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The effect of an intervention using GIS-generated geo-spatial data on the promotion of spatial cognition and spatial perspective taking in grade 11 learners
A question asked at the first national conference on the educational applications of geographical information systems (GIS) in Washington 1994, namely what learning does GIS allow that other ways do not and whether teaching GIS at school level is worth...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Co-author: Britz, H. W.
Publisher of document: Abingdon, Oxon U.K.: Taylor & Francis Group, ISSN 0373-6245 (Print), ISSN 2151-2418 (Electronic)
Published in: South African Geographical Journal
Date: 2016 | Pages: 182-193
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03736245.2014.977815
The effectiveness of brain-compatible blended learning material in the teaching of programming logic
Blended learning is an educational approach which integrates seemingly distinct educational approaches, such as face-to-face and online experiences. In a blended learning environment the classroom lectures can, for example, be augmented with learning material offered in a variety of technologically...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Co-author: Van Niekerk, Johan
Publisher of document: Exeter: Elsevier Science, EISSN 1873-782X , ISSN 0360-1315
Published in: Computers in Education
Date: December 2016 | Pages: 16-27
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.09.008
Pratiques et logiques des acteurs autour de la professionnalisation des offres de formation des universités publiques togolaises dans le contexte de la réforme LMD
La professionnalisation des offres de formations est l’axe majeur de la réforme LMD (Agulhon et Convert, 2011). Mais cette réforme intervient dans un contexte de massification et de financement de plus en plus insuffisant des universités publiques de la zone...
Uploaded by: Dibaataba BALOGAHAuthor: BALOGAH, Dibaataba | ORCID: 0000-0003-3554-5564
Date: October 2021 | Pages: 519
Science education and literacy: Imperatives for the developed and developing world
This article explores current language-based research aimed at promoting scientific literacy and examines issues of language use in schools, particularly where science teaching and learning take place in teachers' and learners' second language. Literature supporting the premise that promoting reading,...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Published in: Science
Date: 2010 | Pages: 448 – 450.
Xhosa indigenous knowledge: stakeholder awareness, value and choice
This study investigated a sample of isiXhosa mother tongue-speaking science teachers’, their pupils’, and adult local community members’ awareness of Xhosa indigenous knowledge. It also investigated what aspects of this knowledge they value and think should and could be integrated...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: Springer, ISSN 1571-0068
Published in: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
Date: 2013 | Pages: 89-110
AI ethical biases: normative and information systems development conceptual framework
Alongside the revolutionary benefits of AI, it can cause numerous problems across the system development process. AI ecosytem players have recently started to interrogate the ethical biases implicit in AI-enabled applications and agents. The contestable nature of ethics and the...
Uploaded by: John OredoAuthor: Oredo, John | ORCID: 0000-0002-7855-5175
Co-author: Chowdhury, Tanay
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/12460125.2022.2062849
Exploring the Role of Organizational Mindfulness on Cloud Computing and Firm Performance: The Case of Kenyan Organizations
The popularity and use of cloud computing has largely been driven by the reported benefits on firm performance. Despite this technology providing a paradigm shift in information technology (IT) services, the process through which the adoption of cloud computing effects...
Uploaded by: John OredoAuthor: Oredo, John | ORCID: 0000-0002-7855-5175
Co-author: Dennehy, Denis
Publisher of document: Springer
Published in: Information Systems Frontiers
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10796-022-10351-9
Supply chain resilience in mindful humanitarian aid organizations: the role of big data analytics
The purpose of this paper is to understand the nomological network of associations between collective mindfulness and big data analytics in fostering resilient humanitarian relief supply chains.
Uploaded by: John OredoAuthor: Oredo, John | ORCID: 0000-0002-7855-5175
Co-author: Dennehy, Denis
Co-author: Spanaki, Konstantina
Co-author: Despoudi, Stella
Co-author: Fitzgibbon, Mike
Co-author: ,
Published in: International Journal of Operations & Production Management
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOPM-12-2020-0871/full/html
Assessing the Performance of Solar Photovoltaic Pumping System for Rural Area Transformation in West Africa: Case of Sekoukou Village, Niger
Energy is a critical foundation for socio-economic development of any country. This study assesses the performance of the Solar Photovoltaic Pumping System toward an integrated rural area transformation in the village of Sekoukou in Niger (West Africa). Electrical parameters, meteorological...
Uploaded by: David AGBOAuthor: AGBO, David | ORCID: doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20221106.11
Co-author: Mounkaila Saley Moussa1, * | ORCID: doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20221106.11
Co-author: Djibo Bachirou2 | ORCID: doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20221106.11
Co-author: Ibrahim Halidou1 | ORCID: doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20221106.11
Publisher of document: New York, NY 10020 U.S.A., Science Publishing Group 1 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th and 11th Floors, SSN: 2326-957X (Print); ISSN: 2326-960X (Online)
Published in: International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, ISSN: 2326-957X (Print); ISSN: 2326-960X (Online)
Date: 29 November 2022 | Pages: 114-124
http://www.sciencepg.org/journal/paperinfo?journalid=164&doi=10.11648/j.ijepe.20221106.11
Teaching strategies in language-diverse mathematics classes: A case study.
This study was located in a mathematics classroom in a township school in Port Elizabeth. After an intervention designed to raise awareness of dialogic teaching practices, three teachers introduced exploratory talk, with varying degrees of success, into their mathematics classrooms....
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, L.
Co-author: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: Educational Research for Social Change,
Published in: Educational Research for Social Change, ISSN: 2221-4070
Date: 2013 | Pages: 31-42
http://ersc.nmmu.ac.za/articles/Vol_2_No_2_Webb_and_Webb_November_2013
Towards an integrated learning strategies approach to promoting scientific literacy in the South African context
The focus of this paper is on selected recent South African research studies that have explored efforts to promote the discussion, writing, and arguing aspects of scientific literacy in primary and middle schools, particularly amongst second-language learners. These studies reveal...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
Published in: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
Date: Webb, P. 2009). | Pages: 313-334.
http://www.ijese.net/makale/1398.html
African-German cooperation towards decolonising higher education: CERM-ESA approaches and lessons learnt.
This paper looks into decolonisation as a guiding principle for North-South academic cooperation cowards the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development adopted in 20I5. The purpose is to examine the German Academic Exchange Service (DMD) funded African-German cooperation within...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Kindiki, J
Co-author: von Moellendorff, Malve
Co-author: Speck, Karsten
Co-author: Webb, Paul | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: ISSN: 1434-4688
Published in: Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik
Date: 2019 | Pages: 11-15
The clash of systems: African perceptions of the European Union and China engagement
Over the past fifteen years, China has successfully positioned itself as a major trading partner and investor in Africa, displacing Europe as the most important partner in large infrastructure projects and the exploitation of raw materials. This competition by China...
Uploaded by: Nashon AderoAuthor: Adero, Nashon | ORCID: 0000-0003-2830-7912
Co-author: Shikwati, James
Co-author: Juma, Josephat
Publisher of document: Potsdam-Babelsberg: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Date: June 2022 | Pages: 22 pages
https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa/clash-systems-african-perceptions-european-union-and-china-engagement
Teachers’ characteristics for the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale District, Uganda
Abstract: The main purpose of the current study was to assess the effect of teachers’ characteristics in the implementation of the new Business Subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale District, Uganda. The study was based on the doctrines...
Uploaded by: INNOCENT MUHWEZIAuthor: MUHWEZI, INNOCENT | ORCID: 0000-0002-8223-1827
Co-author: Ssekamatte, David
Co-author: Kurgat, Susan
Publisher of document: Erbil, Iraq: Ishik University
Published in: International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print)
Date: December 2021 | Pages: Pages 66-82
Teacher practices in the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in Uganda: a case of selected secondary schools in Kabale District
The study aimed at identifying the teacher practices that support the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale district, Uganda. The study was underpinned by Ralph W. Tyler’s (1949) principles of curriculum theory. Based...
Uploaded by: INNOCENT MUHWEZIAuthor: MUHWEZI, INNOCENT | ORCID: 0000-0002-8223-1827
Co-author: Ssekamatte, David
Co-author: Kurgat, Susan
Publisher of document: Waterloo, Ont.: Matis Translation Services
Published in: Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, ISSN 2816-2587
Date: 2022-07-01 | Pages: 56-70
Teachers’ preparedness for the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale district, Uganda
Teachers should be well prepared to enhance the implementation of the new Business Subjects curriculum. They ought to be well prepared to enhance the implementation of the new Business Subjects’ curriculum so as to impart the values of UgandaVision 2040....
Uploaded by: INNOCENT MUHWEZIAuthor: MUHWEZI, INNOCENT | ORCID: 0000-0002-8223-1827
Date: April 2022 | Pages: xiv, 145 pages
Sustainable intensification of integrated lifestock systems in the Sahel, West Africa
Sustainable intensification of livestock production in the Sahelian region of Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal is an important aim to mitigate effects of climate change, reduce land degradation and serve the increasing population in terms of income and nutrition. Major...
Uploaded by: Hannah Grund-MagomuAuthor: Grund-Magomu, Hannah
Effects of a 6 Brick Duplo Block guided play intervention on pre-literate learners’ visual perception
Background: Literature reveals that guided play promotes the development of visuospatial abilities essential for learning to read, write and do mathematics. However, most of these findings have focused on older children who are already literate, and the tests and the...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Jemutai, Sarah | ORCID: 0000-0003-3965-2009
Co-author: Webb, Paul | ORCID: 0000-0002-4118-8973
Publisher of document: Cape Town : AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
Published in: South African Journal of Childhood Education, ISSN: 2223-7674 (Print), ISSN: 2223-7682 (Online)
Date: 28 August 2019 | Pages: 8 pages
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-76822019000100026
From exploratory talk to abstract reasoning: a case for far transfer?
Research has shown improvements in science, mathematics, and language scores when classroom discussion is employed in school-level science and mathematics classes. Studies have also shown statistically and practically significant gains in children’s reasoning abilities as measured by the Raven’s Standard...
Uploaded by: Paul WebbAuthor: Webb, Paul | ORCID: 0000-0002-4118-8973
Co-author: Whitlow, J. W. Jr. | ORCID: 0000-0002-3489-4458
Co-author: Venter, Danie | ORCID: 0000-0003-3378-0165
Publisher of document: New York: Springer Science+Business Media
Published in: Educational Psychology Review, ISSN 1040-726X
Date: 28 April 2016 | Pages: 565 - 581
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-016-9369-z
Lessons from modelling COVID-19 scenarios in Kenya and implications for policy and planning
This study examined and modelled the cross-country spread of the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Africa and outside Africa, finally converging on Kenya as the country of interest. A review of the models widely used to calibrate policy...
Uploaded by: Nashon AderoAuthor: Adero, Nashon | ORCID: 0000-0003-2830-7912
Publisher of document: San Francisco, California : Academia Letters
Published in: Academia Letters, ISSN 2771-9359
Date: July 2021 | Pages: 10 pages
Land use/land cover classification for the iron ore mining site of Kishushe, Kenya: a feasibility study of traditional and machine learning algorithms
Motivated by the need to enhance the precision of land use/land cover classification for mining environments challenged by rapid anthropogenic and natural changes, we analysed multispectral Sentinel 2A satellite data using four different classifiers: Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC), Support Vector...
Uploaded by: Nashon AderoAuthor: Siljander, M.
Co-author: Gitau, F.
Co-author: Nyambu, E.
Co-author: Adero, Nashon | ORCID: 0000-0003-2830-7912
Publisher of document: Kenya : Centre of Excellence in Mining, Environmental Engineering and Resource Management , Taita Taveta University
Published in: African Journal of Mining, Entrepreneurship and Natural Resource Management (AJMENRM), ISSN 2706-6002
Date: April 2020 | Pages: 115-124
The future of Africa in the post-COVID-19 world
The future of Africa in the Post-COVID-19 World is a timely book on Africa, a continent whose strategic position in the nexus of emerging global megatrends and complex development challenges is receiving increased attention. This book is a wellspring of...
Uploaded by: Nashon AderoAuthor: Adero, Nashon | ORCID: 0000-0003-2830-7912
Co-author: Juma, Josephat (editor)
Publisher of document: Kenya: Inter Region Economic Network, ISBN 9789914708806
Date: 2021 | Pages: xvi, 227
