Research and Publications: Recent submissions
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Relationship Between Post Election Violence Traumatic Events and the Level of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Primary school Pupils in Kibera and Kayole Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2013-10)This study seeks to determine whether pupils who experienced post election violence which occurred after 2007/2008 disputed elections would have higher levels of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder than those who did not. The ... -
Determinants of girls’ performance in science, mathematics and technology subjects in public secondary schools in Kenya
(International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2013-07)There has been incessant low academic performance in Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) subjects especially among girls at form four level in Kitui Central District over the years. The aim of this study was to ... -
Emerging Need for Academic Advising in Schools, Colleges and Universities in Kenya.
(International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013)It is not easy for the overburdened student counselors in schools, colleges and universities to adequately address students’ needs in all areas. This has led to the establishment of academic advising in Western countries ... -
The Role of Anti-Corruption Education in the Light of Aristotelian Concept of Akrasia: An Epistemic Inquiry into the Anti-corruption Initiatives in Kenya
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013-03)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 21 st Century Educated African Person and the Loss of Africans’ Educational Identity: Towards an Afro Education Mode
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)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 ... -
The Vanishing Essence of Universities of Science and Technology in Kenya: The Role of a University in Changing the World
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)The view that we live in a changing world is undisputable. This way, two aspects emerge, that of elements that change the world, and that of elements that change in the world. Universities like other entities in the world ... -
The Tyranny of Numbers and Ethnic political patronage in Kenya: Lessons from the United States of America’s Electoral College Vote Process
(International Journal of Social Sciences, 2013)Ethnic diversity, though an obvious sign of Africa’s cultural richness and social capital, is equally a source of tension between communities and nations and is considered as a potential source of conflicts and a handicap ... -
Kenya’s Political Regime in Need of a Humanizing Pedagogy: what to Learn from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013)Fatalism in the guise of docility is the fruit of an historical and sociological situation, not an essential characteristic of a people's behavior. It almost always is related to the power of destiny or fate or fortune— ... -
Can Education System be Repaired? Ideological Dearth in Kenya’s Educational Practice and its Implications for Reforms in the Education Sector
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2013)This paper confronts two issues; reforms (repairs) and ideology in education. Machines can be repaired any time they breakdown or develop defects. Educational reforms have been carried out any time an emerging need has to ... -
The 21 st Century Educated Mount Kenya University Graduate and its Implications for the Practice of Higher Education
(International Journal of Social Science & Education, 2013)The objective of this paper is to serve as the seed around which further thought on the role of the university education grows. By seeking an understanding of the 21st Century Educated Mount Kenya University graduate, the ... -
Conceptualizing Public Service Equity and Equality in Kenya: Towards Zero Unemployment
(International J. Soc. Sci. & Education, 2013)The issue of unemployment, defined in this paper as lack of jobs, lingers many minds in Kenya. It is alleged that unemployment is the root cause of poverty, crimes, illiteracy, poor health care among others unfavourable ... -
A Call to Reform Secondary Schools in Kenya
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013)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 ... -
When Did God Create Hell?
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)The concept of hell as a place for eternal punishment is a central theme in both Christianity and Islam. The followers of these religions believe that after the last judgment all wrongdoers (sinners) will be consigned to ... -
The Challenges of Anti-Corruption Initiatives: Reflections on Strategies of the Defunct Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013-07)This paper is founded on the growing need to eradicate corruption in the society. The causes and effects of corruption, and how to combat it, are issues that are on the increase on national, regional and international ... -
Against Narration Sickness in Higher Education: Implications of Paulo Freire’s Banking Concept of Education on Achievement of University Education Objectives in Kenya in the light of the U Universities Act 2012
(2013)This paper discusses how a pedagogy void of narration sickness would be conducive for the achievement of objectives of education. According to Paulo Freire (2005), a careful analysis of the teacher-student relationship at ... -
Peace Education for Sustainable Peace and Development: A Case of Kenya
(Journal of Research in Peace, Gender and Development, 2012)A culture of peace will be achieved when citizens of the world understand global problems; have the skills to resolve conflicts constructively, know and live by international standards of human rights, gender and racial ... -
Power Sharing and Political Inclusion in Post-Accord Democracies: Lessons from Zimbabwe and Kenya
(2014)Power sharing and political inclusion have long been espoused as solutions for states where ethnic, religious, or racial divides threaten to undermine a democratic transition. This type of resolution is designed to provide ... -
The impact of drug abuse awareness campaigns in Kenya
(2013)The study sought to find out the concept the youth, lecturers and parents had on drug abuse, their awareness of the type of the commonly abused drugs on the Kenyan market, the associated dangers and why drug abuse was on ... -
Tense Usage in Selected Humanities and Science Dissertations
(2014-11)Graduate students are usually not sure of the appropriate tense to use in each rhetorical section of their dissertations in their disciplines. Even style guides provide little information regarding tense usage in academic ... -
The Morphophonemics of Vowel Compensatory Lengthening in Ekegusii
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2013-09)Literature shows that not much is known about the prosodic systems in Ekegusii, a Bantu language spoken by about 2.2 million people in south western Kenya. This paper presents an analysis of vowel compensatory lengthening ...
