Arts and Social Sciences Education Research Papers/Topics

Women and Community Development In Rural Africa: Deconstructing Dominant Narratives

Although women’s critical roles in rural community development in Africa is undisputed, its recent discursive appeal in development policy raises questions regarding the ways in which the women living in rural contexts have been mis/understood, mis/appropriated and marginalized. Arguing that two narratives emerge: rural women as victims and rural women as agents of change, this chapter examines the ways in which African women’s experience in rural community development has been framed to ...

ETHNICITY AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT  The purpose of this study is to examine Jos, the Plateau State capital, has remind the same for over a century. The study set out to assist the case of ethnic groups, specially the Broom, Anaguta, and Afizere and Hausa/Fulani, laying claim to pre-eminence over one another. The chapter one deals with the background to the study down to the definition of terms, chapter two deal  with  the  conceptual/theoretical  framework,  this  chapter  present conceptual  issue  about  ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE CIVIL SERVICE

This research work highlights the result of a research carried out to assessment of the influence of conflict resolution on the performance of an organization: a case study of Edo State civil service.A substantial aspect of the study involved collecting data through the instrumentation of questionnaires. The data collected were classified, analyzed and the percentages of the findings presented in a table. The hypothesis was then statistically tested with chi-square in which the calculated val...

THE ROLE OF OFO IN PRE-COLONIAL IGBO

Traditional Igbo political system is rooted in the very structure of Igbo society itself which exhibited democratic orientations, individualistic achievement, motivation, egalitarian tendencies and lack of hierarchical centralisation. With all, these the system has a high degree of coherence beneath the apparent anarchy and a  high degree of solidarity and stability beneath the apparent picture of compartmentalizion. The Igbo socio-political system like other pre-colonial societies has bee...

Problem of Teaching Practical Skills in Building Construction in Government Technical and Vocational colleges in Bauchi State

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine problems of teaching practical skills in building construction in vocational and technical colleges in Bauchi State. Survey research design was used for the study, the population for the study comprised both teachers and students from seven technical colleges in Bauchi State. A total of 285 respondents (30 teachers and 255 students) were used for the study. A Structure questionnaire was used as instruments for data collection, three research que...

Repetition and Dropout Rates in Public Secondary Schools in Atiba Local Government area of Oyo State

Repetition and dropout is like a canker worm that has eaten deep into the fabric of our educational system. Over the years, educational planners, school administrators and educational agencies are concerned about how to reduce this state of educational system inefficiency. This research work determined repetition and dropout rates in public secondary schools in Atiba local government area. Descriptive research design was used and eight out of sixteen public secondary schools in the local gove...

Boko haram and Development of Northeast Nigeria (Focus on Yobe State)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the StudyConflict is very often, the result of the interaction of political, economic and social instability,frequently   stemming   from   bad   governance,   failed   economic   policies   and   inappropriatedevelopment programmes which have exacerbated ethnic or religious difference (EC, 1996). The upsurge of terrorism engineered by Boko Haram poses grave security challenges to thenation and summons on the part of the law and sec...

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AFFIXATION PROCESSES IN SWAHILI AND HAUSA LANGUAGES

Topic: A Comparative Study of Affixation Processes in Swahili and Hausa Languages,  is a research project compiled by Usamatu Suleiman Maiyama a student from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria. The research is at aiming to findout the possible distinctions,  relationship and similarities there present in both languages (Swahili and Hausa) which are the Major languages in Africa. 

THE IMPACT OF STAFF DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL IN AN ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ABSTRACT   x Discipline  and  control  are  essential  management  principles  that  could  be  used  as  tools  to enhance  staff  compliance  to  work  standard,  rules  and  regulations  in  order  to  achieve organizational  goals.  Recent  studies  on  the  causes  of  inefficiency,  laxity  and  eye-service among  Nigerian  employees  in  the  public  organizations  have  been  due  to  lack  of  discipline and  control.  Hence,  the...

An analysis of NGOs and humanitarian situation in the North east Nigeria

Abstract  A Research was conducted in North Eastern Nigeria to analyse the NGOs and Humanitarian  situation in the region with emphasis on Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. Simple random  sampling was adopted to analyse selected NGOs. 15 NGOs were selected at random from the study  area. Data were analyse for this study with descriptive statistical tools using frequency count and  percentages on answering research questions. The study revealed that the most of the NGOs are  international ...

KANTIAN CRITIQUE OF THE PHENOMENON OF SUICIDE

Abstract Suicide as a phenomenon has been realized at the apex in the list of causes of death in our society, its effect is becoming more intense on daily bases and the outcome of a suicidal act to the general public has been observed as a notable problem in the contemporary society. Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, religious leaders and authorities in different fields have given much attention to the study of the phenomenon of suicide. It is on this background that this work analy...

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SANITATION: EVIDENCE FROM HEDONIC PRICE MODEL (HPM)

Sanitation management issues have gained global interest due to its immense impact on health and economic development, especially within the developing regions of the world. In Ghana, despite the proactive policies implemented by the government, households still find it as a problem to have access to improved sanitation. In this research, we hypothesize that access to sanitation in residences increases housing appraisal value. The hedonic price model was applied to value the access to improve...

Feminist Aesthetics in Neshani Andreas' The Purple Violet of Oshaantu and Binwell Sinyangwe's A Cowrie of Hope.

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION         Man  has  often  been  the  very  type  of  humanity  that  is  recognized.  Every society sees woman as relative to man. The patriarchal system gave rise  to  the  term  feminism.  From  time  immemorial  women  have  been subjugated, oppressed and humiliated. Women have been seen as a second, a wife and rearer of children and nothing more.        Feminism  as  an  advocate  for  the  emancipation  of  women  from oppre...

Communication Modes, Religion and Parents Attitude as a Determinant of Psychosocial Adjustment of Learners with Hearing Impairment in Ibadan North Local Government Area

The study investigated the influence of communication modes, religion and parent attitude on the psychosocial adjustment of student with hearing impairment. The study investigated the influence of communication modes, religion and parents attitudes on the psychosocial adjustment of student with hearing impairment. A self-developed structured questionnaire was designed for date collection, Section A focused on the demographic information, while the section B, C, D and E measures the variables ...

CROSS GENERATION SEX AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE LEANERS AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OPENDISTANCE AND e-LEARNING)

ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate Cross Generation Sex and Academic Performance Learners at Kampala International University Case Study of College of Education Open Distance   and e-Learning, Aimed To find out Causes of cross generation sex, to examine effects of cross generation sex in Kampala International University and To assess Mitigation strategies reduce its impact. Research design used was descriptive case designs using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Quantitati...


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