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This study aimed at finding out the effects of Experiential Cooperative Concept Mapping ECCM on students’ motivation to learn Physics. Solomon Four Non-equivalent Control Group Design under the quasi- experimental research was used. A stratified random sample of 12 Secondary Schools was drawn from Nyeri County. Four boys’ alone, four girls’ alone and four co-educational schools were randomly assigned to four groups with a total of 513 Form Two students. Students in all the groups were taught...

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between culturally relevant teaching and science achievement in seventh grade African American students when compared to standards-based instruction. The study also examined whether the use of culturally relevant teaching improved students’ attitudes toward science, as well as their participation within the science classroom. The intervention was implemented over the course of eight weeks by using a unit test as a pretest and posttest,...

For any state to be on the driver’s seat in this era of globalization, the provision of essential quality services and products by its people is a necessity. In the production of these goods and services for the development of the society, education has a great role to perform. For education in the formal setting to do this, the place of the teacher becomes a necessity. And for the teacher to do this creditably for societal development, his/her professional preparation must as a matter of...

The need for education system to produce graduates with employable skills has necessitated the adoption of competence based curriculum in Tanzanian secondary schools. Consequently, teacher education institutions had to review their curriculum so as to provide pre-service teachers with teaching skills needed to implement competence based curriculum in secondary schools. This study strived to investigate pre-service teachers’ preparedness to implement competence based curriculum for secondary...

This report presents the state of progress of projects and initiatives to promote adaptation and REDD+ in the Congo Basin region and it analyses opportunities for synergies or trade-off between the two strategies. 94 national programs and activities on the ground related to REDD+ and 11 on adaptation have been identified in six countries of the Congo Basin.The emerging landscape of climate change projects is quite complex and is mainly rooted in historical approaches. Opportunities for...

Information on climate risks communicated timely, in clear and relevant terms and through credible sources is essential for mobilizing decision makers across societies to take actions that will enhance their capacity and willingness to adapt to climate change. An informed public is better able to prepare for a likely occurrence of climate disaster and thus avert or cope with its attendant effects. The study analyzed information needs for climate change adaptation among rural farmers in Imo...

This paper presents the critical impressions of the researcher as a participant observer in a series of workshops led by the Ghanaian National Council for Tertiary Education and supported and facilitated by the Open University UK. The workshops represent the final stages in a long consultation process among key stakeholders in Ghanaian tertiary education (TE) to develop a workable solution for a meaningful increase in access to tertiary education for massive numbers of students in the...

xi Chapter One: Introduction and Background 1 Statement of the Problem 2 Purpose of the Study 8 Theoretical Framework and Research Questions 11 Definition of Terms 14 Significance of the Study 18 Limitations and Delimitations 20 Chapter Summary and Organization of the Study 20 Chapter Two: Review of Related Literature 22 Introduction 22 Secondary Education Measures of Success 24 State and National Assessments 27 International Academic Trends 30 Equitable Education Opportunities 34 Opportunity Gaps 34 Expectations Gaps 36

There is an ongoing debate about possible taxation of air travel and the inclusion of aviation in emission trading schemes. One proposal is the introduction of a carbon tax as part of a broad range of mitigation options to address climate change. However, the effectiveness of such a tax depends largely on the responsiveness to it by tourists. Consequently, the aim of the study is to explore the attitudes of domestic tourists in South Africa toward the introduction of a carbon tax, together...

Freshwater snails are intermediate hosts for a number of trematodes of which some are of medical and veterinary importance. The trematodes rely on specific species of snails to complete their life cycle; hence the ecology of the snails is a key element in transmission of the parasites. More than 200 million people are infected with schistosomes of which 95% live in sub-Saharan Africa and many more are living in areas where transmission is on-going. Human infection with the Fasciola parasite,...

Freshwater snails are intermediate hosts for a number of trematodes of which some are of medical and veterinary importance. The trematodes rely on specific species of snails to complete their life cycle; hence the ecology of the snails is a key element in transmission of the parasites. More than 200 million people are infected with schistosomes of which 95% live in sub-Saharan Africa and many more are living in areas where transmission is on-going. Human infection with the Fasciola parasite,...

Purpose: To provide the types, frequency and clinical information on common cranial nerve palsies seen at the Eye Clinic at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: A chart review was performed of patients who presented with cranial nerve palsy at the Eye Clinic over a 3-year period (January 2009-December 2011). Data were collected on age, sex, type of cranial nerve palsy, a history of systemic disease such as diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension and...

The study investigated the implementation of the Two Pathway Education Curriculum in rural secondary schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The research used questionnaires and interviews to solicit information from ninety teachers and ten school heads respectively that had been selected using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The study found out that the schools studied were at different stages of implementation of the Two Pathway Education...

School leadership is identified as a crucial element for improving the quality of education. This article describes a project on school leadership in Rwandan primary education, in which different groups of head teachers received inputs in varying degrees input on school leadership and follow-up coaching by their sector education officers. A self-assessment tool has been developed to map training needs and to measure professional capacity development, addressing eight dimensions of school...

This paper examines the political and social vulnerabilities of climate change, with the use of two salient case studies, the Republic of the Maldives and Kenya as exemplars of effects observed and projected. The susceptibilities for each nation are examined, with unique sensitivities highlighted and common themes synthesized between the two states. Examples of existing conflict, and implications of projected territorial conflict will be discussed. Policy outcomes will also be discussed for...

This paper is based on the premise that the high unemployment of youth in Nigeria can be minimized and the crises arising therefrom can be greatly reduced and the economy strengthened if Nigeria develops a robust and virile maritime industry and quality vocational and technical education and training programme.The paper explains the terms maritime industry and vocational and technical education and highlighted the possible contribution of robust maritime activities to the nation's economy.It...