Frye Leadership Institute - A Report

The Frye Leadership Institute is a two-week intensive residency program available to colleagues of diverse backgrounds: faculty, librarians, IT and staff. Collaboration is the focus of the institute, and this richness of interaction among participants assist in the development of skills to transform information resources in the twenty-first century. Content includes reports on various areas of leadership and collaborative enterprise in the areas of librarianship, education, access to and delivery of information as well as the application of technology to research, education and learning

Pengaruh Oleamida Terhadap Karakteristik Pematangan Karet Alam Terisi Silika

The purpose of this study was as a feasibility study of the utilization of oleamide as a new additive for natural rubber (NR) filled with silica using the semi-efficient vulcanization system. Silica fillers used as much as 30 parts per hundred parts rubber (phr). Oleamide was obtained from the synthesis of oleic acid with urea. Oleamide was inserted into the silica filled NR compounds with the varied composition of 0.0 phr; 2.0 phr; 4.0 phr; 6.0 phr, and 8.0 phr. The influence of oleamide on the curing characteristic of the silica filled NR compounds was observed. It was obtained that the oleamide functions as a curative and also a plasticizer. The greater the levels of oleamide added, the shorter the scorch time and optimum curing time were. Oleamide also decreased the minimum torque with addition up to 8.0 phr. The greater the levels of oleamide was, the lower the minimum torque was. Oleamide also increased the maximum torque and torque difference of the silica-filled NR composites at the addition of 2.0 phr. The 2.0 phr was the optimum composition of the oleamide

Assessment of Supervisors’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Practice and How Beliefs Influence Feedback to Pre-service Teachers

The present study explores supervisors’ self-efficacy as “a future-oriented belief about the level of competence” a supervisor can master in Block Teaching Practice (BTP). A key focus was to examine self-efficacy beliefs that influence supervisors’ thought patterns and emotions regarding the ability to provide effective supervision and “performance feedback” to student teachers. The overarching question of the study is: Does supervisors’ feedback in BTP influence classroom instruction? A review of the relevant literature shows that few studies have examined these issues in Tanzania, the East Africa region, or indeed Africa in general. Few studies exist that explicitly explore self-efficacy in supervision of student teachers’ practices. Since student teachers rely on supervisors for constructive feedback, this study is important and critical for the movement to improve supervision confidence in giving constructive feedback and an important element toward enhancing the competence of teacher trainees. Hence the need for the present study. A questionnaire was sent to supervisors as the primary instrument for data collection to determine the extent to which supervisors perceived their capacity to influence student performance. The findings indicate that, overall, supervisors’ perceived self-efficacy was high, and this group was very much aware of the tasks involved in supervision. The study also revealed challenges supervisors face in their work and laid the foundation for further analysis of perceived self-efficacy in supervision. Keywords: self-efficacy, supervisors, block teaching practice, pre-service teache

Immigration Reform in Contemporary America: Why It May Never Happen.

There have been several key moments in immigration reform in the United States since the 1960s, starting with major change in immigration policy that took place under President Johnson in 1965. This paper will examine two key moments of successful reform in US history - The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. In recent times however, Americans have seen the failure of Congress to enact immigration reform, and the use by Presidents Obama and Trump of executive authority in order to bring about any sort of changes. Consequently, this paper will also examine one key moment of unsuccessful reform effort of the US Congress to enact immigration reform - the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. I will argue that increased political polarization in American politics and in Congress, is largely responsible for this country’s failure to address comprehensive immigration reform today. Using qualitative analysis and the partisan polarization theoretical framework posited by Alan I. Abramowitz, this paper will undertake a comparative case study approach to examine the underlying factors that appear to have influenced the lack of immigration reform in the United States in recent times. These include partisan polarization, bipartisanship, and public attitudes. The paper assesses the factors seemingly responsible for the success, or failure of immigration reform at each of these three key points in time – 1965, 1986, and 2013

Dengue Vector Distribution and their Infection Status in Selected Regions in Tanzania

Dengue fever is an important arboviral infection globally. Tanzania has experienced multiple dengue outbreaks since 2010 leading to mortalities and public distress. Dengue is caused by viruses which are transmitted to humans by vector mosquitoes. Nevertheless, the abundance, distribution and extent of viral infections of these vectors are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to characterize dengue vectors and determine their virus infection rates. Adult mosquitoes were collected from selected regions in Tanzania including Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Coast, and Arusha regions using CO2 baited mosquito magnet traps between December 2018 to February 2019, additional samples were collected during dengue epidemic in June 2019. Samples were fixed in RNA later and preserved at –20 °C for virus detection using Reverse Transcriptase – Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). A total of 1530 mosquitoes were collected and morphologically identified as: Aedes (75%), Culex (13%), Anopheles (10%) genera and 2% other mosquitoes. All Aedes mosquitoes were identified as Aedes aegypti of which 46% were from Dar es Salaam, 31% Tanga, 21% Coast and 2% from Arusha. The abundance of Ae. aegypti significantly differed across sampling locations (p = 4.6425E–09), and the virus infection rate was 2%. The presence of these vectors and the detection of dengue viruses is an indication of ongoing arboviral activities necessitating intensification of vector control programmes. Keywords: Aedes aegypti; dengue vectors; arboviruses; Tanzani

Factors Influencing Youth Unemployment in Tanzania

This study examines the factors influencing youth unemployment in Tanzania using integrated Labour force survey of Tanzania for 2014 conducted in Tanzania mainland. In analysis the issue of youth unemployment, the logit model has been used, with a series of independent variables. The model shows important role for youth’s level, education level, and age of a youth, youth’s gender, and youth’s place of resident, headship status. The findings show that being married, male head of the household, presence of paid and self-employed in the household, significant reduced the probability of a youth being unemployed. On the other hand youth‘s education level of and living in urban increases the probability of a youth being unemployed. Further, the result indicates that the likelihood of unemployment tends to decrease as age of a youth increases. The government may need to enhance gender equality in access to education, training and employment in order to reduce high unemployment among youth women. Moreover, there is a need for the government to focus attention on the rural- urban drift in order to deal with the problem of rural -urban migration and consequently reduce high youth unemployment in urban- rural areas. It is also important to restructure some human capital development and labour market issues that relate to employment in order to match skills with labour market demand

Kant i problem religije

Autor zastupa mišljenje da je Kant vjernik i kršćanin, ali da, ipak, ostaje otvornim pitanje kako on tu vjeru razumije. Budući da je pitanje o religiji, Bogu, najvišem dobru kao i apsolutno uzvišenom kod Kanta uvijek u svezi s umom, potrebno je ispravno pojmiti "um". On je za Kanta najviša mjera prosvjetljenja i uvida i zato je on ono najplemenitije i najuzvišenije u čovjeku. Religija, pak, treba pokazati put prema savršenstvu. Kanta ne treba razumjeti kao "tražitelja Boga" nego kao mislioca u potrazi za božanskim u sebi. Autor to želi pokazati na tri Kantove Kritike. Naime, svaka od njih baca vlastito svjetlo na problem religije koja vodi u dubinu uma, u čistoću savjesti, u ponore osjećaja i skrovitosti ljudske duše

Is Competence-Based Curriculum well Monitored? Learning from Rwandan Sector Education Officers

In Rwanda, the education sector involves many stakeholders and partners. One pillar in its monitoring and evaluation is constituted by sector education officers (SEOs). These SEOs monitor the implementation of a competence-based curriculum (CBC) to respond to beneficiaries. However, there is a lack of documentation that fulfils this need. Therefore, the present study qualitatively surveyed 29 SEOs via an online survey to learn from their CBC implementation and monitoring experience. The results revealed that SEOs are doing well as they collaborate with district education and school leaders and teachers. However, they face challenges in monitoring CBC implementation, such as the budget for organizing training, teachers who resist CBC approaches, and CBC and English training's insufficiency. Although continuous professional development is working on sector and district levels, CBC implementation and monitoring at the sector level would be useful if the government allocates in some budget. School leaders allocate timetable for school-based in-service teacher training and peer learning among teachers at their respective schools. Keywords: Competence-based curriculum, Sector education officer, monitoring and evaluatio

Role of Strategic Agricultural Extension Services on Cotton Production in The West Cotton Growing Area of Tanzania: Case of Simiyu Region.

The purpose of this study was to assess the role of strategic agricultural extension services on cotton production in the West Cotton Growing Area of Tanzania. This study sought to examine the extent to which farmers training and farming demonstration of extension services affects the cotton production in the area; to examine the extent to which the institutional arrangement of extension services affects the cotton production in the area and to examine the extent to which the methods of information dissemination of extension services delivery affect cotton production in the area. The study involved the sample size of 168 respondents out of 213 targeted respondents. All respondents where cotton farmers from Nyalanja, Kimali and Kisesa divisions of Meatu District in Simiyu Region. The study found out that trainings and demonstrations, institutional arrangements and methods of information dissemination of extension services to farmers play major role (account for 72.1%) of the variation in cotton production. Methods of information disseminations of extension services to farmers play the most statistically significant role on cotton production, followed by institutional arrangements and training and demonstrations to farmers. The study recommends that other factors of the variation in cotton production rather than effectiveness of strategic agricultural extension on cotton production in the west cotton-growing areas in Tanzania should be established and their influence assessed as well. Keywords: Strategic Agricultural Extension Services, Agricultural Extension, Cotton Production, Growing Area