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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 ... -
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 ... -
Mathematics education and use of mathematical language in enhancing understanding of mathematics in secondary schools.
(Mathematics education and use of mathematical language in enhancing understanding of mathematics in secondary schools., 2012-04)There are many factors attributed to the poor performance of mathematics at high school level, for example, students‟ attitude to mathematics, low cognitive abilities, poor teacher-student relationships, poor study ... -
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 ... -
Gender and students’ perceptions of career aspirations in secondary schools
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2012-11)Enrolment in courses leading to certain careers like engineering, architecture and technology in Kenya, revealed that female students were under represented in these courses. Males dominated in most courses except in ... -
Repetition rates in public secondary schools in Kericho district in relation to selected school characteristics. a situational analysis
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2013)The Education Sector in Kenya and other parts of the world has faced many challenges particularly student repetition, which is one of the indicators of low internal efficiency during the past two decades. This study ... -
An analysis of drop out levels in public secondary schools in relation to selected characteristics in Kericho District
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013)The Education Sector in Kenya and other parts of the world has faced many challenges particularly dropouts, which is an indicator of low internal efficiency during the past two decades. This study sought to determine and ... -
Determining the attitude of undergraduate students towards physics through concept mapping
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using concept mapping strategy in teaching physics on the attitude towards physics. Participants were (46) first year students from two classes enrolled to the course ... -
Evaluation of secondary school principals’ views on the use of untrained teachers in lesson delivery in a free secondary education system era in Kenya.
(IISTE, 2013)This article reports on the findings from a quantitative research study on the views of secondary school principals regarding the teaching competences of untrained teachers in free secondary schools in Kenya. Aim: To ... -
Leadership styles of headteachers and their impact on students’ academic performance in secondary schools, Nyamaiya Division, Nyamira District, Kenya
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, 2013)The nerve centre of this study was that despite the critical role played by the head teacher in secondary school management, students’ academic performance has persistently been poor. Factors leading to this dismal performance ... -
Secondary school principals in Nyamira County in Kenya: Issues and challenges
(SAVAP International, 2013)The purpose of this study was to establish the challenges that confront principals of secondary schools in Nyamira County in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey and questionnaires were employed to collect data. ... -
Influence of class size on techniques of teaching science in primary schools of Vihiga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2013)Kenya re-implemented Free Primary Education (FPE) in January, 2003 leading to an increase in student enrolment in some classes more than in others. This could have had far reaching implications on the quality of education ... -
Effect of General Computer Use on Secondary School Students’ Performance in Biology
(Greener Journal of Computer Sciences, 2013)Although knowledge of biology is important for the survival of humans, performance in the subject, both in pre-Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-KCSE) assessment and national examinations in Vihiga county has ... -
Successful contextual technology transfers and determinants of culture
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2013)Why do so many projects in which technology transfer is involved, fail? This chapter analyzes this problem and offers an alternative for well-intended but unreflected ways of dealing with technology transfer. The authors ... -
Application of the vitality test on small languages: The case of Suba in Kenya
(2013)As yet, there is no conclusive framework with which the state of the world’s languages may be assessed, even when the literature features a strong constellation of the factors1 that underlie language loss or maintenance. ... -
Multilingualism and language attitudes: Students perceptions towards kiswahili in Mtwara Region of Tanzania
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013)The role of language attitudes on language choice, development and policy in multilingual societies cannot be over emphasized (Adegbija, 1994; Batibo, 2005). Monolingual speakers have only one attitude towards their language ... -
Challenges in achieving effective school leadership and management in Kenya: A case of the role of BOGs and PTAs in the Kisii County
(GARPH, 2013-01)Board of governors (BOGs) and parent teacher association (PTAs) can rightly be described as the life blood of a school. They constitute an important component of the school leadership, management and governance structure. ... -
Factors Influencing Dropout of Learners with Disabilities in Regular Primary Schools in Kisumu East District, Kenya
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A Discourse Analysis of Transactional Patterns in Two Health Facilities in Nyanza, Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013-01-01)Receptionists who work in government health facilities in Kenya are part of large state funded ministry, the Ministry of Medical Services. Their counterparts who work in private hospitals fall under the hospital management, ... -
Training needs of BoG and PTA on school leadership and management in Kenya’s secondary Education: A study of a District in the Kisii County of Kenya
(Global Advanced Research Journals, 2013-03)Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Board of Governor (BOG) constitute an integral part of the school governance and/or leadership and management structure. They make a significant contribution to the teaching and learning ...