ABSTRACT The capitation grant policy is one of the most vital educational policies which is aimed at reducing the high illiteracy rate in the country. This study sought to evaluate the implementation of the capitation grant policy of government and its sustainability. The study therefore examined the implementation bottlenecks of the policy objective in selected basic schools in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study was a descriptive survey and the views of 90...
ABSTRACT The study sought to track the concerns of primary school teachers in the Cape Coast Metropolis about the 2007 educational reform in Ghana within the framework of the Stages of Concerns dimension of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model developed by Hall, Wallace and Dossett in 1973. Data were gathered from three hundred and sixteen (316) private and public school teachers in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Ce...
ABSTRACT Teacher participation in decision-making at the teacher training colleges promotes a good atmosphere for administrative work and also enhances teaching and learning. However, most teachers were not involved in decision making at the teacher training colleges. The purpose of this study was to find out whether teachers were involved in decision-making process. The research design used was descriptive survey. The study sampled the opinions of tutors and principals regarding decis...
The classification of knowledge into different disciplines is not to distinct knowledge of one domain from the other as these are the parts of a whole but to make it easy, and to provide space for development and promotion of knowledge. Interdisciplinary research provides the opportunity to study different domains of knowledge from single perspective so that to reach to an eclectic picture of the phenomenon. Results showed that interdisciplinary research contributes a lot in promoting interdi...
A number of research studies have found differences between male and female students’ classroom participation. Some researchers link these differences to students’ gender, asserting that female students’ low participation is the result of male students’ active classroom participation. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore differences between students’ gender and their classroom participation and to investigate the ways through which students gender manifest itsel...
Developments in technology can support the generation of tools to enhance teaching and learning. In a digital world, teaching without technology is now considered incomplete. Film is one of the most effective tools used for propagating ideas and engaging people in reflections on events and philosophies of life. Films are therefore an influential channel for student learning. Students enjoy watching films, imitating movie characters and can learn languages and scientific concepts through ...
The study attempted to measure the effects of e-reading (reading from the screen of a laptop, tablet or other electronic display) and printed documents reading. Objectives of the study were to measure the effects of ereading materials on students’ comprehension and their retention power, to investigate the effects of traditional printed documents reading on students’ comprehension and their retention power and measure the differences between the effects of both types of readings (printed ...
In-practice traditional lecture, discussion and assignments based pedagogical practices play its role in students’ learning and retention power. The current study intends to investigate whether authentic pedagogical practices are more effective in terms of enhancing students’ educational performances and retention power or the traditional pedagogical practices. Therefore, this study focused on investigating the effects of authentic and traditional pedagogical practices on students’ educ...
Objectives: To investigate undergraduate students’ test anxiety level; to measure the correlation between undergraduate students test anxiety with their academic achievement; and to measure the correlation of undergraduate students’ test anxiety from the perspective of their gender. Methodology: Students of eight departments at University of Swat constituted the study sample. Among these, 126 undergraduate level students were selected through simple random sampling technique. The to...
The current research was undertaken to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and Moral Judgment among students. The study sample consisted of 81 students and the datawere collected from 3 different schools (i.e. Asif Public School, House of Secondary Education and Al-Ameen Public School Rawalpindi). The sample consisted of students of ages 13 to 18 years. Self-esteem Scale of Raffia(1999), comprising 29 items, was used to measure self-esteem while the Urdu version of Padua Mora...
This study was designed to find the comparative effects of scientific attitude toward Physic of females’ students of Grade 9 teaching Physics through inquiry teaching method and traditional lecture method teaching. The objectives of the study was (a ) to compare the scientific attitude toward physics Grade 9 of female students teaching Physics through inquiry teaching method (ITM) and traditional teaching lecture method (TTLM).one hundred and twenty (120) sciences females students of grade ...
Objectives: To identify the learning styles of secondary school students and to find out the relationship of these learning styles with their academic achievement. Methodology: The population of the study comprised of all tenth grade male and female students of public sector schools of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. A total of 745 students were randomly selected from 12 schools by applying simple random sampling technique. Results: The major findings of the study were that male students ...
Quality university education is the central aspiration of universities in the 21st century where different dimensions are explore as starting point including classroom learning environment. This classroom learning environment can boost or hinder students’ learning which covers the physical and psychological dimension shaving significant effects on classroom teaching learning process at university level. Promoting quality education therefore needs; supportive classroom environment, students�...
The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school children in Pakistan. The sample of the study was comprised of 522 randomly selected students aged 10-16 years from five flood affected districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. The instrument used in the study was The Impact of Event Scale- Revised (IES-R) to measure Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school children in Pakistan.. The main findings of...
Objective: To investigate entrepreneurial skills of business students and their learning styles and to measure the relationship of entrepreneurial skills with students’ learning styles. Methodology: Though co-relational survey and cluster random sampling techniques, 527 business schools students were selected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa public sector universities. Entrepreneurial Skills Questionnaire (ESQ) and Neil Flaming VARK Learning Style Model (FSLSM) were used for data collection. Results...