The entire world has been rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic that has created so much destruction and loss of life. We had to learn to live with the ‘new normal,’ restricted movement, harsh lockdowns, and just adapting as we went along. The world had come to a sudden halt. It felt as if the...
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Are you interested in getting into an educational doctoral program but just aren’t sure how? The process itself is straightforward! What you read about a program is literally what you get. What often confuses potential candidates from applying is the unknown of “once-I’m-in, what-happens-next?” and the “I’m going to write a 100+ dissertation?!” As...
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Back in my school days, students were often told, “Study hard: good employment will eventually come following good academic results.” As an international student on scholarship, I held on to that belief strongly until the graduation of my undergrad degree. Unfortunately, the top results on the academic transcript did not make it any easier...
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When my twin brother and sister were 11 months old, I was born. I never knew my father, as he left when I was three weeks old. My mother became a single parent raising three children under one-year-old. We grew up during the 1960s, and our neighborhood was permeated with drugs and many pregnant...
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Social media can either get some people excited or put some people off. The beginning of 2020 saw a significant change in how businesses and education are carried out. Students were no longer able to meet face to face with their mates or for learning. Online learning was the only viable option left for...
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As a result of the pandemic, learners were forced to transition their learning to online formats. However, online learning is not the preferred mode of learning for many students, especially from various cultural backgrounds. Although there were challenges faced with moving classes to fully online formats, several gains made from this mode of instruction...
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In a previous article, I gave some advice about preparing for exams. I hope it helped reduce some stress during a period in our history when our stress reached new levels. Now it seems some people may be getting stressed over the fact that their stress may be reduced! Sounds illogical? Consider the fact...
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“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.” – Maria Montessori It wasn’t until 1913 that new theories on child education began their absorption into western societies, namely the...
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Many scholars are trying to restore Africa’s pride and identity from years of historical oppression and colonialism. However, under the recent changes in our historical records, many people have discovered inconsistencies and false records on our history as Africans. For many centuries Africa has been seen as the dark continent, a continent with no...
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Clinical trials play an important role in medicine and are often used to learn more about a certain disease, drug treatment or medical device. While there are many components to a clinical trial, it can be simply defined as medical research in humans. To this end, clinical trials must have governing standards and oversight...
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