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Issue:2015 - Vol. 3 - Iss.1
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Articles:76 articles
International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
IJERR
A peer-reviewed, open access journal that considers articles on all aspects of public health and epidemiology, including the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community. IJERR intends to promote and integrate the intellectual, methodological, and substantive diversity of educational scholarship. Articles dealing with educational research involving any discipline and me… More
2015 Vol.3 Iss.1 (76 articles)
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Research Article
Assessing the effect of video-based versus traditional lectures on student education
Abstract: Although, computer assisted learning and multimedia programs have emerged into higher education institutions, there is no clear evidence that such a movement can improve student learning. This study was conducted to provide an objective assessment of the impact of lectures with the use of video clips on student learning over traditional teaching methods. Five university students participated and experimental control was achieved using an alternating-treatments design. Overall, students experienced sixteen 5-minute…
Keywords: Higher education; video-based lectures; learning; single-case research methodology; teaching.
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A study of the prevalence of anxiety and its connection with self-worth among Zabol University students, Iran
Abstract: This study tries to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and its relationship with self-esteem among students at the University of Zabol in Iran. The Cattell Anxiety Inventory and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory were used to conduct a cross-sectional study involving 400 students within an age range of 18 to 31. According to the results, the prevalence of anxiety among these students was measured at a level of 83% and a significant negative relationship was found to exist between anxiety and self-esteem as well…
Keywords: Anxiety; self-esteem; university; students; Zabol; Iran.
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Involvement of the Quaker church to running of public secondary schools in Bungoma east district, Kenya
Abstract: Religious organizations in Kenya are empowered by the Education Act to participate in the management of schools and colleges that they sponsor. These religious sponsors include: the Quaker Church; the Catholic Church; Africa Inland Church; Salvation Army Church; Seventh Day Adventist Church; Church of God; Presbyterian Church of East Africa; Methodist Church; Baptist Church; Anglican Church of Kenya and the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church. The Quaker Church dominates sponsorship of schools in Bungoma East Dist…
Keywords: Bungoma East District; Kenya; Contribution; Management; Public Secondary Schools; Quaker Church.
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Formation of a more articulate social engineering to enhance the welfare of the disable people in Uganda
Abstract: The neglect of the handicapped children pushes them into risks in life. They find themselves dependent on the economically deprived adult who often has negative disposition towards them. The families of the handicapped children lack the basic needs to meet the yearnings of these children. The governments that ought to assist such families tend to give little support to the social development sector. The public, on its part oscillate between love and disaffection, and do not give sufficient attention to the problems…
Keywords: Psycho-social needs; disabilities; Uganda
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Emergent issues in the practice of higher education: obstacles and way forward for improving medical training in Nigeria
Abstract: Greater numbers of medical institutions in Nigeria are currently experiencing difficulties in providing the right quality and quantity of education due to underfunding, inadequate and obsolete facilities, absence of experienced and dedicated teachers, increased cost of schooling, lack of update training for teachers, students over population and rapidly deteriorating good morals and core values. The necessary shift from traditional approach to a need-based approach requires a fundamental change of the roles and com…
Keywords: Emerging; Learning; Teaching; Nigeria
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A peep into the World Beyond: Metaphysical theories on the Nature of Life in Disembodied Bodies
Abstract: The question about the belief in ‘life in disembodied bodies’ and the ‘world beyond’ is as old as human kind. Due to its philosophical nature, the question has invited and incited serious debates among scientists, metaphysicians and philosophers of religion, but with little progress. In Africa, the complexity of establishing the concrete existence of life in disembodied bodies and the world beyond is predicated by hegemonic Western science’s preoccupation with empiricism and evidence (through laboratory experiments…
Keywords: Speculation; life; disembodied bodies; world beyond; metaphysics; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Africa.
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Making the most of students’ potential: Some tips and hints
Abstract: Achieving success in studies is important. However, there have been no clear strategies that inspire the students and or lecturers on how best could the studies be carried for the purpose of attaining maximum performance. This paper therefore, expounds some strategies that need to be observed by the students on the one hand and the lecturers on the other. The article further narrates the barriers to achieving success at school or college and suggests some measures that could be observed for the purpose of managing…
Keywords: Education; college; school; potential; maximize.
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Attitudes of Preservice Teachers towards Family-Centered Practices in Early Intervention: An Implication for Teacher Education
Abstract: Family-centered practices are the key to successful early intervention (EI) service delivery. University faculty members should help preservice teachers develop awareness and initial understanding of family-centered practices through course content and practicum. The current study focuses on preservice teachers’ attitudes towards family-centered practices in EI service delivery. Eighty-seven preservice teachers participated in the study and wrote pre- and post-essays about their beliefs of family-centered service d…
Keywords: Family-centered practices; early intervention; preservice teachers’ attitudes; teacher education
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Customer-driven entities: Identifying the needs in higher education
Abstract: Many institutions of higher education are hesitant to consider themselves as customer-driven entities. It is common to view the student as the customer but this notion is not universally accepted. This paper reviews the debate in the education and marketing literature about students as customers and reveals the difficulty in using the word customer to describe the student/university relationship. The author argues that the debate must move away from identifying the customer and focus on the university as a service…
Keywords: Customer-driven; higher education; students; quality; faculty; academic; organisation; Universities
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Review
Confucius' style of teaching and education
Abstract: A Chinese proverb has it that, “learning colors a man more than the deepest dye”, and indeed learning and education is critical. Here, in this paper, the practitioner-academician author examines the various teaching methods and ways of Confucius or Master Kung. Interestingly here, various vital don’ts of teaching, and in fact, several gems of teaching methods, done the Masterly way, are highlighted. The teaching methods, just to mention a few, discussed are to be the role model, to deliver and teach according to th…
Keywords: Confucius; learning; teaching; example; common mistakes in learning and teaching.
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Scientific processes for the progress and validation of academic-success barrier battery
Abstract: The paper discussed the scientific processes for the development and validation of the Academic-Success Barrier Battery (ASB2) for measuring and remediating students’ self created obstacles to their academic-success. The sample for the study was 1,200 randomly selected secondary school-going adolescents in Nigeria, comprising males and females. Their ages ranged between 12 and 21years, with a mean of 16.5years. The internal consistency for the 14 subscales ranged between .6600 and .8770, while the Cronbach alpha (α…
Keywords: Academic-Success; battery; reliability; validity; internal consistency.
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Lifelong education as a way of launching a culture of peace in Nigeria in the Twenty-first century
Abstract: The factors that went into the making of Nigeria are not the types that could naturally promote peace. Despite this initial daunting obstacle in the way of peace, successive governments have tried various strategies aimed at fostering peace in Nigeria. For example, many political restructurings of the country have been undertaken since 1960; many political settlements have equally been reached between governments and warring parties on the one hand and among feuding communities themselves on the other hand; yet, pe…
Keywords: Culture of peace; lifelong education; nationhood; lifelong education strategies.
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Prevalence of women matriculation in Argentinean Medical schools: Identification of possible reasons underlying an apparently broader phenomenon
Abstract: This paper examines reasons of potential relevance concerning the increase of female matriculation through a poll, applied to 130 female and 75 male students, among 500 admitted ones at two Argentinean medical schools (2003-2005), both of them relevant in what concerns to their dimensions and standards. This poll was qualitatively combined with an interview performed to 52 gender equated students among the 205 participants.Majority of females (82%) and males (80%) firstly thought of Medicine at the age of 15±1 year…
Keywords: Matriculation; feminine; medical schools; Argentina
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Relationship between students position in classroom and school performance
Abstract: We analyzed whether the position of students in classroom is correlated with academic performance, and which factors might be involved. The sample consisted of 16 classrooms in a school year bimester, each one with around 30 students. Each student's position was registered in classroom maps and the reasons for the students' seat choice were gathered by a questionnaire. School performance and classroom absences of each student were collected directly from the teachers' register notebook. We found that better perform…
Keywords: Classroom; seating position; academic performance; motivation.
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Rural development and poverty reduction in Rwanda: The place of Cooperative Association
Abstract: This study examined cooperative association as a tool for rural development and property reduction in Rwanda. Case study of cooperative Abahuzamugambi ba Kawa based in Maraba sector, Huye District in southern province . The sample population comprises the members, management, and Board of the Abahuzamuyambi ba kawa. The research questionnaire was used to gather data from members, management and the populace. The research questions focused on the principles of cooperative identity, participation and decision making…
Keywords: Cooperative; Association; Rural Development; Poverty Reduction; Strategies.
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