School of Education: Recent submissions
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Leadership Motivation and Mentoring Can Improve Efficiency of a Classroom Teacher and Workers in Institutions
(IISTE, 2015)Motivational strategies guarantee quality assurance in the educational system. Motivational strategies like staff training and development, promotion, salary, remuneration, working conditions, status and participatory ... -
How Parental Involvement In Activities At School Influences Children’s Learning Outcomes In Mbooni East Sub County, Makueni County, Kenya
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2019-09-19)The study sought to underscore the influence of parental involvement in activities at school on learning outcomes among preschool learners. Its purpose was to determine the influence parental involvement in activities at ... -
An investigation to the efficacy of free primary education in withdrawing and maintaining children from child labour in Kiambu district, Kenya
(2011)It is estimated that about 250 million children aged between 5-14 years were working world wide by the year 2006, at least 120 million were working full time and close to 80 million in hazardous work. These are children ... -
The influence of Principals’Related Factors on ICT Integration in the Management of Public Secondary Schools in Kitui County, Kenya
(2017)The study soughtto determine the influence of principals’ related factorson integration of Information Communication Technology in the management of public secondary schools in KituiCounty, Kenya. A ... -
The influence of school related factors on ICT integration in the management of public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya
(2017-01-19)The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of school related factors in integration of Information Communication Technology in the management of public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. A descriptive ... -
Biogeography of the Shimba Hills ecosystem herpetofauna in Kenya
(Editorial Office of Zoological Research, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018-03-18)The Shimba Hills ecosystem along the south coast of Kenya is a key East African biodiversity hotspot. Historically, it is biogeographically assignable to the East African coastal biome. We ... -
Gender Differences in the Levels of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Resulting from 2007/2008 Post Election Violence among Primary School Pupils in Kibera and Kayole Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya
(Contemporary Research Center Australia, 2014)This study sought to determine whether there were significant gender differences in the levels of posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from the post election violence among primary school children in Kenya. The target ... -
Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Methods Used to Enhance Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Nyahururu Division, Laikipia West District, Kenya
(International Association of African Researchers, 2010)Many methods are used to enhance discipline in secondary schools. Among them are corporal punishment, guidance and counselling, psychological punishment and suspension from school. The use of corporal punishment was banned ... -
The Effect of Inter-tribal Post Election Violence Conflict Trauma on Academic Performance among Secondary School Students in Mt. Elgon District, Kenya
(International Association of African Researchers, 2011)Inter-tribal conflict in Kenya has persisted for a long time and intensifies during elections. The inter-tribal conflict in 2007-2008 in Mt. Elgon District was apparently over land dispute between the Soy and Ndorobo clans ... -
Causes of Occupational Stress In Relation To Level of Occupational Stress among Police Constables in Kisumu County, Kenya
(2014)Stress is a major global health challenge affecting the well-being of service providers especially those working in the human service sectors like; police officers, teachers, health care providers and media specialists. ... -
The Relationship between Family Functions and Juvenile Delinquency: A Case of Nakuru Municipality, Kenya
(International Association of African Researchers, 2009)The incidences of juvenile delinquency have increased in recent years in Kenya. Most of the studies done on Juvenile delinquency have paid little or no attention to family functions as one of the possible causes. This ... -
The effect of academic advising on academic performance of university students in Kenyan universities
(International Association of African Researchers, 2011)Although academic advising in Kenyan universities exists, no research has been done to find out how it impacts on students’ educational and career goals. This research aimed at establishing the effect of academic advising ... -
Perceptions of academic staff on research and publishing in Kenyan universities
(International Journal of Education Administration and Policy Studies, 2012-03)Academic research represents the backbone of human activity in improving the quality of life through expanding frontiers of academic knowledge, and making further research possible throughout the world. Academic research ... -
A study of the relationship between academic achievement motivation and home environment among standard eight pupils
(Academic Journals, 2010)The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic achievement motivation and home environment among standard eight pupils. The study was carried out on 235 standard eight Kenyan pupils from ... -
Investigation of teaching the integrated topics on drug abuse in secondary school curriculum
(2011)The problem of this study was to investigate the teaching of the integrated topics on drug abuse in the secondary school curriculum as a strategy to wipe out the problem of drug abuse among students in Machakos District, ... -
Impact of Transformational Leadership Style On Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Mbeere South Sub-County, Embu County, Kenya
(2016)Globally, education is considered as the key drive of any country’s development. This explains the reason why academic achievement is given a lot of importance in the schooling process. In this respect and specifically ... -
Teaching of the integrated topics on drug abuse as a strategy to eradicate drug abuse among secondary school students in Machakos District, Kenya
(2012)The problem of drug abuse has been an area of concern in Kenya for the last two decades. The previous studies carried out in this area revealed that drug abuse has been on the increase at the secondary school level in ... -
The benefits of mainstreaming environmental education in the school curriculum
(Emerging Academy Resources, 2013)The mismanagement and even over- exploitation of environment has been an area of concern globally in the last three decades. This is closely related to human activities such as mining, human settlement and agriculture. ... -
The Need to Integrate Themes of Environmental Education in the School Curriculum in Kenya
(HRmars, 2013)Globally, the environment is under pressure from climatic variability and anthropogenic activities including deforestation, wetland and water catchment destruction, agro-chemicals use and urbanization among others. The ... -
The dilemma of career choice: a case study of Kenyan secondary school students
(Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables that influence career choice among secondary school students in Kenya. The study was guided by two objectives: to determine the influence of peer groups on ...
