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This study investigated the effects of Jigsaw IV Cooperative Learning Strategy (J4CLS) on Students' Academic Performance in Organic Chemistry in Zaria Education Zone.A pretest and posttest Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study which featured two groups (Experimental and Control groups).The experimental group was exposed to Jigsaw IV Cooperative Learning Strategy while the control group was taught using Conventional Method of Teaching (CMT).A Sample sizes of 234 students...

Implementation of counselling services in schools has its own challenges in Eritrean high schools.This study assessed factors affecting counselling services in secondary schools in Keren Sub-Zone, Anseba Region, Eritrea.The study adopted a mixed method research design across a target population that comprised of 5 schools, 1500 students, 100 teachers, 5 teacher counselors, and 5 head teachers.Systematic sampling, simple random and purposive sampling were used to select schools and the...

The expansion and funding of education have attracted much interest both in the past and in recent times.Increased concern about rising costs is leading to the search and ways of reducing costs and expenditure.Economists have become interested in the sources of funding education, and are currently suggesting alternative avenues for financing the industry.The problem facing the education sector has led to many agitations for increased funding of education by labour unions and other concerned...

This study focused on particular subset of factors determining training effectiveness namely to examine the effect of pre training dynamics trigger effective training, in public sector organizations.A survey questionnaire was used to gather data to answer designed research questions.Survey questionnaires were distributed to 385 sample respondents to collect the primary data selected from six public organizations.The study analyzed collected data using both descriptive and inferential...

Smallholder farming in Sub-Saharan Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and supportive local policies and plans are

This research work evaluated the influence of school type on the choice of Christian Religious Knowledge in secondary schools in Cross River State.To achieve the purpose of the research, one research questions was put forward and transformed into one null hypotheses.A brief review of related literature was undertaken with reference to the variable under study.The ex-post facto research design was adopted for achieving the purpose of this study and the simple random sampling technique was...

Развитие международных отношений между африканскими странами и Россией, неподдельный интерес африканских государств к международному сотрудничеству в области образования, проблемы изучения русского языка и трудности адаптации африканских студентов к жизни в России определяют актуальность данного исследования.Целью статьи является выявление проблем, с которыми сталкиваются студенты из Республики Ангола при изучении русского языка как иностранного (далее -РКИ), в зависимости от языкового...

The aim of this study was to explore the influence of pedagogical content knowledge competencies of Ghana senior high school textile teachers on the modernisation of indigenous Ghanaian textile industry. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. The study targeted senior high school textile teachers, senior high school textile graduates and heads of visual arts department. The sample size for the study was 243 (225 teachers, 12 textile...

History informs the present and helps in prediction of the future.This paper examines the historical development of teacher education for the teachers of the Visually Impaired (VI) learners in Kenya.The paper presents the strides made and the challenges experienced in the development of this type of education from the time it was introduced in Kenya up to the present.Historical research design was employed in data collection, analysis and interpretation.Data was evaluated through external...

Abstract Due to the importance of courtyards in educational buildings, their role in improving climate and their impact on students’ performance and learning. This paper aims to comparing the thermal performance of courtyards with different dimensions and ratios, with their impact on overlooking space in university buildings, as well as their impact on the thermal comfort of the students in such courtyards in “the Faculties of Agriculture and Education, New Sohag University” during the hot...

Background The aim of this work was to identify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers of disability in Egyptian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Subjects and methods This retrospective observational study included 673 patients recruited from the registry of the MS unit at Ain Shams University hospitals. At the time when the MRI scans of the brain and spinal cord were done (with and without gadolinium enhancement), clinical disability was rated using the Expanded Disability Status...

Appears in: ICERI2019 Proceedings Publication year: 2019Pages: 9772-9781ISBN: 978-84-09-14755-7ISSN: 2340-1095doi: 10.21125/iceri.2019.2387Conference name: 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and InnovationDates: 11-13 November, 2019Location: Seville, Spain

Agriculture is the foundation of Ethiopia’s economy where crop production contributes more than 65% of the agricultural GDP of the country. The impacts of climate change have been observed in Ethiopia over a long period of time which changes the environmental conditions that influence the livelihoods of the farmers and thus the national economy. Future climate projections showed continuing warming of the environment with varying rainfall patterns. The rain fed crop production, which is...

This qualitative case study explores the emerging perspectives of teacher agency in post-conflict Liberia. Findings reveal that teachers in Liberia see themselves and are seen as second parents, humanitarians, ‘town criers,’ role models, guardians, parents, counsellors, unifiers, agents of peace, ‘Hercules,’ and psychologists to help students suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after the 2003 civil war and 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak. The findings of this study demonstrate that the...

This study analyzed gender differences in climate adaptation by farming households in Ghana. This involved 300 farmers from two districts of Ghana and the data analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed severer climate impacts on the livelihoods of females than males in Ghana. On the contrary, the adaptive capacity of males was found to be higher than that of females. This was supported by the observed differences in gender climate adaptation where both male heads and male...

The paper training programmes attended by Agricultural Science Teachers in Secondary School in Kwara Central Senatorial District, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the demographic characteristics of the respondents, the in-service training programmes attended by the respondents, the organisers or sponsors of the in-service programme, areas where agricultural science teachers obtained training, constraints to agricultural science teachers’ in-service training programmes and...

This study investigated relationship between teachers’ welfare packages and teacher job performancein Public Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. Three (3) research questions with corresponding three (3) hypotheses were generated to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design. The population of this study comprised the entire Two Hundred and Fifty Eight (258) teachers and Twenty Four (24) Public Junior Secondary Schools in Dutsin-Ma...

Gender and educational equality have been extensively debated by scholars in South Africa, researchers have failed to capitalize on why enthusiastic postgraduate female students have a higher dropout rate than their male counterparts. This study has capitalized on this vacuity, via a phenomenological lens, to examine the challenges experienced by female postgraduate students at University of KwaZulu-Natal. This study presents the lived experiences of ten female postgraduate honours students...