World mythology : an anthology of the great myths and epics
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xxii, 613 pages : 24 cm This new edition of World Mythology offers 59 of the world's great myths from Greece and Rome, the Middle East, Northern Europe, the British Isles, the Far East and Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Americas Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-57…
World mythology : an anthology of the great myths and epics
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"Third edition"--Cover Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-571) and index Purpose of myths -- Matriarchal society -- Academic perspectives on myths. Greece and Rome: Greece: Creation of the Titans and the gods -- Ages of man -- Demeter and Persephone -- Flood cycle: Ly…
Yoruba girl dancing
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When Remi is torn from her snug, loving family in Nigeria and sent to a stodgy boarding school in England, she slowly learns to use her cultural difference to her advantage
World Cup '94 Opening
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Preserved by DashRetroTV The opening ceremony for the 1994 World Cup featured musical performances, a parade of participating nations, and speeches from prominent officials. Musical Performances Diana Ross : The ceremony began with a performance by Diana Ross. Her set included se…
DTIC ADA264618: Nigeria: Developing a Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa
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This study briefly examines Nigeria's geography and demographics; provides a brief historical look at Nigeria; examines the current civil-military political relationship inside Nigeria; provides an up-to-date status of the current Nigerian government's program to transition the c…
DTIC ADA278181: Education in Nigeria -- The Cornerstone of a Nation
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This paper presents an overview of the education system in Nigeria, Africa. It analyzes the overall nation-wide learning system and its role in national security and global stability. It explores the related issues and problems facing the Nigerian government in trying to educate…
ERIC ED360172: Curriculum Reforms in Post-Secondary Science in Nigeria.
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Since attaining independence in 1960, Nigeria has attempted vigorous promotions of science education involving changes in curricula. This paper examines the impetus, nature, and impact of such curricular reforms at the post-secondary level. The historical context of these issues…
ERIC ED360880: The Place of English in the SSS Curriculum in Nigeria: The State of the Art.
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A discussion of the senior high school curriculum in Nigeria focuses on the role of English, considered an important language for educated individuals. An overview of the structure of the secondary curriculum is offered, and the sociolinguistic and pedagogical significance of Eng…
ERIC ED365160: Price-Tagging Child Bilingualism: An Evaluation of Policy and the Socio-Economic and Political Implications of Commercialisation of Nursery Education in Nigeria.
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Years of nursery education are crucial in the language development process of the child. In Nigeria, a nation with over 400 languages, naming a national language for educational and cultural development that foster unity and identity, becomes a sensitive issue. It is argued that…
ERIC ED389688: Shortage of Science and Mathematics Teachers: A Nigerian Case Study. Science, Technology and Mathematics Education.
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This report is a case study of the shortage of science and mathematics teachers in Nigeria. The paper begins with a discussion of the Nigerian educational system, including the place of science and mathematics in the school system, and the shortage of science and mathematics teac…
ERIC ED389689: Training of Trainers in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education: Regional Workshop Report (Kaduna, Nigeria, May 30-June 11, 1993). Improving the Quality of Basic Education in Science, Technology and
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This publication reports on an African regional workshop in Nigeria on training science, technology, and mathematics teachers (STME). The workshop focused specifically on trends in recruitment and evaluation of academic and professional STME teaching staff in colleges of educatio…
ERIC ED397679: Polysemic Functionality of Prepositions in Pidgins & Creoles: The Case of "FO" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin.
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An analysis of the polysemic nature of prepositions in pidgins and creoles (PCs) looks at the analytic nature of PCs and the pervasive variability in their grammars, and then focuses on usage of the preposition "fo" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP), likely borrowed from the English…
ERIC ED397680: The Sociolinguistic Status of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin: An Overview.
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An analysis of the status of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP) looks at its origins and evolution in Nigerian history, its location in the Nigerian language situation, and its current sociolinguistic status. It is concluded that ANP possesses linguistic structures that have stabilized…
ERIC ED399938: Training School Librarians for the Nigerian School System: A New Perspective.
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This paper provides a brief history and background on Nigeria and its educational system; school libraries in Nigeria; and increased recognition by the government of the importance of libraries in education and resultant legislation. The majority of teacher-librarians in the Nige…
ERIC ED401668: The Placement of Exceptional Students in Nigeria and the United States of America.
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This report compares and contrasts special education and least restrictive environment requirements for children with disabilities in Nigeria and the United States. The implementation of special education policies in both countries is discussed, including policies in the followin…
ERIC ED406386: Conceptualization of Educational Measurement and Evaluation Held by Some Nigerian Secondary School Teachers.
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To ensure effective evaluation, classroom teachers should have consistent views of the nature of educational measurement and evaluation. An 11-component model of educational measurement and evaluation was developed from a literature review. Based on this model, an instrument, the…
STS-55 Earth observation of a thunderstorm over the coast of Nigeria
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STS-55 Earth observation taken aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, shows a 30-mile-wide thunderstorm (tops estimated near 45,000 feet). It was photographed by the STS-55 crew from an altitude of 162 nautical miles over the coast of Nigeria, 05-02-93, at 11 hours, 13 minute…
Aboluyo Women's Cassava Processing Centre. Ibadan, Nigeria. 2003
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Aboluyo Women's Cassava Processing Cooperative, Ibadan During the 1990s and 2000s, an Ibadan, Nigeria-based NGO, the Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRRD)—directed by Comrade Mashood Erubami , and renamed in 2004 the Centre for Human Rights Education and Development or…
Further remarks on the identity of Sudanonautes orthostylis Bott, 1955, (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) with comparisons with other species from Nigeria and Cameroon
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Christian-Muslim relations in Africa : the cases of northern Nigeria and Tanzania compared
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xi, 132 p. : 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-118) and index
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