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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. ... -
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 ... -
Blended teaching and learning journey: Implementation in higher education institutions in Kenya
(JFP Publishers, 2021)Education, like all the other sectors, was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report by UNESCO, in 2020 alone, learning for more than 1.7 billion children in over 188 countries was disrupted. This ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
CAUSES OF FATHER ABSENCE AND HOW IT AFFECTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE BOY CHILD IN KCSE IN SUNEKA DIVISION, KISII COUNTY, KENYA
(Kenya Journal Of Educational Planning, Economics & Management, 2018)This study was set to ascertain the causes of father absence and how it affects the academic performance of the boy child in KCSE in Suneka Division, Kisii County. The objectives of this study were: to find out the grades ... -
Causes of Occupational Stress in Relation to Level of Occupational Stress among Police Constables in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 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. ... -
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 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 ... -
Citation Practices in Selected Science and Humanities Dissertations: Implications for Teaching
(American Journal of Educational Research, 2013)The citation feature provides justification for arguments and demonstrates the novelty of one’s position in research writing. It shows how a piece of research arises out of, and is grounded in the current state of disciplinary ... -
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 ... -
The Congruence between Teaching and Learning! Exploration of the Relationship between Preschool Teaching or Instructional Methods and Mathematics Performance in Lower Primary Schools in Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)The obstacles and difficulties hindering good performance in mathematics by Lower Primary school children seem to originate from inconsistence of instructional methods applied by teachers at the level. These methods don’t ... -
Constraints Facing Teachers of Christian Religious Education in Using Life Approach in Secondary Schools in Nairobi East District in Kenya
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013-07)The strategy used in teaching and learning has a bearing on effectiveness and quality of education offered. The integrated Christian Religious Education (CRE) lays emphasis on what is known as the life Approach strategy ... -
Critical analysis of the effectiveness of programmes and activities developed to improve educational access, quality and equity in Kenya
(2012-09)The declarations of the 1990 Jomtien World Conference on Education and the 2000 Dakar World Education Forum both emphasized that to achieve Education for All (EFA) by 2015 , in addition to increased access to education, ... -
A Critical Analysis of the Implementation of Children’s Rights in Kenya
(Educational Research International, 2014-12)This paper analysis the role of stakeholders in implementing children rights in Kenya. The writers looks at the implementation of children rights after the adoption of the New Convection on the Rights of the child by the ... -
A critical review of the effect of teacher preparedness on students’ academic achievement: A research agenda
(2017)This is a critical review of teacher preparedness investigating the origin of teacher preparedness, the concept of teacher preparedness, academic achievement, and its effect on students’ academic achievement, the theoretical ... -
A Culture of Cooperation: Making the Journey the Destination
(VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden, 2002)This chapter subjectively examines the experience of five members of the Future of Education project group at the International Women's University (ifu). Their voices reflect the multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary, and ... -
Decentralization of education: the experience of Kenyan secondary schools
(2011)Kenya has undertaken several educational reforms since independence in 1963. Several committees, commissions and task forces have been set up over the years with the mandate to make suitable ... -
Determinants of Delegation of Duties and Responsibilities in the Administration of Secondary Schools in Mbeere South Sub-County, Embu County, Kenya 1
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2019)Delegation of tasks to the subordinates is an important activity in the administration of schools. It helps the principal in running the institution effectively though it may affect the subordinates negatively depending ... -
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 ...