Does agricultural input aid always lead to favourable food security outcomes? This paper describes Zimbabwe's agricultural recovery program for the 2003/2004 farming season and draws some lessons that can be used in the designing and implementation of future programs. Input aid was found to be most beneficial if it is packaged together with other…

The statement in the title, what if Indigenous Knowledge contradicts accepted scientific findings (Fowler, 2000), is an expression of the dilemma people who research Indigenous Knowledge think they find themselves in when they are confronted with different interpretations of what it means to be human, or, as I may summarize it, with different…

As a nation, Kenya hopes to achieve Education for All (EFA) by the year 2015. This is an uphill task given the various challenges in the education sector. The year 2015 is also significant globally because it is the target year for the fulfillment of the eight-millennium goals. Kenya looks forward to have her people achieve the millennium goals…

From a diversity perspective, all students should receive an education that continuously affirms human diversity--one that embraces the history and culture of all racial groups and that teaches people of colour to take change of their own destinies. With regards to teaching, a diversity perspective assumes that teachers will hold high expectations…

The study examined the effects of item format, self-concept and anxiety on response changing behaviour. Four hundred undergraduate students who offered a counseling psychology course in a Nigerian university participated in the study. Students' answers in multiple--choice and true--false formats of an achievement test were observed for response…

The paper examined the possibility of finding out if improvements in students' problem solving performance in simultaneous linear equation will be recorded with the use of procedural and conceptual learning strategies and in addition to find out which of the strategies will be more effective. The study adopted a pretest, post test control group…

When trainee teachers conducted an intervention with 35 South African boys in a homeless shelter, the boys' science, English, and math achievement improved by up to 110%. The boys also made social and emotional gains. Student teachers' reflective diaries indicated how they benefitted as well. (SK)

A 3-year project used a responsive teaching strategy, which begins with students' responses, to influence 6 adolescent readers' responses to poetry. Although not poetry enthusiasts initially, students developed intellectual keenness for the subject. (SK)

Elementary school low-progress readers (n=40) participated in MULTILIT (Make Up Lost Time in Literacy), half in standard literacy instruction and half in Rainbow Reading (read-along tapes involving repeated readings). The already high efficacy of MULTILIT was not enhanced by supplementing it with Rainbow Reading. (SK)

Compares value education, critical thinking, moral development, and critical pedagogy. States that teachers' values are expressed in instructional content and methods. Urges teachers to balance expressing their own values and exposing students to different perspectives. (SK)

Interviews with 70 British students at the end of elementary or beginning of secondary school where substance abuse education was presented in year 6 showed that elementary students valued drug education but misinterpreted the message. Older students were more critical of drug education and preferred that it be presented by someone other than…

Presents statistics on and causes of increases in juvenile violence and suicide in the United States. Offers a prevention model that addresses behavior and social change through family inclusion, school staff training in values education, development of students'"success identity," conflict mediation, and media/visual literacy. (SK)

A study of 228 effective and 71 ineffective primary literacy teachers and observation of teaching (n=28, 10) identified primary characteristics of effectiveness: contexualized use of a range of literacy skills and knowledge and making explicit the purposes and process of literacy through modeling and demonstration. (SK)

Examines the effects of globalization on Finland and changes in educational policy in the context of the European Union. Identifies a radical policy shift involving such concepts as marketization and parental choice. Suggests that the change is more profound in Finland than elsewhere. (SK)

Analyzes three aspects of reform in New Zealand elementary-secondary education since 1989: curriculum changes, a new assessment program, and changes in qualifications in senior secondary education. Highlights the influences of other countries in reform and discusses the emphasis on learning outcomes. (SK)