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INFLUENCE OF HEADTEACHERS’AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STYLE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-04-04)Kenyan schools have been encouraged to the pressure of inclusion to embrace integration of all learners including those with disabilities. The problem is that, despite the adoption of this policy in Kenya (2009), realization ... -
Influence of introversion personality trait on social adjustment among re-admitted teen mothers in Kenyan Secondary schools
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Teen motherhood is a major concern in the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of extroversive personality traits on social adjustment among secondary school re-admitted teen mothers in Rarieda ... -
Influence of Job Group on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Secondary Schools
(Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018-03-17)Aim: To investigate the influence of job group on teachers’ self-efficacy in public secondary schools. Sample: The study population was 1790 teachers in 143 public secondary schools from which a sample of 327 teachers was ... -
The influence of leadership styles on the implementation of the strategic plans in Non-Governmental Organisations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science publishing group, 2018)Despite the evidence of the existence of strategic plans in nongovernmental organizations in Kenya, the greatest impediment to successful use of these strategies in development has been failure by organizations to implement ... -
Influence of learner involvement on academic performance of secondary school students in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Academic performance among students may be a function of many factors such as their abilities, socio-economic background and pedagogical beliefs. This study investigated the influence of learners’ involvement on academic ... -
Influence of Learner Reflection on Academic Performance of Kenyan Secondary School Students
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Academic performance of students at various levels of learning is a concern and many nations and scholars are looking for ways of alleviating the problem of poor academic performance. Academic performance among students ... -
Influence of Parent-Adolescent Communication on Adolescent Peer Relations and Gender Implications
(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015)This study was conceptualized against a backdrop of Kenya’s a troubled secondary school system; characterized by incidences of students’ unrests, drug abuse, examination cheating, school dropouts and other forms of ... -
Influence of Parenting Styles on the Adolescent Students' Academic Achievement in Kenyan Day Secondary Schools.
(IISTE. No 1 Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong SAR, 2016)The present study sought to establish the influence of parenting styles on adolescent academic achievement in day secondary schools in North Rachuonyo Sub-County, Kenya. Baumrind’s theory of parenting style informed the ... -
Influence of Relevancy and Adequacy of Teachers Training on Integration of Digital Technologies in Early Years of Education in Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)One guiding principles of Kenyan Basic Education Act 2013 is that education should promote innovativeness, inventiveness creativity, technology transfer and an entrepreneurial culture among learners. However, report from ... -
Influence of self-esteem on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2017)This study investigated the influence of self-esteem on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg’s two factor theories informed the present ... -
The influence of students’ interpersonal nature on adjustment to loss and grief on Kenyan orphaned Secondary school students
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-07-03)The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of students’ interpersonal nature on adjustment to Loss and Grief on orphaned Kenyan secondary school students.The study was informed by Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory ... -
Influence of Teachers’ Status of Digital Literacy on Integration of Digital Technologies in Early Years of Education in Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)Today’s children are growing up in a rapidly changing digital age that is different from that of their parents and grandparents with variety of technologies all around their homes and schools. One of the Kenyan national ... -
Influence of Training on Performance of Public Primary School Teachers
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2016)Training is practical instruction in job and task requirements. Performance is the means by which workers demonstrate that they have understood the training and can apply it in practical situations. The problem under study ... -
INTEREST AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA: GENDER AS A MODERATOR
(Research and Analysis Journal, 2020)The purpose of this study was to establish the moderating role of gender in the influence of interest on science performance among secondary school students in Migori county. A sample of 327 Form Four students in Migori ... -
The Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting and its Impact on Child Mental Health: Examining Cross-Cultural Mediating Pathways and Moderating Protective Factors
(Springer US, 2022)Using a sample of 1338 families from 12 cultural groups in 9 nations, we examined whether retrospectively remembered Generation 1 (G1) parent rejecting behaviors were passed to Generation 2 (G2 parents), whether such ... -
The Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting and its Impact on Child Mental Health: Examining Cross-Cultural Mediating Pathways and Moderating Protective Factors
(Springer US, 2022-01-05)Using a sample of 1338 families from 12 cultural groups in 9 nations, we examined whether retrospectively remembered Generation 1 (G1) parent rejecting behaviors were passed to Generation 2 (G2 parents), whether such ... -
International Collaboration in the Study of Positive Youth Development
(Springer, 2021)The goal of this chapter is to describe how international collaborative research can contribute to understanding of Positive Youth Development (PYD). Throughout the chapter, we draw on examples from the Parenting Across ... -
An international perspective on parenting and family influences on adolescents and young adults.
(American Psychological Association, 2022)Parents and their adolescent and young adult offspring observe and participate in parent–offspring interactions in their communities and hold expectations about their own relationships derived in part from culturally shaped ... -
Intraindividual variability in parental acceptance-rejection predicts externalizing and internalizing symptoms across childhood/adolescence in nine countries.
(American Psychological Association, 2023-09-21)Parenting that is high in rejection and low in acceptance is associated with higher levels of internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) problems in children and adolescents. These symptoms develop and can increase in ... -
Is marital status a predictor of job satisfaction of public secondary school teachers?
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2018)Job satisfaction is a globally important factor in determining human capital and subsequent worker productivity. In Kenya, human capital is a major concern as evidenced by teacher burnout and the strikes in the teaching ...