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Partnership experiences in developing the Preparation for Tertiary Learning course in the Teachers in Training programme.
No full textThis article is a collection of three partnership voices: Roselyn Maneipuri, Immaculate Runialo and Noeline Wright. The first two, lecturers in the Arts and Languages Department at the School of Education (SOE), Honiara, Solomon Islands, found themselves working with a New Zealander who was tasked with helping them review and develop new courses for a new cohort of teacher education students. The three had never met before, but within about three weeks had to build a professional relationship, build some contextual understanding, establish what elements the course needed, and develop it in time for Roselyn and Immaculate to teach the first cohort of students (currently teaching in schools but without any teacher education background), who were due to arrive in less than three months' time
Creative Thinkers Writer's Club
No full textHere is, I believe, a real rarity. Two students in the Department of Publishing Studies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology took up as their final project establishing a writing club at a primary school and publishing a collection of their stories. The result is a number of one-page and two-page stories on pages 8 through 41 of this 7›" x 7" pamphlet. I find these fables among them: "The Big Fish" (26-27), an original fable about going out into the big and dangerous world and coming satisfied back home; FM (34-35); and "The Twins and Their Younger Brother" (38-39) about a younger brother who should have learned from the misdeeds of his older brothers. Each story is complemented by a full-page crayon drawing by its author. The authors range in age from 8 to 11. In this version of FM, the negligent frog apparently did not know that he was killing the frog. The hawk attacked when the frog back on land "sported" the Mouse.Linda Aduhene and Roselyn Mensah-Bons
Becoming American in the kitchen: gender, acculturation, and American Jewish cookbooks, 1870s to 1930s
No full textThis thesis examines American Jewish cookbooks from the 1870s through the 1930s as artifacts of acculturation—in particular, the acculturation process of Jewish women as distinct from that of Jewish men. These cookbooks are gendered primary documents in that they were written by women and for women, and they reflect messages about women’s place in society coming from the broad American cultural climate and from Jewish sources. In serving charitable ends, the cookbooks mirror the American Protestant notion that women’s spirituality is expressed through good deeds of philanthropy. They also reveal lessons about health and hygiene directed at new immigrants to make them and their children accepted in mainstream society, and fads and fashions of hostessing that were being imitated by Jewish women. These elements of “becoming American” were more significant in the acculturation process of Jewish women than of Jewish men.
Cookbooks, particularly those of the fund-raising charitable variety, were instruments for building women’s sense of community. Through community cookbooks, women in the sisterhoods of synagogues as well as in other philanthropic groups could assert control over a portion of the budget of the synagogue or charitable institution. The cookbooks are a window into what those female-centric communities were about. Beyond sharing recipes, the contributors to the community cookbooks shared humor, cooperative leadership, and, usually, lack of rabbinical input.
American Jewish cookbooks reflect varying ideological stances vis-à-vis kashrut. Some assert that kosher restrictions are no barrier to serving as elegant a meal as one’s gentile neighbor, while others say that anything that is healthy is acceptable and not treyf (non-kosher). In general, the early cookbooks display a more lax attitude toward kashrut than most American Jewish cookbooks today and feature more distinctly treyf ingredients.
Cookbooks also reflect linguistic acculturation. As the immigrant Jewish population shifted from German to Eastern European, cookbooks—particularly commercial cookbooks promoting products—moved to Yiddish, then to Yiddish and English, and then (much later) to English translations of Yiddish cookbooks. The socio-economic status of the intended audience also played a role in the choice of recipes and of practical advice.
The voices of American Jewish women from a variety of religious, ideological, and socio-economic backgrounds can be heard in these cookbooks. Sometimes the voices are slyly anti-male and proto-feminist. This thesis argues that through the cookbooks Jewish women asserted their sphere of agency, which was in their kitchens, in the management of their homes, and in their sisterhoods. There they created their own women’s communities and subcultures, which were uniquely Jewish, American, and female.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Roselyn M. Bel
Review of NGO performance research published in academic journals between 1996 and 2008
No full textGlobally, literature on the performance of development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has increased. However, little is known regarding the distinctive characteristics of academic articles on factors influencing NGO performance. In a recent systematic review of research, published in English-language academic journals between 1996 and 2008, factors influencing NGO performance were investigated. From the 31 journal articles that met the inclusion criteria, this study examined the salient characteristics of NGO performance research in terms of, (1) the number of publications, (2) publication outlets (journals and journal cluster), (3) author collaboration (sole or joint authors), (4) author affiliation, (5) study location, (6) study period, (7) study topics and (8) method and sources of information. Findings showed a steady increase in the number of articles, published in a wide array of journals with over half of the articles published in development studies journals. Of the 31 articles, 21 were sole authored. Data were mainly sought from NGO directors, programme staff and donors; comparatively fewer studies collected data from beneficiaries. Studies were mainly conducted in developing countries, whilst most authors were affiliated to institutions in developed countries. Of the 13 authors who conducted studies in Africa only 3 were affiliated to an institution in Africa. This study confirmed the continued need for increased research on factors influencing NGO performance; revealed the low seeking of beneficiaries' perspectives in NGO performance research despite the rhetoric of participatory development; and revealed the low number of published researchers in Africa and minimal collaborative efforts between "Northern" and "Southern" researchers in this field
Factors affecting job creating and low job creating firms owned by women in Kenya
No full textThe purpose of this study was to identify: constraints which inhibit the expansion of employment in job creating (over 4 employees) and low job creating (4 or less employees) firms owned by women in Kenya, the characteristics of women owned businesses and the strategies they use to promote growth of their businesses. One hundred women entrepreneurs in Nairobi (50 women operating job creating firms and 50 women entrepreneurs operating low job creating firms) were interviewed for this study. The study was exploratory and it was limited to women entrepreneurs in Nairobi.The results indicated that both groups of women encountered socio-economic, socio-cultural and managerial constraints which impact the growth of their businesses as well as additional job creation. The main constraints were: lack of finance, multiple roles, lack of business skills and lack of confidence.Seventy-five percent of the total group were married, 90% depended partially on the income acquired from their businesses, 71% owned traditional female businesses, and 67% lacked occupational experience. Most of the businesses were started with very low capital, and were organized as sole proprietorships.There were significant differences at.05 between the job creating group and the low job creating group. Women in the job creating group were older, were in business longer, belonged to more business associations, and had more capital to start their businesses.Although not significantly different, the job creating group used more business promotional strategies than the low job creating group. The main business strategies used to conduct business were advertising and personal contact; other strategies included: fashion shows and exhibitions, incentives, personal visits and employing marketing agents, selling quality products, pricing and stocking products which were not stocked by competitors.The findings indicate that there is a need to address women's need for: credit, training programs in business management, marketing, access to both general and technical higher education and improving their self-confidence. Additionally, society should be more sensitive to the socio-economic role played by women in enhancing economic development.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:25:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Human remains from Tomb MMA 514 in North Asasif: preliminary assessment
No full textSince 2013 the Asasif Project has conducted excavations of several Middle Kingdom tombs in the North Asasif Necropolis under the direction of Patryk Chudzik. Located adjacent to the New Kingdom temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri in southern Egypt, these tombs were originally excavated in the early 20th century by H.E. Winlock. This article describes the results of a preliminary inventory of the human remains left behind from Winlock’s excavations of one of these tombs, MMA 514, and its associated funerary complex. This tomb was reused at least twice in antiquity after the original interment, and Winlock’s sometimes cursory (by modern standards) excavation methods have produced a highly mixed archaeological assemblage of human and faunal remains as well as archaeological artifacts from various time periods. In 2017, this author joined the Asasif Project for a very brief part of the excavation season to assess the condition and distribution of human remains from Tomb MMA 514. Although the human remains are in various stages of preservation and are highly fragmented, it is possible to identify at least nine separate individuals, ranging in age from infancy to adulthood
Review of NGO performance research published in academic journals between 1996 and 2008
No full textGlobally, literature on the performance of development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has increased. However, little is known regarding the distinctive characteristics of academic articles on factors influencing NGO performance. In a recent systematic review of research, published in English-language academic journals between 1996 and 2008, factors influencing NGO performance were investigated. From the 31 journal articles that met the inclusion criteria, this study examined the salient characteristics of NGO performance research in terms of, (1) the number of publications, (2) publication outlets (journals and journal cluster), (3) author collaboration (sole or joint authors), (4) author affiliation, (5) study location, (6) study period, (7) study topics and (8) method and sources of information. Findings showed a steady increase in the number of articles, published in a wide array of journals with over half of the articles published in development studies journals. Of the 31 articles, 21 were sole authored. Data were mainly sought from NGO directors, programme staff and donors; comparatively fewer studies collected data from beneficiaries. Studies were mainly conducted in developing countries, whilst most authors were affiliated to institutions in developed countries. Of the 13 authors who conducted studies in Africa only 3 were affiliated to an institution in Africa. This study confirmed the continued need for increased research on factors influencing NGO performance; revealed the low seeking of beneficiaries’ perspectives in NGO performance research despite the rhetoric of participatory development; and revealed the low number of published researchers in Africa an
E-Konsulta: Clinic Medical Record Management System with Online Follow-Up Through Google Meet: Author\u27s Country: Pagadian City, Philippines
No full textAn operational clinic is essential in educational institutions to support the health and well-being of students and staff, directly enhancing productivity and academic achievement. However, many clinics still rely on outdated, paper-based systems, leading to inefficiencies, delays, and errors. Modernizing healthcare through digital solutions can improve efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility. This study proposed a system application to address common issues by digitizing medical records, automating workflows, and enabling online consultations. The platform enhances the accuracy and accessibility of patient data while streamlining administrative tasks, benefiting all stakeholders. Extensive testing revealed excellent performance, with a 100% pass rate in most functional areas and high scores in non-functional aspects, including reliability (97.14%), security (95.71%), and user experience (98.57%). Minor areas for improvement were noted in certain functionalities (92.90%) and accessibility (90%), underscoring the importance of continuous optimization to enhance inclusivity and usability. Future enhancements could include developing a mobile application for improved accessibility, enabling users to access records, book appointments, and participate in consultations on their devices. Advanced features such as enhanced online follow-up consultations, automated reminders, and health monitoring tools could further improve healthcare delivery. Integrating real-time analytics or telehealth capabilities may also provide broader support for patient care. These recommendations highlight the potential for the system to evolve, offering a more efficient, inclusive, and responsive approach to healthcare within educational environment
Pigmentary traits, sun exposure, and risk of non‐Hodgkin’s lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A study within the French E3N prospective cohort
No full textThe social lives of lived and inscribed objects: a Lapita perspective
No full textAs James Cook and his men on the Resolution and Discovery sailed through Polynesia and the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, they were treated to a number of welcome rituals and ceremonial performances. In this paper the author looks beyond the immediate face value of objects to a more rounded understanding of objects and their agency. The author suggests rethinking objects as social interventions and possible events rather than as portals to archaeological information. To do this I will develop a distinction drawn by feminist philosopher Elizabeth Grosz (1994) between lived and inscribed bodies and employ this distinction as a conceptual tool for thinking about the agency of objects, particularly Lapita pottery
