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Adebayo, Kudus Oluwatoyin; Njoku, Emeka T. – Field Methods, 2023
How does shared identity between researcher and the researched influence trust-building for data generation and knowledge production? We reflect on this question based on two separate studies conducted by African-based researchers in sociology and political science in Nigeria. We advanced two interrelated positions. The first underscores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Researchers, Interpersonal Relationship
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Nathaniel Ayodeji Omilani; Abiodun Adekunle Bada – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
Understanding climate and its associated factors was familiar to Africans before contact was made with Western-made science. Introducing African learners to formal education seems to bring a disconnect between their indigenous knowledge about their environment and what is taught in the formal school curriculum. The indigenous knowledge systems…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries
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Okafor, Izuchukwu Azuka; Chia, Terkuma – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2021
The current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Death
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Okebukola, Peter A.; Suwadu, Bugoma; Oladejo, Adekunle; Nyandwi, Ramadhani; Ademola, Ibukun; Okorie, Henry; Awaah, Fred – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
This paper provides glimpses of transactions in chemistry classrooms in five African countries (Burundi, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, and Senegal) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Members of the secondary school community in the countries including teachers, students, and school managers were unprepared for the unprecedent demand in shift from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Ajaps, Sandra; Forh Mbah, Marcellus – Environmental Education Research, 2022
This paper considered the changes in education that are needed in response to the rapidly deteriorating state of the Earth's environment. We argued that such changes should be focussed on developing an effective education that equips inhabitants of the Earth to understand their environment towards contributing to its conservation, especially with…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Place Based Education, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2021
The fundamental study of physics has played a crucial role in helping to understand natural phenomena and biological processes throughout history. However, physics as a discipline has not advanced at an equal pace around the globe. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), physics research faces major challenges including gaps in human capital, infrastructural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Partnerships in Education, International Cooperation
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Etim, James S.; Etim, Alice S.; Heilman, George; Mathiyalakan, S.; Ntukidem, Eno – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The education of girls and women in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has long been thought of as very crucial for national development. This study investigated whether gender differences might occur in scores attained by Nigerian students on standard subject matter examinations for English Language, Mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Females, STEM Education
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Okebukola, Peter Akinsola; Owolabi, Olatunde; Okebukola, Foluso Olutoyin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
The forecast for the first quarter of this century is that the issue of teaching science in the language to which the learner is most familiar will receive more attention in our quest to win more students for science. Over two-thirds of countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe have developed policies on the use of the mother tongue for teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
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Ogunniyi, M. B. – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Examines scientific and traditional African views of the universe. Describes possible interactions between the two systems of thought. Proposes a rational model of instruction for harmonizing the two views. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Culture Conflict
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Agbonlaho, Rosemary O.; Offor, Uzoamaka J. – Education for Information, 2008
This study provides an insight into factors that can help predict the success of students admitted to a Master of information science (MInfSc) programme and aid admission committees in selecting candidates that are most likely to succeed in a graduate programme of information science, using the MInfSc programme at the Africa Regional Centre for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Information Science
Jegede, Olugbemiro J. – 1993
There is evidence in the literature indicating that western education was used not to promote the healthy coexistence of the western and the African cultures but as a sanitizing and civilizing medium. This document describes the need to design science education that adequately meets the needs of the African in such a way that the African view of…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Science and Society
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Taylor, Christopher – Environmental Education Research, 1998
Presents the results of an international comparative study into the status of environmental education. Concludes that the current provisions for environmental education for primary children in Nigeria are insufficient for the development of national programs. Contains 17 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Lindow, Megan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports on new programs that focus on training skilled scientists and mathematicians who will help solve Africa's myriad problems. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, in Cape Town, South Africa, offers one of the first working examples of a growing effort to develop a cadre of highly trained, practically minded scientists…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Scientists
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Eisemon, Thomas O. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
In comparing scientific life in Indian, Nigerian, and Kenyan universities, the author tries to suggest how science is shaped by factors associated with its development, its institutional context, with the political and social meaning of a science career, and with the nation's status in the international scientific community. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: College Role, College Science, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
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Gupta, Sushma; Gupta, Davendra K. – International Information & Library Review, 1997
Provides an overview of the development of university library and information science degree programs in English-speaking countries in Africa, highlighting early programs in Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria; 70s programs in Zambia, Nigeria, and Botswana; 80s programs in Nigeria and Kenya; and 90s programs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Namibia.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science Education, Library Education
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