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Mainstreaming Gender and Inclusion in Distance Learning Resources: A Case Study
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022)Studies have shown that gender imbalances and biased gender representations are common in materials used in educational systems throughout the world. Learning resources for Open and Distance Learning programmes are, ... -
Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Bridging the Gap between Pre-Service Training and In-Practice Realities.
(Journal of International Education and Leadership. 432 Rittiman Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209, 2015)Research on quality and relevance of pre-service teacher training programmes has found out that their products are ill-prepared for service delivery in schools. This is because there seems to be a disconnect between the ... -
Model for Blended Supervision of Post-Graduate Students
(InTech, 2015)Supervision of eLearning students at Maseno University poses a great challenge to the normal institutional order because most senior lecturers qualified for postgraduate supervision are technologically illiterate, ... -
Open educational resources, technology-enabled teacher learning and social justice
(Routledge, 2021)This chapter addresses two questions: What is the role of teacher education in increasing access to, and participation in, education, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa? and How can digital technologies (DTs), such as the ... -
Pacific Partnership for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning: Two Case Studies
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021)To help Commonwealth governments and institutions use distance and open learning for sustainable livelihoods -
Parental involvement and perceptions of their role in early childhood development education pedagogy in Kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2012)This paper examines the role of parents and perceptions of both parents and teachers towards early childhood development based on a study conducted among Mumias Town, Kenya. The descriptive research design was adopted. The ... -
Perception of constructivist learning environment: Gender and school type differences in Siaya County, Kenya
(Science Domain International, 2015)Aims: The study aimed at investigating gender and school type differences in perception of Biology constructivist learning environment. Study Design: The study adopted a survey design. Place and Duration of Study: The ... -
Perception of Constructivist Learning Environment: Gender and School Type Differences in Siaya County, Kenya
(Science Domain International, 2015)Aims: The study aimed at investigating gender and school type differences in perception of Biology constructivist learning environment. Study Design: The study adopted a survey design. Place and Duration of Study: The ... -
PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS ON MEDIA USE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA EAST, SUB COUNTY, KENYA
(2020-03-23)Media enhanced interest of learners enlivened the classroom and improved learning outcome. Despite use of media in teaching and learning, English language registered dismal performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary ... -
Policies and practice of home science education in secondary schools
(Educational Research, 2010-07)Policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in relation to Home Science education raise fundamental questions of efficacy. Since independence in Kenya in 1963, there have been several commissions to look into the ... -
Policies and practice of home science education in secondary schools
(2010-07)Policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in relation to Home Science education raise fundamental questions of efficacy. Since independence in Kenya in 1963, there have been several commissions to look into the ... -
Policy Brief: Leveraging MOOCs for Teacher Development in Low-Income Countries and Disadvantaged Regions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021)This policy brief looks at open digital distance learning and the potential of massive open online courses to deliver and support teacher development in low-income countries and disadvantaged regions. It addresses the ... -
Re-imagining teacher education for a post-pandemic future
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021)To help Commonwealth governments and institutions use technologies to improve and expand learning for sustainable development -
Relationship between Instruction Cultures and Students’ Retention in Chartered Christian Universities in Kenya
(edition Consortium, 2019)The role of this study was to establish the relationship between instruction cultures and student retention in Chartered Christian Universities in Kenya. The study was based on Students’ Integration Theory by Tinto ... -
The Relationship between School Burnout, Gender and Academic Achievement amongst Secondary School Students in Kisumu East Subcounty Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS), 2016)School burnout reduces productivity and creativity and is related to low goal progress which subsequently leads to delay in studies and low educational aspirations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence ... -
Relationship between school culture and students\'performance in French in selected secondary schools in Kenya
(2009)School culture refers to a set of accepted beliefs and norms governing people's conduct in a school. Schools with a culture that favors teaching and learning French tend to have a longer history of offering French subject ... -
Rethinking the Policies for Nurturing Teacher Identity Development in Indonesia
(The Qualitative Report, 2021)This study explored supports given by in-service teachers to student-teachers for professional identity development in Indonesia. In this qualitative study, sixteen student teachers taking the course of Curriculum ... -
The Role of Teaching Christian Religious Education to the Development of Critical Thinking Amongst Kenyan Secondary School Students in Kisumu East District, Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 2012)Previous research has consistently reported that Kenyan students’ moral standing and general conduct in the wider society reflects incompetence in critical thinking. The scenario in which irrational behavior has dominated ... -
Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 2347-5374 (Online)
(2014)The classroom learning conditions embodies more than physical environment. However, researchers have overly focused on the physical classroom learning environment leaving out other conditions of learning. This study went ... -
School based factors influencing implementation of early childhood development and education curriculum
(Educational Research, 2010)Conditions of learning are crucial in determining quality of education. There are real concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the quality of education in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) centers in Emuhaya ...