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A thesis submitted to the Faculty Arts in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Community Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zululand, 2017
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Challenges in leading and managing people in educational institutions are worthwhile indicators that require constant checks and adjustments. These verifications are necessary because humans are complex beings and whose thinking faculties are not fixed and often guided by situational and environmental factors. Consequently, they must have divergent views which may pose unpredictable problems to administrators. Only very smart and ardent leaders maybe quick to detect, withstand and overcome...
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The objective of this research was to assess diversity and resilient varieties of enset and its contribution in climate change adaptation. Household survey and biomass measurement were conducted to collect primary data from the field. More than fifty five (55) landraces of enset were found in the different AEZs. Among the identified landraces Ginbo, Gishira, Disho, and Siskella were assessed as resilient varieties. From the ShannonWeiner Diversity Index, the w/dega (3.86) had more diverse...
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In the South African context, the need for peacebuilding is sometimes not acknowledged in a post-conf lict society, although there are ongoing everyday examples within the educational sphere that challenge this assumption. A way of addressing the need for peacebuilding in education is via a reconciliation pedagogy, which uses oral history tasks and cooperative learning in the history curriculum. By drawing on the similarities and differences between a reconciliation pedagogy, and...
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Climate change has been described as the most significant environmental threat of the 21st century with vast impact mostly on agriculture, altering food production processes. As an important sector in the Kenyan economy, agriculture continues to dominate other sectors despite its declining contribution to real GDP. Given that the performance of the agricultural sector is determined by a large number of factors, the need to articulate this study has become imperative in view of the climate...
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This Paper focused on management of diversification at the senior secondary education level in Nigeria.Secondary education has been described as the second in the tripot of education.It serves as a bridge between the primary education and tertiary education.The two major aims of secondary education are: preparing the recipients for higher education and preparing the recipients for useful living within the society.The paper went further to x-ray some diversifications that could be explored in...
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This work is a product of library research.The purpose was to discuss national security in Nigeria in relation to peace education.The concepts of peace education and national security were presented.The reasons for national security were discussed.The researchers also articulated the efforts so far made in Nigeria to promote national security.The work also articulated the importance of peace education to national security.The major challenges to national security in Nigeria were highlighted...
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Ponte Academic JournalMay 2017, Volume 73, Issue 5 CHALLENGES FACING VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF PRISON INMATES IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF ABAKALIKI AND AWKA PRISONSAuthor(s): Joshua O. Nweke ,Benjamine Okorie AjahJ. Ponte - May 2017 - Volume 73 - Issue 5 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2017.5.4 Abstract:One major objective of the prison system is the ability to give vocational training to prison inmates. This will help to equip them with surviving skills that will make them be meaningfully engaged and not to...
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This paper examined the challenges around the effective implementation of strategies put in place by Nigerian government to combat the twin menace of drought and desertification the North-east geo-political zone of Nigeria. It then proffered solutions to the challenges as established from the survey carried out in the zone. The introduction to the subject under discuss reviewed the extent to which the twin phenomenon were ravaging the zone and efforts of government so far which has not...
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Understanding the impact of guidance and counselling on performance of schools has warranted special attention over time by different fields of scientific knowledge. Following the frequent decline of school students performance and coupled with high level of students dropout, social vices, increase in immoral and cult activities, high level of unemployment, among others, effective guidance and counselling practice in schools have remained the key factor that is highly depended upon to...
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The preponderance of cheating in examination/test has become soalarming that concerned stakeholders are perturbed on its impact onthe moral ethos of the Nigerian society. Students’ engagement inexamination malpractices might stem from their moral judgmentstance. This study determined the moral judgments of secondaryschool students on examination malpractices scenarios (pre-duringand-post) in Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted andfour hundred secondary school students were...
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Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It shares boarders with Mozambique and South Africa. The country measures approximately 17,000 km2, with a population of approximately 1.2 million, of whom 75 % resides in rural areas. Out of the total population, about 17 % are persons with disabilities (Census 2007). Over half of Swaziland’s population is below 20 years old and there are estimated to be up to 144,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). Swaziland is classified as a...
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The purpose of this study was to explore if perceptions of teachers’ expectations predicted pupils’ academic self-concept. There is evidence to suggest that primary school pupils’ performance in national public examinations in Kenya, especially those from poor backgrounds and learning in non-formal schools, is skewed towards the poorer mean scores. The poor performance has been mainly ascribed to school ecological factors and minimum research has been carried out on psychological influences...