in Tanzania? : a comparative study - John, J (2009)
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Literacy, Design and Technology: New Contexts for Learning and Skills Development in South Africa - Johnson, David (2009)
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Biology and its recontextualisation in the school curriculum: a comparative analysis of post-apartheid South African life sciences curricula - Johnson, Kathryn Barbara. (2009)
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Education for Sustainable Development : a comparison between two eco-schools, one in England and the other in South Africa - Johnson, Reed; Anna, Jo (2009)
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A Grounded Theory of the Course-Choosing Experiences of African American High School Students and Their Families Related to Advanced-Level Courses. - Jones, Brenda Laverne (2009)
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Preparing African American nurses for graduate school: practical tips. - Jones, Diana P. (PubMed, 2009)
Returning to school for an advanced degree in nursing is a major lifetime decision and a new phase in life, whether you set an academic, career or professional goal. As in any new experience some degree of anxiety is to be expected and could result in frustration and uncertainty. For some African American students navigating the application process can be a challenging experience. However by following a few practical tips and using a variety of resources, your experience can be an exhilarating and a successful accomplishment. The primary aim of this article is to delineate strategies for academic success with a focus on African American students who are considering graduate education in nursing. This article offers practical help on how to get started in selecting a graduate nursing program, details on navigating the application process, and suggested approaches for surviving in graduate school.
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What can we learn from Gambian villagers - Jones, Graham (The International Journal of Management Education, 2009)
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Tensions experienced by Sabaot teachers as they implement the Kenyan language-in-education policy in a context of language shift - Jones, Jennifer (2009)
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The Community Library as Site of Education and Empowerment for Women: Insights from Rural Uganda - Jones, Shelley (Libri (Copenhagen), 2009)
Community libraries in developing countries can be important sites of knowledge exchange and acquisition for women with little or no formal education living in communities characterized by extreme poverty and gender inequities.As locally managed and operated institutions, specific needs identified by community members shape their mandates, activities, and types of resources.Community libraries also offer a "neutral" space where women can safely gather and independently or collectively pursue learning in areas of relevance and interest to them.This paper explores the impact of Kyato Community Library (KCL) on women's lives in a rural Ugandan context.It considers
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Access to Learning Materials in South Africa: The Convergence of Developmental and Rights-Based Arguments for Access to Knowledge - Jonker, Julian (Social Science Research Network, 2009)
Arguments for increasing access to knowledge have generally been concerned with rights. In the developing context, increased access to knowledge also has strong economic and developmental benefits. An emergent access to learning materials movement in South Africa has the opportunity to make use of both kinds of argument. The South African education system is currently deficient in several ways, and some of these deficiencies arise from lack of access to appropriate learning materials. This paper reviews some of the arguments put forward by the access to learning materials movement in favour of increasing access to knowledge and reforming the South African intellectual property law framework. These arguments and potential constitutional arguments for increasing access will be strengthened by the availability of empirical evidence about the economic benefits of alternative intellectual property policies. It is argued that further research of this nature should be undertaken.
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USING BLENDED LEARNING IN A COMMUNITY-BASED MODULE FOR THE FACULTY ENGINEERING, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - Jordaan, Martina (EDULEARN09 Proceedings, 2009)
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Higher Education in Africa : in defence of a liberal-communitarian conception of autonomy - Joseph, Divala (South African journal of higher education, 2009)
This article makes an argument for a system of higher education governance that allows the university some freedom but one that manages to offer a critical examination of the lived circumstances of people and their worldview. This proposal for higher education autonomy on the continent is in tandem with Africa's experiences as well as giving space for universities to be globally competitive in the knowledge economy. The article proposes to do this firstly by examining how questions of autonomy are under ridden in different forms or structures of governance. This is followed by a short analysis of forms of governance that prevail in most universities on the African continent. The article ends in proposing situated autonomy, one that carries elements of both liberalism and communitarianism, as a better way of understanding autonomy given Africa's particular history and its trajectories.
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DOES AN INTERNSHIP PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME EMPLOYABLE? A STUDY OF EMPLOYERS’ EXPERIENCE OF INTERNSHIPS IN SOUTH AFRICA - Josias, M.; Marais, A. de K. (ICERI2009 Proceedings, 2009)
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Sexual harassment of academic staff at higher education institutions in South Africa - Joubert, Pierre (2009)
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The case for rural education in post-apartheid South Africa: Sharing stories of successful Fulbright grantees for the period 2000 to 2006 - Joyi, Monica (2009)
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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTH AFRICA - Juana, James S.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Kirsten, Johann F. (2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, 2009)
Most of the climate change models for South Africa predict a reduction in freshwater availability by 2050, which implies that water availability for sectoral production activities is expected to decline. This decline has an impact on sectoral output, value added and households’ welfare. Using a computable general equilibrium approach, this study investigates the possible impact of global change on households’ welfare. The simulation results show that water scarcity due to global change can potentially lead to a general deterioration in households’ welfare. The poor households, whose incomes are adversely impacted, are the most vulnerable to the consequences of the impact of global change on water resources in South Africa. This vulnerability can only be reduced if welfare policies that maintain food consumption levels for the least and low-income households are implemented
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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTH AFRICA - Juana, James S.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Kirsten, Johann F. (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
Most of the climate change models for South Africa predict a reduction in freshwater availability by 2050, which implies that water availability for sectoral production activities is expected to decline. This decline has an impact on sectoral output, value added and households’ welfare. Using a computable general equilibrium approach, this study investigates the possible impact of global change on households’ welfare. The simulation results show that water scarcity due to global change can potentially lead to a general deterioration in households’ welfare. The poor households, whose incomes are adversely impacted, are the most vulnerable to the consequences of the impact of global change on water resources in South Africa. This vulnerability can only be reduced if welfare policies that maintain food consumption levels for the least and low-income households are implemented
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The Praxis of Initial Seconday Science Teacher Education in Seychelles and New Zealand: a Comparison Between the National Institue of Education and the University of Canterbury College of Education. - Jules, Rosianna (2009)
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Factors influencing the implementation of mathematics curriculum in public secondary schools in Kanduyi Division, Bungoma-South District, Kenya - Juma, Nato D M (2009)
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KEY FACTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OF THE DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE IN THE CITY OF DERNA, LIBYA - Jumma, Jumma Arhouma; Toriman, Mohd Ekhwan; Hashim, Nik Mohd Hazrul Nik (e-Bangi, 2009)
The study aims to identify the most important reasons that led to the aggravation of the problem, the resulted consequences and the methods used in the city to dispose it. A minimum sample of 370 families was used and distributed for them questionnaire using the Stratified Relatively Sample. Chi Square was employed to analyze the statistical data and converted them into tables, percentages and graphics. The environmental awareness of citizens and methods of getting rid of the domestic garbage are playing an effective role in limiting the size of the resulting garbage problem. Where, 41.1% of the families save the garbage in plastic bags, and this is Ineffective way, and 39% of them do not commit to the specific times of removing the garbage. The apparent lacks of mechanisms, equipments and labors used in the process of cleaning in the Environment Protection Agency have led to the increase of the problem in the city. This is resulted from the lack of financial resources. Besides that, 41.6% of residents throw the waste in open places, and remain stacked for long periods in the streets and open areas in the city. Even after the process of the collection it gets disposed in an open dunghill within the border of the city and is sometimes burned, which would generate the spread of odors and distort the environmental view and standards as well as the proliferation of stranded roaming animals, rodents and insects which causes and transfers diseases.
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Analysis about the politics of the language's education in Algeria : Arabic and French - Jung, Il-Young (중동연구, 2009)
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Democratic School Leadership: Perceptions and Practices in Secondary Schools in Kenya - Jwan, Julius O. (2009)
My study investigates school principals', teachers' and students' perceptions of democratic school leadership in secondary schools in Kenya and how these perceptions inform practices in their schools. The study is set against a background of a recent requirement by the Kenyan Government that school principals adopt democratic school leadership practices. This follows the enactment of the UN charter on the rights of children in 2001 and the subsequent ban on corporal punishment in schools. Very little research exists in this area in Kenya and, indeed, sub-Saharan Africa even though literature reveals that strong school leadership is a key requirement for school success, effectiveness and improvement. Adopting an interpretive-constructionist paradigm, I conducted the study in two phases. In phase one, I interviewed 12 principals to generate background information on democratic school leadership and to select two schools for an in-depth study; one where the principal perceived her/his leadership practices as very democratic and one where the principal viewed her practices as less democratic. Phase two was a 'compressed' ethnographic case study of two schools. I gathered data through semi-structured interviews, observations, focus group discussions and informal conversations. The findings suggest that most principals, teachers and students perceive democratic school leadership as participation in decision making in the school and the right to express their views without inhibitions. The informants' ideas, though not inclusive of all the elements of democracy, are not significantly different from the view of democratic school leadership discussed in the literature - 'rational' perceptions. However, most practices in the schools were not consistent with these perceptions. The schools practised what they referred to as 'partial/guided' democracy, especially when dealing with students - 'culturally embedded' perceptions. This differed between the two schools and was based on the socio-cultural context of each school. Therefore, despite the Government's requirements that schools adopt democratic school leadership, very little attention has been paid to these requirements.
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Students' Participation in the Decision-making Process in a Secondary School in Kenya: Perceptions and Implications in a Changing School Management Context - Jwan, Julius O.; Ong’ondo, Charles Ochieng’ (Journal of educational leadership, policy and practice, 2009)
Since 2001 the Government of Kenya has instituted key changes to the management of secondary schools including the ban of corporal punishment in 2001, the strengthening of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) in the running of schools and the appointment of teachers at the school level. Embedded in the changes is the requirement that stakeholders - students, teachers, parents and the Boards of Governors - be more involved in the decision-making process and reducing, in theory, the powerful control that the school principals have over decision-making. Within this changing context, this paper discusses how the teachers and students perceive student participation in the decision-making process in a secondary school. The paper explores the structures within the school which facilitate or hinder students' participation, the type of decisions students participate in, and the extent to which students participate in the specified decision-making domains.
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Challenges facing school management committees in managing public primary schools in Abogeta Division Imenti south District, Kenya - Kaaria, Francis (2009)
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Factors contributing to drug abuse among secondary school students in Kirinyaga central division, Kirinyaga District, Kenya - Kabiru, Jane W (2009)
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Are higher education institutions in sub-Saharan Africa seeking to make students more enterprising? - Kabongo, Jean D.; Okpara, John O. (African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 2009)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which higher education institutions (HEIs) in sub-Saharan Africa are seeking to make students more enterprising. To do this, the paper investigates the state of entrepreneurship course offerings, examines the opportunity to specialized studies in the area, and identifies entrepreneurship centers in business administration / management curricula. The results of the study demonstrate that most of the HEIs in the sample offer courses in entrepreneurship and / or small business management. Few institutions offer a specialization in the area of entrepreneurship. Newly created institutions are more likely to report entrepreneurship courses and specializations than traditional ones. A very small number of institutions operate university-based entrepreneurship centers. The findings of this study are consistent with the environmental school of entrepreneurial thought. The paper will assist researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders of higher education institutions in strengthening the discussion between enterprise and entrepreneurship education in sub-Saharan business programs.
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Adaptation to Climate Change and Livestock Biodiversity: Evidence from Kenya - Kabubo-Mariara, Jane; Ninan, K. N. (2009)
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The attitudes in the effectiveness of AIDS education programme in secondary schools in Busia District, Kenya - Kafwa, VioletNabwire (Maarifa (Eldoret, Kenya), 2009)
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Integrating Appropriate Indigenous Knowledge in the Geography Lessons in Secondary Schools of Uganda - Kagoda, Alice Merab (2009)
Indigenous knowledge in this paper is defined as the totality of local knowledge, tools and methods available to and used by a cultural group in producing items essential to its subsistence and comfort. Although this knowledge is important, little seem to have done to promote and utilize it neither has it been developed and documented for purposes of creating a d ata base. There has bee n lack of emphasis upon soc ial and psychological knowledge in schools and teacher training colleges regarding indigenous knowledge, its use of, whether local or foreign. Geography education focusing on peop le's daily experiences is w ell suited to integration of indigenous knowledge and technology. Integration has a pedagogical importance in that content and methods proposed promote social responsibility, citizenship, patriotism and social relevance which are among the key objectives of teaching geography.
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Education for transformation: a focus on the post-election violence in Kenya - Kahiga, J.K. (AFER, 2009)
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Vulnerability of food production systems of small-scale farmers to climate change in Southern Zambia : a search for adaptive strategies - Kajoba, Gear M. (2009)
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Implementation of Technology Integration in Higher Education: A Case Study of the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania - Kajuna, Laxford W. (2009)
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Information provision to students using mobile phones: A case study of the University of Zambia Library - Kakana, Fabian; Kanyengo, Christine Wamunyima (2009)
Provision of library and information services using mobile telephones is gaining popularity among library users worldwide. And some libraries have taken advantage of this technology in order to introduce new library services as well as reach library users that traditionally they would not able to reach. This paper looks at the possibility of introducing a mobile library service by the University of Zambia (UNZA) library as an alternative way of providing information to university students. This is done by assessing the views of students. The findings points out that students will overwhelming accept the service. The paper concludes that by using mobile cell phones, the library can introduce new library services; expand its user base and reach users that are not easily reachable.
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The right to education for children in Uganda : the law, policy and practice a case of Mbarara district. - Kakuru, Kenneth (2009)
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Climate Change, Migration patterns and the Law, IARLJ 8th World Conference, Capetown/South Africa, 28. Januar 2009 - Kälin, Walter (2009)
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Development of groundwater resources to adapt to climate variability in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Kalugendo, Praxeda (IAHS-AISH publication, 2009)
The city of Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, depends upon the River Ruvu for its main supply of water for a growing population of 4 million people. Current climate variability undermines the reliability of this water supply derived from river discharge. During a period of prolonged drought (1996/1997), a large number of water users turned to groundwater sources to augment insufficient supplies derived from surface water. Groundwater is available locally from relatively shallow Quaternary deposits composed of sand, clay bound sand and weathered limestone. Since 1997, unplanned and non-regulated exploration and exploitation of groundwater has taken place in order to address water shortages. This ad hoc utilisation threatens the sustainability of groundwater abstraction in terms of both quantity and quality but goes unchecked as no groundwater monitoring network is in place. Recent work supported by the World Bank suggests that a deep aquifer (up to 1000 m) may occur in coastal areas to the north and south of the city. Sustainable development of this aquifer requires an understanding of the regional groundwater flow and replenishment; both of which depend upon groundwater observations.
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Virtual Organizations in Post-Graduate Education in Egypt - Kamel, Sherif (2009)
New online learning techniques lead to improved ways to investing in larger numbers of people and optimizing the use of resources. Respectively, virtual organizations are gaining grounds in the education sector with its vehicle capable of closing the digital divide and spreading knowledge that can help improve the literacy rate. This article covers the case of the Regional IT Institute (RITI), an institute located in Cairo, Egypt, that specializes in providing quality education in the fields of information and communication technology and management. The institute’s goal is to educate more students while overcoming the challenge of scarce resources, trying to meet the needs of 30% of the population (70 million) enrolled in education programs (Economic News Bulletin). The model used by the institute in delivering its programs is a hybrid model that combines traditional with unconventional techniques, capitalizing on normal class settings as well as advanced information and communication technology tools. In 1985, information technology was prioritized on the national agenda by the government of Egypt, so information technology became one of the building blocks of the development process. Moreover, in 1999, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology was established to accelerate the build up of the nation’s information and communications infrastructure and the creation of a mechanism for knowledge acquisition and dissemination to bridge the gap between “the haves and the have-nots,” both internally and with the developed world.
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Special issue: African languages, education and sustainable development - Kamwendo, Gregory (2009)
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Antimicrobial resistant profile ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeisolated from the nasopharynx of secondary school students in Jos, Nigeria - Kandakai-Olukemi, YT; Dido, M. S. (Annals of African Medicine, 2009)
Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has compromised the effectiveness of therapy for pneumococcal diseases and asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriers play an important role in transmission of resistant strains.Eighty-eight volunteer students attending 2 secondary schools in Jos, Nigeria were involved in this study to determine the antimicrobial resistant profile of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from the nasopharynx. The study population consisted of males and females between the ages of 15-25 years. Nasopharyngeal swab samples were analyzed for the presence of S. pneumoniae using standard bacteriological methods. The isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the disc diffusion method.S. pneumoniae was isolated from 37 (42.04%) of the 88 samples. Isolates showed the highest resistance of 12 (32.43%) to erythromycin and lowest resistance of 4 (10.81%) to ciprofloxacin. The resistance profiles for the 26 (70.27%) penicillin-sensitive and 11 (29.72%) penicillin-resistant isolates were similar. Both exhibited varying degrees of resistance to several groups of antimicrobials. However, isolates found to be resistant to penicillin showed a higher degree of resistance to other antimicrobial agents.This study has shown that some secondary school students are carriers of multiple antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae.
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Young African American children constructing identities in an urban integrated science-literacy classroom - Kane, Justine M. (2009)
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Testing the Efficacy of a brief Social Cognitive Theory based safer sex intervention among African-American College students - Kanekar, Amar (2009)
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Using Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Safer Sex Behaviors in African American College Students. - Kanekar, Amar; Sharma, Manoj (Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009)
Safer sex is important for protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS. Most of the HIV- related research is targeted towards high-risk groups such as prostitutes, gays and substance abusers there is evidence that HIV/AIDS is increasing in college students particularly among African-American college students. The purpose of this study was to study predictors of safer sex behaviors among African-American college students using social cognitive theory. A cross- sectional survey design was used in this study with valid and reliable subscales. All data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 16. For modeling the predictors of safer sex, stepwise multiple regression was used. Self-efficacy toward safer sex predicted 14.7% variance in safer sex. Recommendations for designing safer sex interventions are presented. Zusammenfassung: Sichereres Geschlechtsverkehr als Schutz gegen STDs und HIV/AIDS ist sehr wichtig. Die meisten der HIV-in Verbindet die Forschung mit eine Gruppe wo dieses Risiko sehr gros ist die genannte Risiko-Gruppen wie Prostituierten, Homosexuellen. Die werden gezielt analysiert auf eine Gruppe die offenbar HIV/AIDS Risiko erhoht ist, besonders unter Afrikanisch-Amerikanischen Studenten. Der Zweck dieser Studie war, eine sicheres Geschlechtsverhaltens beizubringen unter den Afrikanisch-Amerikanischen Studenten, um dass zu studieren,aber auch die kognitive Sozialtheorie zu verwenden. Ein Modell- Design wurde in dieser Studie entwickelt mit den gultigen und zuverlassigen Basis verwendet. Alle Daten wurden durch das statistische Paket fur Sozialwissenschaften (SPSS), Version 16 analysiert. Fur die Verwendung des Kommandoomen, welche dienen fur einen sichereren Geschlechtsverkehr , wurden schrittweise mehrfache Ruckbildung verwendet. Einen sichereren Geschlechtsverkehr wurde Praktiziert von 14.7% des Teilnehmer. Es wurden Empfehlungen dargestellt fur ein sicheres Geschlechtsverhaltens.
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People’s Perceptions and Community Response to Climate Change and Variability: Selected Cases from Tanzania - Kangalawe, Richard Y. M.; Mung’ong’o, Claude G.; Yanda, Pius Z. (2009)
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Teacher assessment practices in South African schools - Kanjee, A. (2009)
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Accuracy of the poverty quintile system for classifying South African schools - Kanjee, Anil (2009)
Paper presented at the 2nd Monitoring and Evaluation Colloquium, Gauteng Department of Education, Sandton, South Africa, 20 November
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Domestic violence and its influence on pupils’ academic performance and school participation: a case study of Kiandutu slum – Thika Municipality, Kenya - Kanuri, Marion C. (2009)
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Prevalence Distribution and Risk Factors for Schistosoma hematobium Infection among School Children in Blantyre, Malawi - Kapito-Tembo, Atupele; Mwapasa, Victor; Meshnick, Steven R.; Samanyika, Young; Banda, Dan; Bowie, Cameron; Radke, Sarah (Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2009)
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Education, decolonization and development: Perspectives from Asia, Africa and the Americas - Kapoor, Dip (2009)
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Preliminary Suggestions on the implementation of the Land Section of Chapter five of the Constitution of Kenya through Research and Training - Kariuki, Catherine (2009)
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The Role of Continuing Education in Zimbabwe - Kariwo, Michael T. (2009)
Paulo Freire stressed in his writings that education is a political phenomenon that is not neutral. It is obvious that the educational process is frequently used by those who hold social and political power in order to maintain their position. However, it is also a truism that learning pays. Ball (1992, cited in Longworth & Davies, 1996) states that “training (at its best) will make nations and their citizens wealthier, societies more effective and content, individuals freer and more able to determine their lives in the way they choose” (p. 9).
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PE-student teachers experience of easy and difficult tasks in the profession : voices from PE student teachers in the beginning of their education from Luleå Sweden, Winneba Ghana and from student teachers Luleå, Tromsö, Torshavn och Reykjavik - Karlefors, Inger (2009)
PE-student teachers experience of easy and difficult tasks in the profession : voices from PE student teachers in the beginning of their education from Lulea Sweden, Winneba Ghana and from student teachers Lulea, Tromso, Torshavn och Reykjavik
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Is poverty alleviation bad for women and girls? Views of poverty and gender in a South African primary school - Karlsson, Jenni (2009)
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Intégration pédagogique des TIC en Afrique : stratégies d’action et pistes de réflexion // Pedagogical use of ICT in Africa : teaching and reflecting strategies - Karsenti, Thierry (2009)
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Benchmarks for e-learning in Africa - Karsenti, Thierry; Ngamo, Salomon Tchameni; Villeneuve, Stéphane (Revista de Informática Aplicada, 2009)
This presentation begins by addressing the issue of effective open and distance learning (ODL) and then outlines the conditions for effectiveness and their impacts on student motivation and persistence. Despite the many studies showing that graduation rates for open and distance learning are between 20% and 45%, the strategies implemented by the University of Montreal team have resulted in over 90% graduation rates from demanding university programs. This presentation aims to provide a greater understanding of the strategies liable to foster successful open and distance learning in Africa.
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The Status of Environmental Education in Namibia - Kasanda, Choshi D. (2009)
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Travelling without Moving: Transferable training and improved access in rural Uganda - Kasangaki, P. (2009)
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DRC students in the Western Cape : challenges and opportunities in both countries - Kaskote, Kavusa (2009)
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The implications for educational practice of pedagogical versus andragogical orientations of teacher educators in Botswana - Kasozi, Joseph Amooti (2009)
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Are soil and water conservation technologies a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change?: - Kato, Edward; Ringler, Claudia; Yesuf, Mahmud; Bryan, Elizabeth (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
The agricultural sector in developing countries is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Given Ethiopia's dependence on agriculture and natural resources, any adverse agricultural effects will pose serious risks to economic growth and livelihoods across the country. Soil and water conservation technologies have been suggested as a key adaptation strategy for developing countries, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa, in light of increased water shortages, drought, desertification, and worsening soil conditions. According to a survey of 1,000 households in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia, more than 30 percent of farmers adopted soil and water conservation measures in response to perceived long-term changes in temperature and rainfall. Although soil and water conservation technologies are generally considered low-cost, they still engender risk for very low-income, risk-averse households, which are prevalent in rural Ethiopia. Thus, it is important to consider the impacts not only on crop yields, but also on risk levels. This brief is based on a study that investigates the risk implications of various soil and water conservation technologies for crop production in Ethiopia's Nile River Basin. The analysis identifies technologies that increase and decrease crop production risk-with risk defined as the degree of yield variability-for the purpose of isolating which technologies are best suited to particular regions and agroecological zones. These results could be used to improve the geographical targeting of soil conservation techniques as part of efforts to promote farm-level adaptation to climate change.
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Are soil and water conservation technologies a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change?: - Kato, Edward; Ringler, Claudia; Yesuf, Mahmud; Bryan, Elizabeth (Research briefs, 2009)
The agricultural sector in developing countries is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Given Ethiopia's dependence on agriculture and natural resources, any adverse agricultural effects will pose serious risks to economic growth and livelihoods across the country. Soil and water conservation technologies have been suggested as a key adaptation strategy for developing countries, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa, in light of increased water shortages, drought, desertification, and worsening soil conditions. According to a survey of 1,000 households in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia, more than 30 percent of farmers adopted soil and water conservation measures in response to perceived long-term changes in temperature and rainfall. Although soil and water conservation technologies are generally considered low-cost, they still engender risk for very low-income, risk-averse households, which are prevalent in rural Ethiopia. Thus, it is important to consider the impacts not only on crop yields, but also on risk levels. This brief is based on a study that investigates the risk implications of various soil and water conservation technologies for crop production in Ethiopia's Nile River Basin. The analysis identifies technologies that increase and decrease crop production risk-with risk defined as the degree of yield variability-for the purpose of isolating which technologies are best suited to particular regions and agroecological zones. These results could be used to improve the geographical targeting of soil conservation techniques as part of efforts to promote farm-level adaptation to climate change.
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Soil and water conservation technologies: A buffer against production risk in the face of climate change?: Insights from the Nile Basin in Ethiopia - Kato, Edward; Ringler, Claudia; Yesuf, Mahmud; Bryan, Elizabeth (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
This study investigates the impact of different soil and water conservation technologies on the variance of crop production in Ethiopia to determine the risk implications of the different technologies in different regions and rainfall zones. Given the production risks posed by climate change, such information can be used by decision makers to identify appropriate agricultural practices that act as a buffer against climate change. Using a household- and plot-level data set, we apply the Just and Pope framework using a Cobb-Douglas production function to investigate the impact of various soil and water conservation technologies on average crop yields and the variance of crop yields, while controlling for several household- and plot-level Results show that soil and water conservation investments perform differently in different rainfall areas and regions of Ethiopia, which underscores the importance of careful geographical targeting when promoting and scaling up soil and water conservation technologies. We find that although soil bunds, stone bunds, grass strips, waterways, and contours all have very significant positive impacts on average crop yields in low-rainfall areas, only soil bunds have significant risk-reducing effects in these areas with low agricultural potential. We also find that irrigation and use of improved seeds have insignificant risk-reducing effects in low-rainfall areas, suggesting that—as currently implemented—these interventions may not be appropriate adaptation strategies for these environments. Regionally, in the low-rainfall areas we find significant spatial heterogeneity, with soil bunds being risk reducing in Oromiya and Amhara, and stone bunds, grass strips, and waterways being risk reducing in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. Irrigation was only risk reducing in the high-rainfall areas of Benishangul-Gumuz. These results remain robust even after controlling for the major crops grown on the plot. Results show that soil and water conservation technologies have significant impacts on reducing production risk in Ethiopia and could be part of the country's climate-proofing strategy. However, results also show that one-size-fits-all recommendations are not appropriate given the differences in agro-ecology and other confounding factors. from authors' abstract
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PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING MODELS FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: THE CASE OF MAURITIUS - Kaullychurn, Siamah (INTED2009 Proceedings, 2009)
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Child Participation In Kenya Schools: Myth Or Reality? - Kaviti, LK (2009)
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School Feeding Programs and th e Nutrition of Siblings: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Burkina Faso - Kazianga, Harounan; Walque, Damien de; Alderman, Harold (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
This paper uses a prospective randomized tria l to assess the impact of two school feeding schemes on health outcomes for pre-school age children from low-income households in northern rural Burkina Faso. The two school feed ing programs under consideration are, on the one hand, school meals where students are provided with lunch each school day, and, on the other hand, take home rations which provide girls with 10 kg of cereal flour each month, conditional on 90 percent attendance rate. A unique feature of this program is that data were collected for both children who were enrolled in school and those who we re not, hence allowing a direct measure of the spillover effect on child ren who are too young to be enrolled. After the program ran for one academic year, we found the following impacts on children age 5 and under: take-home rations have increase d weight-for-age by 0.34 standard deviations for boys and girls taken jointly, and by 0.57 standard deviations for boys taken separately. The school meals intervention has increased weight-for-age by 0.40 for boys. Neither program had significant impact on girls taken separately. We show that achieving the same gains through increased household expenditures would have required cash transfers much larger than the monetary value of the food transfers. This indicates that most of the gains are realized through intra-household food reallocation.
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RATES OF RETURN TO TERTIARY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA - Kean, Helen (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
South African research has found tertiary education to have the highest rate of return amongst levels of education. Measures of effectiveness of the large allocation by government are a crucial area of study relatively untapped. Income levels relative to level of education were found to have significant correlation with probability of entering into an income bracket of above R8 000 being 2.3 times higher with a tertiary degree. A sample of Rhodes University NSFAS funded students, analysed within the framework of a cost benefit equation, indicated the positive effect of government funding on rates of return.
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RATES OF RETURN TO TERTIARY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA - Kean, Helen (2009)
South African research has found tertiary education to have the highest rate of return amongst levels of education. Measures of effectiveness of the large allocation by government are a crucial area of study relatively untapped. Income levels relative to level of education were found to have significant correlation with probability of entering into an income bracket of above R8 000 being 2.3 times higher with a tertiary degree. A sample of Rhodes University NSFAS funded students, analysed within the framework of a cost benefit equation, indicated the positive effect of government funding on rates of return.
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The influence of Ill-disciplined Learners on the Workplace Security of the Foundation Phase Educator in South Africa - Keating, Jeannine Bridget; Rossouw, J.P. (2009)
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A professional Development Study of Technology Education in Science Teaching in Benin: Issues of Teacher Change and Self-efficacy Beliefs - Kelani, Razacki Raphael E. D. (2009)
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The experiences of African American students in a basic skills learning community at a four year public university - Keller, Jamison Joseph (2009)
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Ethical codes for training staff in South African collieries : a case study - Kemp, Frederick Willem (2009)
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African American Men and Mental Health: Is the Climate Changing? - Kendrick, Lorna; Moore, Benjamin; Thomas, Christopher; Matlock, Javier; Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H. (Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2009)
While I was conducting a study on perceptions of depression among young African American men, the young men participating in my research reported, “If you're African American, male, and you live in...
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The Relationship between Principals' Managerial Approaches and Student Discipline in Secondary Schools in Kenya (Pp. 399-413) - Kenya, Nakuru (2009)
Students’ discipline is critical to the attainment of positive school outcomes. This paper presents and discusses findings of a study on the relationship between principals’ management approaches and the level of student discipline in selected public secondary schools in Kenya. The premise of the study was that the level of students’ discipline depends on whether the principals’ discipline management approach is inclusive or exclusive of teachers’ and parents’ involvement. Data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire from a sample of 211 teachers, 28 principals and 22 chairpersons of the Parent-Teachers Association. The raw data were analysed using frequency counts, the mean and standard deviation and hypotheses tested using the t-test and one way ANOVA at alpha level of 0.05. Key findings indicated that female principals applied more inclusive
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Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development: Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa - Kerfoot, Caroline (2009)
This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participa ...
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Stream invertebrates and water temperature : evaluating thermal tolerances in the Cape floristic region (South Africa) - implications of climate change - Ketley, Zoma Anne (2009)
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The importance of participation of children with visual impairment in sports and physical activities : a case study of teachers’ perceptions and experiences in a Mainstream primary school in Uganda - Khaemba, David Kam (2009)
The study mainly focused on teachers‟ perceptions and experiences about what and how children with visual impairment learn through their participation in sports and physical activities in a mainstream primary school in Uganda. Children with visual impairment seem to have difficulties with a delay in their motor development due to vision loss and yet ability to move constitutes to carrying out desired activities both at school and home. The study tried to explore and investigate teachers‟ feelings, interpretations, ideas, notions, discoveries, knowledge, adventures, insights based on Vygotsky‟s theory of Zone of Proximal Development and Jerome Bruner‟s concept of Scaffolding. A case study design was used in exploring and investigating the phenomenon of the study. This was to generate in-depth information concerning teachers‟ perceptions and experiences about what and how children with visual impairment learn through their participation in sports and physical activities. This was a multiple descriptive case study comprising four cases (teachers). The method of data collection was interview. A semi-structured interview guide was developed and used to collect data from the four cases. The findings showed that teachers supported and encouraged children in carrying out sports and physical activities. Social interaction between the teacher-child or children and child-to-child seemed to be a central point through which children were able to learn through their active participation in sports and physical activities. Teachers‟ perceptions and experiences may directly or indirectly influence the kind of sports organized at school. It was established that adaptation of sports equipment and facilities increased children‟s participation and at the same time contributed to good health which was a prerequisite to increased and regular school attendance of children.
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Free access to primary education in Lesotho: do pupils stay on course and complete the primary school cycle on time? - Khati, T.G.; Khati, M.V.; Makatjane, Tiisetso (Lesotho Social Sciences Review, 2009)
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Design analysis of educational technologist's web-based teaching and learning environments in South African higher education institutions. - Khoza, Simon Bhekumuzi. (2009)
According to Goldstuck (2008), there were 4.6 million Internet users in South Africa for 2008 year-end. This corresponds to a penetration rate of 10.5% based on an estimated South Africa population of 43.8 million ( .internetworldstats. ). Given this popularity, this qualitative case study has analysed the design of Web-Based Teaching and Learning (WBTL) environments designed by Educational Technology facilitators in South African higher education institutions. The conceptual and theoretical framework for this study presents Activity Theory (AT) as a theoretical framework together with constructivist learning. It also presents the different qualities and skills utilised for WBTL
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Attaining Excellence In Media Training In East Africa - Kiai, Wambui (2009)
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The Challenges of Media Training and Practice in East Africa. - Kiai, Wambui; Samuel, Kiiru; Muhoro, Njeri; Ugangu, Wilson (2009)
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STUDENT PERSPECTIVES Women with disabilities in the North West province of Cameroon: resilient and deserving of greater attention - Kiani, Shirin (2009)
Cameroonian women living with disabilities face three-fold discrimination as a result of their sex, perceived inability and low socio-economic status. A needs assessment using focus groups (two focus groups, n = 24) and key participant interviews (n = 12) was conducted to explore the experiences of women with disabilities in the North West province in both urban and rural areas. The findings show that women faced both physical and attitudinal barriers, lived in poverty and felt that they lacked opportunities for gaining an education, finding employment and forming meaningful social ties. There was significant complexity of relationships, marriage and children in their lives. Participants generated ideas on changes that needed to be made for the betterment of their lives. Aspirations included increasing empowerment and education, gaining support from family and friends, increasing public awareness, adapting the physical environment and finding allies.
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Status of ICT Integration in Selected Kenyan Schools: National Country Report - Kidombo, Harriet (2009)
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Breaking New Frontiers? Successes, Challenges And Impact Of Ict In Kenyan Schools’ - Kidombo, Harriet; Gakuu, Christopher (2009)
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An Empirical Investigation of Students' Perceptions of e-learning in Uganda - Kigozi, Evelyn Kahiigi; Danielson, Mats; Hansson, Henrik; Ekenberg, Love; Tusubira, F.F. (2009)
There is an increasing need, driven by the job market, for quality education and that requires expertise which is continuously being developed. The integration of e-learning into the education system is viewed as one way to meet this growing need for high-quality education. In developing country contexts, however, where there is a genuine need to join the knowledge society there is limited knowledge about the use of e-learning to facilitate learning. In fact, the actualization of e-learning for this purpose is very limited and in some cases lacking altogether.This thesis is about how collaborative e-learning can be integrated in the teaching and learning process to support learning at the university level in a developing country context. The main research question to be answered is how collaborative e-learning support can student learning at the university level in Uganda. In an effort to answer this research question three exploratory case studies were carried out at Makerere University, Uganda. A mixed-methods approach was adopted to collect data and analyse the findings. The thesis explores an approach to supporting students' learning, a peer assignment review process model for collaborative e-learning employing development research. The model uses students to support each other’s learning through four process stages: familiarization, assignment, review and feedback.Initial findings indicate that the current learning and teaching environment challenges the adoption and effective use of collaborative e-learning to support student learning. This is mainly attributed to the pedagogical culture and curriculum which is predominantly traditional, lecturers’ ability to use ICT pedagogy effectively, and the readiness of the environment to support collaborative e-learning. Notwithstanding the challenges, it was established that the peer assignment review process model for collaborative e-learning facilitated the students' learning. Students were able to participate actively in the course, gain experience in critical reading and evaluating peers' work, and reflect on their own work.This thesis provides a practical approach for designing and implementing collaborative e-learning approaches to support student learning at the university level in a developing country context. It further highlights factors that are pertinent to supporting and sustaining student learning in a collaborative e-learning environment under the following categories: Institutional Readiness (44 factors), Technology/Infrastructure Readiness (40 factors) and Pedagogical Change (45 factors).
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia, Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Water: Values and Rights - Kim, U.; Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. (2009)
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Effects of students' unrest on curriculum implementation in public secondary schools in Kasikeu division, Nzaui district Eastern province, Kenya - Kimeu, Ruth M (2009)
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China's cooperation in education and training with Kenya: a comparative analysis - King, Kenneth (2009)
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The Changing Face of Development Partnerships and Aid to Ghana: the case of Education - King, Kenneth; Casely-Hayford, Leslie; Akabzaa, R. (2009)
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Creating a New Model of Education for African American Children: Mobilizing Stakeholder Partners in Service to Sustained Academic Success - King, Sabrina Hope; Cardwell, Nancy (2009)
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Contributing Factors to Persistence among African-American and Hispanic Students in Higher Education: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study at a Diverse Small Institution on the East Coast - King, Winnie (Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development, 2009)
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Scoping Study on Vulnerability to climate change and climate variability in the greater horn of Africa. - Kinyangi, James; Herrero, Mario; Omolo, Abisalom; Steeg, Jeannette van de; Thornton, Philip K. (2009)
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An ethnically divided society: the challenges facing the classroom teacher in Kenya today - Kipsoi, Emmy (2009)
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Prevalence and correlates of serious injury among students of classes 7 and 8 in Kenya - Kirby, Ryan; Ross, F (2009)
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Wi-Learn: An Innovative Learning Paradigm for the University of Mauritius - Kirtee, Muneshar; Jashvir, Munsoor; Kumar, Khedo Kavi; Appavoo, Paramasiven (University of Mauritius Research Journal, 2009)
A new teaching and learning paradigm is emerging from the convergence of mobile and wireless communication and handheld computers. As mobile technologies are becoming more pervasive especially with support for a rich social interaction, mobile-learning (m-learning) emerged at the point where e-learning melts into mobile computing. The innovative aspect of mlearning is that learners and teachers will be untethered with a particular location. In this paper, we present a novel system, Wi-Learn, which will transform the existing methods of learning sing wireless and mobile technologies at the University of Mauritius (UoM). Mobile learning through wireless enabled devices within the university campus can greatly enhance learning at UoM. It is not a replacement for the core learning process, but we are certainly keen to use mobile learning to enhance and supplement it. The proposed system, Wi-Learn, enfolds a set of mobile collaborative applications, such as wireless ile transfer, multiuser whiteboard sharing, audio and video conferencing, voting poll, SMS breaking news and revision quiz, using different wireless communication technologies. Keywords : M-learning, pervasive, education, WiFi, Bluetooth
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The role of teachers' perceptions on sexual and HIV/AIDs education in Kenyan primary schools: a case study of Dagoretti Division, Nairobi - Kiswili, Julius K (2009)
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Trainees' Views Regarding Emphasis and Adequacy for Work of Institution-Based Automotive Training in Kenya and State of Victoria, Australia - Kitainge, Kisilu (2009)
The foundation for a productive, efficient and effective workforce is high quality and relevant training and ideally, educators, policy makers and the industry practitioners should agree on what should be included in training programs. This chapter discusses views of automotive trainees about whether or not they believed their training was directed appropriately towards work within the automotive industry of the future. Data was collected from automotive trainees located in Kenya and Australia. Data was obtained by use of questionnaires and analyzed with both quantitative and qualitative foci. The questions asked regarded the emphasis of training, the content of training, the facilities in training and coping with technological change in the workplace. Data were discussed according to three themes on generic skills, adequacy of training to work requirements and training facilities. In both countries, it was found that there is a need for more realignment of training offering to the future industry requirements. It is recommended that a consultative approach should be used in the training programs design with a view to reducing the gap between industry requirements and training offerings.
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The Impact of the Commission of Higher Education and Government Reforms on Kenyan Universities - Kitawi, Kirigha Alfred (Journal of the world universities forum, 2009)
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Old notion–new relevance: setting the stage for the use of social capital resource in adapting East African coastal cities to climate change - Kithiia, Justus (International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2009)
Previous studies have shown that limited understanding of the social needs and capabilities of specific places and communities present limitations in the progression of public policy and strategic response to climate change risks. Social capital, a mutually beneficial collective action found in communities to different extents, has the potential to facilitate urban vulnerability reduction necessary for climate change adaptation. This article explores how the notion of social capital can attain new relevance by motivating the initiation and accomplishment of measures to overcome climate change risks facing coastal East African cities. Building on the existing conceptualization of social capital and associated concepts in climate change theory and policy, this article demonstrates how, within a social capital framework, the analysis of risk and adaptation can move away from a purely top-down focus on formal organizational capacity towards an acknowledgment of the importance of informal social networks in the final directing of flow of activities as well as policy enactment. This article finds that a strong tradition of collaboration, trust and reciprocal relationships between local resource-oriented groups in the cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam can be leveraged to generate material interventions directed at reducing vulnerability to climate variability and change.
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Carbon trade in Kenya: aligning the municipal regulatory framework with international climate change law regime - Kituku, Emmanuel Wambua (2009)
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COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING : CAN IT LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIGHLY ABSTRACT SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES IN A BIOLOGY CURRICULUM OF A FOUNDATION YEAR PROGRAM AT PRETORIA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA? - Kiviet, Agnes M.; Mji, Andile (EDULEARN09 Proceedings, 2009)
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"It's Just a Disability" or Is It?: Stigma, Psychological Needs, and Educational Outcomes in African American Adolescents with Learning-Related Disabilities. - Kizzie, Karmen (2009)
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The role of disability grants in mitigating the impacts of HIV and AIDS-related illness and death in South Africa - Knight, Lucia; Hosegood, Victoria; Timæus, Ian M. (2009)
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Establishing the impact of training on job performance: a study of administrative officers in Kenya - Kobia, Margaret (African Journal of Public Administration and Management, 2009)
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Staged development of a model to evaluate climate change impacts on groundwater in Benin. - Kocher, Antoine; Reichert, Barbara (IAHS-AISH publication, 2009)
An efficient assessment tool for groundwater resources is a central requirement in basin-wide integrated water resource management. We review a progressive, local- to regional-scale assessment of groundwater resources undertaken in Benin through the IMPETUS (an Integrated Approach to the Efficient Management of Scarce Water Resources in West Africa) project. The first phase assessed the main hydrogeological processes in a sub catchment (30 km 2 ) to produce a conceptual hydrogeological model. In the second phase, a regional-scale (14 500 km 2 ) finite element hydrogeological model was developed for the Upper Oueme catchment. Currently, the project is developing a regional-scale (51 348 km 2 ) numerical model for the whole Oueme catchment to better understand the regional flow system.
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The first year experience of part-time students in a South African university: exploring student support linkages between First year orientation programmes and after hours support services - Koetsier, Jos (2009)
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Modelling Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): In Quest of Statistics - Koffi‐Tessio, Egnonto M. (2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, 2009)
Climate change is a natural and dynamic phenomenon resulting from complex interrelationships between physical, environmental and human factors. The sustainability of life on earth depends partly on the ability of mankind to maintain this natural and balanced flow of such gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor traping heat. Unfortunately, human beings contribute significantly to the presence of such gases known as Green House Gases (GHGs) through agricultural and industrial activities. The implications are the excess trap of sunlight and the blocking of outward radiation. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the importance of agriculture cannot be stressed enough given that it is central to economic growth and most of economic activities in the region is still dependent on agricultural expansion. The crux of the matter is that, in Africa, the bulk of agricultural output is still produced by smallholder farmers who unfortunately continue to depend on climate variability. Hence understanding the relationships between climate variability and agricultural production is therefore critical to SSA countries. Unfortunately, the statistics base on climate change is currently very poor and the provision of these statistics is compelling and will contribute significantly to the understanding of the impacts of these changes to agriculture, our livelihoods and economic development. Recent and upcoming events witness these concerns. This paper attempts to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for exploring the magnitude of climate variability in the explanation of agricultural production in Sub- Saharan Africa. Despite the statistics constraints, it is expected that the design and testing of theoretical model on climate change will not only attract interests in investing in climate changes statistics but also provide better understanding of the relationships between individual and aggregate crop production performances and insights for policies directions as pertaining to SSA countries.
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Modelling Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): In Quest of Statistics - Koffi‐Tessio, Egnonto M. (RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009)
Climate change is a natural and dynamic phenomenon resulting from complex interrelationships between physical, environmental and human factors. The sustainability of life on earth depends partly on the ability of mankind to maintain this natural and balanced flow of such gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor traping heat. Unfortunately, human beings contribute significantly to the presence of such gases known as Green House Gases (GHGs) through agricultural and industrial activities. The implications are the excess trap of sunlight and the blocking of outward radiation. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the importance of agriculture cannot be stressed enough given that it is central to economic growth and most of economic activities in the region is still dependent on agricultural expansion. The crux of the matter is that, in Africa, the bulk of agricultural output is still produced by smallholder farmers who unfortunately continue to depend on climate variability. Hence understanding the relationships between climate variability and agricultural production is therefore critical to SSA countries. Unfortunately, the statistics base on climate change is currently very poor and the provision of these statistics is compelling and will contribute significantly to the understanding of the impacts of these changes to agriculture, our livelihoods and economic development. Recent and upcoming events witness these concerns. This paper attempts to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for exploring the magnitude of climate variability in the explanation of agricultural production in Sub- Saharan Africa. Despite the statistics constraints, it is expected that the design and testing of theoretical model on climate change will not only attract interests in investing in climate changes statistics but also provide better understanding of the relationships between individual and aggregate crop production performances and insights for policies directions as pertaining to SSA countries.
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF DENTAL CARIES IN SCHOOL CHILDREN IN LIBREVILLE, GABON. - Koko, Jean; Ategbo, S.; Ngoa, Ulysse Ateba; Moussavou, A. (clinics in Mother and Child Health, 2009)
Dental caries are considered to be the fourth biggest health disorders worldwide after cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and AIDS. This multifactorial disorder has not been paid much attention by researchers in Libreville. Our study was aimed at determining the prevalence and the severity of dental caries amongst school children assess, the influence of demographic and socio-economic factors, and oral hygiene habits on this disorder. It was a cross-sectional study with cluster sampling in both public and private, schools in children the ages of 6 to 12 years in accordance with the World Health Organization guidelines. Data on socio-economic and demographic features of the families, child’s attendance at dental clinics, frequency of cariogenic food consumption, and oral hygiene. Non-invasive dental examination was done, and consisted of inspection of the teeth and exploration of the tooth surface using a dental probe. Qualitative parameters, such as the presence of healthy, missing, decayed or blocked teeth were noted. The Klein and Palmer indice was used for analysis, and the co and CAO indices were calculated respectively for temporary and permanent teeth.The prevalence of dental caries was 75% amongst children aged 6, years and 81.4% amongst children aged 12 years. The degree of severity, as reflected by the different indices, was moderate in children aged 6 (co = 4.0) and high in children aged 12 (CAO = 4.9). Attendance at dental clinics was low (20.7%), and was for pain in 93% of the children. The type and the frequency of food consumption, alongside with oral hygiene habits, were shown to influence the condition of the teeth. Thus the prevalence of dental caries in school children in Libreville is a cause for concern, so curative and more particularly preventive measures need to be taken.
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CLINICAL STUDIES / ETUDES CLINIQUES THE LONDON HANDICAP SCALE: VALIDATION OF A YORUBA (NIGERIAN) VERSION AMONG STROKE SURVIVORS L'ÉCHELLE DE HANDICAP DE LONDRES: VALIDATION D'UNE VERSION NIGÉRIANE, YORUBA PARMI DES SURVIVANTS D'ACCIDENT VASCULAIRE CÉRÉBRAUX - Kolapo, Hamzat Tal-hatu; Oluwatitofunmi, Peters Grace (2009)
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The State of Reading in Selected Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria - Kolawole; Clément; Olaniran, Olusegun (2009)
The paper is a survey of reading in selected secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. It covered schools selected across the three senatorial zones of the State. In undertaking the study, the researcher with the support of research assistants first observed the teachers and students in the schools in their reading activities and later administered a self-designed questionnaire on them. The questionnaire sought information on the reading related activities of teachers and students as well as the availability or otherwise of materials to facilitate reading in the schools concerned. Descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage counts were used to analyse the data generated from the study. The outcome of the study revealed that reading is not given adequate attention in the schools the way it ought to, all the subject teachers do not handle the teaching of reading while the reading activities in the school are left to the discretion of students. Among the teachers who give attention to reading, we found a majority of them who failed to give students the necessary motivation to strengthen their interest in reading. It was also found out that most school heads contributed to the poor reading culture of the students by their attitude to issues that bother on reading and how it can be promoted in their schools. This is because most of the schools have no functional libraries and other facilities that can promote effective reading of reading. Based on the foregoing, adequate recommendations that would promote reading at the secondary school level in the State have been made in the paper.
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Differentials in school attendance in South Africa: a household situational analysis across the provinces - Koledade, Odesoji Adebanji (2009)
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Echocardiography at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: a three years audit. - Kolo, PM; Omotoso, Ayodele; Adeoye, Peter Oladapo; Fasae, Abidemi; Adamu, Umar; Afolabi, Joseph K; Aigbe, I. F.; Ogunmodede, James Ayodele (Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009)
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Teacher Quality in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities - Komba, Willy L. M. (2009)
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Etude de la pollution des eaux par les intrants agricoles : cas de cinq zones d'agriculture intensive du Burkina Faso - Koné, Martine; Bonou, Lucien; Bouvet, Yvette; Joly, Pierre; Koulidiaty, J. (2009)
Pour optimiser les rendements (agricoles), l'agriculture intensive necessite une utilisation massive d'intrants agricoles dont les engrais chimiques, potentiellement sources de pollution des ressources en eau. La region du Sud - Ouest du Burkina, dont font partie les zones concernees par la presente etude, connait une agriculture intensive du coton. Il est fait usage dans les champs de coton, d'engrais a base essentiellement d'azote, de phosphate, de potassium, mais egalement d'uree, de chlorure de potassium et de nitrate d'ammonium. Un total de 42 echantillons d'eau de surface, de puits et de forages ont fait l'objet d'analyses, afin d'evaluer l'impact de ces engrais sur la qualite des ressources en eau de consommation des populations sur une annee. Eu egard a la nature des fertilisants utilises, les parametres essentiels suivants ont ete cibles : Nitrates, nitrites, ortho-phosphates, ammonium, potassium, conductivite electrique et durete totale. Il ressort de ces investigations que les eaux de puits, pendant la saison hivernale, presentent des teneurs plus importantes en nitrates et potassium avec des valeurs maximales respectives de 178 mg/L (plus de 3 fois la valeur limite admise par l'OMS pour les eaux de consommation) et 55 mg/L pour une norme admise par l'OMS de 10 mg/L en potassium. Les ortho-phosphates, forme soluble du phosphore et les nitrites, presentent des teneurs inferieures aux normes admises. S'agissant des ions ammonium, un seul puits par sa position en aval d'un WC et d'un parc d'animaux, a donne des valeurs superieures a la norme qui est fixee a 1,5 mg/L, atteignant ainsi 20 mg/L de N-NH+4. Les echantillons d'eau de forages sont exempts de toute contamination, alors que 33% des prelevements d'eau de surface ont donne des teneurs depassant la valeur limite admise seulement en potassium. Globalement, 61% des echantillons d'eau de puits sont contamines par les nitrates, 67% par le potassium et 17% donnent des teneurs superieures a la norme en ammonium. Ce qui permet d'en deduire qu'il y a une infiltration de pollution dans la nappe superficielle qui alimente les puits. La conductivite electrique et la durete totale sans etre excessives presentent les valeurs les plus importantes pour les memes sites que sont les puits, avec des valeurs maximales respectives de 1252 μS/cm et 202 mg/L de CaCO3.
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University crisis and student strikes in Africa: the case of the University of Buea (Cameroon) - Konings, Piet (Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 2009)
The deepening crisis in African universities has had grave consequences for students who are faced with a dramatic deterioration in their living and study conditions and bleak prospects for future employment. The authoritarian management style and political control prevailing in most of these universities form formidable obstacles for students wishing to voice their grievances and organize in defence of their interests. However, African students seem not to be resigned to their fate and instead have displayed a growing activism that is reflected in various forms of protest, including strike actions. This study focuses on two recent violent strikes in the English-speaking University of Buea (UB) in Anglophone Cameroon. Like most other student protests in Africa during the ongoing process of economic and political liberalization, the UB students went on strike in an attempt to improve their unsatisfactory living and study conditions and to create democratic space within and outside the university. What was peculiar to the UB strikes was that they were inspired by deep feelings among the Anglophone student community of being more oppressed and marginalized than their Francophone counterparts, owing to their Anglophone identity, by the Francophone-dominated post-colonial state.
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The Development of a School-Based Curriculum to Enhance Wellbeing Among Somali Immigrant Children in the United States - Koroma, Sorie; Carey, John C. (2009)
This chapter explains the use of Somali cultural knowledge to develop a school-based curriculum to strengthen the wellbeing of Somali immigrant children living in an urban setting in the northeast region of the United States. Children such as the Somali children who have experienced war trauma sought refuge in neighboring countries, and with the help of international agencies like the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), these children were transferred to developed countries such as the United States (US). The Somali children brought with them some baggage of emotional turmoil due to war trauma experiences that have derailed their normative development. In school systems, especially in the US, teachers and other school personnel not only lack necessary Somali cultural knowledge but also lack an understanding of what these children had gone through in their home country, in refugee camps, as well as their difficulties in adapting to a society that is different from theirs. This chapter explores the immigration experiences of these refugee children and impact of mass trauma which these children had gone through; it also explains the development of a culturally appropriate curriculum, based on Somali cultural knowledge, and how the curriculum could be used in working with these children in schools.
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Place-Based Learning Environments in India, Mauritius and Australia - Koul, Rekha; Zandvliet, David B. (2009)
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Biomarker and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Sedimentary Organic Matter from Lake Tswaing: Evidence for Deglacial Wetness and Early Holocene Drought from South Africa - Kristen, I.; Wilkes, Heinz; Vieth, Andrea; Zink, Klaus-Gerhard; Plessen, Birgit; Oberhänsli, Hedi; Schmidt, Fred; Partridge, T. C. (11th SAGA Biennial Technical Meeting and Exhibition, 2009)
The 1.13-km-wide crater Tswaing (25°24’30’’ S, 28°04’59’’ E) is located approximately 40 km northwest of Pretoria at an altitude of 1045 m above sea level. The crater was formed in granitic bedrock by a meteorite impact. Sediments from Lake Tswaing document hydrological changes in southern Africa over the last 200 Ka. In this study we investigate modern plant and lake water as well as modern and ancient sediment samples from the Tswaing Crater in South Africa using biomarker and stable carbon isotope analyses on bulk OM and specific biomarker compounds. The characteristic molecular markers for higher land plants (predominantly C3-type deciduous angiosperms) in Lake Tswaing are long-chain n-alkanes (n-C27-33), n-alkanols (n-C28+30), stigmasterol, ß-sitosterol, ß-amyrin, α-amyrin and lupeol. The C17 n-alkane, tetrahymanol, gammaceran-3-one and C29 sterols dominate autochthonously produced OM. By comparing carbon isotope signatures of bulk OM and the characteristic biomarkers, we trace the modern carbon cycle in the crater environment and find indications for methanogenic activity in the lake from isotopically depleted moretene. A comparative study of core sediments reveals changes in the terrestrial (C3 vs. C4) and aquatic bioproductivity and allows insights into the variability of the carbon cycle under the influence of changing climatic conditions for the time from the end of the last glacial (Termination I) to the late Holocene, c. 14,000–2,000 calibrated years before present (yr BP). The most pronounced changes occur in the aquatic realm at c. 10,000 yr BP and 7,500 yr BP when our results imply climate swings from more humid to more arid and to gradually more humid conditions again, which can be related to a shift in the position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone or to changes in the tropical atmosphere-ocean interaction.
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Agricultural education and land reform - the case of Namibia. - Kruger, B. (Rural 21, 2009)
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Opportunities & challenges for teacher education curriculum in South Africa - Kruss, Glenda (2009)
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Abstinence-Only Education Fails African American Youth - Kuehnel, Sarah Smith (2009)
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Sustainable development in Africa: agriculture, trade and climate change - Kulovesi, Kati (2009)
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Supporting the Shift from State Water to Community Water: Lessons from a Social Learning Approach to Designing Joint Irrigation Projects in Morocco - Kuper, Marcel; Dionnet, Mathieu; Hammani, Ali; Bekkar, Younès; Garin, Patrice; Bluemling, Bettina (Ecology and Society, 2009)
Kuper, M., M. Dionnet, A. Hammani, Y. Bekkar, P. Garin, and B. Bluemling. 2009. Supporting the shift from state water to community water: lessons from a social learning approach to designing joint irrigation projects in Morocco. Ecology and Society 14(1): 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02755-140119
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Educational experiences and needs of Horn of Africa children in Islington Schools - Kuyok, A.K.; Maylor, Uvanney; Robson, J.; Hutchings, Michael G. (2009)
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Popular Education and Organized Response to Gold Mining in Ghana - Kwaipun, Valerie (2009)
Ghana’s current gold rush has exploded at an unprecedented rate and magnitude. Yet, despite their enormous mineral wealth, local mining communities typify the “underdevelopment paradox” common to most extractive-based economies. This disparity has galvanized a collective response from local communities and their activist supporters. Multinational mining corporations have become increasingly influential actors in Ghana’s economic scene, with wide-reaching consequences for local people’s socioecological stability. Consequently, the plight of communities affected by mining is garnering more public attention and mobilizing communities toward increased resistance to these large-scale mining projects, alongside demands for better compensation and improved community infrastructural development.
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Comparing Knowledge and Usage of ICT among Male and Female Distance Learners of an Endowed and Deprived Area in a Developing Country in Africa - Kwapong, Olivia A. T. Frimpong (Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009)
Distance learning in developing countries has emerged as a way of widening access to education for tertiary applicants who qualify but could not otherwise gain admission due to the limited space in the existing tertiary institutions.The delivery of the program in Ghana, a developing country in Africa, is predominantly print-based and is supported with regular face-to-face tutorials.In this process students face several challenges that could be supported with information and communication technology (ICT).The study looked at the extent to which, at their personal level, students utilize the few ICT facilities that are available in their localities that could form a basis for making a case for the use of interactive electronic platforms in the distance learning programs.The results revealed that both male and female learners have some access to and utilize ICT facilities.They have moderate knowledge and usage of the Internet.Distance learning institutions in developing countries could, therefore, take opportunity of this and gradually introduce some basic ICT applications such as e-mails, text messages, phone contacts, a website for providing detailed information, application and registration, uploading and downloading supplementary readers and other services to facilitate interaction among learners and the institutions.This way not only will quality be enhanced but also those in the remotest parts of developing countries could be conveniently reached.
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STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION- MAKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA, GHANA. - Kwesi, Manu Daniel Arnold (2009)
Leadership has been identified as one of the key factors that determine the atmosphere that exists in most organizations. Among the core functions universities are tasked to perform is the training of the people who eventually but not exclusively become leaders, administrators and managers of most organizations all over the world. The purpose of this study was to examine how the concept of student leadership is being used as a model for training and developing leadership skills and abilities in the Ghanaian context, using the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, as a study setting. As an autonomous and multi-faceted institution with varied interests and stakeholders, decision-making and implementation at the University of Education, Winneba, requires a participative approach where student leaders, who, being the mouth-piece of the general student body are given the opportunity to make inputs into administrative decisions that affect their lives on campus. Various interpretations were given to justify the application of democratic principles in leadership. This includes the fact that leadership has taken a paradigm shift from the influence of an individual to a shared responsibility devoid of intimidation and acrimony. A qualitative approach was used in the study. Interviews and observation were the main tools used in data collection. In addition, relevant documents were analyzed. In all, ten respondents comprising seven student leaders, two faculty and administrative members and a past student leader were used. To maintain a balance of approaches, various methods were used in data collection. The data collected was analyzed using an inductive approach to determine how leadership theories are applied in practice. The findings show that the application of democratic principles in tight bureaucracies is relative since power cannot be effectively shared among university administrators and student leaders. The existence of a bureaucracy in itself is a check on how stakeholders exercise theirdiscretion. However, the existence of a stable academic atmosphere suggests that student leaders are well represented in all decision-making levels of the University of Education, Winneba. It has also been established that on-the-job training is an effective means of developing commitment and capacity for leadership. Similarly, past student leaders seem to be exhibiting good leadership and management abilities, a situation that can partly be attributed to their experiences as student leaders. It is therefore recommended that the University of Education, Winneba, should promote leadership development not only using the student leadership concept but also as an academic discipline in a bid to empower the youth of the country in general. Additionally, interest in women leadership should be given special attention to encourage women participation in decision-making at all levels in the Ghanaian society.
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Africa: HIV and AIDS in Higher Education - Kyalo, Ncb (2009)
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Overview On Presentation And Discussion Of Report On The General History Of Africa Textbook Project, 23-26 November). Fourth Ordinary Session Of The Conference Of Ministers Of Education Of The African Union (COMEDAF-IV). , Mombasa, Kenya - Kyule, Mwanzia D (2009)
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Climate variability and change in Africa: a review of potential impacts on terrestrial water resources - Laban, Ogallo (IAHS-AISH publication, 2009)
The climate in many parts of Africa may be classified as arid and semi-arid, with recurrences of severe droughts. The livelihoods of many in the society are largely nomadic pastoralist. The economies of many states in areas that receive reliable rainfall rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment indicates that both droughts and floods have increased in frequency and severity in recent years, and are projected to increase in the future at many locations world wide, with far reaching implications on the demand and availability of quality freshwater resources. Increased recurrences of droughts in the future will force agriculture in Africa to introduce new demands for clean water through increased irrigation for sustainable agricultural production. IPCC (2007) has shown that the African continent is the most vulnerable continent to climate change. Other future challenges to freshwater availability in Africa include pollution by human activities, together with the ever-increasing demand for clean water by the fast-increasing population of the continent. Climate change will thus introduce new challenges to sustainable freshwater availability, conflicts/security and the general sustainable development of the continent of Africa in the 21 st century. This paper provides some highlights of the climate variability and change in Africa, and some of the potential impacts on terrestrial hydrology. Lessons and experiences from the African regional climate centres in integrated climate risk management for coping with current climate variability and adaptation to future climate changes are also reviewed.
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Universal Basic Education in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward - Labo-Popoola, SO; Bello, Andrés; Atanda, Fatai Abiodun (The Social Sciences, 2009)
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Climate change and water availaility in North-West Algeria : investigation by stable water isotopes and dendrochronology. - Lambs, Luc; Labiod, Mohamed (HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2009)
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African American Students' Implicit Attitudes Toward Police - Landers, Amber J.; Rollock, David (2009)
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'Strange worlds' in German migration literature, and intercultural learning in the context of German studies in South Africa. - Langa, Petra. (2009)
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An Investigation of the Impact of Student Government Involvement at one Public Historically Black University on the Career Choice of African American Student Participants - Laosebikan-Buggs, Morolake O. (2009)
The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation in collegiate student governance, the impact of that involvement and its influence on career choice for African-American participants, and to enlighten educators about role and value of collegiate student government participation. If participation in student government and involvement in leadership activities is important in the overall development of a student, then the benefits and characteristics of that development may appear after the student graduates and enters society and the workforce (Cress, Astin, Zimmerman- Oster, & Burkhardt, 2001). Studies conducted over the last twenty years have attempted to measure the impact of involvement and leadership development on college students after graduation (Cress, et. all, 2001; Sommers, 1991) but not much has been written about the subject specifically tied to student government (Downey, Bosco and Silver, 1984; Kuh and Lund, 1994; Schuh and Laverty, 1983; Sermersheim, 1996). A qualitative case study/cross case analysis of multiple participants was utilized for this project. Following the collection of data through the use of a written participant profile and oral interviews with each of the survey participants, case studies were constructed and presented in a narrative form to allow the individual personalities of the participants to emerge. The use of cross case analysis allowed the researcher to group the data into themes and highlight patterns that cut across each case, more narrowly defining what related factors were significant to the impact of student government participation and the selection of a particular career choice. x The findings from this study indicate that while the impact of student government participation has an overall positive effect on students who participate, including greater career competency and self confidence, students attribute their choice of career to their chosen undergraduate major or other factors. Study findings revealed evidence that the impact of student government involvement was limited in its direct influence on career choice.
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