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Download full textFair, Kristi – 1994
This two volume document investigates the policies and processes that result in learners failing or passing in grades 1-3 in Ondangwa and Rundu education regions of Namibia. The first volume is a synthesis of the research, while volume two presents the "raw" data provided to help ground the reader in real life school settings. Ondangwa…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, African Studies, Area Studies, Case Studies
Corby, Richard A. – 1991
This unit is designed for students in grades 6-12. The unit provides an introduction to Sierra Leone and the continent of Africa through basic concepts and a conceptual framework for learning. The unit is divided into 17 activities. Activities include: (1) "Stereotypes and Myths about African and Africans"; (2) "The Manding Name…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Studies, Area Studies
Boston, Jane; Commins, Stephen – 1995
This unit uses six activities to examine questions of world hunger as seen in an African context and the related policy issues. Each activity allows students to explore a case study demonstrating a factor that affects hunger and grapple with some of the challenges facing policymakers today. Students should come to understand the nature of hunger,…
Descriptors: African History, African Studies, Area Studies, Developing Nations
Maxwell, Margaret, Ed. – 1983
Teachers from Worcester (Massachusetts) Public Schools and the University of Massachusetts collaborated in a Teacher Corps project to publish a resource handbook on African studies to be utilized in U.S. elementary and secondary classrooms. The handbook contains selected classroom activities and resources that enable both students and teachers to…
Descriptors: African Studies, Area Studies, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Enrichment
Gale, Steven H. – 1995
Traditionally, an important function of folktales in West Africa has been to educate, as the older generation imparts knowledge to younger members of the family, tribe, societal unit, or ethnic group both informally in everyday life and more formally within the context of the bush schools. This anthology of West African folk literature offers more…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Studies, Anthologies, Area Studies
Nziramasanga, Caiphas T. – 1995
This paper briefly describes the historical development of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) from its roots in 1980 and examines the work of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) today. The objectives of the SADCC are listed from the 1980 declaration and the achievement of those objectives are assessed.…
Descriptors: African History, African Studies, Area Studies, Black Studies
