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This study examined the factors that influence the use of instructional resources/materials in the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools. Among the instructional materials that were investigated in their use are: Textbooks and mathematical tables. The study focused on their use in terms of their availability, adequacy and improvisation. The research design that was used in the study is descriptive survey. The research instruments included questionnaire, interview schedules and...

The aim of this work was to look into Montessori education in Nigeria.Is Montessori education practiced in Nigeria?What are the differences between Montessori and Traditional methods?Montessori education would be a better method, for this to succeed; it was recommended that for Montessori Method to be accepted in Nigeria government should provide all needed materials in public schools and private schools must be well equipped with the right materials available for use at the right time and...

Vocational education is the form of education whose primary objective is the acquisition of skills and attitudes for gainful employment in a specific occupation or professional area. On the other hand, Employability skills are those essential skills required to secure and retain a job. These skills are required by young undergraduates to prepare them to meet the needs of various occupations after graduation. Today, the quality of graduates in terms of requisite skills development such as...

This article focuses on sexual harassment of female learners by male learners as a dynamic of school violence in the South African secondary schools. This research is based on a mixed method research approach and data was collected by means of questionnaires, focus groups and in-depth interviews. Participants were asked to recall incidents of violence either committed by them or they were subjected to in the school by fellow learners and/or teachers. The study indicated that while the female...

This paper explores University supervisors’ and student teachers’ assessment of the value of teaching practice and school context challenges in Kenya based on a study that examined perceptions on the influence of the school context on the teacher interns performance in Moi University. Data was collected from a sample of thirty one university supervisors and one hundred and forty eight Fourth Year Bachelor of Education students proportionate to the four Degree programmes offered in the School...

In Ethiopia, substance use and risky sexual behaviour are common. High rates of substance use and unprotected sex have unintended health consequences for University students. The Objective of the research was assessment of substance abuse and sexual risk behavior. 611 students in Dilla University were interviewed in 2011. Data were collected and analyses were performed to examine demographic and sexual HIV-risk behaviour. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20 and necessary ethical issues...

This paper reports on the educational aspirations and the challenges facing children living in poor communities in Ethiopia. Using Young Lives survey and qualitative longitudinal data, the paper finds that children hold high educational aspirations and make much effort to achieve their ambitions. Children in higher grades at school maintained their high aspirations. Children have demonstrated their agency in their capacity to aspire high and work hard to attain their ambitions. The results...

Reviewed by: African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property, and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800–1860 by Dea H. Boster Emily Tafford (bio) African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property, and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800–1860. By Dea H. Boster. (New York: Routledge, 2013. Pp. 184. $125.00 cloth) Disability studies scholars in recent years have called for a broader conversation between the history of disability and more conventional histories, arguing that,...

The curriculum quality equipped the teachers with potentialities and idea which guide them in understanding, where, how and when to use what they learn to teach student. Researches have shown that the implementation of curriculum differs from one institution to another due to differences in availability of resource and ownership of the college. This, in the long run has implications for the dispositions of teacher’s especially Social Studies teachers. Previous researches have concentrated on...

Introduction . Violence against women, in its various forms, is an important social and public health problem in different communities around the world. Although violence against women is against the inalienable human right and resulted in physical, sexual, and psychological harm or suffering to women, little has been documented regarding its factors and distribution among youth population such as university students. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess factors associated...

Objectives: To evaluate the implementation of the Joint Master of Health Professions Education (JMHPE) as a distance learning program as regards the e-learning process, the educational resources, the administrative process and the educational units of the JMHPE from the students', graduates' and faculty point of view. Subjects and methods:A descriptive study was held to evaluate the JMHPE program (Process-Based, formative program evaluation).The target groups were all graduates of the Joint...

Objectives: To evaluate the implementation of the Joint Master of Health Professions Education (JMHPE) as a distance learning program as regards the e-learning process, the educational resources, the administrative process and the educational units of the JMHPE from the students', graduates' and faculty point of view. Subjects and methods:A descriptive study was held to evaluate the JMHPE program (Process-Based, formative program evaluation).The target groups were all graduates of the Joint...

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) expressing recombinant IL-4 have the potential to remediate inflammatory diseases. We thus investigated whether BMSCs expressing exogenous IL-4 could alleviate autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss. BMSCs isolated from guinea pigs were transfected with recombinant lentivirus expressing IL-4. A total of 33 animals were divided into three groups. Group A received scala tympani injection of IL-4-expressing BMSCs, and Group B received control...

This article discusses the role of John Rusimbi’s novels in the development of Rwanda national Literature. Although a tradition of imaginative literature has existed in oral forms, and served to foster national identity and  national consciousness, written literature is an essential contemporary national expression that needs to be developed. Noting the paucity of written literature in Rwanda, the article argues that being a pioneer Rwanda novelist writing in the English Language, Rusimbi...

i Operational Terms iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background to the study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 5 1.3 Research Questions 5 1.4 Objectives of the Study 6 1.5 Assumptions of the Study 6 1.6 Significance of the Study 6 1.7 Limitations of the Study 7 1.8 Delimitations of the Study. 7 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 2.

Water of sources in watersheds is used for drinking and irrigation. But the geological nature of soil in this region promotes a contamination by metallic trace elements such as Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr, Co, Ni and Cd found in that region. So, the objective of this work is to determine the environmental impact of these trace elements in assessment of the sediment quality of nine sources in Tyikomiyne, a eastern geographical region of the watershed of “Guir “(Morocco). The spatial variation...

Background :Sexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work. Violence against girls takes many forms including rape, sexual harassment, intimidation, teasing and threats. It affects all girls, regardless of age, race, class,...