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Issue:2013 - Vol. 1 - Iss.1
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Articles:8 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
2013 Vol.1 Iss.1 (8 articles)
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Research Article
Economic immigrants and dislike of foreigners: Enroute to Tanzania
Abstract: The term economic migrant refers to someone who has emigrated from one country to another country for the purposes of seeking improved financial position. Dislike of foreigners can simply be termed as fear or hatred of foreigners. The foreigners in the host country should not engage into unskilled jobs or petty trade and business meant for indigenous population. Unless, this is well managed and checked; it might gradually turn into a source of dislike of foreigners. The focus of this paper is to discuss the concept…
Keywords: immigration; migration; dislike of foreigners.
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Research Article
A study on the oxidative properties of dietary galactose on reduced glutathione (GSH) in experimental rats
Abstract: Twenty (20) albino rats of the wistar strain were self-bred and divided into two groups, each containing ten (10) rats and acclimatized for two (2) weeks in separate wooden, but well ventilated cages, labeled test and control. The test group was placed on a diet composed of 30% D-galactose and corn starch as the carbohydrate source, while the control group was placed on the same diet composition but with corn starch only, serving as the carbohydrate source. Both groups were fed ad libitum with food and water, and o…
Keywords: D-galactose; Reduced Glutathione (GSH); Cataract.
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Research Article
Influence of class size on techniques of teaching science in primary schools of Vihiga County, Kenya
Abstract: Kenya re-implemented Free Primary Education (FPE) in January, 2003 leading to an increase in student enrolment in some classes more than in others. This could have had far reaching implications on the quality of education of children. Consequently, this study aimed at establishing the influence of increased student enrolment on the techniques used to teach science in upper primary schools. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The sample size was 108 questionnaire respondents and 36 interview respo…
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Challenges in leadership and management of church sponsored secondary schools in Kenya: Examining the relationship between principals and sponsors
Abstract: The Kenya’s Education Act 1968 and revised 1980 makes provision for the appointment of sponsors in school management and empowers them to participate in the management of schools or colleges that they sponsor. This article reports on the findings of a study conducted in Kenya. The study utilised a survey design which comprised 81 principals drawn from 81 secondary schools. The schools were purposively sampled. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires, both open and closed-ended and was analysed using St…
Keywords: Secondary school; Kenya; sponsors; principals; Education Act 1968 and 1980.
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Quality improvement in Higher Education in India: A Review
Abstract: The University Education Report had set goals for development of higher education in the country. While articulating these goals Ramakrishnan Commission on University Education, 1948-49 put it in the following words: “The most important and urgent reform needed in education is to transform it, to endeavor to relate it to the life, needs and aspirations of the people and thereby make it the powerful instrument of social, economic and cultural transformation necessary for the realization of the national goals. In the…
Keywords: Professional skills; demand for knowledge; university education; quality teaching; stakeholder relative; greater access; quality and excellence; labour market; promotion of social values; equal access; nation building.
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Research Article
Effect of conversion of co-educational schools to single sex schools on girl student discipline in Trans-Nzoia District, Kenya
Abstract: Provision of equal educational opportunities to girls and boys is a key objective of the government of Kenya. This study was conducted in girls’ schools that were converted from co-educational schools in Trans-Nzoia District, Kenya. It sought to determine the effects of the conversion on girls’ discipline. This is in light of the goal that education must prepare and equip the learner with skills, expertise and attitudes that enable him/her to play an active role in National Development. For meaningful realization o…
Keywords: Co-education; opportunity; discipline; conversion; single sex; gender.
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Effects of head teachers’ leadership styles on the performance of examinations in public primary schools in Kikuyu District, Kenya
Abstract: Literature shows headteachers’ leadership styles impact on students’ performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E). Majority of the pupils who sat for K.C.P.E. over the last five years in Kikuyu district had average marks. This is despite the schools having qualified teachers, adequate resources and facilities to enhance effective learning and good performance. This study purposed to investigate the effects of headteachers’ leadership styles on students’ performance in K.C.P.E in public primary sc…
Keywords: Effects; headteachers; academic performance; leadership style; public schools.
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Review
Kenya’s nightmares in educational race towards vision 2030
Abstract: Education plays a pivotal role in contributing to the human resource development and to nations general economic development in today’s globalizing context. Education is viewed as ‘adding value’ to investment on human capital; this has seen changing labor market requirements shift to the phenomena of ‘lifelong learning’. Like many other countries in Africa, Kenya has since independence in 1963, invested heavily in education as a means to social and economic development for her citizenry. The present study was envis…
Keywords: Growth; education; nightmare; millennium; haunt; independence.
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