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This study investigated the Nigerian child learning styles as a teaching strategy for achieving effective education in Nigeria. It was a survey design carried out in 258 public secondary schools in Anambra State. Respondents were made up of 1000 classroom teachers drawn through simple random sampling. Four research questions guided the study. A four-point scale questionnaire containing 28 items, validated by experts in Educational administration/supervision and Educational psychology was...

This study looks into the teaching and learning of Igbo as second language in some selected secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria against the background of the Nigerian National Policy on Education (2004) which established the teaching of second Nigerian languages in secondary schools. Survey research design involving questionnaire, observation and oral interview was used to obtain data from eighty junior secondary school students and four Igbo language teachers from four secondary...

Aim: Our study was done to evaluate our bronchoscopic techniques, sizes and diagnostic yield. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study comprising all cases of bronchial biopsies done in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital from 2007 to 2011. All patients who had flexible bronchoscopy under general anaesthesia during the period under review where enrolled in the study. Results: There were a total of 16 patients: Nine males and seven females, with a mean age of 46.9 years....

This study investigated the effect of concept –mapping as means of instruction in Social Studies. The study compared effects of concept-mapping and lecture methods of teaching on the performance of students in Environmental Education-Related (EE) component of secondary school subject curriculum in Ilorin, Nigeria. The study further examined the moderating influence of gender on the experimental group’s performance in Social Studies. The study was a 2 x 2 non-randomized; control group...

The world is fast becoming a global village where national boundaries which had hitherto limited human interactions are fast disappearing.There is now integration among the countries and trade is moving from transactions in goods and commodities to include the commercialization of education, especially postsecondary school or higher education.

This paper focuses on identity construction of a group of immigrants that research has not paid much attention to - African immigrant students. Literature in the field suggests that the ways in which Black immigrants identify stem from their strong desire for economic and social advancement and the deeply embedded racial hierarchy that constraints black individuals in the U.S. Ironically, identifying ethnically or nationally comes with its own difficulties and challenges in a society that...

The purpose of this study was to develop and empirically test a hypothetical model of factors impacting performance of training institutions in Uganda in order to establish their statistical significance. The liberalisation of the education sector in Uganda, which has led to the rapid growth in the establishment of private sector higher education institutions in the country, now necessitates empirical and theoretical research into the factors impacting performance of these training...

The study set out to establish factors influencing the attendance and participation of pupils in public primary schools in Yatta District, Machakos County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish the extent to which availability of food in schools influences attendance and participation among pupils in Primary schools in Yatta District, Machakos County, to determine the influence of health status of a pupil on attendance and participation in Primary schools in Yatta District,...

The study sampled 320 JSSII students from 8 secondary schools in Katsina-Ala local Government Area through random sampling technique. Geometry Achievement Test (GAT) was used for data collection. A pre-test, post-test non-equivalent control group design was adopted for the study where intact classes were randomly assigned to trainee and graduate treatments. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while hypotheses were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance...

This study investigated the use of counseling model of supervision in retooling instructionalstrategies for effective teaching and learning.Data were collected from 127 teachers from two schools after simple random sampling and which formed intact classes; 64 teachers served as treatment group and 63 teachers served as control group.The instrument used was a questionnaire -Teachers Instructional Effectiveness Rating Scale (TIERS) developed by the researcher that consisted of 26 items.The...

The main purpose of the study reported is to show how computer assisted instruction (CAI) has significantly impacted on all aspects of our live particularly on education, it has radically influenced the way knowledge and information are generated, developed and transmitted in technology education. Every technology teacher must be acquainted with how to apply CAI in teaching technology education programme since teachers have a vital role in trainees skill development. Therefore, this study...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of education and managerial ability on the technical efficiency of food crop production in Nigeria, using the stochastic frontier production analysis. The research which was conducted in Oyo state of Nigeria used primary data which were obtained from one hundred and fifty representative samples of food crop farmers through the use of well structured questionnaire. Results of the analysis showed that the technical efficiency level ranged...

This paper presents cases of methodologies of the use of agricultural and rural advisory services for mainstreaming climate changes issues for the enhancement of food security in different parts of Africa. This is predicated on the fact that majority of actors in the food security chain are in rural areas in Africa and the most prominent source of information is through agricultural services. Agricultural services is used to depict all the different activities that provide information and...

This paper examined the self-perceived competencies on soil and crop sciences tasks among graduating Diploma students in a South African University using a gender perspective. This is predicated on the fact that graduating job marketable graduates is the mission of every institution of higher learning. From a population of 500, 268 graduating students were selected randomly and a structured questionnaire comprising 7 personal demographic information and 33 crop and soil sciences tasks was...

1 Department of Medicine, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 2 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 3 Department of Surgery, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 4 Department of Hematology & Blood transfusion, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5355, Ado – Ekiti, Nigeria.

The paper established the basis of educational standards to be revolving around the needs and aspirations of students and society both in the classroom and outside. Educational standards therefore define the knowledge and skills students should possess at critical points in their educational career. Such educational standards therefore define the knowledge and skills students should possess at critical points in their educational career. Such educational standards must equip the students to...