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Chemistry subject continues to be considered as difficult to teach and learn. This leads to students’ low academic achievement, retention, and negative attitude towards the subject. Organic chemistry as one of the concepts on which technological advancement is constructed sometimes appears to be enormously complex to students. There are some persisting misconceptions about it although different innovative instructional strategies have been applied and this area is of main concern as the...

The current study investigates the effectiveness of practical work in physics on academic performance among learners of a secondary school in Rwanda. The study employs a quasi-experimental research design specifically pretest-posttest control group design (control group and experimental group). Two groups of learners of senior one at Groupe Scholaire Rugoma were treated differently through an expository and practice-based approach respectively. Physics achievement test prepared to evaluate...

The current study investigates the effectiveness of practical work in physics on academic performance among learners of a secondary school in Rwanda. The study employs a quasi-experimental research design specifically pretest-posttest control group design (control group and experimental group). Two groups of learners of senior one at Groupe Scholaire Rugoma were treated differently through an expository and practice-based approach respectively. Physics achievement test prepared to evaluate...

This paper studied the relationship between flexitime and service quality of medical employees of teaching hospitals in Nigeria concentrating on those in North Central Nigeria. It discussed the need to ensure and aid medical employees in discharging quality healthcare services that meet the patients’ perception by way of having control over their job. The study employed a survey design, using a sample of 373 medical employees and patients of six teaching hospitals in North Central Nigeria. A...

Abstract BackgroundAlmost half of the African population is under the age of 18 years, while females make up just over half of the overall population. Estimates of the number of persons living with disabilities, on the African continent, range between 60-300 million individuals. Children, the elderly, females and people with disabilities all require amendments to traditional transport planning.MethodThis paper investigates the availability of transport policies and guidelines in 29 different...

Many African higher education institutions have adopted community-based learning (CBL) to foster high-quality learning and civic engagement. In Kenya, neocolonial practices of using Eurocentric community service-learning models have caused tensions and disconnection between CBL theory and university students’ experiences in the field. Using hermeneutics as its theoretical and methodological framework, an interpretive study analyzed Kenyan university students’ experiences and perspectives on...

This article demonstrates symbiotic academic-social enterprise (SASE), a bottom-up approach intertwined with the subsistence marketplace research stream. The SASE approach is unique in coevolving academic and social initiatives in parallel for the express purpose of achieving dual objectives: societally relevant research and social impact over an extended period. Distinct from typical action research approaches, the directionality between research and practice in this approach is circular or...

Internationalization of higher education and international social work are commonly accepted as positive developments. However, the quest for creating international knowledge and programmes is not free from difficulties. In this article, we problematize the process of internationalizing social work programs through the perspective of social work students. With two study sites, one in Sweden and one in South Africa, we discuss the meaning and challenges associated with internationalization by...

Though English Language Teacher Education Programs (ELTEPs) in Yemen offer two technology-related courses for EFL student teachers, they have not rendered a course for CALL as part of their curricula. Therefore, a pioneering initiative of Computer Assisted Language Learning Project (CALLP) was implemented to expose EFL student teachers to CALL concepts and skills. This quasi-experimental study aimed at examining the effect of CALLP on student teachers’ perceived self-efficacy using the EFL...

The study investigated teachers’ gamification of classroom instructions for secondary education goals attainment in Rivers State. There were five research questions answered in the study. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 6,956 teachers which was 3,536 males and 3,420 females while the sample of the study was 717 teachers comprising 359 males and 358 females and they were selected using simple random sampling technique. The...

Nomophobia and smartphone addiction are behavioural disorders that are maladaptive and affect 21<sup>st</sup>-century digital natives anywhere, everywhere. This study investigated nomophobia as a predictor of smartphone addiction among Nigerian pre-service mathematics teachers within the framework of quantitative methodology of non-experimental correlational research design. The participants consisted of 300 pre-service mathematics teachers randomly selected from the Department...

The Awash River Basin is the most irrigated area in Ethiopia, which is facing critical water resources problems. The main objective of this study was to assess the impacts of climate change on river flows in the upper Awash Subbasin, Ethiopia, using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) hydrological model. The ensemble of two global climate models (CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 and MIROC-ESM-CHEM with RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) for climate data projections (the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s) and historical climate...

In order to take stock of Africa’s progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, and because of the critical importance of education (and specifically higher or tertiary education) in sustainable development, this chapter considers the network of higher education-related SDGs (specifically 3.7, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.A, 4.B, 4.C, 5.6, 5.B, 9.5, 9.C, 12.8, 13.3, 17.6, and 17.8), their targets, and their indicators. As part of the domestic adoption of the SDGs...

Purpose: Misuse of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines can result in several harms ranging from mild to very severe conditions. The study assessed the prevalence and pattern of misuse of OTC medicines among secondary school teachers, for improved safety measures. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, using a multistage sampling technique. A self-administered, structured, researcher-developed questionnaire on OTC medicine use was used for data collection after face validity...

This study investigates the impact of economic growth on employment and poverty in Nigeria, as a first approximation towards inclusive growth architecture. Using the Ordinary Least Squares regression, growth was found neither to have raised the level of employment nor reduced poverty in Nigeria under the period of investigation. An increase in growth rate is associated with a rise in poverty and unemployment, although not statistically significant. The findings are suggestive of public...

This study sought to investigate the relationship between the provision of students' academic advising resources and effective performance of instructional roles by teachers' in secondary schools in Nandi East Sub County, Kenya. The study adopted a correlational research design. Test re-test method was used to test the reliability of the instruments. The study targeted secondary school teachers while the accessible population was 192 teachers teaching in the 30 secondary schools and 30...

The main objective of this study was to identify Climate Change Related Disasters (CCRDs) in Arid and Semi-arid Lands such as Baringo County. The study used a descriptive survey design. Purposeful sampling and stratified proportionate random sampling procedures were used to obtain the Sample. A sample of 376 households were selected for the study in Baringo County. Questionnaire, key informant interview schedule and observations were the main instruments of data collection. Analysis of data...

Quality education in Zimbabwe has remained one of the major demands in the system. This has therefore seen the majority of both academic and non-academic staff in institutions of higher learning advancing themselves in various courses and programmes. This study hence was conducted to explore opportunities and challenges experienced by adult individuals as they further pursue their studies. It was a case study of one tertiary education institution conducted within the framework of a...

This paper reports the findings of a study whose purpose was to assess student perceptions of the programmes of study they were pursuing. To do this the study profiled 87 students. A mixed methods approach was adopted and data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Quantitative data were analysed by use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 16 to obtain frequencies, percentages and differences between the two programmes in terms of student perceptions of...