ABSTRACT The traditional instructional strategy employed by most biology teachers in teaching environment-related concepts have resulted in low learning outcomes. Two strategies have been proved in literature to have exposed students to a higher thinking order needed to recognise assumptions, evaluate controversies, and scrutinise inferences in alleviating the problem of low students‘ learning outcomes in biology, but they have not been utilised in the teaching of environmental concept in b...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate rural secondary school children’s positioning on children’s human rights: a case study of Gonawapotera Secondary School. Questionnaires and interviews were used as data collecting instruments in the process of gathering data. Eight teachers at Gonawapotera Secondary School, thirty pupils and twenty parents were randomly selected as participants for the study. Data was then presented and analysed thematically. The major findings showed that childre...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at establishing the role played by school management in handling career-related stress (HCRS) in secondary schools in Tarime District in Tanzania. The investigation was conducted through mixed research approach to meet the three objectives of the study which were to examine the extent of existing level of career related stress (CRS) among teachers based on their sex, level of education, work experience and general teachers perception, to identify the main mechanisms...
ABSTRACT The study sought to analyze leadership training of head teachers in secondary schools in Dodoma Municipality. It used mixed method to collect and analyzed data. Data was collected through observations and interviews conducted with teachers and head teachers. The study adopted a case study research design that gives unitary character of data being studied by inter-relating a variety of facts to a single case. In this regard, data for this study were collected on the independent vari...
Abstract This doctoral research pursued the intersection of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and place-based education in Ugandan secondary schools. Particular interest was placed on how teachers use place-based education pedagogies to influence their own as well as their learners’ reconnection to their communities, cultures and places towards a more sustainable future. Even though the role of community elders1 of guardianship and instruction of IK has been weakened by the formal education syste...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effectiveness of subject panels in enhancing teachers‟ professional development in secondary schools in Tanzania. It was influenced by the Zanzibar Education Vision 2020 that made the revival of subject panels as strategy for upgrading teachers‟ skills to solve the challenges in implementing the curriculum at school settings. The study was guided by Social Learning Theories postulated by Vygotsky (1978) and System Theories by Senge (1990) and it was embe...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate prospects and problems of implementing performance appraisal system in public secondary schools, in Mpanda district, Tanzania. It was a cross sectional study undertaken through qualitative research approach supplemented by quantitative research approach. The study was guided by Scientific Management and Goal Setting Theories. Several respondents such as DSEO, HRO, WECs and HoS were selected through purposive sampling while 29 Teachers were selected th...
ABSTRACT urban agriculture is practiced in most third world societies not as a hobby but as a necessasity both for subsistence food production and to earn extra income.
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya has placed certain measures to give basic education to its citizens by introducing Free Primary Education and Free Day Secondary Education. Despite this effort, students both boys and girls have been dropping out of school. School dropout for both boys and girls is a very serious issue not only in Kenya but also in the whole world. The main purpose for the study was to investigate the socio-economic factors that influence boy-child dropout from public day seco...
ABSTRACT Play is an essential part of children’s daily life and it promotes all round child development. Children develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually through play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of play on social and emotional development of preschoolers in Kyangwithya Zone, Kitui County. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. These were; to determine whether the availability of play materials influence children’s soci...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the administrative factors influencing the implementation of free secondary education in public secondary schools in Makindu Sub –County, Makueni County. Four research objectives guided this study. The objectives sought to assess the influence of disbursement of funds on the implementation of free secondary education; determine the influence of school size on the implementation of free secondary education; establish the influence of avai...
ABSTRACT This study sought to identity the home based factors that influence discipline among students in public secondary schools in Nzaui Sub-county, Makueni County, Kenya. The research objectives of the study were to determine the influence of parental economic status, parenting styles and family background on discipline among secondary school students in Nzaui Sub-County. The research design adopted in this study was the descriptive survey. Due to the high number of students in the distri...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of guided discovery approach on students’ academic performance in ecology among Senior Secondary I students in Sokoto metropolis. The population of the study comprised of 13,045 students offering Biology in the 43 secondary schools within Sokoto metropolis. The researcher used stratified random sampling to select the sample 521 students and used purposive sampling technique to select intact classes from each sampled school. The instruments used f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers‘ perceptions on using Information and communication technology as a tool for teaching and learning in public secondary schools at Butiama District in Mara Region. Specifically, the study explored the availability of ICT tools, teachers‘ skills on the use of ICT and perceptions on the use of ICT as teaching tool in public secondary schools. The study employed descriptive design, while mixed research approach was used. Data we...
ABSTRACT Substance abuse has become a major challenge in secondary schools in Kenya. A study carried out in Kenya observed that 20% of adolescents aged between 12 and 22 years smoke cigarettes, 9% smoke bhang while 23% drink commercial beer and spirits. This is the age in which most youths are in schools and colleges. The aim of this study was to find out the incidence and extent of drug abuse among secondary school students in Nairobi Province, Kenya. This information is useful in developing...