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Adinkrah, Mensah – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: The persecution of children as witches has received widespread reportage in the international mass media. In recent years, hundreds of children have been killed, maimed and abandoned across Africa based on individual and village-level accusations of witchcraft. Despite the media focus, to date, very little systematic study has…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Violence
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Frumkin, Lara A.; Koutsoubou, Maria – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
There is evidence that ethnic minority learners in further education in England either under-achieve or are under-represented because they face various inhibitors connected to their ethnicity. Motivators may be in place, however, which increase attainment specifically for some ethnic groups. This exploratory study intends to examine what works and…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Minority Group Students, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Tyson, Donald Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study explores the critical thinking experiences of African nursing students enrolled in several universities in the U.S. Using a semi-structured interview approach, twelve African students discussed their experiences using and learning a western critical thinking approach, as well as described their educational experiences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Nursing Students, Student Attitudes
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Avoseh, Mejai B. M., Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
These "Proceedings" derived from the Commission for International Adult Education's (CIAE) 2018 International Pre-Conference. They contain 23 papers from 32 authors. Eight of the lead authors are graduate students -- four are rounding up their Master's degrees while four are on their doctoral programs. The rest are a mix of seasoned and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Role of Education, Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
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Lobnibe, Jane-Frances Y. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
In the United States, colleges use the internationalization of their student body as a conduit to achieving greater diversity. Not only has the attraction of international students become a priority for many universities regardless of size or location, universities administrators are often also quick to point to the increasing number of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mothers, Womens Education, Foreign Students
Anemelu, Charles I. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The current study is an attempt to examine post-migration psycho-cultural adjustment factors that potentially inhibit foreign-born students' (FBS) adjustment at community colleges (CCs) in the United States. Although much research has been conducted to better understand various aspects of FBSs' adjustment challenges little attention has been paid…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Student Adjustment, Two Year College Students, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Wood, Lesley; Rolleri, Lori A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Sexuality education forms part of the national school curricula of most sub-Saharan African countries, yet risk-related sexual behaviour among young people continues to fuel the HIV pandemic in this part of the world. One of the arguments put forward to explain why sexuality education seems to have had little impact on sexual risk-taking is that…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Curriculum Development, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Khau, 'Mathabo – Perspectives in Education, 2012
Within sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is becoming a greater threat to rural communities due to the high numbers of urban dwellers and migrant labourers who return to their rural villages when they fall ill and due to the lack of information and health services. Previous studies have found a reduced rate of infection among people who have high…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Services, Rural Schools, Sex Education
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Cole, Jennifer – Review of Research in Education, 2011
Young Africans born in the 1980s and early 1990s enjoy neither the same education nor the same employment opportunities as their fathers and mothers. In the past 20 years economic inequality between Africa and the rest of the world has increased. In the context of the new economic conditions created in part by economic liberalization, national…
Descriptors: Social Status, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
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Oyewumi, Kassim – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
This paper is a philosophical investigation of the relationship which exists between two major concepts; education and leadership. Besides the examination of the major concepts, the study also embraces historical method to justify the comparison between the early leaders in Nigeria politics and their present counterparts. All reviewed literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Politics of Education, Educational Policy
Eskay, M.; Onu, V. C.; Igbo, J. N.; Obiyo, N.; Ugwuanyi, L. – Online Submission, 2012
For a long time, children with special needs were educated along with other regular children in schools. The notion of special education was a Western phenomenon and concept in Nigeria. How were children with special needs educated without special education programs? This article will provide cultural perspectives on issues of disability and care…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Nsamenang, A. Bame – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2010
This article explores critical issues linked to early child development (ECD) professionalism in African childhood contexts in the light of rights-based consideration. Against the backdrop of acculturation being a reality in Africa, it accepts professionalism as a "good thing" for ECD programmes in Africa. The article sketches a portrait…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Cultural Context, African Culture
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Mareng, Chuei – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
The objective of this analysis was to provide the readers with a sound link on the policy, accessibility, and quality of education in the Kakuma Camp and with some arguments about the leadership of the refugee children's education in the camp. There is a great belief that a creative leader will design, articulate, and put into operation in the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Ethics, Refugees, Educational Quality
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Fennell, Shailaja; Arnot, Madeleine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
The knowledge gathered and reviewed in the field of gender studies has been disseminated globally over the twentieth century but has paid relatively little regard to the contexts and meanings that have simultaneously emerged in other regions of the world. The emergence of global equality agendas in education associated with new frameworks and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Global Approach
Boddington, Eulalee N. – Online Submission, 2009
In this article we explored the theories of Arnold Gesell, Erik Erickson and Jean Piaget about how human beings development. In this component we will analyze the cognitive processes of how children perceive and develop, in particular children from a cross-cultural background. How learning takes place, and how the influences of culture, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Piagetian Theory, Cognitive Development, Child Development
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