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Omeje, Joachim C.; Michael, Eskay; Obiageli, Modebelu Josephine – Online Submission, 2012
Research was embarked upon to investigate the role of counselors in promoting sexuality education for in-school adolescents in Nigeria. The respondents were made up of 120 practicing guidance counselors in Enugu State situated in South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. They were drawn from both professional and teacher counselors practicing in…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Intervention, Adolescents, Secondary School Students
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Archambault, Caroline – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2010
Among the Maasai of southern Kenya, child circulation in the form of adoption is widespread. It persists despite increased family nuclearization and pervasive sedentarizing discourses depicting "modern" family life as small, settled and nuclear. Through the perspectives and experiences of 10 families having undergone adoption, this…
Descriptors: Family Life, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Adoption
Zinger, Gary – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2009
The dynamics of how a family operates can be revealed by what happens in the kitchen. The kitchen is not just a cooking and eating place but also a place where family members gather--children playing board games or doing homework, parents looking through their latest bills and figuring out the family budget, and grandparents browsing through old…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, African American Culture, African American Family, Family Life
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Nsamenang, A. Bame – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
This article focuses on agency, as a natural disposition in children to be active and participative. Africa's parenting attitudes and education in African family traditions encourage and foster children's responsible agency in family life, cultural and economic activities, and their own developmental learning from an early, especially within the…
Descriptors: Family Life, Child Labor, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries
Moss, Felecia – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the reflections of preservice teachers in relation to their experiential knowledge gained through active learning of African American culture and their perceptions and beliefs concerning the home life of these students and their lives in the community. This action research study presents the results of a qualitative analysis of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reflection, Experiential Learning, Active Learning