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This paper uses the SACMEQ II data to carry out an analysis of classroom context factors that accounted for student scores in reading and mathematics as well as a review of methods used to derive policies in Kenya in order to emphasise the need for evidence-based research for the derivation of policies for the leadership and management of primary education in Kenya. The paper goes further to explain the advantages of the approach as well as some of the impediments. Some suggestions of...

The study examined the reform outcome of reflective teaching introduced by the Faculty of Education among the student teachers in a Nigerian University during the 2002\2003 teaching practice exercise.Three hundred and four students who were in the final and penultimate years of graduation comprised the sample for the study.Six research questions were raised to direct the thrust of the study.Four sets of instruments were used.They were all open ended, targeted at eliciting information on...

The verbal group of English is the most crucial part in the structure of English and it constitutes a source of considerable difficulty for second language learners. The major aim of this paper is to find out the level of competence of the participants in the usage of tense and aspect features of English especially in their active, productive language use. The participants are 60 Senior Secondary Year Three students who were given a guided composition to write. Our findings showed that the...

Abstract This paper examines the implications of farmers’ propensity to discontinue the adoption of agricultural technologies in southwestern Nigeria. This is predicated on the fact that extension education process should be proactive in addressing farmers in order to sustain the adoption process. Empirical studies looking at diffusion processes from an ex post perspective have failed to deliver in terms of effective ex ante policies and intervention strategies, and the transfer of the...

This paper critically reviews the critiques on architectural education in Nigeria. It focuses particular attention on the views and opinions of the doyen of architectural education in Nigeria, Prof Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi; the former acting Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. The paper affirms the need for a re-engineering of the curriculum of architectural education in Nigeria to enable architects to meet effectively the challenges of their profession...

This study was conducted to assess the coping mechanisms of some blind trainees engaged in agricultural activities at the Nigeria Training Centre for the Blind, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The participants in this study were blind trainees and agricultural inspectors. Focus group discussions were used to elicit their feelings concerning their coping mechanisms with agricultural activities at the centre. In addition, a practical session, and participatory observation, was carried out to...

The nature and objectives of Social Studies in Nigerian Secondary schools indicate the affective orientation of the subject. Studies abound on the dominance of cognitive orientation to the teaching and evaluation of the subject in the schools, an indication that the curriculum is poorly implemented. This study assessed the affective evaluation competences of Social Studies teachers in western Nigeria, using the observation methods and rating scale. It was found that the teachers' over-all...

This paper attempted to compare some of the other occlusal variations in the primary dentition of the children from the 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria. Cross-sectional epidemiological study involving two major cities in Nigeria. 269, 3-5 year-old children from the 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria consisting of 125 (46.5%) males and 144 (53.6%) females selected from pre-primary schools/centres. Only children with confirmed ages were included in the study and the criteria of Foster and...

A cross-sectional study of a cohort of 197 clinical dental students in the four accredited dental schools in Nigeria was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of these dental students and their motives for the choice of dentistry. The results indicate that the number of female dental students in Nigeria is increasing, which reflects a trend well established in virtually all other nations. The vast majority of Nigerian dental students (97 percent) qualified for school...

Developing a tertiary academic programme in Botswana is not only an intellectual activity but also an institutional process that must be balanced to satisfy different stakeholders and contending claims. This paper focuses on the intellectual and institutional processes of developing a Master in Social Work (MSW) programme at the University of Botswana. It discusses the intricacies of identifying the need for a MSW and the consultative process of designing the programme and course objectives,...

Policy on service learning is framed in the discourse of reciprocity, partnership and engagement. It is tasked with transforming higher education to bring about opportunities for integrating theory and practice, work-based learning and academic learning, so that higher education engages with knowledge created in other sites of practice. While policy is visionary, conditions on the ground bring to the fore complex challenges which relate to the nature of partnerships, reciprocity and...

Abstract: The study analyses the role of institutional infrastructural and collective learning in adoption of new technologies. The data for the study come from the Suame cluster in Ghana and the Kamukunji and Kariobangi clusters in Kenya. The clusters are dominated by micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The findings of the study suggest that policy measures need to be taken by governments in developing countries to improve the performance of MSEs. It is found that greater participation of...

This study examined African American and White ninth grade students' aspirations for college attendance, utilizing the predisposition stage of Hossler and Gallegher's (1987) model of college choice as a conceptual framework. This study also introduced a measure of student perceptions of how well high school was preparing them for college. Findings revealed that African American students' aspirations for college attendance were similar to those of their white peers, even though African...

No abstract available. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006" target="_blank">10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006</a>

<strong class="journal-contentHeaderColor">Abstract.</strong> No abstract available. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006" target="_blank">10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006</a>

A descriptive KAP study about smoking was conducted in all the ten secondary schools in Hadramout coastal districts during October 2004 – April 2005 and a total of 317 teachers were enrolled in the study (182 male, 135 female teachers). The findings revealed that about 8% of the teachers were smokers; all smokers were males (prevalence 14%). Only 10% of teachers had received training to limit smoking among students, and 27% had educational materials about harmful effects of smoking. The...

This study examines school enrollment in two sub-Saharan African nations, Malawi and Kenya. The article advances a refined family economy theoretical framework for understanding variations in school enrollment. It recasts family economy frameworks to consider not only how the household institution mediates a broad social change, but also how the family institution itself may be influenced by a macroinstitutional change. The findings suggest that household structural changes, as well as...