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Lazarous Mbulo; Glenda Blutcher-Nelson; Pranesh P. Chowdhury; Catherine O. Egbe; Abdallahi Bouhabib; Krishna Palipudi – Health Education Research, 2024
We utilized Global Adult Tobacco Survey data to examine singlestick purchases and related demographic characteristics in 10 African countries (Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania). Results show the weighted percentages and prevalence ratios with predicted marginal means to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Demography, Age Differences
Barton, Karen S. – Geography Teacher, 2019
This work presents a new teaching module for understanding the geographical dimensions of historical events in Africa. This case study focuses in particular on the Joola shipwreck in Senegal in order to illustrate geographic areas of study including the rural-urban divide, colonial geopolitics, cultural diversity, and West Africa's physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Geographic Concepts, College Instruction
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Grúnová, M.; Sané, M.; Cincera, Jan; Kroufek, Roman; Hejcmanová, P. – Environmental Education Research, 2019
The New Environmental Paradigm scale for children was developed and validated in Western nations but has seldom been applied in non-western countries. The aim of the current study is to examine the scale's validity for schoolchildren in Senegal. The study was conducted in three regions of Senegal in November and December 2015, and a total 782…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education
Ward, Michael – OECD Publishing, 2020
PISA for Development (PISA-D) aims to make the assessment more accessible and relevant to low- and middle-income countries. This report summarises findings from the out-of-school assessment results for PISA-D. By combining the out-of-school assessment with the in-school assessment, PISA-D has been able to achieve a unique perspective on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Ward, Michael – OECD Publishing, 2018
Building on the experience of working with middle-income countries in PISA since 2000, and in an effort to respond to the emerging demand for PISA to cater to a wider range of countries, the OECD launched the PISA for Development (PISA-D) initiative in 2014. This one-off pilot project, spanning six years, aims to make the assessment more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students