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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 ... -
A second chance to dream: initiating ODeL in secondary school re-entry programs for young adult secondary school dropouts the case of Mumias District, Western Kenya
(Routledge, 2018)The Kenyan education system has very limited re-entry options for learners who drop out before attaining secondary school certificate. It is very difficult to access training and or secure a job that requires at least ... -
Supporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
(Commonwealth of Learning. 4710 Kingsway Suite 2500, Burnaby, BC V5H 4M2 Canada, 2021)Following campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ministries of Education around the world requested teachers to move their teaching online. This case study reflects on how the Commonwealth of Learning responded ... -
Teacher Education Reforms in Kenya: The Past, the Present, and Mapping the Future
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-08-10)Teacher education in Kenya was formally started in mid-nineteenth century by European Christian missionaries. The urge to establish teacher education programs at the time was to address the shortage of teachers due to the ... -
TEACHER PREPAREDNESS IN THE PEDAGOGICAL INTEGRATION OFINFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN CHEMISTRY AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLSIN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA
(2018-12-10)The purpose of present research was establishing the level of teacher preparedness in pedagogical integration of ICT among public secondary schools in Kenya. Results indicated that a mean of 9.7/39 teachers were computer ... -
Teachers' Experiences of the Probation Period of Teaching in Kenya: implications for teacher induction policies and programmes
(Taylor & Francis, 2003-09-01)The probation period for Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) in Kenya has hardly been studied. Universities have produced thousands of teachers, but it is not clear as to their experiences in schools. This study examines the ... -
Teachers’ Computer Capacity in Public Primary Schools in Homa Bay County, Kenya: The Case of the Digital Literacy Programme
(European Scientific Journal, 2019)Kenyan public primary schools are rapidly adopting digital technology in teaching and learning. The purpose of this study was to establish teachers’ computer skills as groundwork towards the integration of laptop computers ... -
Teaching and learning resources in Kiswahili in secondary schools
(2019-11-17)Existing studies indicate that teaching and learning resources positively influence performance. However, challenges of resources may diminish effectiveness in teaching and learning leading to poor performance. The study ...