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Teacher commitment and mathematics performance in primary schools: A meeting point!
(International Society for Development and Sustainability, 2012)
This study examined the phenomenon of teacher commitment and its relationship with pupil’s academic performance in primary school mathematics. The study was conducted in western region of Kenya where 280 class 8 pupils and ...
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards zoonoses among public health workers in Nyanza province, Kenya
(Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2012)
We sought to determine the knowledge and attitude of public health workers (PHWs) with respect to emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases and the practice of one health approach in the surveillance of zoonoses in the ...
Dietary Preference of the Rothschild’s Giraffes (Giraffa Camelopardalis Rothschildii) Translocated to Ruma National Park, Kenya
(International Journal of Environmental Science, Management and Engineering Research, 2012-12-20)
Without monitoring of animal behavior and the productivity of their environment, the success of a translocation cannot be properly ascertained, nor can important lessons be learned. This study investigated habitat utilization ...
Women Academics’ Careers in Kenya
(Semantic Scolar, 2012)
This thesis examined the experiences of women academics in relation to their family contribution, educational experiences and, factors that motivated them towards academia, while highlighting strategies that they have ...
Students’ perceptions of careers: the influence of academic performance and self efficacy in Kisumu Municipality
(European Scientific Journal, 2012)
The perceptions of career aspirations of secondary school students in Kisumu Municipality had not been clearly understood. It was hypothesized that students’ performance in examinations and self-efficacy could be related ...
Taarab or Songs of Abuse?: Verbal Duels in East Africa in Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa
(Journal of Music Research in Africa, 2012-01-09)
For long, it has been believed that song of abuse, as it has come to be called, is a preserve
of west African communities. Early inroads into this oral subgenre were made by scholars
who, more often than not, hailed from ...
Differential Perceptions, Challenges, Conflicts And Tensions In The Role Of BOG And PTA In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Of Kenyan Secondary Schools.
(2012-01)
2Reading Gap International, UK Accepted 19 January 2012 Parental involvement in schools as Parent Teacher Association (PTAs) and Board of Governors (BOGs) is now recognized as a widespread phenomenon. In many contexts they ...
Discipline as a tool for effective school management
(2012-09)
The measure of the executive is the ability to get the right thing at the right time. This usually involves
doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. To be effective, is
the job ...
An analysis of secular alternatives to religion
(International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2012)
Secular alternatives are not Religions in themselves, but they are presented as ideas or ideologies or lies to which man can commit himself so deepy & unreservedly that they replace religion in him. A person can opt for ...
Conflict resolution among pastoral communities in west Pokot County, Kenya: a missing link
(Academic Research International, 11/3/2012)
Conflicts and conflict resolutions among pastoral communities are not new phenomena. Among the pastoral communities living in arid and semi arid environments of Kenya, conflicts over control of and access to natural resources ...