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/ 10 November 2005
The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is often celebrated for its uniqueness: every internet user can create new articles and edit entries. Wikipedia’s popularity is shown by the fact that it records 1 000 page views per second, with about 100 servers to handle the traffic. However, the quality of entries is uneven; sometimes entries are even factually incorrect.
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/ 10 November 2005
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s authority was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after his attempt to toughen up Britain’s anti-terror laws in the wake of the London bombings was roundly defeated in Parliament. It was the first time in his eight years in power that Blair had been humiliated in the House of Commons.
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/ 10 November 2005
Suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three United States-registered hotels in the Jordanian capital on Wednesday night, killing at least 57 people and wounding up to 300 in an al-Qaeda-style assault on the Arab kingdom with close ties to the US and a border with Iraq. Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said most of those killed were Jordanians.
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/ 10 November 2005
At first glance, the computer room at Optima College looks like any other computer room at schools around the country. Young adult learners sit in front of a row of computers with standard keyboards. Their teacher, Deena Moodley, moves attentively between them, clarifying questions. But something is different –
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/ 10 November 2005
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will consider issuing the national Department of Education (DoE) with a subpoena if it does not present the commission with a written submission in a month.
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/ 10 November 2005
The 2004 school year was a tough one for Lerato Mokhele, a Grade 1 teacher at Asteri Primary School, on the border of Hillbrow in Johannesburg. Two young boys in her class always needed special attention.
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/ 10 November 2005
The National Business Initiative (NBI) and petroleum outfit Engen have joined hands to launch an innovative programme aimed at providing professional development to mathematics and science teachers.
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/ 10 November 2005
A rural community’s definition of relevant science education, and the processes by which the definition was developed, are important statements about human rights, democracy and social justice.
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/ 10 November 2005
Poorly trained mathematics and science teachers in Sekhukhune district, Limpopo, have something to count on to improve their skills: a mathematics and science project run by St Marks College Trust, an Anglican education facility in Jane Furse.
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/ 10 November 2005
In my previous two columns in the Teacher, I’ve traced the evolution of outcomes based education (OBE) thinking and implementation over the past 35 years, from its early emphasis on expanding the conditions of success in schools and classrooms to its transformational emphasis.