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Teaching Strategies for Learners with Visual Impairment: A case of Mporokoso and Munali Secondary Schools
Get PDFThe purpose of the study was to find out the teaching strategies for visual impairment and their benefits . A case study research design was used in this study. To collect and analyse data, a qualitative research approach was used. Learners with visual impairments and special education teachers who work with them were the target population. The sample size was 35 respondents. Data was gathered through the use of questionnaires and interviews. The descriptive statistics were generated using the Excel 2013 software in the form of frequency tables and percentages. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data from the interviews. The study reported that teachers use individual education plan, inclusive education, audio device, recording of lessons, adaptation of lessons, materials written in high contrast and use of magnifiers in teaching of learners with visual impairment. The visual impairment teaching strategies provides a diversified learning among learners as they also encourage participatory learning. It is important to make mention that the participatory teaching strategy is used used in any physical setting, interpreting and fun. Therefore, helping to involve the VI learners in the subjects. It helps learners to learn about themselves. Through the participatory learning, the VI learners are able to analyse their own situation, rather than have it analysed by others. In other words, participatory learning helps the VI learners build self confidence. These teaching strategies help learners learn on their own. This makes it possible for the VI learners not to easily forget the learnt concepts. It therefore makes learning permanent among the VI learners. Visually impaired learners rely on self-exploration to learn about the world. The amount of information that learners can access with visual impairments is limited in this manner. Overall, these modalities cannot successfully compensate for visual inputs; they are only present to mitigate the effects of vision loss on learning , visually impaired students rely on self-exploration to learn about the world
Licence To Loot: The Failure of Constitutionalism in the Management of Sovereign Debt in Zambia
Get PDFZambia reached the HIPC completion point in 2005 and had its external debt significantly reduced. The government was cautious to accumulate unsustainable public debt. However, in 2011, a new government was elected into office and has proved less cautious and has accumulated public debt to crisis proportions, under the pretext of infrastructure development. However, evidence is growing that substantial amounts of the moneys being borrowed are being looted through corruption by government officials. This article discusses corruption in Zambia in the contraction and management of public debt. It argues that the looming debt crisis is as a result of failure of constitutionalism in Zambia. The ruling elite, under state authorised looting, have systematically looted substantial amounts of the borrowed money
Recent Legislation
Get PDF(i) The Refugees Act, No. 1 of 2017
(ii) The Agricultural Institute of Zambia Act, No. 2 Of 2017
(iii) The Compulsory Standards Act, No. 3, 2017
(iv) The Standards Act, No. 4 2017
(v) The Metrology Act, No. 6 of 2017
(vi) The Banking and Finance Act, No. 7 of 2017
(vii) The Companies Act, No 10 of 201
Evaluation And Design Of A Mine Ventilation System For Mindola Deep Mine :(5220 L - 6365 L Ore Zone), Zambia: Determination of Significant Contributors and Factors
Get PDFThe paper reports research findings on the evaluation and design of the end of mine life ventilation system for the 5220L – 6365L ore zone of the Mopani Mindola Copper Mine in Kitwe, Zambia. The purpose of mine ventilation is to provide suitable environmental conditions in working places. The objectives of the research were: firstly, the evaluation of the current mine ventilation system for the 4440L – 5220L ore zone, taking into account the aged ventilation system infrastructure and, secondly, building of a ventilation baseline database for design of the end of mine life ventilation system taking into account the planned increase in production, and subsequent increase in depth of mining from 1586m (current depth) to about 1930m (5220L – 6365L ore zone). In evaluating the current ventilation system and designing the end of mine life ventilation system the methodology involved, firstly, collection of the mine and equipment physical details as well as primary and secondary data of the current ventilation system by means of ventilation surveys, analyses, and computations as well as processing of obtained data so as to use it in the design of the end of mine life ventilation system. Findings were: High wet-bulb temperatures (in excess of or close to 31.0o C) were recorded in several mining areas below 4440L; Low air volumes of 1.5 – 4.5m3/s and velocities of 0.6 – 1.5m/s(lower than legal/scientific baselines of 30.0m3/s and 4.0m/s respectively) were evident in a number of mining areas between 4370L and 4440L; Dust concentrations of ventilation air in almost all mining areas were compliant with the established legal and or scientific baselines of 100 ppm; Obnoxious gas concentrations both in the general body of ventilation air and diesel unit exhaust emissions were well below Zambian legal/global scientific baselines of 1000 ppm CO2 and 100ppm CO . The total quantity of air leakage was in excess of 224 m3/s (35 % of total downcast air). In summary, the computed heat loads in the current mining zone (4440L – 5220L) recorded that diesel engine equipment with a total heat load of 1,792.5 kW (49% of the total heat generated) was the highest contributor, indicating it to be the 127most important variable. Secondly, eelectrical equipment (fans), exposed rock (strata), metabolism, and others accounted for 1,861.5 kW (51% of the total heat generated). In conclusion, reduction and or replacement of diesel equipment electrical equipment would bring about significant reduction in mine heat load, and reduce or eliminate the need for refrigeration of the Mindola mine workings at depth
Relationship of Physiotherapy Intervention and the Level of Community Reintegration of Stroke Survivors In Accra, Ghana
Get PDFBackground: Stroke is one of the major causes of death and disability in the world. During rehabilitation, there appears to be little or no emphasis placed on reintegrating the stroke survivors into their communities. The study sought out to determine the relationship between physiotherapy and the level of community reintegration among stroke survivors.
Method: This observational study involved 51 stroke survivors referred to physiotherapy departments of selected hospitals in Accra. Participants completed the Reintegration to Normal Living Index and the Modified Rankin Scale at baseline and after 8 weeks of physiotherapy sessions. Wilcoxon’s test was used to assess the difference between the baseline and end point scores for reintegration and disability while Chi square and Spearman correlation were used to test for associations between physiotherapy intervention and community reintegration. A p-value of 0.05 was set.
Results: The mean reintegration score at baseline was 55.5±17.00 and 76±14.00 at end point (p = 0.001) while the mean disability score at baseline was 3.43±0.67 and 2.31±0.68 at end point (p = 0.001) showing a significant level of improvement from baseline to endpoint of the reintegration and disability scores. There was a low association between duration of stroke (p=0.008) and duration of physiotherapy (p=0.038) with regards to reintegration 8 weeks post physiotherapy.
Conclusion: Physiotherapy plays a role in the reintegrating of stroke survivors into their communities. Incorporation of community reintegration into rehabilitation programmes for stroke survivors could be useful. Efforts to include physiotherapy to reintegrate stroke survivors could therefore be strengthened
Experiences of Adults Living with Cerebral Palsy in Accra Ghana
Get PDFBackground: Cerebral palsy is a neurologic condition resulting from brain injury that occurs before cerebral development is complete. The life expectancy of children with cerebral palsy is increasing rapidly and most live into adulthood. The transition to adulthood, together with the change in roles and responsibilities, have been identified as challenges for young adults with cerebral palsy. These include health care, education, employment, independent living, and community engagement. However, there is a gap in understanding the experiences, perceptions, and needs of individuals with cerebral palsy as they transition toward adulthood. This studyTo explore the life experiences of adults living with cerebral palsy.
Methods: A phenomenological qualitative study was carried out involving 6 participants recruited from the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal District, Osu Klottey and La Dade Kotopon Municipal District in the Accra Metropolis. Semi – structured interviews were conducted with each participant, after which the interviews were transcribed and analysed using the Colaizzi method.
Results: Two main themes emerged: the ‘realisation of self’ and ‘developing coping strategies to deal with living with cerebral palsy. Under the first theme, four sub-themes emerged: making sense of the condition, feeling of belongingness, self-pity and constraints from people because of the condition. The second theme generated two sub-themes: internal coping mechanisms or behaviour and external coping mechanisms.
Conclusion: Adults living with cerebral palsy face different problems compared to children living with the same condition. Adults with cerebral palsy are aware and have more understanding of their condition. They have a good perception of societal attitudes towards them and also are able to develop their peculiar means of dealing with it.
The study suggests the necessity to enhance support of adults living with cerebral palsy and enhance their integration into the community-based adult care from paediatric care
Religious Marketing and Church-Related Universities in the Public Media in Zambia
No full textThis article explores how and why church-related universities use the public media in Zambia. Grounded in interpretivism and informed by interpretive phenomenology, the adverts of two mainline churches and their universities in the media were analysed through an adaptive theoretical lens. The data was reductively explicated. The article reveals that different church-related universities were using public television for different reasons and argues that contrary to the widely held view in religion and media that mainline churches had not embraced media technologies in their mission, and that Pentecostals were highly associated with the media for evangelisation purposes, church- related universities reflected a trend towards the use of the media in order to sell their educational activities. In this regard, the universities were using the media to advertise their programmes and institutions. The article, therefore, contributes a religion and media perspective to the emerging religion and higher education scholarship in Zambia by demonstrating that church-related universities have embraced religious marketing in their mission of providing education
TRANSCENDENT AUTHORITY AND IMMANENT POWER: APPLYING NARRATIVE THEORY TO PARTS OF GENESIS AND EXODUS
No full textThis article applies narrative theory in a tentative and exploratory way to parts of Genesis and Exodus.1 By examining the power relation which the text sets up between narrator and reader, the article argues that the narrator’s transcendent authority that is authority beyond the story is not just fused but confused with the immanent power that is power within the story of the main character in the story: God. Narratology is an approach developed in the late 1970s by the French Structuralist Gérard Genette.It may seem that using an approach applied to a modern literary genre such as the novel (Genette developed his narrative theory after studying Proust) is merely another way of importing a modern Western perspective into Ancient Near-Eastern texts, ignoring their historicity, the cultural, geographical and ideological contexts in which they were produced. Yet narrative theory is not incompatible with contextual, historical, comparative and critical approaches
The Forfeiture of War Medals to The Crown: The Case of Captain Evans (1923)
Get PDFThe British Army recognises the brave and chivalrous acts of its soldiers during times of war by awarding them with various medals. Examples of these include, the Military Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and the Victoria Cross, among others. These awards are prestigious and are a symbol of the bravery, honour and dedication of those to whom they are awarded: to this effect reference may be made to the words of Sir Winston Churchill: "The object of giving medals, stars and ribbons is to give pride and pleasure to those who have deserved them. At the same time a distinction is something which everybody does not possess. If all have it, it is of less value. There must, therefore, be heart-burnings and disappointments on the borderline. A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.