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The several study about conception of different geological concepts has been much research in science education. All this research agrees that pupils come to class with the initial conception that could be an obstacle to the acquisition of these concepts.The initially aims of this work identify the Moroccan pupil's conceptions in second year of college about the volcano concept. The methodology based on a questionnaire to a sample of pupils before any official courses on the volcano concept....

In this study we will examine TTS software and its effectiveness on Reading Comprehension in teaching Turkish Language for foreigners. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has started with the advent of computers and related software. After the dominance of English as a global language, many people became interested in learning English individually thus Language learning softwares emerged as a self-aid for learners. As the computer technology progressed, it has given opportunity for...

In this study we will examine TTS software and its effectiveness on Reading Comprehension in teaching Turkish Language for foreigners. Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has started with the advent of computers and related software. After the dominance of English as a global language, many people became interested in learning English individually thus Language learning softwares emerged as a self-aid for learners. As the computer technology progressed, it has given opportunity for...

In Zimbabwe, there is no policy that promotes the phenomenon of mainstreaming in schools, and yet the practice is widespread in most secondary schools.  Mainstreaming is the act of grouping students by ability range that is those with high intelligence quotients (IQs) are placed in the same classroom and those perceived to be slow learners also grouped on their own.  This study investigated the perceptions of pupils from three secondary schools in Bulawayo province of Zimbabwe.  A...

This survey study investigated teachers’ perspectives on possible causes of poor performance of pupils at ordinary level public examinations in Zimbabwean rural secondary schools with particular reference to Nkayi District. The population constituted of the 650 secondary school teachers in the district. A total of 100 respondents’ selected using random sampling was used for the study. These were made up of 55 females and 45 male teachers. The research instrument used was the questionnaire...

This study aims to show the links between family type and quality of the parent-children relationship the one hand, and school engagement and the quality of this relationship among college pupils in Togo the other hand. An inquiry was conducted among a sample of 329 pupils of form four. The results obtained show that students in two-parent families enjoy a peaceful relationship, while those of the single parent or blended families live a conflictual relationship. Students from single-parent...

This paper reports the findings of a study on the attitudes of teachers and students regarding the language policy of the Moroccan educational system. Its primary goal is to explain the gap existing between the policy of Arabisation (i.e., the official adoption and utilization of Standard Arabic) and its practical implementation in science classrooms. Conducted in seven public and private high schools in two major cities in Morocco, the study examines the attitudes of students and teachers...

Minister of Education and Training of Kingdom of Swaziland Dr. Phineas Langa Magagula and Lady Gelty Phumlile visited the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) on February 1, 2016. TaiwanICDF Secretary General Amb. Weber V.B. Shih

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 53, Issue 1 p. 20865B-20866A National Security NIGER: Schools Removed from Boko Haram Threat First published: 11 February 2016 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2016.06850.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text...

Eleven schools in three different hygiene categories were given hygiene training as an intervention to reported low hygiene standards. Staff hygiene knowledge scores, food temperature, food service time and microbiological quality of jollof rice (cooked rice in tomato sauce and fish) were measured before and after the intervention. Descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon's Signed- Rank Test for repeated measures on SPSS were used to evaluate the effect of GHP intervention. Staff hygiene...

This study focused on the impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of some selected rural communities of Kaduna state, and the adaptation strategies employed by the people to ameliorate the scourge of climate change.Data for this study were obtained from a direct field study based on the result of 426 questionnaires that were administered to household heads.Descriptive statistics was used to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents.A five point Likert scale was used...

To investigate current practices, barriers, and training needs for the promotion of physical activity (PA) in physiotherapy practices in eastern Nigeria.A total of 141 fully licensed physiotherapists in southeast Nigeria were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey consisting of 23 questions in five key sections, focusing mainly on risk-factor management practices of physiotherapists.A total of 103 questionnaires were returned. Respondents ranged in age from 25 to 54 years and...

As a process, teaching and learning moves jointly in a continuous manner. Although the former may involve a considerable level of learning, the learner through adequate learning can eventually become a teacher since as a learner, he influences the behaviour of his teacher(s). Nevertheless, the process of learning must move abreast of teaching to achieve the set goal. Although learning is not necessarily an outcome of teaching, the effectiveness of the former must reflect in the latter...

This paper aimed at assessing drought occurrences and its effects on vegetation cover in Sokoto State, Nigeria using geospatial and statistical techniques.Monthly precipitation data which span through a period of 40 years (1980-2010) and 30 years (1982-2011) respectively were used for generating Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) graphs and maps. LandSat imageries of bands 3 and 4 acquired by Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) Sensor were used for generating...

Introduction Electronic information sources are a wide range of products going from electronic periodical to CD-ROMs, from mailing list to databases, all of them having a common feature of being used and sometime modified by a computer (Thanuskodi, 2012). The electronic resources are systems in which information is stored electrically and made accessible through electronic systems in which information is stored electrically and made accessible through electronic and computer network. These...

To describe the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a teacher-focused intervention designed to improve Somali, Latino, and Hmong (S/L/H) 9th grade student emotional well-being and reduce substance use by increasing teacher-student connectedness and promotion of positive youth development (PYD) internal assets. This project used community based participatory research (CBPR), an approach to research that recognizes the knowledge, expertise, and resources of communities, and so engages...

Training and development is one of the key factors in improving employee performance in most organisations today. Evidence derived from research showed that there is now a broad discussions amongst commentators that skills training and career development improve employee performance in the organization. The study focused on the effect of training and development on employee performance in a private tertiary institution in Ghana; a case study of Pentecost University College. The study used...