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The current study is mainly aimed at investigating the role of teaching approaches in mastering Biology subjects in ordinary secondary education settings in Morogoro Municipality. The study guided by two objectives, to assess the common approaches applied in teaching and learning Biology subject, and to examine whether teachers are competent and possess the skills of using more than three methods in teaching Biology. The study employed mixed methods and a case-study research design. The...

Abstract Objectives Bullying victimisation (BV) among children in South Africa has been identified as a major public health concern. While several studies report on the prevalence rates of BV, there is currently a dearth of research that reports on the prevalence of BV among a national sample of primary school children. This study determines the prevalence rates of BV among a nationally representative sample of school-going children in South Africa across provinces, age, and gender. The...

Abstract Objectives Bullying victimisation (BV) among children in South Africa has been identified as a major public health concern. While several studies report on the prevalence rates of BV, there is currently a dearth of research that reports on the prevalence of BV among a national sample of primary school children. This study determines the prevalence rates of BV among a nationally representative sample of school-going children in South Africa across provinces, age, and gender. The...

يهدف البحث إلى التعريف بالكتاب، والخلوة، والوقوف على المنهج التعليمي والتربوي فيهما، وأهميتهما في المحافظة علـى القرآن الكريم، ولغته العربية، ودورهما في دعم الأهداف التربوية للمرحلة التعليمية الأولى من حياة الطفل؛ بغية تمكين المتعلمين من اكتساب المهارات اللغوية المستهدفة، مثل: السماع، والقراءة، والكتابة، والحفظ. وتبرز أهمية البحث في بيان المنهج التعليمي والتربوي لمؤسسة الكتاب و الخلوة، ودور هذا المنهج في المحافظة على مقومات الأمة الإسلامية، وحفظ تراثها المتمثل في القرآن الكريم، والسنة...

The response of aquifers with contrasting climate and geology to climate and land cover change perturbations through natural groundwater recharge remains inadequately understood. In Tanzania and elsewhere in the world, studies have been conducted to assess the impact of climate change and variability, and land use/cover changes on stream flow using different models, but similar studies on groundwater dynamics are inadequate. This study, therefore, examined the influence of land use/cover and...

Abstract Background In Africa, caretakers of children with disabilities face stigma and report feeling isolated. The caretakers may take their children to school in the hope of finding solace from grim societal norms. However, schools for children with disabilities are often too ill-equipped to support the children or their caretakers. No study has examined how structural settings (like the type of school) may frame the association between coping and resilience. Thus, this study examined the...

The present study was conducted to explore the effect of smart classroom on learners’ performance in chemistry. This study was carried out on 71 senior five students selected randomly. After collecting data, t-test and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Based on the research findings, it has been discovered that smart classroom motivated learners in teaching and learning organic chemistry. The results showed a significance difference between leaners taught through...

This study sought to examine the extent to which household income level influences the dropout rate from day secondary schools in Murang'a East Sub-County. This study employed structural strain theory and school dropout and poor family socialization theory and drop outing. The study took pragmatic research philosophy and a descriptive research design to study the phenomena in Murang’a East Sub-County. Using questionnaires, data relating to socio-economic data were collected from about 300...

Stunting, an indicator of chronic childhood under-nutrition, is a challenging community health issue among rural Nigerian school children. This study assessed the prevalence and determining factors of stunting among school-aged children (SAC) in a rural Nigerian community. Three hundred and eighty SAC from government primary schools in Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu state were selected for the study using multistage sampling technique. Structured and validated questionnaire,...

COVID-19 pandemic shutdown of tertiary institutions in Nigeria and globally following the lockdown of socio-economic activities. There is paucity of data on the effects of the pandemic on Radiography education in Nigerian universities especially in Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Nnewi campus. This prospective cross - sectional study was carried out using a structured questionnaire. One hundred and twenty- five questionnaires were distributed by the researcher to students, academic and...

Mobile learning brought a great benefit to education through, training at any time; training at the place; learner-centered content; and development of teaching and learning. Smartphones and similar mobile devices have changed the way individuals interact with technology and with each other. To ascertain the usability of the instructional mobile application, it must be verified by experts in the area of the subject content. Hence, it is needed to determine the experts’ validation of the...

The purpose of this research was to explore the implementation of formal assessments in intermediate phase mathematics at primary schools. The research was elicited by reports that assessment methods and procedures for tackling learners’ needs had been observed to be insufficient in South African schools. The study is grounded in Piaget’s cognitive constructivism and Vygotsky’s social constructivism. The researchers conducted document analysis of teachers’ portfolios which were purposefully...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of classroom-based physically active brain-breaks on the in-school activity levels of Grade 1 (six- to eight-years-old) learners (N = 48) by comparing baseline results to the intervention PA patterns of the participants. Children wore Actigraphs accelerometers for five consecutive school days, and thereafter they participated in a six-week active brain-breaks (10-minute bouts of PA) intervention. On a typical school day, children...

Resume Le but de cet article est d’etudier l’efficacite de l’enseignement hybride lance par le Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique afin de garantir une annee scolaire et universitaire 2020-2021 reussie au cœur de la pandemie Covid-19. Pour cela, une etude qui repose sur  un questionnaire partage en ligne, a ete menee aupres d’un echantillon des eleves du lycee et des etudiants de l’enseignement...

Purpose The World Health Organisation found depression to be the fourth leading cause of disability in Malawi (Bowie, 2006) with the prevalence of mental health need in children and young people in Malawi estimated between 10 and 30% (Kutcher et al. , 2019). One option to address this was to provide schoolteachers with skills and knowledge related to mental health so they can better support children. There is generally a lack of evidence of the utility or feasibility of school-based mental...

Environmental degradation is a major challenge which requires appropriate strategies to reverse the situation. One of such strategies is experiential environmental education among high school students who, through change of attitudes and behavior, are able to participate in various environmental management activities. In this study the pro-environmental attitudes and behavior of high school students in Murang’a County, Kenya were examined to assess how environmental education programmes...

This paper attempts to examine the nature of the English language in Nigerian institutions of higher learning with a view to highlighting its importance and bringing to fore the concern about the poor usage of the English language by students of institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. In this regard, this paper identifies the reason(s) behind this development by probing some identifiable impediments to effective teaching and learning of English in Nigeria tertiary institutions. The major...