School of Education: Recent submissions
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EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ON JOB SATISFACTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS FEMALE PRINCIPALS IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2020-07-07)The growing emphasis on accountability and academic standards have led to increased demands and added complexity of work in schools. Complaints have been raised on poor management of schools and work conditions which may ... -
ADMINISTRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPLIANCE TO SAFETY IN TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(2020-08-07)Demand for basic education by communities in Bungoma County has led to proliferation of many teacher training colleges. However, safety of learners in these colleges remains a major challenge to all college administrators. ... -
Determining Influence Of Teacher’s Workload On Academic Performance In Secondary Schools, Suba Sub-County Kenya
(Society for science and education, 2019-03-31)Education all over the world is regarded as key to overall national development as it improves productive capacity of its citizens. Academic performance in terms of grades and mean score may be a yardstick propelling ... -
South African Sign Language-one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
(1998)In this article we discuss the signed language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, and examine the historical conditions for its emergence. We describe the legal and actual situation of South Afiican Sign Language ... -
The grammar of sign language
(University of South Africa, 1997-01-01)Sign languages are natural visual-gestural languages comparable to other natural spoken languages. Although sign languages share many common universal features, considerable variation may be found amongst them. In this ... -
South African Sign Language-one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
(Stellenbosch Papers, 1998)In this article we discuss the signed language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, and examine the historical conditions for its emergence. We describe the legal and actual situation of South Afiican Sign Language ... -
South African Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language: Similar or different? Corpus-based research focusing on reference tracking
(2007)There are a number of indications for a high degree of similarity between grammars of different sign languages studied so far. These observations are almost exclusively based on the analysis of American, Western European ... -
Constituent order in Flemish Sign Language (VGT) and South African Sign Language (SASL): A cross-linguistic study
(John Benjamins, 2007-01-01)This paper reports on a comparison of word order issues, and more specifically on the order of the verb and its arguments, in two unrelated sign languages: South African Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language. The study ... -
What is South African sign language? What is the South African deaf community
(2009-05-11)SUMMARY What is South African Sign Language? What is the South African Deaf Community? These two questions may look simple but answering them is quite complicated. It is a well-known fact that across the world, the majority ... -
Application of South African sign Language (SASL) in a bilingual-Bicultural approach in education of the deaf
(2010)After contextualising the challenges of deaf education in the twenty-first century in the global context, this study focused on sign language in the environment of bilingual-bicultural education for the deaf in South Africa. ... -
CHAPTER SIXTEEN TEACHERS’ATTITUDES TOWARDS SIGN LANGUAGE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY (ACASE STUDY OF TWO SCHOOLS) IN SOUTH AFRICA
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014-10-16)At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the 1996 South African Constitution became a beacon of hope in a world plagued by conflict, poverty and the failure of governments. The Constitution is a monument to the ... -
ELearning A Peace Building Initiative
(2015-04-13)ELearning has created a chance for a large yet busy group of working learners to go back to class from the comfort of their ‘homes’ and ‘offices’ (De Beer & Mason, 2009). By adopting this mode of learning, Maseno is ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of the Extent of Achievement of the Objectives of NEPAD Schools’ ICT Project in Kenya
(Malaysian Journal of Distance Education, 2010)The New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) is a combination Project of the United Nations and World Bank aimed at developing an integrated socio-economic framework for Africa’s renewal. Its three main areas of ... -
E-learning in secondary Schools in Kenya: A Case of the NEPAD E-schools
(IAcademic Journals, 2010-05-31)The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) schools were set up as centres of excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration, so that other schools could copy their model in e-learning. ... -
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 ... -
Exploring the Role of Extra Curricula Maths Camps and Clubs in Kenya and Beyond
(2015)For the last four years Maseno University, Kenya, has been running a maths camp bringing together both international and local, lecturers and teachers to engage secondary students in the subject through puzzles, games, ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Influence of Integration of Information Communication Technology on Performance in Chemistry among Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, UK, 2019)The purpose of present research was establishing influence of Integrating Information Communication Technology (ICT) on performance in chemistry among public schools. The results showed a moderate significant positive ...