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Scaffolded assistance in Kenyan secondary school classrooms :the case of Maseno University student teachers of English
(Newcastle University, 2014)he thesis furthers understanding of sociocultural perspectives on teaching and learning by investigating the process of scaffolding in whole class interactions among pre-service teachers of English in the Kenyan secondary ... -
School physical environmental factors responsible for stressful experience among teachers in Kenyan special primary schools
(International Journal of Applied Psychology, 2016)Stress is a major global health challenge affecting the well-being of service providers especially those working in the human service sectors like: teachers, health care providers and media specialists. Specifically, the ... -
School-based factors affecting the teaching of kiswahili in public pre-schools in Kasipul division, Rachuonyo south sub-county, Homabay county
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)Globally language is very important since it is a means of communication that leads to international development and cohesion. Kiswahili is a language taught in the pre-school curriculum in Kenya and a national language ... -
Secondary school headteachers quality assurance strategies and challenges in Gucha district, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2010-07-31)The desire to provide quality education for all Kenyan children was one of the major objectives of the struggle for independence. The government is currently implementing measures to improve the quality of education in ... -
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ... -
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ... -
Sero-Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Brucellosis in Livestock Keepers and Domestic Ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya
(Research square, 2022)Brucellosis is widely distributed in more than 170 countries around the world, where it poses a huge threat to animal husbandry and human health. Brucellosis is a worldwide re-emerging zoonotic disease that poses serious ... -
Severity and justness do not moderate the relation between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes: A multicultural and longitudinal study
(Sage Publications, 2017-07)There is strong evidence of a positive association between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes, but previous studies have suggested that the manner in which parents implement corporal punishment moderates the ... -
Sex in the Green Lodging: The Voices of Medically Circum- cised Fishermen on the Shores of Lake Victoria, Western Ken- ya
(HSOA Journal of AIDS Clinical Research and STDs, 2018-03-22)Fishing communities have been reported as one of the highest-risk groups for HIV infection in Kenya and other countries with high HIV and AIDS prevalence. Studies along Lake Victoria region, where HIV and AIDS had a ... -
Sexism of the Jiko (Cooking Stove), Food and Sexuality: The Fuzzy Conceptual Boundary
(Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2019)This paper re-examines the Jiko 1 as a symbol of femininity within the East African region. In the Kenyan society, jikos serve as charcoal based ceramic stoves used for cooking in virtually all households. The goal of ... -
Sexuality and Sexual Scripting in African Traditional Religion: Mumbi in A Grain of
(AASR, 2018)The African novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o in his novel A Grain of Wheat introduces a female character Mumbi. Mumbi resides in a village of pre-independence Kenya and shares the same name with the first woman in the Agikuyu ... -
Sexuality and the youth with disabilities in Kenya
(2012)Sexual expression is a basic human need throughout our lives. Sexual behaviour of young people has been a source of concern to societies worldwide due to the adverse effects on the individual as well as society at large. ... -
Sharing Food: Grandmothers and “The Children of Today” in Western Kenya
(2008)This chapter1 shows how HIV/AIDS has affected child exchange practices and grandmother-grandchild relationships in contemporary Luo society in western Kenya. Intergenerational relations between grandmothers and grandchildren ... -
Sigendni Luo (Luo proverbs) as Communication Intervention Tool in the Fight against HIV/AIDS among the Luo of Western Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH, 2015)In Kenya, HIV/AIDS information and skills dissemination has been mainly through modern communication systems, such as the use of mass media — television, radio, internet, newspapers, and leaflets more than indigenous modes ... -
The Significance of Livelihood Support Projects to Health Communication Strategies in Resource-deprived Settings: A Look at the Medical Male Circumcision Programme in Siaya County, Kenya
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020)Behaviour change communicators and health experts often assume that individual beliefs and perceptions hold the key to explaining health behaviours, thereby ignoring the extraneous constraints that obtain in the ... -
Silent peacemakers: grass-roots transitional justice and peacebuilding by women in Kenya’s North Rift conflicts
(Journal of the British Academy, 2021)African Union’s Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) acknowledges that conflicts affect women and girls disproportionately. Implied in this is the need for transitional processes that take into account the gendered nature ... -
Silent religiosity in a snivelling nation: the role of religious institutions in promoting post-conflict reconciliation in Kenya
(2009)This article seeks to examine the role of religious institutions in peace building, prior to and after the 2007 post-elections violence in Kenya. The author builds an argument that supports the view that religious institutions ... -
Social adjustment of Kenyan orphaned grandchildren, perceived caregiving stresses and discipline strategies used by their fostering grandmothers
(Psykologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2004)The aim of the thesis was to examine whether experienced stress, adjustment of orphans and discipline strategies used by 328 grandmothers were linked to disruptions in life courses that occurs when children are orphaned ... -
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(IISTE, 2015)Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ... -
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(iiste, 2015)Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ...