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With the development of technology and the boom of digital revolution, foreign-language teachers should think about effective new ways to create better foreign-language teaching or learning milieus that are supported by multimedia technologies. It is widely agreed that language instruction that integrates technology has had a tremendous impact on the language learning process. Moreover, learners are expected to be more motivated in a web-based computer-assisted language learning (CALL)...
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BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. KADUNA STATE NIGERIA January , 2013-
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The study was conducted in the Shama District of the western region to examine the impact of mentorship of Holy Child College of Education students on the Junior High School pupils’ academic performance. Descriptive survey design was used to conduct the survey. Teachers and pupils in the schools of attachment constituted the population of the study. Out of 15 educational circuits in the District, five were randomly selected. Stratified and systematic sampling method was used to sample the...
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This paper discusses the impact of formal education on the culture of the Acholi people of northern Uganda. Basing on the results of key informants interviews, focus group discussions self administered questionnaires and ethnographic analyses. The study established the elements, content, history and effects of formal education on African Culture. The findings are that formal education in northern Uganda is a product of British colonialism. The agents of formal education were Christian...
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Malaria is the most prevalent parasitic endemic disease in Africa, which is preventable, treatable and curable. This study aims to assess the effect of health education intervention on the knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices amongst mothers of under-five children in a rural area of Ogun State, Nigeria.The study design was a quasi-experimental study carried out in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. A multistage random sampling technique was used in choosing the...
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The idea of owning personal businesses has been of serious contention between the young graduates and the government globally due to high rate of unemployment in most economies of the world and it has been argued that contextual factors in relation to educational support. structural and informal networks have contributed enormously to the development of entrepreneurial intention. As such,. this study tried to ascertain whether there is significant relationship between perceived educational...
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The affective domain is the main focus of social studies as a subject. This should be reflected in the teaching and assessment of social studies. It would appear that, there is a cognitive orientation to the teaching and evaluation of the subject among social studies teachers in Junior Secondary Schools in Nasarawa State. This paper sets out to find, if social studies teachers generally assess the affective domain to an acceptable level and the proportion of teachers who meet the acceptable...
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This study investigated the effectiveness and competency of principals of ECWA Secondary Schools in North Central Geo-political zone of Nigeria and how well they were professionally trained in School administration. It was also to find out how effective the training in-service was implemented in order to develop Principals and staff professional competency. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research were employed in order to establish how competent the principals were in their...
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This paper is a thesis to the effect that secondary schools in Kenya frustrate learners thereby undermining the achievement of Kenya’s goals of education. In particular the paper discusses how secondary schools in Kenya are leading to the erosion of national cohesion, disfiguration of the Kenya youth and the growth of moral decadence among other social and personal ills. In this regard, the paper calls for an end to the current categorization of secondary schools into national, provincial and district/county levels.
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Africa like other parts of the world strongly believes in the axiom of education per excellence, that is, African nations share in the vision of education as a pivot for social change and integrated development. However review of literature shows a discontent from some African scholars over the practice of Western formal education on the Continent of Africa. This discontent stems from the belief that Western formal education destroys Africa; resulting into the loss of Africans’ educational...
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This paper undertakes an epistemic investigation of the efforts to combat corruption in Kenya in the light of Aristotle's concept of Akrasia, and proposes a model for educational practice for the purpose of facilitating the fight against corruption. Akrasia is taken to mean a lack of command over self, leading one to act against one's better judgment that one ought to choose virtue against vice. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n4p353
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It is a widely accepted view that military and other forms of authoritarian rule were employed in the governance of certain African countries during the early years of postcolonial period from the 1960s to 1980’s as indicated by Bangura (1992), Harber (1997) and Leon (2010). Besides, a few socialist-oriented, independent one-party states existed. The latter years (1990s into the 21st century), saw many independent African countries embracing ‘liberal democracy’ accompanied by market economic...