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The early childhood education sector in Kenya does not receive direct funding from the government like the primary and secondary sectors.This then calls for stakeholders to provide finances for procurement of teaching/learning resources and other resources.The purpose of this study was to establish the provision of teaching/learning resources in ECE in Kenya.The study adopted a descriptive survey design to investigate this in Kakamega County, Kenya.Purposive sampling was used to select 3...
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This study sought to establish the views of teachers, pupils and parents towards Physical Education (P.E) as an academic subject in selected primary schools in Kitwe District in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to: establish whether or not teachers, pupils and parents knew the importance of P.E. as a learning subject at primary school level; determine how the time scheduled for P.E. on the school time-table in the current education system was actually used at primary school level;...
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The world is facing serious and complex impacts with regard to climate change. Natural and human settlements on all continents are affected, and the African continent is considered as one of the most vulnerable areas due to rapid urbanization growth and high dependency on rain-fed agriculture, amongst others. This thesis focuses on climate change in Kenya. The first aim is to compare trends of climate change in East Africa and Kenya by using a literature review and analyzing temperature and...
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In our cross-cultural comparative study, we compared the level of subjective well-being among South African, Czech and Maltese university students and explored the link between life values and cognitive and affective components of subjective well-being. The research sample (N = 390, aged 18 to 30 years, M = 21.58) consisted of 110 South African, 165 Czech and 115 Maltese university students, who completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Happiness Measure, and the Valued Living...
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Although the electronic book (e-book) age has nearly reached four decades, many devel-oping countries, such as Libya, are still struggling to use the e-book in the higher educa-tion sector. In ensuring the success of the adoption of the e-book in institutions of higher education in Libya, it is very important to examine the factors affecting the acceptance of the e-book. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to investigate the factors affecting the acceptance of e-book amongst...
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If you ask a long-time Pittsburgher, or even a recent transplant to the city, where and when jazz music was at its height in Pittsburgh, they will surely answer “The Hill in the ’50s.” There is much truth to that, with dozens of clubs like the Hurricane and the Crawford Grill having been a dominant part of nightlife along Wylie and Bedford Avenues. The best-known jazz musicians of the era -- Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Art Tatum -- made Pittsburgh a regular stop on their tours of major...
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Teacher motivation has become an important issue given their responsibility to impart knowledge and skills to learners. Consequently this study investigated the effect of motivation on the performance of primary school teachers in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region. Specifically, the study sought to find out whether motivation of teachers had any effect on their morale to perform. A descriptive survey research design was adopted where a total sample of 135 respondents including...
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The effects of long-term industrial pollution, characterized by elevated soil concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn, were examined on the abundance and diversity of grasshopper communities in grass strips along the edges of farmland at various distances from an industrial complex in the Al-Tebbin region of South Cairo, Egypt. Six sites up to 10 km downwind from the main sources of industrial pollution were selected. Grasshoppers were collected monthly from June to October in 2012 and 2013 by...