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A Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in Political Discourse in Kenya: the 2005 Constitutional Referendum
(JOOUST, 2018)Cognitive Linguistics (CL) posits that a cognitive study of language is the study of patterns of conceptualization. It views metaphor as a powerful conceptual mapping at the core of human thought in which abstract concepts ... -
Commitment to Dissidence: Wiles of Depotism in Hama Tuma's Short Stories
(JOOUST, 2019)Post-independence Africa has faced many governance problems chief among them being dictatorship. Citizens of various African countries have committed to a host of responses to counter despotism. The despots have equally ... -
A comparative study of contemporary East and West African poetry in English
(WIREd, 2012)Modern African poetry in English is a product of a number of literary traditions broadly categorised as either „indigenous‟ or „alien‟ to Africa. Working on the premise that these vary from one region to another, this study ... -
A Description of Olusuba Morphophonology: Towards Preservation of an Endangered Language
(JOOUST, 2019)Language plays an important role in cultural preservation, linguistic diversity, cultural identity, accumulated wisdom and some knowledge embedded in it. A language is in danger when it is on the brink of losing these five ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Chemistry in Secondary School Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Academic performance of Chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams is lagging both in Bondo Sub County and in Kenya. Despite the interventions by the Ministry of Education such as in-servicing Science ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Chemistry in Secondary School Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Academic performance of Chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams is lagging both in Bondo Sub County and in Kenya. Despite the interventions by the Ministry of Education such as in-servicing Science ... -
Determinants of Performance in Mathematics among Learners with Hearing Impairement in Special Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018-07)For long, there have been various arguments about how children who are deaf should be taught. Debate about whether to use sign language, speech, signs in English word order, created sign systems or bilingualism have been ... -
Development control as a tool for plan implementation.
(JOOUST, 2018)Development control forms an essential part of planning by providing the basis upon which development plans are implemented. The purpose of the is study was therefore to investigate how development control is operationalized ... -
Effect of selected factors on quality education in public primary schools in kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)The quest to ensure that students achieve decent learning outcomes and acquire values and skills that help them play a positive role in the society is an issue on the policy agenda of the Government of Kenya. ... -
Effective intergration of play activities in early childhood development and education curriculum in Kenya
(2015)Children love to play as it is needed for both academic success and enjoyment. Play is therefore supposed to be integrated in teaching and learning of ECDE children. Despite the significance of ... -
Effectiveness of Implementation of Art and Design Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Western Kenya: Challenges and opportunities
(JOOUST, 2014)Art and Design contributes immensely in all areas of the society such as social, cultural, economic, political, utilitarian, communication and personal expression. There is a wide range of career ... -
Effectiveness of selected alternative methods to corporal punishment in managing students' behavior in public secondary schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2017)Students' misconduct influences learning and may lead to later school dropout and other negative social outcomes. incidences of student violence have been persistent in secondary schools in Kenya. ... -
Effectiveness Use of Modern Assistive Technology in the Academic Performance of Secondary School students with visual Impairment
(JOOUST, 2015)This study sought to establish the effectiveness of assistive technology on academic performance of students with visual impairment in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study had four objectives namely: (i) To determine ... -
Effects of Formative Assessment Classroom Teaching Strategy (Facts) on Mathematics Academic Achievement and Effective Learning in Public Primary Schools in Nandi County, Kenya
(2015)The focus of the study was to determine the effects of teaching strategy called ‘Formative Assessment Classroom Teaching Strategy ( FACTS) on primary school mathematics academic achievements and effective learning ,more ... -
Effects of staffing policies on public secondary school teachers’ distribution in Kenya
(School of Education, 2016-05)The success of any policy lies in its effective implementation .Staffing policies for teachers are meant to ensure sufficient teaching force that is equitably distributed in all public schools. Despite various staffing ... -
Environmental Imperialism in Africa: Eco-Critical Illumination of the Darker Side of Resource Exploitation in Anglophone Literary Texts
(JOOUST, 2022)A significant element of globalization today is capitalism, which focuses on political and economic subjugation as well as ecologies as the basis for human survival. Therefore, this study investigated how selected literary ... -
Factors Affecting the Implementation of Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development Policy in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2021)Many civilizations in the twenty-first century are undergoing significant educational changes, such as teacher performance assessment. Teachers in Kenya conduct performance appraisals in accordance with the rules of the ... -
Goal Orientation as a Predictor of Learning Readiness among first Year Undergraduate Students in Public Universities in Western Kenya Region.
(JOOUST, 2020)Universities in Kenya take first year students through an elaborate orientation programme which is meant to assist the latter to adjust to the new social and academic environments in the university ... -
Group polarization in decision making: a study of selected secondary school disciplinary panels in Rongo District of Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2012-08)Behaviour problems have been on the rise in Kenyan schools for some time now. Various maladaptive behaviours found among school children include bullying, vandalism, stealing, alcohol and drug abuse, truancy, not completing ...