item: #1 of 198 id: ajote-1576 author: None title: obidike-etal date: None words: 3929 flesch: 47 summary: Nursery and primary school teachers should endeavor to participate in evaluating online educational materials for use in classroom instruction. Discussion The findings of this study, generally, shows that both the public nursery and public primary school teachers could identify the technological tools that could be used to promote children’s literacy instruction but were not aware of the use of the identified resources to promote children’s literacy instruction. keywords: children; instruction; literacy; primary; school; teachers; technology; use cache: ajote-1576.htm plain text: ajote-1576.txt item: #2 of 198 id: ajote-1577 author: None title: obidike-etal date: None words: 3929 flesch: 47 summary: Nursery and primary school teachers should endeavor to participate in evaluating online educational materials for use in classroom instruction. Discussion The findings of this study, generally, shows that both the public nursery and public primary school teachers could identify the technological tools that could be used to promote children’s literacy instruction but were not aware of the use of the identified resources to promote children’s literacy instruction. keywords: children; instruction; literacy; primary; school; teachers; technology; use cache: ajote-1577.htm plain text: ajote-1577.txt item: #3 of 198 id: ajote-1578 author: None title: Usability of Computers In Teaching and Learning date: None words: 6959 flesch: 47 summary: It was generally difficult for college teachers to teach teacher ethics when they were not adequately exposed to them during their training at college or university. Abstract This paper focuses on the initiatives and challenges of promoting ethics in teacher training colleges. keywords: colleges; data; education; ethics; professional; tanzania; teacher; teacher education; teacher ethics; teacher training; teaching; trainee; training cache: ajote-1578.htm plain text: ajote-1578.txt item: #4 of 198 id: ajote-1579 author: None title: anyanwu date: None words: 5630 flesch: 60 summary: Feels self pity                                               2.55       .88      “                      2.32     .89           “   Table 5: Inter-corelation of parent/adolescent relationship and adolescent psychological wellbeing.                                                               The finding lends credence to Videon's (2005) report that parents (mothers and fathers) have a lot of influence on adolescent psychological wellbeing. keywords: adolescents; agree; disagree; parents; personal; psychological; relationship; self; wellbeing cache: ajote-1579.htm plain text: ajote-1579.txt item: #5 of 198 id: ajote-1580 author: None title: dimelu date: None words: 3647 flesch: 52 summary: The questionnaire was faced validated by five experts in food science and technology and vocational teachers' education (Agric); three were knowledgeable in pepper processing. Strategies for processing pepper into dry pods, flakes and powder for storage and preservation. keywords: food; home; pepper; processing; responsibilities; teachers cache: ajote-1580.htm plain text: ajote-1580.txt item: #6 of 198 id: ajote-1581 author: None title: ireh&ogo date: None words: 3283 flesch: 41 summary: Assessment should occur before, during, and following the instructional episode, and help to pose questions regarding student needs and optimal learning. Technical and technology education teacher-preparation programs and schools in Nigeria should set clear expectations for teachers’ growth in student-centered, responsive instruction; provide clear models for differentiated curriculum and differentiated instruction in action; provide mentoring that helps teachers reflect on student needs and appropriate responses; ensure teachers' comfort in implementing a growing range of instructional strategies that invite differentiation and facilitate its management; and provide early partnerships with teachers who practice differentiation. keywords: content; instruction; knowledge; learners; learning; students; teachers cache: ajote-1581.htm plain text: ajote-1581.txt item: #7 of 198 id: ajote-1582 author: None title: saaduM date: None words: 2704 flesch: 41 summary: It should be noted, however, that STM Education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning; where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real world lessons as students apply STM in the context that make connections between schools, community, work and the global enterprises enabling the development of STM literacy and self reliance skills, and with it, the ability to compete in the new economy (Tsupros et al, 2009). These are clear challenges facing Nigeria STM Education, and unless these challenges are tackled, the dying relevance of STM Education skills for self-reliance in Nigeria can not be resuscitated. keywords: education; reliance; science; self; skills; stm; technology cache: ajote-1582.htm plain text: ajote-1582.txt item: #8 of 198 id: ajote-1583 author: None title: mostafa date: None words: 16059 flesch: 51 summary: Consequently, while the study is representative of the country, the results of the study may not generalize to teachers who live in other areas of Egypt.   Methodology  Research Hypothesis The study hypothesis was that most secondary English language teachers in Egypt had no training in visual literacy instruction; thus, resistant to teaching visual literacy along with more traditional literacy concepts. When English language instructors were asked about specific instructors’ responsibility for teaching visual literacy, the two discipline that received mean of 2.62 with the highest average rating of 0.655, indicated  that visual arts instructors’ and media specialists be primarily responsible for visual literacy instruction. keywords: ability; classroom; education; english; english language; images; information; language; language teachers; literacy; literacy instruction; percent; responses; students; teachers; teaching; technology; training; use; visual; writing cache: ajote-1583.htm plain text: ajote-1583.txt item: #9 of 198 id: ajote-1584 author: None title: q-njamanze date: None words: 3173 flesch: 42 summary: The paper concludes by reaffirming the need for increased digital access and awareness in Nigeria Introduction The need for technological innovation has brought about communication revolution and rapid development of technological application in language teaching and learning. Nonetheless, this paper takes a peep into the application of technology in language teaching and learning. keywords: english; ict; language; learning; nigeria; teaching; technology cache: ajote-1584.htm plain text: ajote-1584.txt item: #10 of 198 id: ajote-1585 author: None title: obiozoretal date: None words: 6647 flesch: 32 summary: In American higher institutions, the instructors and professors are expected to recognize the documentation on student disability and provide the necessary support required by the student in the classroom during instruction and assessments/tests. This paper noted the challenges which developmental and learning disabilities pose to students in general; as well as recognize the potentials, talents, and individual abilities of such students in contemporary institutions of higher learning which could be applicable to African universities and colleges. keywords: african; campus; classroom; college; developmental; disabilities; disability; education; institutions; learning; services; students; support; university cache: ajote-1585.htm plain text: ajote-1585.txt item: #11 of 198 id: ajote-1586 author: None title: obiyo date: None words: 2841 flesch: 49 summary: Once teachers have ensured that pupils posses a minimum level of skills necessary for group (that is, interpersonal training), co-operative learning may begin (Hoover & Patton, 1999;Howard Community College's Teaching Resources,2001).The structure of activities, lessons, room arrangement, and evaluation of performance will vary across co-operative learning groups. Among the strategies used to help these pupils is co-operative learning .The study was geared towards improving the achievements of pupils with learning and behavior problems in Aboh, Delta State of Nigeria with co-operative teaching strategy. keywords: behavior; group; learning; problems; pupils; teaching cache: ajote-1586.htm plain text: ajote-1586.txt item: #12 of 198 id: ajote-1587 author: None title: None date: None words: 5498 flesch: 48 summary: 5.42 36 4.305 .718 Pair 3 Public Overall responses 18.98 50 4.488 .635 Private Overall responses 16.68 50 4.901 .693 Data displayed on Table 2 above show a mean rating of 4.33, and SD score of .476 for public preschool teachers, and a mean rating of 3.39 and SD score of 1.218 for private preschool school teachers with respect to teacher qualification. Table 2 also shows a mean rating of 20.11 and SD of 6.265 for public preschool teachers, and a mean rating of 5.42 and SD of 4.305 for private preschool teachers with respect to years of teaching experiences. keywords: childhood; children; difference; education; mean; nigeria; preschool; public; quality; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-1587.htm plain text: ajote-1587.txt item: #13 of 198 id: ajote-1588 author: None title: ozor date: None words: 7800 flesch: 37 summary: African democratic education can benefit from positive and rich aspects of indigenous African learning and thought by drawing on the strength of informal educational framework. This paper argues that education for democracy can strengthen democratic structures in the Republic of the Gambia; and developing knowledge and skills in democratic education among teachers could play a significant role in developing democratic awareness. keywords: african; democracy; democratic; development; education; gambia; knowledge; learning; model; studies; system; teachers; values cache: ajote-1588.htm plain text: ajote-1588.txt item: #14 of 198 id: ajote-1589 author: None title: rukundo&magambo date: None words: 3105 flesch: 43 summary: This paper focuses on test administration principles and good practices in schools; highlighting principles and good test administration practices and concluding with a summary of the suggestions that, if followed, lead to successful test administration in a any given public school system. It is, therefore, incumbent upon persons entrusted with the management of tests to learn the principles and good practices of test administration to ensure these qualities of a test are upheld in testing. keywords: administration; examination; learning; linn; students; test; testing cache: ajote-1589.htm plain text: ajote-1589.txt item: #15 of 198 id: ajote-1590 author: None title: okonze&olaitan date: None words: 3432 flesch: 54 summary: In south eastern Nigerian , the flour from cocoyam can be made into fufu as food, or backed into biscuits or pellets for feeding livestock as concentrates while cocoyam chips can be mixed with other beans such as fiofio (Kajanus kajan) as food to form a complete diet. It was found out that women processors required improvement in cocoyam processing enterprise as follows: planning competencies (12 competency items), processing cocoyam into flour (13 competency items), processing cocoyam into chips (13 competency items) and marketing (7 competency items). keywords: agriculture; chips; cocoyam; flour; food; improvement; processing; women cache: ajote-1590.htm plain text: ajote-1590.txt item: #16 of 198 id: ajote-1592 author: Ndani, Mary N.; Kimani, Elishiba N title: Factors Influencing Early Childhood Development Teachers’ Motivation in Thika District, Kenya date: 2011-10-14 words: 5196 flesch: 53 summary: Thus, creating conditions that motivate ECD teachers to initiate positive interactions with children and a physical environment that is conducive both to teachers’ work and children’s development is essential. ECD teachers are among the most important persons in children’s interpersonal relationships. keywords: children; conditions; development; ecd; factors; kenya; motivation; physical; preschool; study; teachers cache: ajote-1592.pdf plain text: ajote-1592.txt item: #17 of 198 id: ajote-1593 author: Nkamigbo, Linda Chinelo title: Phonology in Teacher Education in Nigeria: The Igbo Language Example date: 2011-10-14 words: 5907 flesch: 72 summary: Igbo English in the Nigerian novel. The results of this study will be of interest to Igbo language instructors and learners. keywords: dialects; english; igbo; ika; intonation; language; learners; nigeria; phonemic; satellite; speakers; speech; tone; vol; vowels cache: ajote-1593.pdf plain text: ajote-1593.txt item: #18 of 198 id: ajote-1601 author: None title: editors-note date: None words: 212 flesch: 54 summary: In this first outing by AJOTE, you’ll find original research paper that adress the issue theme of Global Teacher Education Initiatives, Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in Africa. You are welcome to the maiden issue of the African Journal of Teacher Education, a Publication of SPREAD Corporation (Canada) keywords: africa cache: ajote-1601.htm plain text: ajote-1601.txt item: #19 of 198 id: ajote-1688 author: Walsh, Thomas title: Providing Staff Development in Teaching Strategies and English Language Conversation at North Pare Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) Dioceses Secondary Schools in Tanzania, Africa date: 2012-05-21 words: 8248 flesch: 56 summary: A majority of the participants, school teachers and support staff, at the schools attended all or most of the seminar sessions in 2006, 2008, and 2011. The seminar curriculum materials were designed to provide Tanzania teachers, with limited resources and teaching methodologies, to engage students more actively in learning and developing problem-solving skills. keywords: computer; development; english; learning; participants; schools; seminar; staff; strategies; students; tanzania; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: ajote-1688.pdf plain text: ajote-1688.txt item: #20 of 198 id: ajote-1690 author: Mweru, Maureen title: Teachers’ Influence on Children’s Selection and Use of Play Materials in Kenya date: 2012-07-23 words: 6254 flesch: 59 summary: These findings on teachers’ influence on children were similar to those of Fagot & Oregon (1984) who also found that teachers seemed to have preferences as to which play materials children of different genders should play with and tended to encourage children to sex- type these play materials. There was also a significant difference between the extent to which they were influenced in selection of gender appropriate play materials (M = 1.077) and extent they were influenced in selection of gender-neutral play materials (M = 0.255), t (156) = 16.23, p < .05. keywords: boys; children; gender; influence; kenya; materials; play; play materials; selection; teachers; use cache: ajote-1690.pdf plain text: ajote-1690.txt item: #21 of 198 id: ajote-1698 author: NDLOVU, SIBONOKUHLE NIL title: To think so as to speak The developmental consequences of languages use in teaching and learning in a primary school in Zimbabwe date: 2012-10-03 words: 10113 flesch: 60 summary: Again this kind of language use hindered learners’ active participation in their learning. The stages of language development above relate to pre-school children, interacting with their mothers in a task situation as given by Wertsch. keywords: development; english; home; home language; language; language use; learners; learning; school; teaching; use cache: ajote-1698.pdf plain text: ajote-1698.txt item: #22 of 198 id: ajote-1777 author: Oyeleke, Oluniyi title: A Comparative Analysis of the Image Status of Nigerian Teachers: 1960-1985 and 1986-2010 date: 2012-07-23 words: 3902 flesch: 55 summary: Table 3: Teachers’ Responses on the Changing Role of Teachers in Nigeria Items 1960-1985 1986-2010 1960 -1985 & 1986-2010 Community spokesman 160 80.0 30 15.0 50 25.0 Surrogate parent 120 60.0 60 30.0 20 10.0 Official church clergyman 140 70.0 50 25.0 10 5.0 Local community Reps 160 80.0 30 15.0 10 5.0 Counseling services 160 80.0 150 75.0 160 80.0 Teaching 120 60.0 150 75.0 140 70.0 Community Spokesman The overwhelming perception is that teachers in the 1960 - 1985 group were largely performing the role of community spokesman. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGE STATUS OF NIGERIAN TEACHERS: 1960-1985 AND 1986-2010 Oluniyi Oyeleke Osun State College of Education, Nigeria Abstract This article examines the activities of teachers in two different historical epochs of Nigerian history. keywords: community; education; group; nigeria; profession; respondents; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-1777.pdf plain text: ajote-1777.txt item: #23 of 198 id: ajote-1827 author: Igwe, Dickson Ogbonnaya title: THE ROLES OF ICT DEVELOPMENT IN OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION: ACHEIVEMENTS, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES date: 2012-10-11 words: 7363 flesch: 45 summary: In this respect, e-learning followed the ups and down of the new economy and gave rise to the same caveats as in other sectors, including: irrational beliefs about its market value, over-investment, over-capacity, and more announced initiatives than services actually launched (Boyer, 2002). Again, most universities consider e-learning materials and courses as a supplement to traditional classroom or lecture activities rather than a substitute. keywords: cost; development; distance; education; face; icts; institutions; knowledge; learning; new; open; students; teaching cache: ajote-1827.pdf plain text: ajote-1827.txt item: #24 of 198 id: ajote-1833 author: Ongaga, Kennedy O.; Ombonga, Mary title: Educating Marginalized Girls: Examining the Concept of Tuseme date: 2012-07-23 words: 6582 flesch: 57 summary: The state of the world’s children report: Girls education and development. School girl pregnancy 4. keywords: center; children; education; excellence; gender; girls; school; skills; students; study; teachers; tuseme cache: ajote-1833.pdf plain text: ajote-1833.txt item: #25 of 198 id: ajote-1912 author: Offiah, Franca; Samuel, Naomi title: THE EFFECT OF TIMING OF TEACHING RELEVANT MATHEMATICS PRINCIPLES ON ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY date: 2012-04-14 words: 2454 flesch: 59 summary: The researchers then concluded that there is a significant difference in the achievement level among chemistry students after receiving treatment in their various groups. To what extent do students who receive prior lessons on SMPs before receiving chemistry lessons and those who receive lessons on SMPs and chemistry simultaneously differ in their achievement in chemistry? keywords: chemistry; group; mathematics; students cache: ajote-1912.pdf plain text: ajote-1912.txt item: #26 of 198 id: ajote-1913 author: Nwana, Sabina title: CHALLENGES IN THE APPLICATIONS OF E-LEARNING BY SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA date: 2012-04-14 words: 3697 flesch: 51 summary: The findings revealed: acute shortage of e-learning materials such as on-line/internet-connected computers, e-mail facilities, multimedia television, multimedia computer and digital library. A self-developed instrument (TIUELM) on the availability and use of e-learning materials was used for data collection. keywords: computer; curriculum; education; learning; mean; teachers; use cache: ajote-1913.pdf plain text: ajote-1913.txt item: #27 of 198 id: ajote-1917 author: Olaoye, Adetunji Abiola title: MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' WORKLOADS AS A CORRELATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN UPPER BASIC EDUCATION date: 2012-04-16 words: 5340 flesch: 39 summary: Key words: Workload, Mathematics teachers, Quality Assurance, Upper Basic Education 2 Mathematics Teachers’ Some of the aforementioned factors indicted mathematics teachers as a cause of non-attainment of quality assurance in the schools’ mathematics as a subject in spite of every successive government spending huge amounts of money to facilitate the teaching and learning of mathematics. keywords: education; mathematics; mathematics teachers; performance; quality; relationship; students; teachers cache: ajote-1917.pdf plain text: ajote-1917.txt item: #28 of 198 id: ajote-1932 author: Umoru, Titus A; Okeke, A U title: THE CHALLENGES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE INDUCED CATASTROPHES IN NIGERIA date: 2012-05-02 words: 4142 flesch: 40 summary: The concepts of climate change and related areas were discussed in the paper including the causes and effects of climate, as well as, issues of prevention, preparation and adaptation processes. In light of these issues, the authors view technical and vocational education as an effective and significant tool in ameliorating the effects of climate change. keywords: adaptation; challenges; change; climate; climate change; education; impact; issues; nigeria; use cache: ajote-1932.pdf plain text: ajote-1932.txt item: #29 of 198 id: ajote-1936 author: Okolie-Osemene, James title: TOWARDS UTILIZING NEW DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA date: 2012-05-11 words: 4067 flesch: 40 summary: The purpose of peace education concerns education that facilitates achievement of peace and related sets of social values, through learning to recognize, confront, and practice alternatives to the multiple forms of violence (Gumut, 2006, p. 166). TOWARDS UTILISING NEW DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA TOWARDS UTILIZING NEW DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA James Okolie-Osemene Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Abstract Recent events in Nigeria have shown that the country cannot move forward without considering peace education in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. keywords: conflict; development; education; media; nigeria; peace; peace education; technologies cache: ajote-1936.pdf plain text: ajote-1936.txt item: #30 of 198 id: ajote-1937 author: Ritskes, Eric title: A GREAT TREE HAS FALLEN: COMMUNITY, SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY, AND AFRICAN EDUCATION date: 2012-05-11 words: 10535 flesch: 47 summary: As Dei, Hall & Rosenberg (2000) emphasize, Indigenous knowledge is intricately tied to the land and to the lived experiences of the people on that land and, as Agrawal (1995) notes, “Because indigenous knowledge is generated in the immediate context of the livelihoods of people, it is a dynamic entity that undergoes constant modifications as the needs of the communities change” (p. 429). The result is fragmentary and disempowering for Indigenous communities. keywords: african; colonial; communities; community; dei; development; ecology; education; environment; knowledge; land; power; relationships; resistance; spirituality cache: ajote-1937.pdf plain text: ajote-1937.txt item: #31 of 198 id: ajote-1941 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: Editor's Note date: 2012-05-08 words: 424 flesch: 49 summary: These transitions in location and staff took some time, but it was all in an effort to guarantee that AJOTE maintains its high standards and continues to represent the best of African Education research and scholarly thought from across the continent. Welcome to the African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE) keywords: ajote; education cache: ajote-1941.pdf plain text: ajote-1941.txt item: #32 of 198 id: ajote-1943 author: Wandera, David B title: What to do when Teens say "Amka Ukatike": An Exploration of Agency in Teen Oral Literacy Performed Through Kenyan Hip Hop. date: 2013-04-07 words: 6867 flesch: 61 summary: This shattering is indicative of the growing chasm between oral youth literacies and canonical literacies. The phrase, “serious matters” as used by the chief adjudicator encapsulates what every traditional teacher wants teenagers to learn while at the same time it dismisses youth oral literacy as being a big joke. keywords: amka; culture; c’zar; hip; hop; kenyan; literacy; oral; school; sheng; song; teen; ukatike; youth cache: ajote-1943.pdf plain text: ajote-1943.txt item: #33 of 198 id: ajote-1958 author: Ogundele, Michael Olarewaju; Etejere, Patricia Agnes Ovigueraye title: Computer Literacy and Secondary School Teachers’ Job Effectiveness in Kwara State date: 2013-05-19 words: 3707 flesch: 42 summary: In service training opportunities should be given to the teachers in order to encourage teacher computer appreciation, effectiveness; and to enhance teacher job performance in secondary schools in Kwara State. Investigating the level of computer literacy skills among secondary schools teachers examining the influence of computer literacy on teachers’ effectiveness. keywords: computer; effectiveness; kwara; schools; state; teachers cache: ajote-1958.pdf plain text: ajote-1958.txt item: #34 of 198 id: ajote-1963 author: Enamhe, Bojor Blossom title: The Role of Arts Education in Nigeria date: 2013-05-22 words: 2921 flesch: 54 summary: Sharing in this plight, Uzoagba explains the situation, “if a proper understanding of art education has been made and better instructions on art followed in our schools and colleges much would have been done to redeem the subject from the neglect it has always suffered in our society (2002, 40). In order to achieve results, since tertiary institutions that offer art do so with the intent of producing creative artists to sustain and revive art education. keywords: art; arts; education; enamhe; nigeria; students cache: ajote-1963.pdf plain text: ajote-1963.txt item: #35 of 198 id: ajote-1974 author: KINUTHIA, FLORENCE NJERI; Kombo, Donald Kisilu; Mweru, Maureen title: Determinants of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching date: 2013-05-09 words: 4860 flesch: 65 summary: Keywords: preschool teacher attitudes, teacher attitudes, Kenya education, Kenya preschool, Kenya early childhood education, preschools, teachers attitudes and determinants. Requirements for preschool teachers vary the world over, some are high and require professional training, but others are low in comparison. keywords: attitudes; children; education; kenya; preschool; study; teachers; teaching; training cache: ajote-1974.pdf plain text: ajote-1974.txt item: #36 of 198 id: ajote-1977 author: Mejiuni, Olutoyin title: Research as Informal and Mutual Learning: Reflections on Two Feminist Studies in Nigeria. date: 2013-10-04 words: 11375 flesch: 53 summary: I wrote the chapter that focused on women, “Engendering Political Power: Women and the Struggle for Empowerment”. Women challenged the introduction of Sharia law in Zamfara State demanding the education of girl children and women in higher institutions. keywords: adult; education; experiences; female; feminist; gender; identity; knowledge; learning; mejiuni; nigeria; non; reflections; research; studies; study; women cache: ajote-1977.pdf plain text: ajote-1977.txt item: #37 of 198 id: ajote-2013 author: Okigbo, Ebele C; Nwoye, Amarachukwu N title: Meeting the Personnel Needs of Anambra State Industrialists in Nigeria: A Call for Mathematics Education Reforms date: 2012-10-19 words: 3765 flesch: 41 summary: 3. Mathematics educators should expose the students to the rudiments of ICT education by giving them assignments and projects that involve the use of computers and internets. 41.7% of the needed ICT competencies were acquired by the graduates while 58.3% were not, c. There is a significant difference in the mean ratings of the Industrialists on the expected versus acquired ICT competencies of mathematics education graduates. keywords: competencies; education; expected; graduates; ict; industrialists; mathematics; mathematics education cache: ajote-2013.pdf plain text: ajote-2013.txt item: #38 of 198 id: ajote-2030 author: Nzilano, Josta Lameck title: Pre-service Teachers’ Teaching Competencies: The Experience of Practising Teaching in Secondary Schools and Teacher Colleges date: 2013-06-11 words: 9105 flesch: 50 summary: Adeyanju’s (2003) study on the perceptions of PRESETs (in arts discipline) about the impact of using teaching aids in classroom teaching, revealed that they used teaching methods such as dramatization, role play, and demonstration that were supported by real objects. Data from PRESET’s documents are discussed in themes as follows: improvisation and quality of teaching aids, scheme of work, lesson plan, student assessment tools, and lesson notes. keywords: classroom; classroom teaching; education; learning; lesson; presets; schools; students; teachers; teaching; teaching aids; time cache: ajote-2030.pdf plain text: ajote-2030.txt item: #39 of 198 id: ajote-2034 author: Ndlovu, SIBONOKUHLE NIL; Muthivhi, Azwihangwisi E. title: The Developmental Conditions of Classroom Teaching and Learning in a Primary School in Zimbabwe date: 2013-06-11 words: 6859 flesch: 40 summary: Instances of absenteeism, hunger, poverty, and/or disruptions resulting from political and economic crises do not provide conditions conducive to learner development. Vygotsky’s educational theory in cultural context (pp. 138-155), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. keywords: classroom; conditions; context; development; learners; learning; schooling; teaching; vygotsky; zimbabwe cache: ajote-2034.pdf plain text: ajote-2034.txt item: #40 of 198 id: ajote-2060 author: None title: Ethical Conflicts and Moral Dilemmas Experienced by Physical Education Teachers in Tanzania date: None words: 4522 flesch: 52 summary: This implies that single PE teachers faced ECD more than married PE teachers. The study also sought to explore the influence of demographic and institutional characteristics on the ECMD experienced by PE teachers. keywords: conflicts; dilemmas; pe teachers; table; teachers cache: ajote-2060.htm plain text: ajote-2060.txt item: #41 of 198 id: ajote-2063 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: AJOTE Summer 2012, Editor's Note date: 2012-10-14 words: 463 flesch: 53 summary: Each author paints a vivid picture of African education within his or her country across a range of education issues. Fall 2012 and Winter 2013 issues also promise to engage and entice readers to more fully explore African education. keywords: ajote; education cache: ajote-2063.pdf plain text: ajote-2063.txt item: #42 of 198 id: ajote-2155 author: Mgomezulu, Victor Yobe; Wamba, Nathalis Guy; Shawa, Lester Brian title: Training Learner-Leaders in School Management Aspects: A Strategy to Improving School Discipline in Botswana date: 2013-06-17 words: 7878 flesch: 59 summary: Since it is not clear why learner participation in school management has not translated into improved discipline, this study aimed to:  investigate the extent to which schools train learner-leaders to meaningfully participate in school management as a strategy for improving school discipline. There is a scarcity of literature on learner involvement in school management in Botswana. keywords: aspects; botswana; discipline; leaders; learners; management; prefects; school; school management; table; teachers; training cache: ajote-2155.pdf plain text: ajote-2155.txt item: #43 of 198 id: ajote-2156 author: Konyana, Shoorai; Konyana, Elias title: COMPUTERISATION OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN ZIMBABWE:CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (THE CASE OF CHIPINGE DISTRICT) date: 2013-09-24 words: 5971 flesch: 48 summary: It has also argued that secondary school students in rural schools have lagged behind in this regard and that there is need to introduce Computer Studies in rural schools as well. In the case of Computer Studies, rural secondary school students are the beneficiaries. keywords: computer; computer studies; curriculum; education; ict; research; schools; students; studies; teachers; zimbabwe cache: ajote-2156.pdf plain text: ajote-2156.txt item: #44 of 198 id: ajote-2180 author: Stabler, Scott L; Owusu, Mary title: Atlantic Slavery: Lost in Trans-lation date: 2013-11-17 words: 12140 flesch: 65 summary: The government and even the Smithsonian Institution have made the castles major centers of TAST education. Though the two historical sites are outside the classroom, the impetus for TAST education has begun. keywords: african; atlantic; coast; education; europeans; ghana; ghanaian; history; schools; secondary; slave; slavery; students; syllabus; tast; teachers; textbooks; trade; trans; west cache: ajote-2180.pdf plain text: ajote-2180.txt item: #45 of 198 id: ajote-2188 author: Kelly, Philip P; Cordileone, Amy title: Beyond Educational Voyeurism: An Analysis of a Ugandan-North American Teacher Partnership Program date: 2013-09-25 words: 7750 flesch: 46 summary: Because of the very nature of teacher partnership programs, time spent within another culture’s school system is limited. To avoid such erroneous conclusions, teacher partnership programs should provide their participants enough background information on the host country’s educational system to deepen their understanding of their individual participation relative to the educational system. keywords: american; concerns; education; experience; international; north; participants; partnership; program; teachers; teaching; ugandan cache: ajote-2188.pdf plain text: ajote-2188.txt item: #46 of 198 id: ajote-2189 author: Olusoji, Stephen OluIbukun title: The Relevance of Music Education to the Nigerian Educational System date: 2013-05-20 words: 2362 flesch: 53 summary: No. 1 (2013) THE RELEVANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION TO THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Stephen Olusoji University of Lagos, Nigeria Abstract This paper highlights the importance of music education to the Nigerian educational system. The paper suggests that the society, the curriculum planners, and the government have much to do so music education is appreciated in Nigeria. keywords: education; music; music education; nigeria; society cache: ajote-2189.pdf plain text: ajote-2189.txt item: #47 of 198 id: ajote-2406 author: Anane, Eric title: An Implicit Analysis of the Prevalence of Test Anxiety among Preservice Teachers date: 2013-11-21 words: 5966 flesch: 56 summary: There was a statistically significant positive relationship between students general test anxiety and their concerns about how others will view them if they do poorly (r = .434) as well as the fact that they are not prepared for the examinations (r = .236). This brings to bare the sources of general test anxiety among preservice teachers in the study, which is an illumination on what literature seems to suggest that students who experience test anxiety tend to be the type of people who put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform well. keywords: anxiety; concerns; preservice; psychology; self; sources; students; teachers; test; test anxiety cache: ajote-2406.pdf plain text: ajote-2406.txt item: #48 of 198 id: ajote-2728 author: Newman, Emmanuel Kojo title: The Upgrading of Teacher Training Institutions to Colleges of Education: Issues and Prospects date: 2013-11-24 words: 6047 flesch: 41 summary: However, a survey conducted by NCTE indicated that most of the teachers Colleges Education do not possess the requisite qualifications. This paper examines the challenges and prospects of Colleges of Education as they evolve into tertiary education institutions. keywords: colleges; education; education institutions; ghana; institutions; national; teacher; teacher education; tertiary cache: ajote-2728.pdf plain text: ajote-2728.txt item: #49 of 198 id: ajote-2732 author: Kaphesi, Elias title: Assessing final year undergraduate student teacher on school based teaching practice at the Polytechnic of the University Malawi: a dual assessment process date: 2013-11-24 words: 8060 flesch: 46 summary: The impact of an alternative model of student teacher supervision: Views of the participants. Keywords: teacher education, teacher training, assessment of student teachers, practicum, supervision of practicum 2 Assessing final year undergraduate student teachers on school based teaching practicum at the Polytechnic of the University Malawi ______________________________________________________________________________ keywords: assessment; comments; education; learning; practicum; student; student teachers; supervision; supervisors; teachers; teaching; university cache: ajote-2732.pdf plain text: ajote-2732.txt item: #50 of 198 id: ajote-2742 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: Editor's Note date: 2013-06-21 words: 435 flesch: 50 summary: The opening article by David Wandera demonstrates the effective use of hip hop music to teach literacy in Kenyan schools followed by Stephen Olusoji’s proposal of how to incorporate music education more effectively that is reinforced with Bojor Enamhe’s article which calls for increased support and integration of Fine Arts education in Nigeria’s education systems. Please continue to share AJOTE with colleagues and students to increase awareness and engagement in African education. keywords: ajote; education cache: ajote-2742.pdf plain text: ajote-2742.txt item: #51 of 198 id: ajote-2762 author: Nakalema, Gladys; Ssenyonga, Joseph title: ACADEMIC STRESS: ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS AT A UGANDAN UNIVERSITY date: 2014-04-12 words: 10966 flesch: 55 summary: As MUST has a relatively small student population compared with other public universities; it makes constant monitoring of students performance by the academic staff and university administration easy. The academic performance of university students currently is explained in terms of success or failure of course units, number of courses failed or passed (Goldfinch & Hughes, 2007), and the quality of the grades obtained in terms of the Grade Point Average (GPA) or Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) (Bernold, Spurlin, & Anson, 2007). keywords: course; habits; journal; performance; research; stress; students; study; study habits; time; university; university students; year cache: ajote-2762.pdf plain text: ajote-2762.txt item: #52 of 198 id: ajote-2766 author: Osuafor, Abigail Mgboyibo; Okoli, Josephine N title: CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY NON-SCIENCE TEACHERS IN TEACHING BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION (UBE) CURRICULUM date: 2014-04-12 words: 3900 flesch: 52 summary: This study was aimed at finding out the attitude of non-science specialist teachers to teaching of basic science and technology and the difficulties they encounter while teaching the subject. What is the attitude of non-science specialist teachers in primary schools to teaching Basic Science and Technology? keywords: education; non; science; teachers; teaching; technology cache: ajote-2766.pdf plain text: ajote-2766.txt item: #53 of 198 id: ajote-2782 author: Shorunke, Oludare Adebanji; Makinde, Solomn O.; Makinde, Omawumi O. title: ICT LITERACY OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN SELECTED LAGOS STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA date: 2014-03-07 words: 6904 flesch: 50 summary: Findings on ICT teacher literacy revealed the proportion of the total number of respondents that are literate in using Microsoft Power-point 95.4%, Microsoft Word 91.4%, Adobe Photoshop 82.3%, e-mail 71.5%, interactive boards 70.2%, Corel draw 66.3%, multimedia projectors 63.4%, and social media 60.6%. In an International ICT Literacy Panel report (2002), they defined ICT literacy as “using digital technology, communication tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society.” keywords: computer; ict; ict literacy; information; language; literacy; respondents; schools; students; teachers; technology; use cache: ajote-2782.pdf plain text: ajote-2782.txt item: #54 of 198 id: ajote-2785 author: Birbirso, Dereje Tadesse title: FAILURE TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT IN SPITE OF A SERIES OF REFORMS: WHAT IS WRONG WITH EFL TEACHERS’ ENGLISH PROFICIENCY? date: 2014-02-24 words: 8488 flesch: 51 summary: Going beyond the issue of linguistic/English incompetence, one of the respondents described the current condition of EFL school teachers as, “hopeless and worried about their profession.” This study focuses on one of Ethiopia’s unfading education policy problems, namely the poor English proficiency of EFL teachers and their students. keywords: agents; data; development; education; efl; english; ethiopia; master; moe; proficiency; program; teachers; trainers; training cache: ajote-2785.pdf plain text: ajote-2785.txt item: #55 of 198 id: ajote-2804 author: Neema-Abooki, Peter Akampa; Rukia, Nakintu title: USABILITY OF COMPUTERS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AT TERTIARY-LEVEL INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA date: 2015-08-18 words: 3584 flesch: 54 summary: Changes in student attitudes and student computer use in a computer-enriched environment. For, as according to Phelps (2004) if too limited a period is allowed to implement change it can lead to confidence constraints that will inhibit resource use, as in this case the use of computer technology. keywords: computers; education; frequency; kibuli; learning; percentage; students; teaching; technology cache: ajote-2804.pdf plain text: ajote-2804.txt item: #56 of 198 id: ajote-2850 author: Ahmad, Shoeb title: TEACHER EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT date: 2014-03-07 words: 10347 flesch: 45 summary: Keywords: Ethiopia teacher education, Education Reform, Teacher Education System Overhaul, History Teacher Education Ethiopia. Saudi Arabia Abstract The main focus of this study is on teacher education in Ethiopia, with particular reference to its reforms and policies. keywords: country; development; education system; ethiopia; learning; moe; policy; professional; program; quality; school; system; teacher development; teacher education; teacher training; teachers; teaching; training cache: ajote-2850.pdf plain text: ajote-2850.txt item: #57 of 198 id: ajote-2893 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: Editor's Note: AJOTE Summer 2013 date: 2013-12-08 words: 627 flesch: 45 summary: The final three articles wrestle with issues in teacher education and the need to maintain quality training. Majiuni uses a case study in Nigeria to discuss the need to include indigenous knowledge, i.e. oral histories and perspectives, in order to both develop accurate feminist based research in African education. keywords: education; issue cache: ajote-2893.pdf plain text: ajote-2893.txt item: #58 of 198 id: ajote-2930 author: Obiweluozor, Nkechi title: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN NIGERIA, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: CRITIQUE AND A WAY FORWARD date: 2015-08-26 words: 3769 flesch: 48 summary: If any of the private entrepreneurs does not meet the national standards or specifications for pre-primary schools, then they should be closed down and their license revoked until the owners meet the quality and standards required to maintain effective pre-primary education. Pre-primary education is a common practice in most societies; they make provision for early childhood education programs of various types for children below the official school age (usually 6 years) mainly to prepare them for the rigors of primary education and beyond. keywords: childhood; childhood education; children; education; government; national; nigeria; policy cache: ajote-2930.pdf plain text: ajote-2930.txt item: #59 of 198 id: ajote-2994 author: Walubita, Gabriel title: Book Review: TEACHERS AS AGENTS OF PUPIL INDISCIPLINE, BANJA, M.K., UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA PRESS, LUSAKA, 2013 date: 2015-09-01 words: 1907 flesch: 46 summary: The second part of the book explains the conduct of teachers and head teachers where it is emphasized that a basic understanding of teacher behaviour can aid in knowing learner behaviour and can also help in strengthening interventions to curb problematic behaviours exhibited by learners and teachers. Banja asserts that the performance of some teachers and head teachers is commendable, while that of others leaves much to be desired. keywords: book; indiscipline; pupil; teachers cache: ajote-2994.pdf plain text: ajote-2994.txt item: #60 of 198 id: ajote-3012 author: Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Kabaka, Martha title: COMPARISON OF SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS DURING A BLENDED COURSE FOR EDUCATORS FROM URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS date: 2015-09-20 words: 5073 flesch: 46 summary: The researchers recommend the adoption of this blended learning PD Program as one approach to meet the goals of the South African White Paper on PD for teacher educators specifically ICT skills. This article reflects on the findings regarding program design and structure; access to resources; impact time management; design of a support structure for the monitoring and evaluation of the program; and educators as self-directed learners using eTools to enhance teaching-and-learning methodologies. keywords: design; education; educators; face; ict; learning; online; program; support; teaching cache: ajote-3012.pdf plain text: ajote-3012.txt item: #61 of 198 id: ajote-3015 author: Ekwutosi, Okoli Benedette; Ogbonnaya, Okorie Ogbonnaya title: ADEQUACY OF MATERIAL RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UPPER BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA date: 2015-09-20 words: 4657 flesch: 60 summary: There was no significant difference between the adequacy of business studies facilities in public and private junior secondary schools; and there is no significant difference between the adequacy of business studies curriculum textbook provision in urban and rural junior secondary schools. The grand mean of 1.89 implies that the provision of business studies curriculum textbooks is inadequate. keywords: adequacy; business; business studies; curriculum; education; public; studies cache: ajote-3015.pdf plain text: ajote-3015.txt item: #62 of 198 id: ajote-3016 author: Darlington, Sonja R title: Resistance to Women's Ethnic Narratives in Tanzania: Two Perspectives on Identity date: 2015-10-06 words: 7569 flesch: 63 summary: Then following a close look at Susan Geiger’s “Tanganyikan Nationalism as ‘Women’s Work’,” which emphasizes “the absence of Tanzanian women’ biographies and life histories in historiography” (1996, 467), the issue of too few women subjects in history can be linked to the call by other women for a stronger female presence. Later, after I was married I came to know that the life of a woman would be realized ultimately in relation to other women. keywords: chagga; dar; ethnicity; gender; history; identity; interview; lema; life; meena; parsons; tanzania; women cache: ajote-3016.pdf plain text: ajote-3016.txt item: #63 of 198 id: ajote-3034 author: Ochanji, Moses Keya; Ayot, Henry O.; Kamina, Penina A.; Ondigi, Samson; Kimemia, John Njenga title: IMPROVING STUDENT TEACHING FOR QUALITY TEACHER PREPARATION: A KENYAN UNIVERSITY CASE date: 2015-10-10 words: 7481 flesch: 48 summary: Stratified sampling of student teachers (n=360) and supervisor (n=240) was used. I (Fall 2014/Spring 2015) programs should train enough teaching practice supervisors, strategically plan school placements, and ensure timely posting of student teachers. keywords: education; ict; learning; preparation; school; student; student teachers; supervisors; teacher; teaching; university cache: ajote-3034.pdf plain text: ajote-3034.txt item: #64 of 198 id: ajote-3036 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: EDITOR'S NOTE (FALL 2013) date: 2014-04-28 words: 718 flesch: 48 summary: This article highlights the need to consider teacher work conditions and environments and their roles in supporting effective teacher preparation especially as it impacts English Foreign Language teachers’ proficiency and effectiveness in the classroom. This issue focuses on related issues of teacher education, teachers’ classroom effectiveness applied to a range of content areas, and academic stress on university campuses. keywords: ajote; education; issue cache: ajote-3036.pdf plain text: ajote-3036.txt item: #65 of 198 id: ajote-3056 author: Gendole, Anto Arkato; Coenders, Fer; Voogt, Joke; Pieters, Jules title: Factors Supporting or Hindering Continuation of a Collaborative Professional Development Program for Communicative Language Teaching date: 2015-10-17 words: 7156 flesch: 44 summary: Teacher support materials as catalyst for science curriculum implementation in Nambia. Professional development for language teachers: Strategies for teacher learning. keywords: clt; cpdp; development; elements; english; implementation; language; program; support; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-3056.pdf plain text: ajote-3056.txt item: #66 of 198 id: ajote-3064 author: Komba, Sotco Claudius title: The Perceived Importance of Communication Skills Course among University Students: The Case of Two Universities in Tanzania date: 2016-07-02 words: 5934 flesch: 47 summary: The Role of Communication Skills Course in Improving Students’ Academic Communication Skills in Tanzanian Universities THE PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS COURSE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE CASE OF TWO UNIVERSITIES IN TANZANIA Sotco Claudius Komba Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Abstract This article is based on a study which was conducted to examine the perceived importance of communication skills course among Tanzanian university students. In order to minimize communication problems related to English language in academic settings, all Tanzanian universities offer communication skills courses to all undergraduate students (Komba, 2012). keywords: communication; communication skills; course; language; process; skills; skills course; students; study; university cache: ajote-3064.pdf plain text: ajote-3064.txt item: #67 of 198 id: ajote-3065 author: Makinde, Solomon O title: The Effects of Phonological Awareness on Word Formation and Decoding Skills of Disabled Readers date: 2016-07-02 words: 3379 flesch: 56 summary: There will be no significant effective of treatment on male and female disabled readers in the measures of decoding and word formation skills. Females outperformed the males in decoding and word formation skills (57.40 and 56.84). keywords: awareness; children; decoding; instruction; level; readers; reading; skills; word cache: ajote-3065.pdf plain text: ajote-3065.txt item: #68 of 198 id: ajote-3095 author: Edumadze, John Kwame Eduafo title: The integration of Information and Communication Technology for teaching and learning at Ghanaian Colleges of Education: ICT Tutors’ Perceptions date: 2016-07-02 words: 7453 flesch: 55 summary: Ghana’s Colleges of Education (COEs) are the first place where ICT education should begin since they are responsible for the training of teachers in the country. Ghanaian Colleges of Education (COEs) are the first place where ICT education should begin since they are responsible for the training of teachers. keywords: coes; education; ict; infrastructure; integration; learning; students; table; teacher; teaching; technology; use cache: ajote-3095.pdf plain text: ajote-3095.txt item: #69 of 198 id: ajote-3139 author: Brown, Alisha M. B. title: Has the Policy Window Closed? A Critical Analysis of South Africa’s Inclusive Education Policy date: 2016-07-02 words: 10267 flesch: 41 summary: Inclusive education policy and practice in South Africa: In sum, applying this multi-dimensional theoretical framework permits a greater understanding of how global, governmental, and social institutions govern special education policy in the contemporary South African context. keywords: africa; disabilities; education; implementation; inclusion; policy; research; schools; south; south africa; students; support; teachers; wp6 cache: ajote-3139.pdf plain text: ajote-3139.txt item: #70 of 198 id: ajote-3149 author: Mabagala, Stephen title: Students’ Perceptions on Physical Education Teachers’ Compliance with the Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct in Tanzania date: 2016-07-02 words: 6286 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: Ethics Perception, PE students, PE teachers, professional code of ethics compliance, Teachers Professional code of conduct, Tanzania Education Introduction The nature of Physical Education (PE) is grounded in movements, games and sports, which lends itself to a high rate of teacher-student interactions. The nature of Physical Education (PE) is grounded in movements, games and sports; this lends itself to a high rate of interaction between PE teachers and students. keywords: compliance; education; level; pcec; pe teachers; perception; professional; school; students cache: ajote-3149.pdf plain text: ajote-3149.txt item: #71 of 198 id: ajote-3353 author: Walsh Jr, Thomas title: Returning to Provide Staff Development in Teaching and English Language at an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) date: 2016-07-02 words: 9085 flesch: 54 summary: When electricity was available; students and seminar teachers received computer instruction (see Figure 9). CBAM is based on Fuller’s Thomas Walsh Jr. 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AJOTE Vol. 4, No. 2 Part II (Fall 2014/Spring 2015) (1969) research of the concerns of student teachers and identified three phases of concern: pre- teaching phase (non-concern), an early teaching phase (concern with self), and a late teaching phase (concern with pupils). keywords: computer; development; english; instruction; learning; n=1; schools; seminar; staff; strategies; students; teachers; teaching; training; use cache: ajote-3353.pdf plain text: ajote-3353.txt item: #72 of 198 id: ajote-3451 author: Ireh, Maduakolam title: School Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries: Essential Considerations for Improvement date: 2016-07-02 words: 7733 flesch: 50 summary: Schools should also consider the following avenues for external funding and support for school technology: technology levies, technology fees, and community groups and partnership donations. An increasingly large number of companies are beginning to offer maintenance contracts to schools and/or government agencies that have control over school ICT (Scigliano & Hundley, 2012). keywords: costs; district; education; funding; hardware; ict; information; planning; school; software; staff; support; systems; teachers; technology cache: ajote-3451.pdf plain text: ajote-3451.txt item: #73 of 198 id: ajote-3459 author: Mabagala, Stephen title: Prevalence of Professional Misconduct in Nzega District, Tanzania Public Secondary Schools date: 2017-02-15 words: 7189 flesch: 50 summary: The questionnaire also required respondents to identify the sources or causes of professional misconduct among secondary school teachers on a 5 points Likert scale ranging from Strongly Agree (5), Agree (4), Neutral (3), Disagree (2), and Strongly Disagree (1). Similar observation was made in an interview with TSD official; it was revealed that 24 cases on absenteeism involving secondary school teachers were reported between the years 2012-2013 to the TSD office. keywords: m =; misconduct; professional; school; school teachers; students; study; teachers cache: ajote-3459.pdf plain text: ajote-3459.txt item: #74 of 198 id: ajote-3475 author: Asare, Kwame Bediako title: Are Basic School Head Teachers Transformational Leaders? Views of Teachers date: 2017-02-15 words: 9323 flesch: 49 summary: Discussion The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of school teachers regarding the transformational leadership behaviors of basic school head teachers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. In this study, the perceptions of basic school teachers as to the transformational leadership conduct of head teachers who had received training under the LFL model were collected and reviewed. keywords: behaviors; data; education; head teachers; influence; leadership; participants; school; school head; study; teachers; things; transformational cache: ajote-3475.pdf plain text: ajote-3475.txt item: #75 of 198 id: ajote-3512 author: Mambwe, Robinson; Mwape, Chisha title: AN ASSESSMENT OF PREPARATION LEVEL, SURVIVAL SKILLS, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL KNOWLEDGE AMONG RETIRED TEACHERS IN ZAMBIA date: 2017-02-15 words: 7001 flesch: 51 summary: The study revealed a lack of preparedness, as well as a lack of entrepreneurial knowledge and poor planning for retirement life among retired teachers. In addition, poor planning for retirement life made it difficult for retired teachers to cope with the lack of a monthly salary during the period when retirement packages were in process or delayed. keywords: business; employment; entrepreneurial; life; retirement; service; skills; social; study; survival; teachers; years; zambia cache: ajote-3512.pdf plain text: ajote-3512.txt item: #76 of 198 id: ajote-3515 author: Wambiri, Gladwell Njeri; Ndani, Mary Nyokabi title: KENYA PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PREPARATION IN ICT TEACHING: TEACHER BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, SELF-EFFICACY, COMPUTER COMPETENCE, AND AGE date: 2017-02-15 words: 6295 flesch: 54 summary: To establish primary school teacher computer competence. As hiring teachers was irregular over the past two decades; consequently there may be a huge age imbalance in the teaching personnel in public primary schools and this could impact the extent of teacher use of computers and their self-efficacy in integration of ICT. keywords: age; attitudes; computers; efficacy; ict; self; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-3515.pdf plain text: ajote-3515.txt item: #77 of 198 id: ajote-3519 author: Obidike, Ngozi title: FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHER QUALITY PRACTICES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN AWKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, ANAMBRA STATE date: 2017-02-15 words: 3298 flesch: 50 summary: Specifically, the study sought to:  Determine the factors that constitute teacher quality practices;  Determine the factors that effect teacher quality practices; and  Identify strategies that would improve teacher quality. These finding agreed with Adebayo (2009) that observed that insufficient classroom for pupils and irregular supervision of teachers effects teacher quality in public primary schools. keywords: education; learning; practices; quality; schools; teacher; teacher quality cache: ajote-3519.pdf plain text: ajote-3519.txt item: #78 of 198 id: ajote-3579 author: Pai, Murali; Serekebirhan, Takele K. title: Training a New Generation for Careers in Wildlife Management in Ethiopia date: 2016-07-02 words: 2063 flesch: 54 summary: TRAINING A NEW GENERATION FOR CAREERS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN ETHIOPIA Murali Pai School for Field Studies, USA Takele K. Serekebirhan Arba Minch University, Ethiopia Abstract We describe the start-up of a new interdisciplinary Master’s program in Wildlife Management at Arba Minch University (AMU), Ethiopia. The human dimensions of wildlife management have been given its due with an aim to get biodiversity stewardship on a firm footing in the country. keywords: conservation; ethiopia; management; program; wildlife; wildlife management; wlm cache: ajote-3579.pdf plain text: ajote-3579.txt item: #79 of 198 id: ajote-3580 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: AJOTE: Editor's Note Special Issue Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Part I date: 2015-10-21 words: 384 flesch: 51 summary: As AJOTE grows, so does our ability to fulfill our continental commitment to furthering education studies across Africa. AJOTE: Special Issue: keywords: ajote; issue cache: ajote-3580.pdf plain text: ajote-3580.txt item: #80 of 198 id: ajote-3582 author: Abiodun, Femi Sinaola title: Teaching Art Music in Nigerian Schools: The Academic, Technical and Social Implications date: 2018-02-03 words: 4752 flesch: 49 summary: The Nigerian art musicians of the 20th century have done a lot in establishing Nigerian art music as a form different from other forms of music in Nigeria—pop, reggae, blues, jazz, high life, fuji, juju etc which are products of acculturation. Teachers organizing visit and participation in musical and non-musical events at the local levels Pragmatic propagation Pragmatic propagation means spreading Nigerian art music and influencing a great number of people across the globe. keywords: african; art; art music; music; nigerian; people; performance; social; vol cache: ajote-3582.pdf plain text: ajote-3582.txt item: #81 of 198 id: ajote-3588 author: Ukoha, Ukoha Akuma title: Assessing Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies in Three Federal Colleges of Education in Nigeria’s South-South Geo-Political Zone date: 2017-11-30 words: 6746 flesch: 38 summary: Gender according to Obikeze and Onyechi (2010) does not affect teachers’ choice of entrepreneurship education teaching method. Thus, the purpose of this study, focusing on Federal Colleges of Education in the South- South geo-political zone of Nigeria, was to assess: 1 the teaching methods used by entrepreneurship teachers in teaching entrepreneurs hip education courses; and 2 the assessment techniques used by entrepreneurship education teachers in assessing students’ learning outcomes in entrepreneurship education courses. keywords: assessment; business; colleges; education; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship education; methods; nigeria; south; students; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-3588.pdf plain text: ajote-3588.txt item: #82 of 198 id: ajote-3624 author: Zewdu, Abiy Agegnehu title: Challenges in Ethiopian Teacher Education Pedagogy: Resistance Factors to Innovative Teaching-Learning Practices date: 2017-11-30 words: 5789 flesch: 62 summary: Active learning is a broad strategy that includes such techniques as substituting active-lear ning exercises for lecture, holding students’ learning responsibility for the materials that have not been Abiy Zewdu Agegnehu 41 AJOTE Vol. 6. (1995:80) state that the training of teachers is a crucial factor among others that affect the implementation of active learning, because the teacher is the final decision maker in regard to the actual learning opportunities provided to the students. keywords: education; instructors; learning; mean; students; table; teacher; teaching; training cache: ajote-3624.pdf plain text: ajote-3624.txt item: #83 of 198 id: ajote-3724 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: AJOTE: Editor's Note Special Issue Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Part II date: 2016-07-02 words: 435 flesch: 45 summary: Welcome to the African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE) “Special Issue: Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Part II”. Due to the high volume of quality submissions, this is Part II of a two part AJOTE release. keywords: ajote; education cache: ajote-3724.pdf plain text: ajote-3724.txt item: #84 of 198 id: ajote-3765 author: Jule, Allyson title: All Together Now: Using Conversational Analysis and Muted Group Theory to Understand Gendered Classroom Discourse in a Cameroonian Primary Classroom date: 2018-02-03 words: 7221 flesch: 64 summary: I was able to connect with JM’s headmistress, Mrs. Jaff, to discuss the aims and hopes of the study and its potential importance to Cameroonian teacher education. Looking specifically at teacher/student discourse in a Cameroonian classroom brings to the fore in teacher education in Africa and elsewhere consideration of the traditional yet effective teaching method of choral responses. keywords: cameroon; classroom; education; gender; girls; learning; primary; responses; schools; space; students; teacher; vol; west cache: ajote-3765.pdf plain text: ajote-3765.txt item: #85 of 198 id: ajote-3853 author: Morrison, James L.; Oladunjoye, Ganiiyu T.; Oyedele, John; Maman, Joshua title: The Utilization of Social Media in the Classroom by Business Teacher Educators in Nigeria date: 2017-11-30 words: 5210 flesch: 47 summary: This study provides an insight into the extent of social media use in the learning process by business teacher educators across Nigeria. The Utilization of Social Media in the Classroom by Business Teacher Educators in Nigeria Dr. James L. Morrison University of Delaware, US Dr. John Oyedele Kwara State University, Nigeria Professor G. T. Oladunjoye Kwara State University, Nigeria Mr. Joshua Maman Kwara State University, Nigeria Abstract The objective of the study was to determine how frequently social media is being utilized by business teacher educators in Nigeria and for what purpose. keywords: business; education; educators; learning; media; nigeria; social; students; teacher; use cache: ajote-3853.pdf plain text: ajote-3853.txt item: #86 of 198 id: ajote-3862 author: Chikazinga, Wanangwa Wanyasulu Nyirenda; Nyirongo, Richard Walibwe; Chulu, Bob Wajizigha title: Relationship between University of Malawi Selection Policy and Entrance of Education Graduates into the Teaching Profession date: 2018-02-03 words: 6518 flesch: 47 summary: According to the model trainees who start teacher education because they want to work as teachers and those who report higher teaching commitment at the end of teacher education are more likely to show higher University of Malawi Selection Policy and Entrance of Education Graduates into the Teaching Profession 23 AJOTE Vol. 7. no.1 pp. Motives for choosing teaching as a career Studies on motives for choosing teaching as a career indicate various reasons and show that individuals recruited to teacher education hold personal and sometimes idiosyncratic motives about the teaching profession which have a bearing on whether these individuals become classroom teachers or join the ranks of ‘competent nomads’ (Bastick, 1999; Mtika and Gates, 2010). keywords: education; education graduates; graduates; malawi; profession; study; teacher; teaching; teaching profession; university cache: ajote-3862.pdf plain text: ajote-3862.txt item: #87 of 198 id: ajote-3891 author: Abidogun, Jamaine title: Editor's Note: AJOTE 2016 Edition, Part I: Teacher Professional Development and Practices date: 2017-02-15 words: 373 flesch: 36 summary: Ngozi D. Obidike Nnamdi Azikiwe University, leads this issue with a discussion on factors that impact teacher quality practices in Nigeria’s primary education. These studies on varied areas of teacher professional development and quality practices highlight several professional development areas that require effective support structures to ensure quality education for students and to improve teacher work conditions. keywords: ajote; teacher cache: ajote-3891.pdf plain text: ajote-3891.txt item: #88 of 198 id: ajote-3904 author: Abakpa, Benjamin Ogbole; Abah, Joshua Abah; Agbo-Egwu, Abel Okoh title: Science Curiosity as a Correlate of Academic Performance in Mathematics Education: Insights from Nigerian Higher Education date: 2018-02-03 words: 5539 flesch: 38 summary: Keywords: Science curiosity, Academic performance, Nigerian higher education, Mathematics education Introduction Higher education in Nigeria is that stage in the education of the child at which the child becomes a stakeholder in his/her own learning experience. 36-52 38 efforts is attributable to Kahan, Landrum, Carpenter, Helft and Jamieson (2017), who viewed science curiosity as important individual difference in cognitive style that interacts distinctively with the way people process information. keywords: abah; curiosity; education; education students; mathematics; mathematics education; performance; relationship; science; science curiosity; students; study cache: ajote-3904.pdf plain text: ajote-3904.txt item: #89 of 198 id: ajote-3920 author: Taye, Bekau Atnafu title: Language Anxiety and Achievement among First Year Students of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia date: 2018-03-29 words: 7342 flesch: 56 summary: No. 2, (2018), 17-37 19 Language anxiety is not exclusive to beginners; university students with an extensive language learning background can also perceive considerable levels of language anxiety (Ortega -Cebreros, 2003). Language learners have the dual task, not only of learning a second language but also performing in it (Foss & Reilzel, 1991); as a result, language anxiety is more likely to occur in foreign language lessons than in lessons in the other subjects of the curriculum (Ortega-Cebreros, 2003). keywords: ababa; achievement; addis; anxiety; classroom; environment; language; language anxiety; learning; performance; students; university cache: ajote-3920.pdf plain text: ajote-3920.txt item: #90 of 198 id: ajote-3944 author: Ayieko, Rachel Angela; Kanyongo, Gibbs; Nelson, Bryan title: The Relationships between Teacher Quality and Sixth Grade Students’ Mathematics Competencies in Kenya and Zimbabwe date: 2018-02-06 words: 9971 flesch: 46 summary: First, we use a multi- level regression model to analyze the relationships between teacher quality and students’ mathematics competencies to find out which teacher quality variables are important for the improvement in students’ mathema t ics competencies in the participating countries. Keywords: Teacher quality; mathematics learning; primary education; large scale studies African Journal of Teacher Education ISSN 1916-7822. keywords: competencies; countries; development; grade; kenya; level; mathematics; mathematics competencies; quality; regions; students; teacher; teacher quality; teaching; years; zimbabwe cache: ajote-3944.pdf plain text: ajote-3944.txt item: #91 of 198 id: ajote-3946 author: William, Francis; Ndabakurane, Jesse title: Language Supportive Teaching and Textbooks (LSTT) for Bilingual Classrooms Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Tanzania date: 2017-12-02 words: 8347 flesch: 53 summary: language students. It employed a bilingual approach whereby Kiswahili was used as a resource in learning mathematical concepts in English language. keywords: education; english; language; learning; lstt; mathematics; schools; students; tanzania; teaching; test; textbooks cache: ajote-3946.pdf plain text: ajote-3946.txt item: #92 of 198 id: ajote-3947 author: Walsh Jr., Thomas; Nelson, Hayley; Borer, Brian; Hanson, Gretchen title: Vocational Training Team (VTT) Rotary Grant on Teaching Strategies and Conversational English at Secondary Schools in Tanzania, Africa date: 2017-11-30 words: 14575 flesch: 60 summary: A meeting with the headmaster at Kirya provided support for use of the Classroom Observation Feedback and Evaluation of Teacher Strategies Form with additional copies made to promote the use of teacher learning strategies. Schools were provided copies of English activity and resource books for teacher use with trainers reporting staff at the schools using these resources on a limited individual basis. keywords: classroom; english; evaluation; kiriki; kirya; kisangara; learning; mandaka; mean score; ngujini; post; pre; program; school; score =; secondary; seminar; staff; strategies; students; teachers; teaching; teaching strategies; training; use; vtt cache: ajote-3947.pdf plain text: ajote-3947.txt item: #93 of 198 id: ajote-3948 author: William, Fancis; Hamaro, Gilbrita John title: Responding to English Grammatical Challenges: The Design and Development of Exemplary Material for Form One Learners in Tanzania date: 2018-03-29 words: 5374 flesch: 50 summary: This implies that developing materials for teaching and learning putting the learner in mind by using learner centered approach would help learners to acquire the required competence. No. 2, (2018), 38-52 49 Conclusion and Recommendation The study concludes that although teachers are aware of Competence Based Curriculum, they lack the necessary skills to use learner centered materials in classroom. keywords: competence; design; english; language; learners; learning; material; tanzania; teachers; teaching; test cache: ajote-3948.pdf plain text: ajote-3948.txt item: #94 of 198 id: ajote-3970 author: Quansah, Frank title: The Use Of Cronbach Alpha Reliability Estimate In Research Among Students In Public Universities In Ghana. date: 2017-11-30 words: 3215 flesch: 54 summary: However, no study has been conducted to examine how researchers (e.g. lecturers, students, employers, etc) use Cronbach alpha reliability. frank.quansah1@stu.ucc.edu.gh Abstract This study examines the use of Cronbach alpha reliability estimate in research among univers it y students in Ghana. keywords: alpha; cronbach; reliability; research; scale; students cache: ajote-3970.pdf plain text: ajote-3970.txt item: #95 of 198 id: ajote-4032 author: Hugo, Anna Johanna title: Mentor teachers’ feedback role in improving the training of Grades 1-3 student teachers in South Africa date: 2018-03-29 words: 6217 flesch: 55 summary: I also observed some excellent feedback from some mentor teachers that provide relevant guidance for observing student teachers in the future and on how student teacher should write the feedback they receive. The feedback obtained from the mentor teachers is thus important to train student teachers when they present their lessons during weeks of teaching practice at schools. keywords: feedback; language; learners; mentor teachers; south; student; student teachers; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-4032.pdf plain text: ajote-4032.txt item: #96 of 198 id: ajote-4072 author: Sichombe, Beatrice Sinyama title: Curricula in Teacher Education for Diversity in the University of Namibia date: 2018-06-01 words: 10447 flesch: 57 summary: Curricula in Teacher Education for Diversity in the University of Namibia Beatrice Sinyama Sichombe University of Pretoria African Journal of Teacher Education ISSN 1916-7822. keywords: bed; courses; curriculum; data; diversity; diversity teaching; education; issues; learners; namibia; practice; student; teacher education; teachers; teaching; vol cache: ajote-4072.pdf plain text: ajote-4072.txt item: #97 of 198 id: ajote-4089 author: Okelo, Kenneth Odhiambo title: TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AMONG PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA date: 2018-11-01 words: 4815 flesch: 56 summary: It is important for teachers to use several strategies when teaching children oral language skills (Richards and Rodgers, 2005). The main findings of the study indicate that teaching strategies that were mostly used by pre-primary school teachers were code-switching, examples, repetition, substitution and explanation. keywords: language; primary; school; skills; strategies; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-4089.pdf plain text: ajote-4089.txt item: #98 of 198 id: ajote-4095 author: Niipare, Alina Kakunde title: Preparing Namibian Student Teachers to Teach Literacy in Mother Tongue date: 2019-04-01 words: 10060 flesch: 56 summary: Student teachers worked in groups to plan lessons in Oshindonga; they debated on the format in their groups, learned and clarified things to others in their groups, Maria moved around the class to explain more and made sure everyone got the instructions, and guided student teachers to new discoveries. This study reports on a study of how Namibian lecturers prepare student teachers to teach literacy in mother tongue (Oshikwanyama and Oshindonga) dialects of Oshiwambo language. keywords: education; language; learning; lecturers; literacy; mother; mother tongue; oshindonga; student; student teachers; teachers; teaching; tongue; tongue literacy cache: ajote-4095.pdf plain text: ajote-4095.txt item: #99 of 198 id: ajote-4155 author: Nemes, Joyce Exusper title: SUSTAINABILITY OF SCHOOL-BASED FOOD AID IN BAHI DISTRICT OF TANZANIA’S DODOMA REGION AFTER THE END OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME SUPPORT date: 2018-11-01 words: 7690 flesch: 64 summary: Determine the factors that hindered public primary schools from implementing the mechanisms put in place to provide school food in the post-WFP support period. This incident attests to how the provision of school food can save pupils coming from poor family backgrounds and those trekking over long distances from school premises. keywords: bahi; district; education; food; parents; porridge; primary; programme; pupils; school; sfp; study; support; tanzania; wfp cache: ajote-4155.pdf plain text: ajote-4155.txt item: #100 of 198 id: ajote-4157 author: Kwarteng, Joseph Tufuor title: Accounting Teachers’ Quality of Use of Pre-Tertiary Accounting Curriculum in Ghana’s Secondary Schools date: 2018-04-09 words: 8918 flesch: 52 summary: No. 2 (2018), 67- 90 69 An earlier study conducted by Kwarteng (2009) to assess the concerns of accounting teachers in implementing school accounting curriculum in Ghana revealed that most accounting teachers were in the category of non-users of the curriculum. Status of accounting curriculum implementation: Concerns-Based Adoption Model Assessment in Ashanti and Central Regions of Ghana. keywords: accounting; accounting curriculum; accounting teachers; ajote; curriculum; education; implementation; innovation; levels; new; quality; school; teachers; use; vol cache: ajote-4157.pdf plain text: ajote-4157.txt item: #101 of 198 id: ajote-4161 author: Bashaija, Athanansio Spencer; Rukundo, Aloysius title: Family Socioeconomic Status, Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Secondary School Adolescents in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality, Uganda date: 2018-04-04 words: 5097 flesch: 55 summary: This Ugandan findings on low alcohol use level however, diverges from a study by Cartelet al. (2007) that reported high levels of alcohol use in secondary schools [in Belgium]. It was further discovered that students had low levels of alcohol use and high levels of religiosity. keywords: adolescents; alcohol; alcohol use; family; levels; religiosity; respondents; school; ses; status; students; use cache: ajote-4161.pdf plain text: ajote-4161.txt item: #102 of 198 id: ajote-4325 author: Amoako, Isaac title: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AMONG DISTANCE EDUCATION TUTORS IN GHANA date: 2018-11-01 words: 4357 flesch: 52 summary: Student assessments in education are tools used to track student’s performance and to ascertain whether the learning goals have been achieved. It was recommended that through workshops and in-service training tutors are made to sustain the use of a wide range of methods of formative assessment and not cling to a single one. keywords: assessment; education; ghana; learning; practices; students; tutors; use cache: ajote-4325.pdf plain text: ajote-4325.txt item: #103 of 198 id: ajote-4333 author: Jabbar, Saheed Olanrewaju title: TEACHING STYLES AND EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA date: 2018-11-01 words: 3939 flesch: 51 summary: Is there a relationship between teachers preferred teaching styles and their educational philosophies? Research Question Three (3): Is there a relationship between teachers preferred teaching styles and their educational philosophies? keywords: kano; metropolis; philosophies; philosophy; study; styles; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-4333.pdf plain text: ajote-4333.txt item: #104 of 198 id: ajote-4367 author: Taye, Bekau Atnafu title: The medium of instruction in Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions: Kotebe Metropolitan University Case study. date: 2019-04-01 words: 9342 flesch: 50 summary: but we learnt those subjects with our local language, ‘Oromiffa’ (student, Int. 1.) Aberash, a student, forwarded the following: Although Amharic language is introduced at grade five and English language at grade 1, we learnt all subjects in our local language Oromiffa (student, Int.2). Eba has the following to say: Since the introduction of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia, Amharic language has been regarded as a language of the former colonizer (FGD, teacher) keywords: amharic; communication; education; english; ethiopia; instruction; language; medium; multilingual; national; policy; students; study; use cache: ajote-4367.pdf plain text: ajote-4367.txt item: #105 of 198 id: ajote-4376 author: Kuyokwa, John; Chiziwa, Symon Ernest; Semphere, Nertha title: Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Use Among Undergraduate Students at Chirunga College, Malawi. date: 2019-04-01 words: 4818 flesch: 50 summary: Hence, the present study seeks to fill this gap by exploring the prevalence of psychoactive substance use among undergraduate students at an institution of higher learning in Malawi, the Chirunga College. What is the relationship between psychoactive substance use and depression among undergraduate students? keywords: abuse; college; depression; malawi; participants; prevalence; students; study; substances; undergraduate; use cache: ajote-4376.pdf plain text: ajote-4376.txt item: #106 of 198 id: ajote-4451 author: Oppong, Charles Adabo; Awinsong, Moses Allor; Apau, Stephen Kwakye title: The Middle Ground of Curriculum: History Teachers’ Experiences in Ghanaian Senior High Schools date: 2019-05-11 words: 9546 flesch: 45 summary: school teachers and mediates their responses to reform proposals” The History subject department recognises the workplace as of the greatest significance to history teachers as it “collects teachers of like subject-area interests, expertise and professional language” (Grimmett & Neufeld, 1994, p. 34). keywords: ajote; classroom; curriculum; departmental; education; ground; history; history teachers; middle; schools; study; subject; teachers; teaching; vol cache: ajote-4451.pdf plain text: ajote-4451.txt item: #107 of 198 id: ajote-4611 author: Gumah, Bernard; Kulbo, Nora Bakabbey; Addo, Prince Clement title: Professionalism, Urban Settings, and Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Developing Countries: A Ghanaian Perspective. date: 2019-08-13 words: 7690 flesch: 55 summary: More specifically relevant to this study is the view that teacher efficacy can be said to be “teachers’ confidence in their ability to promote students’ learning” (Hoy, 2000). Gowrie, & Ramdass Bernard Gumah, Nora Bakabbey Kulbo, & Prince Clement Addo 196 AJOTE Vol. 8 (2019), 194-217 (2014), noted that there was a moderate to strong correlation between the demographic (including teaching experience) and school-level teacher efficacy factors, however, there were no significant differences in the three dimensions of teacher efficacy according to school type, gender, location, size of school and years of teaching experience. keywords: ajote; article; classroom; crossref; efficacy; level; link; location; pupils; self; table; teachers cache: ajote-4611.pdf plain text: ajote-4611.txt item: #108 of 198 id: ajote-4899 author: Ademiluyi, Lawrence Femi title: Adequacy and Utilization of ICT Resources for Teaching Business Subjects in Senior Secondary Schools in Osun State, Nigeria date: 2019-07-30 words: 6526 flesch: 49 summary: Abstract This study sought to determine the adequacy and utilization of ICT facilities for teaching and learning business subjects in public senior secondary schools in Osun State of Nigeria. The results show that ICT facilities are barely available, grossly inadequate and largely unutilized in teaching business subjects in Osun State public secondary schools in spite of the much-heralded introduction of ”Opon Imo” computer tablets supposedly made available to all senior secondary school students in the state. keywords: business; computer; extent; facilities; ict; information; osun; schools; state; subjects; teaching; technology cache: ajote-4899.pdf plain text: ajote-4899.txt item: #109 of 198 id: ajote-5040 author: Boniface, Raymond Mwemezi title: Employee Voice Contexts and Teacher Retention in Remote Secondary Schools in Tanzania date: 2019-08-07 words: 11944 flesch: 52 summary: The findings have shed light on important areas of concentration towards influencing voicing over exiting among remote secondary school teachers in Tanzania. The second question was concerned about what the implications of these perceived conditions on retaining remote teachers are. keywords: ajote; areas; conditions; contexts; education; employee; journal; management; profession; quality; research; retention; school; support; tanzania; teachers; teaching; theory; voice; voicing; vol; work cache: ajote-5040.pdf plain text: ajote-5040.txt item: #110 of 198 id: ajote-5047 author: Obiyo, Ngozi; Inyama, James title: Underutilization of instructional materials for teaching and learning of Chemistry in Nigerian secondary schools: Ohafia Education Zone, Abia State’s Example. date: 2019-11-27 words: 6517 flesch: 52 summary: The teacher training institutions should ensure that student teachers are given proper training in the area of educational technology in order to expose them to modern instructional technology and how to manipulate them. Academic achievement of secondary students with learning disabilities in co taught and resource. keywords: agree; chemistry; education; extent; learning; materials; mean; students; teachers; teaching; utilization; zone cache: ajote-5047.pdf plain text: ajote-5047.txt item: #111 of 198 id: ajote-5073 author: Jirgba, Christy Mbakohol; Bur, Joy Iember title: Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Strategy on students’ achievement in Basic Science in Makurdi Local Government, Benue State, Nigeria date: 2019-12-27 words: 7000 flesch: 51 summary: Despite the relevance of basic science as a foundation course for the sciences and national development, research report by Okebukola (2005), Ajagun(2006) and Adejoh (2012) working separately have lamented the poor performance of science students in Nigeria. Christy M. Jirgba and Joy Iember Bur AJOTE Vol. 8 (2019), 361-379 362 Key words: Self-Regulated Learning; basic science achievement; demonstration method; teaching science. keywords: achievement; demonstration; education; learning; learning strategy; mean; method; science; self; strategy; students; study; teaching cache: ajote-5073.pdf plain text: ajote-5073.txt item: #112 of 198 id: ajote-5135 author: Irene, Aheisibwe; Kobusingye, Loyce Kiiza title: Core Self-Evaluations among Prisoners on Formal and Vocational Training in Uganda’s Luzira Prison date: 2019-04-12 words: 5981 flesch: 50 summary: In Africa, prison education with the purpose of preparing prisoners for integration into society is more pronounced in southern, western and eastern Africa (Dissel, 2008). Similarly, Helen (2015) suggests that participation in education leads to high levels of motivation amongst many prisoners who engage in education and prisoners recognize that education more particularly gaining qualifications is necessary to do well in life. keywords: core; core self; education; evaluations; journal; judge; levels; prisoners; prisons; programs; self; study; training; uganda cache: ajote-5135.pdf plain text: ajote-5135.txt item: #113 of 198 id: ajote-5174 author: Sofo, Seidu; Asola, Eugene F.; Ocansey, Reginald title: An Assessment of Ghana’s Enacted Kindergarten Curriculum date: 2019-04-21 words: 8035 flesch: 55 summary: In addition, expectations of parents and society to prepare children to be academically ready for primary school can influence the type of curriculum teachers implement in their kindergarten classrooms(Ball et al., 2012). Finally, untrained teachers were more likely than their trained colleagues to teach more topics in their classrooms Implications for achieving congruence between the intended and enacted curriculum The findings of the present study have four implications for policy, teacher education and practice in achieving congruence between the intended and enacted kindergarten curricula. keywords: content; curriculum; development; education; ghana; kecs; kg1; kindergarten; kindergarten curriculum; physical; research; school; skills; study; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-5174.pdf plain text: ajote-5174.txt item: #114 of 198 id: ajote-5209 author: Ugwu, Eucharia Okwudilichukwu title: Effect of Student Teams Achievement Division and Think-Pair-Share on Students' Achievement in Reading Comprehension date: 2019-10-01 words: 7071 flesch: 56 summary: Table 7 shows that the mean achievement scores of male students exposed to Think-Pair-Share at pre- test was 9.29 with a standard deviation of 2.20 while that of female students was 8.70 with a standard deviation of 2.26. The two Tables also show that while male students who were exposed to reading comprehension using STAD scored higher that the female students (Table 5), female students who were exposed to Think-Pair-Share scored higher than the male students (Table 7). keywords: achievement; comprehension; learning; mean; pair; reading; share; stad; students; teams; think cache: ajote-5209.pdf plain text: ajote-5209.txt item: #115 of 198 id: ajote-5231 author: WANJAU, IRERI JEREMIAH; Begi, Nyakwara title: Role of parents in school management: A focus on decision making and accountability in resource provision in pre-primary schools in Embu County, Kenya date: 2019-12-26 words: 5672 flesch: 53 summary: Thus, where teachers are supposed to use school resources, they should follow provided structured processes to ensure accountability of resource utilization and promote effective school climate for learning and development. The impact of school resources on students. keywords: county; decision; making; management; parents; resources; schools; study cache: ajote-5231.pdf plain text: ajote-5231.txt item: #116 of 198 id: ajote-5353 author: Irene, Aheisibwe; Kintu, Denis title: Exploring the Effectiveness of Informal Apprenticeship in a Community of Practice: A Case Study of Katwe, Kampala-Uganda. date: 2019-10-01 words: 5910 flesch: 50 summary: Informal learning can take place in any space, such as the workplace, the family, a religious institution, the community and the like; like formal and non-formal learning, informal learning can occur at any age, from birth to death (Schugurensky, 2000). More comprehensively, De Grip (2015), defined informal learning in the workplace as the acquisition of skills through learning by doing as well as by watching other workers, taking instructions, and receiving supervision or feedback from supervisors or co-workers (De Grip, 2015). keywords: activities; apprenticeship; community; effectiveness; kampala; katwe; learning; practice; study; training; uganda; working cache: ajote-5353.pdf plain text: ajote-5353.txt item: #117 of 198 id: ajote-5361 author: Sanga, Philipo title: East African Higher Education and the limitations of institutional reforms: A case study of selected public universities date: 2019-11-27 words: 7128 flesch: 41 summary: Various literature indicates that Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are regularly among the top twelve African countries sending students abroad for university education (Kishun, 2006; Goujon, Haller & Kmet, 2017). Thus, putting more emphasis on teaching students business and financial skills, ▪ Optimising the use of all the institution's resources through further expansion of student enrolment to optimise the formerly overstaffed university and widening access to university education, ▪ Upgrading Advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and enhancing information systems, ▪ Increasing academic support through converting traditional teaching/ learning materials into electronic format, enhancing instructional technology resources (software & hardware), and promoting e-Learning initiatives, and ▪ General staff development to improve the quality of education. keywords: africa; dar; development; east; education; makerere; nairobi; public; reforms; salaam; students; universities; university; vol cache: ajote-5361.pdf plain text: ajote-5361.txt item: #118 of 198 id: ajote-5372 author: Boateng, Philip ; Arhin, Ato Kwamina; Sekyere, Frank Owusu ; Koto, Asare ; Adarkwah, Samuel Nti title: Teaching efficacy beliefs of Ghanaian basic school teachers and their subject specializations date: 2019-11-27 words: 5854 flesch: 56 summary: Wheatley (2002) linked teacher efficacy more directly to a teacher’s belief in his or her ability to influence student outcomes. Teacher efficacy is a future-oriented, task-specific judgement (Woolfolk Hoy, Hoy, & Davis, 2009: 628) which has been linked to a variety of teaching behaviours and student outcomes such as achievement (Ashton & Webb, 1986; Gibson & Dembo, 1984; Ross, 1992) and motivation (Midgley, Feldlaufer, & Eccles, 1989; Woolfolk, Rosoff, & Hoy, 1990). keywords: beliefs; classroom; education; efficacy; school; self; service; students; study; subject; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-5372.pdf plain text: ajote-5372.txt item: #119 of 198 id: ajote-5413 author: Anazia, Innocent Uche title: Higher Grading Standards and Academic Motivation: Perceptions of Students and Teachers in a Lagos (Nigeria) Private Secondary School date: 2020-04-08 words: 6978 flesch: 54 summary: Their findings proved that high-ability students benefit more from higher grading standard than low-performing students. But they observed that the effect of high grading standards is highest for high-ability students when classroom ability is relatively low.. keywords: grades; grading; motivation; nigeria; school; standards; students; study; teachers cache: ajote-5413.pdf plain text: ajote-5413.txt item: #120 of 198 id: ajote-5469 author: Danbi, Roba; Tadesse, Dereje title: Institutional conditions for preparing critically reflective TEFL teachers in the PGDT Program of three Ethiopian universities date: 2019-12-26 words: 7998 flesch: 46 summary: Roba Danbi Wodessa and Dereje Tadesse Birbirso AJOTE Vol. 8 (2019), 321-343 328 Rewarding Critical Thinking Creating the reward system for active involvers is also an important condition to enhance reflective practice in teacher education programs (Brookfield, 1995). Its curriculum framework, policy guidelines, policy mission statements, and all courses in the program stress the concept of reflective practice so that student teachers might be able to examine their assumptions, practices, teaching/learning theories, and educational settings (MOE, 2009). keywords: education; learning; pgdt; pgdt program; practice; program; reflection; student; study; teachers; teaching; universities; vol cache: ajote-5469.pdf plain text: ajote-5469.txt item: #121 of 198 id: ajote-5470 author: Walubita, Gabriel title: Munsaka, E., & Kalinde, B. (2017) Laying the foundation for optimal outcomes in Early Childhood, University of Zambia Press, Lusaka, 172 pp. (A5), $12.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-9982-02-099-1 : Laying the foundation for optimal outcomes in Early Childhood date: 2019-10-02 words: 2181 flesch: 31 summary: While the first chapter charts the local and international processes that explain the development of early childhood education in Zambia, the second to the fourth chapter detail human developmental domains including physical, cognitive and socio-emotional developmental milestones and their accompanying theories. Chapters four to six discuss the role of language in early childhood education in Zambia. keywords: book; childhood; children; development; education; zambia cache: ajote-5470.pdf plain text: ajote-5470.txt item: #122 of 198 id: ajote-5731 author: Kihwele, Jimmy title: Affordances and Constraints of Implementing Lesson Study for Teachers’ Professional Development: A Review date: 2020-04-14 words: 7230 flesch: 46 summary: There is, therefore, a need to plan for methods of sustaining LS practices in the long run. Teacher education institutions should intensify research courses to promote LS practices to teachers. keywords: development; education; learning; lesson; mathematics; practices; study; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-5731.pdf plain text: ajote-5731.txt item: #123 of 198 id: ajote-5815 author: Okeke, Uchenna; Ukoh, Edidiong title: The Influence of Locus of Control, Study Habits and Gender on the Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Physics Students in Ibadan Metropolis date: 2020-04-08 words: 8400 flesch: 58 summary: Section B contains multiple-choice questions examining student achievement in Physics. Several factors that have been identified to be responsible for this poor academic achievement of students in Physics include students’ Locus of control, study habit, and gender. keywords: achievement; ajote; control; gender; habits; locus; performance; physics; relationship; school; students; study; study habits; vol cache: ajote-5815.pdf plain text: ajote-5815.txt item: #124 of 198 id: ajote-5856 author: Majani, William Pastory title: Student-Teachers’ Experiences and Strategies of Managing Disruptive Behaviours in Tanzania Secondary Schools. date: 2020-06-18 words: 7021 flesch: 47 summary: Student teachers’ extracts on encountering disruptive behaviour in the classrooms Student teachers and classroom discipline. keywords: ajote; behaviours; classroom; findings; learning; management; schools; strategies; student; tanzania; teachers; teaching; vol cache: ajote-5856.pdf plain text: ajote-5856.txt item: #125 of 198 id: ajote-5916 author: Irene, Aheisibwe; Muramuzi, Sprito Byamukama title: Utilization of Information Communication Technologies in Effective Administration of Secondary Schools in Mitooma District of Uganda date: 2020-06-18 words: 3463 flesch: 45 summary: What is the relationship between ICT utilization and effective administration of secondary schools in Mitooma district of Uganda? This questionnaire comprised three sections namely; Section A which addressed the socio-demographic characteristics, section B which contained closed-ended items on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree examining the relationship between ICT utilization and effective administration and section C which contained open-ended items addressing non-utilization of ICT. keywords: administration; communication; district; ict; information; mitooma; schools; study; utilization cache: ajote-5916.pdf plain text: ajote-5916.txt item: #126 of 198 id: ajote-5927 author: Kemeza, Imelda; Balimuttajjo, Sudi ; Sarvate, Dinesh G title: Accent and Ugandan Students’ Comprehension of Mathematical Concepts and Terms: An Experimental Study date: 2020-05-01 words: 3383 flesch: 52 summary: Universities and schools that are actively recruiting foreign students may find that foreign students have difficulty adjusting to instructions given due to difficulties with native accent. However, while the positive effects of diversity on students are apparent, few studies have examined possible negative challenges that diversity might have on students. keywords: accent; concepts; english; squares; students; study; ugandan cache: ajote-5927.pdf plain text: ajote-5927.txt item: #127 of 198 id: ajote-6049 author: Kareem, Adeyinka; Adeleke, Moruf Ademola ; Salami, Marie Onovroghene title: Process skills application and scientific attitudes of Biology students in colleges of education in southwestern Nigeria date: 2020-05-23 words: 7508 flesch: 46 summary: This means that as students are taught science process skills, they are also taught how to live both in the present and in subsequent situations. Some aspects of Nigeria’s secondary and tertiary education curricula include the objectives to expose and train students to successfully learn and acquire science processes skills that will empower them to overcome challenges, make decisions, and live as effective global citizens contributing to the attainment of Nigeria’s national goals (Ekon &Eni, 2015). keywords: application; attitude; education; level; process; process skills; science; skills; students; study cache: ajote-6049.pdf plain text: ajote-6049.txt item: #128 of 198 id: ajote-6083 author: Gedamu, Abate Demissie; Shewangezaw, Getu Lema title: Secondary School Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives on Cooperative Group Work Assessment Challenges in Ethiopia date: 2020-05-23 words: 5863 flesch: 51 summary: These include teachers’ lack of the concepts of CL (McManus & Gettinger, 1996), large class size and shortage of class time (Peek, Winking & Peek, 1995), high noise level, and teachers’ difficulties with implementing cooperative group work assessment (Gillies & Boyle, 2010; Le, Janssen & Wubbels, 2018; Ross & Rolheiser, 2003; Topping, Buchs, Duran & Van Keer, 2017), mismatch between teachers’ beliefs and orientations of CL (Brody, 1998), cultural constraints (Sharan, 2010), lack of training on the assessment of collaborative learning, and absence of assessment criteria (Le, Janssen & Wubbels, 2018; Ross & Rolheiser, 2003). Resolving the dual issue of student involvement in their own learning and teachers’ views of challenges of cooperative group work assessment would serve to enhance appropriate assessment practices that will promote student motivation and learning. keywords: assessment; challenges; group; group work; individual; learning; students; teachers; work; work assessment cache: ajote-6083.pdf plain text: ajote-6083.txt item: #129 of 198 id: ajote-6101 author: Adebisi, Thomas; Oladimeji,, Oladimeji title: Effect of Synthetic and Natural Specimen Use on Process Skills and Applications in Secondary School Biology Practical in Ekiti State, Nigeria. date: 2020-05-23 words: 6560 flesch: 47 summary: The objectives that guided the study are to: a. ascertain the difference in proficiency of basic science process skills acquisition of secondary school students exposed to synthetic specimens and those exposed to natural specimens in Biology practical; b. examine the effect of using synthetic specimens and natural specimens on process skills application of Biology concepts among the students in the study area. The study concluded that synthetic specimens are equally effective as natural specimens in improving the acquisition and application of basic science process skills of students in Biology. keywords: biology; group; learning; process; process skills; science; skills; specimens; students; synthetic; test; use cache: ajote-6101.pdf plain text: ajote-6101.txt item: #130 of 198 id: ajote-6131 author: Oyetoro, Oyebode Stephen; Adesina, Bosede Abimbola; Eyebiokin, Tolulope Segun title: Personal Epistemic and Learning Approaches as Predictors of Pre-service Teachers use of Strategies to Counter Cognitive Dissonance from Supervisor Feedback date: 2020-10-29 words: 8988 flesch: 45 summary: Evaluation of the Revised Two-Factor Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) for student teacher approaches to learning. This study investigated how epistemic and learning approaches of pre-service teachers (PRESETs) in Obafemi Awolowo University, Southwestern Nigeria, predict their use of strategies to counteract cognitive dissonance arising from incongruent feedback from supervisors. keywords: approaches; beliefs; dissonance; epistemic; feedback; knowledge; learning; learning approaches; presets; strategies; study; supervisors; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-6131.pdf plain text: ajote-6131.txt item: #131 of 198 id: ajote-6145 author: Itasanmi, Sunday; Akintolu, Morakinyo ; Oni, Mathew T. title: Adult Literacy Facilitators’ Job Satisfaction in Nigeria and South Africa date: 2021-07-28 words: 7468 flesch: 36 summary: Poor work conditions for adult literacy facilitators continue to diminish their performance which in turn has a devastating impact on literacy promotional efforts, especially in developing countries where the adult illiteracy rate is very high (UIS, 2010; Oyelami and Alokan, 2019). What is the job satisfaction level among adult literacy facilitators in Nigeria and South Africa? keywords: adult; adult literacy; africa; centre; countries; education; facilitators; job satisfaction; literacy; literacy facilitators; nigeria; south; south africa; study cache: ajote-6145.pdf plain text: ajote-6145.txt item: #132 of 198 id: ajote-6166 author: Omotehinse, Oluwaseun Solomon; Adebowale, Olusegun Fatai title: Anonymity, Mutual Disclosure and Trust in Online Counselling Relationships among Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria date: 2020-11-03 words: 7154 flesch: 49 summary: To find the direction of the influence exerted by sex on trust in online counselling relationship among OAU students, the coefficient table attached to the regression analysis is presented in Table 7 Oluwaseun Solomon Omotehinse & Olusegun Fatai Adebowale AJOTE Vol. 9.2 (2020), 90-109 102 Table 7: Coefficient of the strength of influence of sex on trust in online counselling relationships among OAU students Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients T Sig. B Std. Level of online counselling trust among OAU students Level of trust Frequency Percent Low 15 7.5 Moderate 134 67.0 High 51 25.5 Total 200 100.0 Oluwaseun Solomon Omotehinse & Olusegun Fatai Adebowale AJOTE Vol. 9.2 (2020), 90-109 98 Table 1 showed the level of trust clients demonstrated in their counsellors in online counselling interaction. keywords: anonymity; client; counselling; counselling relationship; counsellor; disclosure; influence; level; oau; online; relationship; students; trust cache: ajote-6166.pdf plain text: ajote-6166.txt item: #133 of 198 id: ajote-6182 author: Makinde, Semiu Olawale title: Impact of Flipped Classroom on Mathematics Learning Outcome of Senior Secondary School Students in Lagos, Nigeria date: 2020-10-28 words: 6093 flesch: 51 summary: The data of mathematics students in senior secondary certificate examinations (SSCE) between 2014 – 2019 in Nigeria in figure 1 shows that the learning outcome of students was poor. In an Okebukola-led research group study on E-Learning and Social media application in education as innovative strategies for promoting the higher achievement of secondary school students in Lagos, a total of 3,441 students and 735 teachers in 320 public and private schools from all the six Lagos State Education Districts were surveyed. keywords: classroom; lagos; learning; mathematics; nigeria; performance; school; students; table; test cache: ajote-6182.pdf plain text: ajote-6182.txt item: #134 of 198 id: ajote-6240 author: Omolayo, Benjamin; Auta, Michael; Akinyemi, Elizabeth; Dennis, Uba title: Knowledge and Awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Teachers in Ekiti State, Nigeria date: 2020-10-28 words: 6205 flesch: 49 summary: Prior training on ASD has a significant relationship with teachers knowledge about ASD. The study of Alharbi, et al. (2019) on school’s teachers’ knowledge about autism revealed that school teachers showed a poor level of knowledge about ASD,. keywords: asd; autism; autism spectrum; awareness; disorder; knowledge; nigeria; school; spectrum; spectrum disorder; study; teachers cache: ajote-6240.pdf plain text: ajote-6240.txt item: #135 of 198 id: ajote-6270 author: Coenders, Fer; Gomes, Nuno; Sayegh, Rola; Kinyanjui, Isaac; Noutahi, Aurelle; Madu, Nissi title: Class Experiences with Inquiry Learning Spaces in Go-Lab in African Secondary Schools date: 2020-10-28 words: 8521 flesch: 56 summary: Participants ‘reactions, teacher learning, organisational support, class implementation, and student learning will be reported. During class implementation teachers were supported through a Teacher Implementation Manual, available on paper and as a pdf, an online helpdesk, and e- mail. keywords: benin; class; education; ils; inquiry; kenya; lab; learning; nigeria; schools; science; students; teachers; use cache: ajote-6270.pdf plain text: ajote-6270.txt item: #136 of 198 id: ajote-6271 author: Soares, Fernanda; Galisson, Kirsten; van de Laar, Mindel title: A Typology of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case study of Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and Nigeria date: 2020-11-03 words: 12525 flesch: 43 summary: Untitled AJOTE Vol. 9 No.2 (2020), 111-143 110 A Typology of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case study of Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and Nigeria Dr. Fernanda Soares, Kirsten Galisson1 Family Health International 360 (FHI 360), 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA & Dr. Mindel van de Laar1 Maastricht Graduate School of Governance / United Nations University – MERIT, Maastricht University, Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht, The Netherlands Abstract In the bid to improve teaching quality and promote an approach to teacher development that is grounded in the context in which teachers are inserted, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have become a popular alternative model of teacher professional development in many countries. In efforts to improve teaching quality and promote an approach to teacher development that is both social and contextual (Du Plessis & Muzaffar, 2010), many countries have recently started to implement alternative models of teacher professional development, such as Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). keywords: africa; ajote; characteristics; communities; countries; development; education; learning; no.2; plcs; practice; professional; school; study; teachers; typology; vol cache: ajote-6271.pdf plain text: ajote-6271.txt item: #137 of 198 id: ajote-6281 author: Idika, Mabel Ihuoma title: Effect of Visualised Case-Based Learning Strategy On Students’ Academic Performance in Chemistry in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria date: 2021-04-11 words: 7136 flesch: 54 summary: Furthermore, chemistry students have a better chance in understanding global problems such as water and air pollution, poverty and global warming. From four of the six schools selected, an intact class each of SSII chemistry students was chosen to participate in the study, making a total of four (4) intact classes. keywords: achievement; case; chemistry; effect; group; knowledge; learning; nigeria; strategy; students; teacher; teaching; transfer cache: ajote-6281.pdf plain text: ajote-6281.txt item: #138 of 198 id: ajote-6287 author: Agyapong, Kingsley title: Students’ Perspectives on Satisfaction with Distance Education in Ghana: A Cluster Analysis date: 2021-07-17 words: 9463 flesch: 52 summary: Customer service: The key to customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and market share. Focusing on customer service. keywords: cluster; customer; customer satisfaction; distance; distance education; education; journal; management; marketing; price; programme; quality; satisfaction; service; service quality; students; study; uew; vol cache: ajote-6287.pdf plain text: ajote-6287.txt item: #139 of 198 id: ajote-6296 author: Raji, Monsurat Omobola title: Postsecondary Entrance Examinations in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of the Design and Predictive Validity of the Tripartite Assessment System date: 2021-04-11 words: 6078 flesch: 35 summary: In the last decade, Nigeria has recorded a decline in the achievement Monsurat Omobola Raji AJOTE Vol.10 No.1 (2021), 70-86 80 and learning of post-secondary students. Post-secondary Entrance Examinations in Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of the Design and Predictive Validity of the Tripartite Assessment System Monsurat Omobola Raji Faculty of Education University of Ottawa, Canada ABSTRACT Admission into post-secondary education requires the fulfillment of specific standards or criteria by prospective candidates. keywords: assessment; design; education; entrance; examinations; nigeria; programs; students; system; utme; validity cache: ajote-6296.pdf plain text: ajote-6296.txt item: #140 of 198 id: ajote-6316 author: Zeleke, Tensae title: Attitude of Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDT) Trainees towards the Teaching Profession in Ethiopia date: 2021-05-04 words: 6578 flesch: 54 summary: An Overview of Teacher Education in Ethiopia Coherent literature on the history of teacher training or teacher education in Ethiopia is scanty. Teacher competence is associated with intelligence, attitude towards the Teaching profession, and academic achievement of teacher trainees. keywords: attitude; education; pgdt; profession; program; study; teachers; teaching; teaching profession; trainees; training; university; vol cache: ajote-6316.pdf plain text: ajote-6316.txt item: #141 of 198 id: ajote-6338 author: Muzata, Kenneth Kapalu; Simui, Francis; Mahlo, Dikeledi; Ng’uni, Phydes title: Inclusive Education Status through the Lenses of Teachers in Zambia date: 2021-04-11 words: 6485 flesch: 46 summary: Inclusive education is understood by teachers in the context of disability and teachers reported that they did not receive adequate support to implement inclusive education effectively. Figure 3: Why Inclusive education is not working well According to teachers, lack of trained teachers/inadequate teachers was the greatest challenge hindering the successful implementation of inclusive education in Zambia. keywords: disabilities; disability; education; inclusion; inclusive; learners; muzata; schools; teachers; zambia cache: ajote-6338.pdf plain text: ajote-6338.txt item: #142 of 198 id: ajote-6356 author: Nguru, Festo title: Maximizing Science Learning through Practical Work in Secondary Schools in Tanzania: Student-Teachers’ Adaptation to Language Supportive Pedagogy date: 2021-06-12 words: 9179 flesch: 49 summary: Science students are required to speak, listen, read and write about science. 1.3 Literature Review Generally, science students, whose native language is not English, have limited language proficiency. keywords: education; english; language; learning; lesson; lsp; pedagogy; schools; science; students; study; teachers; teaching; test; work cache: ajote-6356.pdf plain text: ajote-6356.txt item: #143 of 198 id: ajote-6371 author: Niyibizi, Emmanuel title: Modelling in Teacher Education: Beliefs of Teacher Educators in Rwanda date: 2021-04-11 words: 6401 flesch: 51 summary: Key words: Role modelling, teacher education, student teacher, teacher educator, beliefs 1. The study concludes that both implicit and explicit modelling should be included in the overall reflections of policy, research and practice of pedagogy of teacher education and especially in the professional development of teacher educators. keywords: beliefs; education; educators; modelling; practice; role; rwanda; student; teacher; teacher educators; teaching cache: ajote-6371.pdf plain text: ajote-6371.txt item: #144 of 198 id: ajote-6389 author: Iwu, Charmaine Helena title: Newly Qualified Female Teachers’ Perception of Teaching Practicum as a Component of Initial Teacher Education in South Africa date: 2021-04-11 words: 11442 flesch: 49 summary: Clarke, A., Triggs, V., and Nielsen, W. (2014) Cooperating teacher participation teacher education: a review of the literature. African Journal of Teacher Education ISSN 1916-7822. keywords: africa; ajote; classroom; education; experience; learning; novice; nqts; practice; practicum; school; south; teacher education; teachers; teaching; teaching practicum; vol cache: ajote-6389.pdf plain text: ajote-6389.txt item: #145 of 198 id: ajote-6443 author: Gabriel, Eli Segbeyon; Adebowale, Olusegun Fatai; Omotehinse, Oluwaseun Solomon title: Emotional Intelligence, Social Networking Skills and Online Counselling Communication Effectiveness Among Students of OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria date: 2021-12-11 words: 5518 flesch: 44 summary: The results further showed that social networking skills has no significant influence on online communication effectiveness (F = 3.457, p > 0.05) and no significant interaction effect of emotional intelligence and social networking skill was found on online counselling communication effectiveness (F = 0.546, p > 0.05). determine the level of online counselling communication effectiveness among the students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 2. investigate the influence of the students’ emotional intelligence on the effectiveness of online counselling communication. keywords: communication; communication effectiveness; counselling; effectiveness; intelligence; networking; online; skills; students cache: ajote-6443.pdf plain text: ajote-6443.txt item: #146 of 198 id: ajote-6455 author: Darko, Regina Akuffo; Mwangi, Jane ; Wachira, Lucy Joy title: Inclusive Physical Education During the University Preparation Programme in Ghana: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice date: 2021-04-11 words: 5699 flesch: 46 summary: One of the most difficult aspects of inclusive teacher education programmes is capacitating pre-service teachers to practice inclusion in the classroom in real live conditions. One of the most difficult aspects of inclusive teacher education programmes is the ability of pre-service teachers to practice inclusion in real life lessons. keywords: disabilities; education; experience; inclusion; practice; preparation; programme; student; teachers; university cache: ajote-6455.pdf plain text: ajote-6455.txt item: #147 of 198 id: ajote-6521 author: Mensah, Farouq Sessah; Agyei, Douglas Darko title: The Paradox of Ghanaian High School Mathematics Teachers’ Perspectives on ICT Use date: 2021-05-12 words: 7327 flesch: 51 summary: High school mathematics teachers reported high ICT use (𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 4.23, 𝑆𝐷 = 0.68, 𝐶𝑉 = 16.08%) in general. The paper sought to investigate the perceived use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) of high school mathematics teachers in Ghana. keywords: icts; knowledge; mathematics; mathematics teachers; research; school; school mathematics; skills; study; teachers; use cache: ajote-6521.pdf plain text: ajote-6521.txt item: #148 of 198 id: ajote-6541 author: Kihwele, Jimmy Ezekiel; Mgata, Fred title: Mathematics Teachers’ Use of WhatsApp Groups as a Platform for Continuous Professional Development in Tanzania date: 2022-06-30 words: 8124 flesch: 40 summary: The study aimed at examining how mathematics teachers use Informal WhatsApp Groups (IWGs) as one of the social media for Continued Professional Development (CPD). Key study questions are what are the perceptions of mathematics teachers on the benefits of IWGs in CPD? keywords: content; cpd; development; groups; knowledge; learning; mathematics; mathematics teachers; members; skills; teachers; teaching; use; whatsapp cache: ajote-6541.pdf plain text: ajote-6541.txt item: #149 of 198 id: ajote-6549 author: Hooijer, Elizabeth Lynne; Van der Merwe, Dr. Martyn ; Fourie , Dr. Jean title: Symbolic Representations as Teachers Reflect on Inclusive Education in South Africa date: 2021-05-04 words: 9956 flesch: 47 summary: The role of inclusive teachers encompasses being able to effectively support learners with diverse learning needs through the development of inclusive teaching practice and strategies thus, improving overall achievement. This approach was chosen as it seeks to gain insight into the participants’ experiences, beliefs and perceptions of themselves as inclusive teachers. keywords: attitudes; beliefs; cpd; education; knowledge; learners; learning; participants; practice; south; symbols; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-6549.pdf plain text: ajote-6549.txt item: #150 of 198 id: ajote-6554 author: Maseko, Bob; Gondwe, Foster ; Winiko , Symon ; Chiziwa, Symon title: Online Learning Amidst COVID-19 Emergency: A Case of the University of Malawi’s School of Education date: 2021-07-30 words: 6512 flesch: 49 summary: For instance, P2 claimed that: It’s advantageous and it has been on my part because I can share resources easily, I can make announcements easily, I can even use it to send messages through emails, I can grade assignments through the same interface so it’s very advantageous [P2] Refocussing Concern Stage P3, who had been using the Google classroom platform for some time, expressed that one of the ways to make the platform more visible and useable is to have a discussion board where learners could be able to discuss issues that the course lecturer has presented: I think maybe issues of discussion boards—where—I mean that’s an area that I have not tapped into, but I think if there could be that facility where you can have students have discussions easily aaa you pose a question and then they answer then that kind of thing [P3] The above presents evidence for the concerns regarding ODL implementation faculty members has at this institution. Interview items aligned to the seven SoC, described in Table 1, were used to interrogate participants’ attitudes, feelings, perceptions regarding ODL implementation. keywords: concerns; covid-19; education; faculty; implementation; learning; malawi; members; odl; participants; teacher cache: ajote-6554.pdf plain text: ajote-6554.txt item: #151 of 198 id: ajote-6569 author: Osifeko, Olalekan Remigious; Naidoo, Rowena; Chetty, Verusia title: The Effects of a School-Based Physical Activity Teacher Intervention on the Physical Activity Attitudes and Practices of Adolescent Students in Lagos, Nigeria date: 2021-07-19 words: 7182 flesch: 52 summary: The intervention content covered physical activity teaching methodology to promote student physical activity during PE classes. In a study, by Dobbins et al. (2013), on physical activity interventions for both teachers and students aged 6 and 18 years, the authors found that the physical activity intervention group showed an improvement in the amount of time spent on physical activity – similar to findings in our study. keywords: activity; attitudes; classes; education; intervention; pdt; practices; school; students; study; teachers cache: ajote-6569.pdf plain text: ajote-6569.txt item: #152 of 198 id: ajote-6573 author: Iwe, Nkechinyere title: Factors in Teachers’ Awareness of Pedagogical Gestures as Enhancement Technique Among English Teachers in Secondary Schools in Enugu State, Nigeria date: 2021-06-19 words: 6627 flesch: 54 summary: Since research findings in gesture studies have revealed that pedagogical gestures are facilitators of learning in the English language classroom, it is, therefore, important to investigate teachers' awareness of pedagogical gesture and their forms and their semantic import in the classroom in order to bring to the fore the importance of pedagogical gestures in lesson delivery. Key words: Gestures, teachers, pedagogical gestures, language classroom, awareness Background Gesturing complements the segmented and combinational forms that characterize speech and, by so doing, it serves as an enhancement to speech. keywords: awareness; english; enhancement; gestures; graduate; language; mean; speech; study; teachers; technique cache: ajote-6573.pdf plain text: ajote-6573.txt item: #153 of 198 id: ajote-6587 author: Nyamekye, Ernest; Baffour-Koduah, Daniel ; Asare, Esther title: Basic School Ghanaian Language Teachers’ Perspectives on the Integration of ICTs in Teaching and Learning date: 2021-06-25 words: 8237 flesch: 50 summary: Also, it was revealed that lack of financial support for ICT resources and lack of in-service training are factors that militated against ICT integration in Ghanaian language teaching. Thus, it was recommended that the Ghanaian government, in partnership with NGOs, make ICT resources available in schools to improve ICT integration. keywords: education; ghl; ict; ict integration; icts; instruction; integration; language; learning; study; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: ajote-6587.pdf plain text: ajote-6587.txt item: #154 of 198 id: ajote-6637 author: Ugwu, Eucharia Okwudilichukwu title: Classroom Process and Causes of Worsening High School Students' Performance in Literature-in-English in Nigeria date: 2021-07-19 words: 9883 flesch: 55 summary: In Literature-in-English lessons, active students may understand and appreciate the literary texts better and relate it to real life situations. In Literature-in-English lessons, active participation of students is essential for optimal learning. keywords: ajote; classroom; english; language; learning; literature; nigeria; participation; process; reading; school; students; teachers; teaching; texts cache: ajote-6637.pdf plain text: ajote-6637.txt item: #155 of 198 id: ajote-6644 author: Bondzie, George title: Students’ perception of conditions for self-efficacy during their internship programme. A case study of the University of Education, Winneba College for Distance And e-Learning date: 2022-12-26 words: 5695 flesch: 44 summary: Self-efficacy of teacher education students: A study based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. Additionally, it offers student- teacher professionalism through knowledge acquisition and development of a good teaching philosophy. Internship and UEW Distance Education Generally, student internships programmes are unpaid positions providing students with practical experience enabling them to develop effective teaching and learning styles and good classroom management practices. keywords: distance; education; efficacy; internship; self; students; study; teaching; time; university cache: ajote-6644.pdf plain text: ajote-6644.txt item: #156 of 198 id: ajote-6645 author: Olugbade, Damola; Olurinola, Oluwakemi title: Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Microsoft Teams for Remote Learning in Southwestern Nigerian Schools date: 2021-06-25 words: 6053 flesch: 47 summary: Therefore, the experience of student learning in online learning is very different from that of face-to-face learning, particularly for Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Microsoft Teams for Remote Learning in Southwestern Nigerian Schools AJOTE Vol. 10.1 (2021), 265-281 269 interactions with student teachers, which can adversely affect the performance of students in online learning. Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Microsoft Teams for Remote Learning in Southwestern Nigerian Schools Damola Olugbade1 & Oluwakemi Olurinola2 1Centre for Languages and General Studies, First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria 2Department of Science and Technology Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria ABSTRACT The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has required schools in Nigeria to embrace remote learning using technology solutions, in this case, Microsoft Teams, to effectively engage students. keywords: effectiveness; learning; microsoft; microsoft teams; online; perception; students; teachers; teams; use cache: ajote-6645.pdf plain text: ajote-6645.txt item: #157 of 198 id: ajote-6659 author: Umuhoza, Clementine; Uworwabayeho, Alphonse title: Teacher’s Use of Instructional Materials in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Rwandan Primary Schools date: 2021-12-11 words: 5567 flesch: 49 summary: Teacher’s Use of Instructional Materials in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Rwandan Primary Schools Clementine Umuhoza & Alphonse Uworwabayeho University of Rwanda-College of Education Rwanda Abstract Teaching and learning mathematics is easier, more interesting, more enjoyable, and more closely connected to real life applications with the use of instructional materials like textbooks, manipulatives, technology tools, and (physical or digital) models. Instructional materials are any kind of aids that assists in the teaching and learning activities, including reference books, counting equipment like blocks, stones or beads, natural displays models, charts, pictures, play materials, games, and audiovisual equipment (Cartledge & Milburn, 1986; Goldstein, 1994). keywords: books; education; learning; materials; mathematics; primary; schools; students; teachers; teaching; use cache: ajote-6659.pdf plain text: ajote-6659.txt item: #158 of 198 id: ajote-6669 author: Tlali, Tebello Violet title: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Relevance of Teacher Professional Ethics in Contemporary Lesotho date: 2021-12-11 words: 6609 flesch: 54 summary: The position taken in this paper is that teacher professional ethics are timeless. The status of the teaching profession has been scrutinised in previous research and the disregard for teacher professional ethics has increasingly become topical (Bhusnar, 2018; Kahraman & Celik, 2020). keywords: education; ethics; learners; lesotho; participants; perceptions; profession; service; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-6669.pdf plain text: ajote-6669.txt item: #159 of 198 id: ajote-6685 author: Simalalo, Magdalene; Gasa, Velisiwe G.; Muzata, Kenneth K. title: Teacher Preparation in Zambia’s Expanded Core Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities date: 2022-07-01 words: 8568 flesch: 55 summary: The study proposes that personnel preparation, baseline skills in teacher education in ECC and professional self-improvement of ECC are key to successful implementation of ECC. Results The findings of the study are discussed under the following heading; status of teacher education in ECC; challenges: time constraints; methods; insufficient collaboration; education staff; enrolments in teacher education; discrepancy between education and implementation; education resources. keywords: curriculum; ecc; education; impairments; learners; preparation; skills; students; teacher; teacher education; teaching cache: ajote-6685.pdf plain text: ajote-6685.txt item: #160 of 198 id: ajote-6686 author: Naidoo, Jayaluxmi title: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Culturally based Activities in South African Mathematics Classrooms date: 2021-12-11 words: 6759 flesch: 45 summary: Research methods in indigenous mathematical knowledge: an example of a research model based on indigenous games2(1), p.11-24. The value of indigenous mathematical knowledge in formal learning. keywords: activities; classrooms; concepts; education; knowledge; learners; learning; mathematics; participants; south; teaching cache: ajote-6686.pdf plain text: ajote-6686.txt item: #161 of 198 id: ajote-6716 author: Jones, Cherese Farrah; Rouw, CJ title: Values-Based Physical Education and Teacher Education in South Africa date: 2022-07-20 words: 10191 flesch: 50 summary: It is more challenging because there are limited in-service professional development opportunities for PE teacher education. The TTW for PE teachers can give rise to a values framework of Olympism and Ubuntuism, which can apply to the learners both on the field of play and in everyday life. keywords: africa; development; education; knowledge; learners; learning; pe teachers; professional; research; south; teacher education; teachers; teaching; ttw; values cache: ajote-6716.pdf plain text: ajote-6716.txt item: #162 of 198 id: ajote-6728 author: Govender, Sumeshni; Mabuza, Pertunia Thobile title: Perception and Management of Stress by South African Foundation Phase Teachers date: 2021-12-11 words: 9466 flesch: 57 summary: Teacher stress can be seen as potentially damaging to the classroom environment and as a result, the teacher might react with hostility towards learners if work has not been done, or done incorrectly. The subject of teacher stress seems to have attracted much attention (Kyriacou, 2001, Paranandam & Kamarudin, 2019; Ramberg, Låftman, Åkerstedt and Modin, 2020). keywords: ajote; education; environment; foundation; learners; learning; management; participants; phase; research; schools; south; stress; stressors; study; teachers; teaching; work cache: ajote-6728.pdf plain text: ajote-6728.txt item: #163 of 198 id: ajote-6746 author: Abdoula-Dhuny, Nazia title: Barriers and Enablers to Inclusive Education in Mauritius: Perceptions of Secondary School Educational Practitioners date: 2021-12-11 words: 7916 flesch: 41 summary: Toward inclusion of special education students in general education. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions of secondary school educational practitioners on certain aspects of inclusive education, namely the academic profile of students with special education needs encountered by secondary school educators and rectors, the difficulties faced when dealing with them, and the barriers and enablers to inclusive education. keywords: barriers; children; education; enablers; lack; mauritius; needs; practitioners; respondents; school; students cache: ajote-6746.pdf plain text: ajote-6746.txt item: #164 of 198 id: ajote-6762 author: ARHIN, ATO KWAMINA; Essuman , Jonathan; Arhin, Ekua title: Analysis of Item Writing Flaws in a Communications Skills Test in a Ghanaian University date: 2021-12-24 words: 7998 flesch: 60 summary: This is especially so for non-native English language teachers because developing test items in a language that neither they nor their students use as their mother tongue raises a multitude of issues related to quality and validity. The study suggested that test items must be properly reviewed before they are used to assess students’ knowledge. keywords: arhin; choice; discrimination; facility; haladyna; index; items; options; students; test; writing cache: ajote-6762.pdf plain text: ajote-6762.txt item: #165 of 198 id: ajote-6771 author: Opiyo , Rose Atieno title: Teacher Education Students’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Retooling the Mentorship Process Within Schools of Education in Kenya date: 2022-06-30 words: 9440 flesch: 49 summary: Broadly, Shulman (1987) recognizes seven domains of teacher knowledge, one of which is PCK. It is equated to transformation of teacher knowledge from a variety of domains of knowledge, which includes subject matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and knowledge about content and including also knowledge of how particular subject matter topics, problems and issues can be organized, represented and adapted to the diverse interest and abilities of learners and then presented for instruction. keywords: content; development; education; knowledge; learning; matter; methods; pck; practice; sts; students; subject; teacher; teaching cache: ajote-6771.pdf plain text: ajote-6771.txt item: #166 of 198 id: ajote-6809 author: Shishigu, Aweke; Ali, Teshager; Belay, Solomon ; Edessa, Sutuma title: Enhancing Students’ Attitude towards Biology through the Integration of Traditional Medicine and 5E’s Learning Cycle date: 2021-12-26 words: 6899 flesch: 51 summary: This was because favorable learning environment and students’ involvement to cross cultural borders between the two forms of knowledge has an important influence upon student attitudes toward biology. The first class belonged to the treatment group where TM contents are integrated through 5E’s learning cycle with the topic Microorganism and Disease and the second was assigned as comparison group learning the same biology unit on Microorganisms and Disease using the usual approach. keywords: attitude; biology; comparison; group; integration; learning; science; students; treatment cache: ajote-6809.pdf plain text: ajote-6809.txt item: #167 of 198 id: ajote-6880 author: Mudavanhu, Young; Mutseekwa, Christopher title: The Use of Peers in Assessment for Learning: A Case Study of Trainee Teachers at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE), Zimbabwe date: 2022-06-30 words: 8770 flesch: 58 summary: Benefits of peer assessment as perceived by trainee teachers Trainee teachers preferred peer to teacher assessment because they felt ownership and being in control of the process, they were motivated by active involvement and autonomy of peer assessment. Peer assessment is threatened by beliefs that peers are not able to assess fairly, accurately, and do not take peer assessment seriously. keywords: assessment; education; feedback; learning; peer; peer assessment; teachers; trainee; trainee teachers; use; work cache: ajote-6880.pdf plain text: ajote-6880.txt item: #168 of 198 id: ajote-6889 author: Ugwu, Eucharia Okwudilichukwu; Ezeokoli , Francis title: Assessment literacy and practices of Literature-in-English teachers in Nigeria date: 2022-12-26 words: 8630 flesch: 54 summary: Assessment methods and techniques include peer and self-assessment, teacher and peer conferences, observations, group work and presentation, debate, quiz, essay writing, oral questioning, journaling, rubrics, and focus group discussion (Šaldová, 2017; University of Sheffield, 2018; Layfield, 2021). Multiple choice 2 5 0.5% Hardly used Total 170 18% Lessons without assessment 770 82% Predominant Total Lessons Taught 940 100% Table 2 presents the distribution of assessment methods used by teachers in all the lessons taught in 10 weeks and the number of teachers that used each method. keywords: assessment; education; english; learning; literacy; literature; methods; nigeria; no.2; practice; students; teachers; teaching cache: ajote-6889.pdf plain text: ajote-6889.txt item: #169 of 198 id: ajote-6892 author: Wei, Liang; Gondwe, Foster; Sok, Saran title: Implementation of Teaching Practicum for Primary School Teachers: China, Cambodia and Malawi Case Studies date: 2022-07-19 words: 9858 flesch: 40 summary: Approaches to teaching practicum Mattsson, etal (2011) present nine models of teaching practicum: (1) The Master-Apprentice model, in which student teachers learn the profession from experienced teachers; (2) The Laboratory model, where a University Teacher Training School is established to accommodate students on teaching practicum; (3) The Partnership model, in which university and local schools build partnerships focusing on teaching practicum; (4)The Community development model, in which student teachers go to rural schools as full-time teachers while experienced school teachers go to universities for training；(5) We also looked for what the student teachers learn and how cooperating teachers support student teachers’ learning during practicum. keywords: cambodia; china; education; implementation; malawi; practice; practicum; primary; school; student; student teachers; teacher education; teachers; teaching; teaching practicum; university cache: ajote-6892.pdf plain text: ajote-6892.txt item: #170 of 198 id: ajote-6899 author: Tay, Emmanuel Mensah Kormla; Zamore, Stephen title: How the Learning Environment Influences Bullying: The Case of Two Universities in Ghana date: 2022-06-30 words: 8856 flesch: 51 summary: Bullying among university students: cross-national perspectives. The role of the therapist in helping university students who have been bullied: a case study of sexual bullying. keywords: behaviours; bullying; environment; et al; general; journal; learning; relationships; school; social; students; universities; university; victimisation cache: ajote-6899.pdf plain text: ajote-6899.txt item: #171 of 198 id: ajote-6995 author: Nnubia, Uju; Ibeanu, Vivienne; Okechukwu, Franca title: Socio-economic and Household Characteristics Associated with Work-Family Conflict among Female Primary School Teachers in Enugu State, Nigeria date: 2022-07-01 words: 8097 flesch: 56 summary: The impact of work family conflict on psychological well- being among school teachers in Malaysia. In a study of work-family conflict among female doctors in India, Sweety (2016) reported that urban doctors experienced less work family conflict than their rural counterparts and the finding was attributed to the difference in lifestyle and heavier work load of rural doctors compared to urban doctors. keywords: characteristics; conflict; family; family conflict; female; household; nigeria; respondents; socio; teachers; work cache: ajote-6995.pdf plain text: ajote-6995.txt item: #172 of 198 id: ajote-7011 author: Mkimbili, Selina; Kayima, Festo title: Preparing secondary school science teachers for learner-centered teaching in Tanzania’s Teacher Training Colleges: Educators’ perceived challenges and perspectives date: 2022-12-26 words: 8230 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: science teacher educator; teacher training; science teacher trainees; learner- centered teaching Introduction. For this paper therefore, focus is put on science teacher educators who are charged with preparing teachers of science for future generations. keywords: challenges; curriculum; education; educators; learner; learning; science; students; tanzania; teacher; teaching cache: ajote-7011.pdf plain text: ajote-7011.txt item: #173 of 198 id: ajote-7014 author: Owolade, Adeyinka Olayemi; Oladipupo, Popoola Oluwasegun; Kareem, Adeyinka Oluwaseun; Salami, Marie Onovroghene title: Effectiveness of Guided and Open Inquiry Instructional Strategies on Science Process Skills and Self-Efficacy of Biology Students in Osun State, Nigeria date: 2022-06-30 words: 6799 flesch: 52 summary: For instance, Franklin et al. (2015) discovered among students in the United States that open inquiry strategy promotes a deeper understanding of complex scientific issues, while Schmid and Bogner (2015) found that open inquiry strategy seems to offer enhanced opportunities for cognitive development and scientific reasoning of science students in Germany. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the science process skills of Biology students exposed to Open Inquiry and those exposed to guided inquiry strategy (F= 0.785, p>0.05). keywords: biology; efficacy; inquiry; process; process skills; science; self; skills; state; strategies; students; study cache: ajote-7014.pdf plain text: ajote-7014.txt item: #174 of 198 id: ajote-7043 author: Akumdaare Atiah, Paul title: Newly qualified teachers’ perceptions and experiences about portfolio assessment in Wa Municipality, Ghana date: 2023-01-11 words: 7294 flesch: 51 summary: Development of portfolio assessment In the 1990s, portfolio assessments rose in popularity in the United States as part of a broader interest in alternate assessment methods. The use of portfolio assessment is relatively new in teacher education and teacher assessment in Ghana. keywords: assessment; development; education; experiences; ghana; learning; nqts; portfolio; portfolio assessment; professional; service; teachers; teaching; writing cache: ajote-7043.pdf plain text: ajote-7043.txt item: #175 of 198 id: ajote-7050 author: Mort, Thelma title: Improving South African student teachers’ English language skills: an argument for the assessment strategies of the PrimTEd language teaching project date: 2023-06-01 words: 6936 flesch: 49 summary: These are standards which language teachers ought to meet, in order to teach effectively. While those ‘specialising’ in being primary school language teachers do receive more language education (but sometimes as little as 12 credits only out 480), those not specialising receive very little: “With respect to those Intermediate Phase teachers who have elected not to specialise in English, the question must again be asked whether their formal exposure to English Subject and Pedagogic Knowledge (between 5% and 7.5%) is adequate”(Taylor 2014:16). keywords: african; assessment; education; english; language; primted; project; reading; skills; south; standards; teacher; teaching cache: ajote-7050.pdf plain text: ajote-7050.txt item: #176 of 198 id: ajote-7052 author: Moindi, Rose; Nyatuka, Benard title: Competency-Based Assessment in Entrepreneurship Education in Kenya’s Tertiary Institutions date: 2022-06-30 words: 6789 flesch: 40 summary: Thus, while in KSU CATs and examination marks provided a final score in entrepreneurship education, sit-in examination, industrial attachment and project writing scores provided the final tally in entrepreneurship education assessment in both KTI and KNP. This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of assessment modes used in entrepreneurship education in imparting requisite competencies among students in tertiary institutions in the country. keywords: acquisition; assessment; competencies; competency; education; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship education; institutions; kenya; learning; modes; republic; students; study cache: ajote-7052.pdf plain text: ajote-7052.txt item: #177 of 198 id: ajote-7054 author: Choma, Isaack Augustine; Raymond , Boniface title: Perceptions of stakeholders on modalities for giving quality assurance feedback to tutors in teachers’ colleges in Tanzania date: 2022-12-26 words: 9148 flesch: 47 summary: The use of oral and written modalities to provide quality assurance feedback on learning environment in teachers’ colleges could make tutors more active in teaching. It is revealed that oral and written modalities were mainly used to give quality assurance feedback to tutors in teachers’ colleges. keywords: assurance feedback; assurance officers; colleges; education; feedback; giving; learners; learning; modalities; officers; quality assurance; school; school quality; study; teachers; tutors cache: ajote-7054.pdf plain text: ajote-7054.txt item: #178 of 198 id: ajote-7077 author: Venketsamy, Roy; Baxen, Elaine; Hu, Zijing title: Student-on-teacher violence in South Africa’s Tshwane South District of Gauteng Province: Voices of the victims date: 2023-06-01 words: 7442 flesch: 59 summary: Despite various educational policies and frameworks developed to prevent school violence in South Africa, the system continues to fail teachers. Keywords: School violence, teachers; learners, unsafe environment; trauma Introduction Violence in schools against teachers is a global phenomenon, with a 50% spike in the UK and the USA during the period 2016 to 2017 (Chelala, 2018; Milne, 2018; van Nieuwenhuizen, 2018). keywords: africa; education; experience; learners; participants; province; safety; school; south; south africa; study; teachers; violence cache: ajote-7077.pdf plain text: ajote-7077.txt item: #179 of 198 id: ajote-7129 author: Walubita, Gabriel title: A review of the literature on childhood executive functions in Zambia date: 2022-12-26 words: 7794 flesch: 43 summary: Previous studies support the observation of cultural influence on executive function development (Ng et al., 2015). Conclusion This literature review study was aimed at identifying methodology, environment and biological-based factors that affect executive functions development among Zambian children. keywords: childhood; childhood executive; children; development; education; executive; executive functions; functions; review; studies; study; zambia cache: ajote-7129.pdf plain text: ajote-7129.txt item: #180 of 198 id: ajote-7132 author: Yakpir, Gordon; Atuguba, Juliet title: Does the Window of Hope training module for Ghanaian teacher trainees meet the requirements of UNESCO’s Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education? date: 2022-12-26 words: 10097 flesch: 46 summary: The comparison will enable us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of WoH module as compared to the recommendations of technical guidance for sexuality education teacher training regarding knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours and teaching competencies they promote. Content The technical guidance for sexuality education teacher preparation has seven standards marked by a set of expected outcomes (shown in square parenthesis). keywords: behaviour; content; education; ghana; guidance; hiv; knowledge; module; sexuality; sexuality education; teacher; teaching; trainees; training; unesco; vol.11; woh cache: ajote-7132.pdf plain text: ajote-7132.txt item: #181 of 198 id: ajote-7164 author: le Roux, Sarlina Gertruida; Lemmer, Rina title: Practice schools as third spaces? Navigating the continuum between hierarchical models and collaborative partnerships in teaching practice in South Africa date: 2023-06-01 words: 6429 flesch: 46 summary: The paper concludes by reviewing practice schools as a type of school that allows lecturers, teachers, and students to cross institutional borders and collaborate in the third space. Keywords: border theory, cognitive apprenticeship, communities of practice, mentoring, partnerships, practice schools, supervision, teaching practice, third spaces, work-integrated learning. keywords: africa; education; partnerships; practice; research; schools; south; space; teacher; teaching; university cache: ajote-7164.pdf plain text: ajote-7164.txt item: #182 of 198 id: ajote-7165 author: Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle ; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse title: ‘Nothing for us without us’: Exclusion of students with disabilities in disability policy review at a South African institution of higher education date: 2023-06-09 words: 9433 flesch: 39 summary: Disability policies in South African higher education Among African countries, South Africa has the most comprehensive policies of inclusion (Chataika, 2007). Informed by critical disability theory, the finding was that there was limited participation by students with disabilities in the formulation of institutional disability policy meant for their welfare. keywords: disabilities; disability policy; education; individual; institution; participation; policy; policy review; review; south; students cache: ajote-7165.pdf plain text: ajote-7165.txt item: #183 of 198 id: ajote-7223 author: Arinaitwe, Gilbert; Michael , Corbett title: Moonlighting agricultural practices of Ugandan rural teachers and teacher retention date: 2023-06-01 words: 10735 flesch: 55 summary: Keywords: moonlighting, agricultural production, sidehustle, male teachers, rural teachers, Uganda Introduction Rural teachers perceive personal development in land investment more so than mutual funds, stocks and technology as was perceived to be the case in urban areas. keywords: ajote; community; education; et al; farming; income; job; journal; land; moonlighting; no.1; practices; research; retention; school; teachers; teaching; vol.12; work cache: ajote-7223.pdf plain text: ajote-7223.txt item: #184 of 198 id: ajote-7264 author: Mpate, Hawa; Campbell-Evans, Glenda; Gray, Jan title: Pre-service Teachers’ Preparedness to Teach during Teaching Practice in Tanzania date: 2023-06-01 words: 9887 flesch: 53 summary: It involved five pre-service teachers from one of the Diploma Teachers Colleges, five supervisors from the same Teachers’ College and mentor teachers from the three home schools where pre-service teachers were placed for teaching practice. Keywords: teaching practice, preparedness, pre-service teachers Introduction Research attention continues to be directed towards understanding the contribution of the teaching practice component of teacher education in preparing better teachers for tomorrow (Endedijk, Donche, & Oosterheert, 2013; White & Forgasz, 2016; Olmstead., 2020). keywords: classroom; content; education; knowledge; learning; lesson; management; practice; pre; service; students; tanzania; teachers; teaching; work cache: ajote-7264.pdf plain text: ajote-7264.txt item: #185 of 198 id: ajote-7266 author: Vågenes, Vibeke; Ludvigsen, Kari; Melting, Arne Jacob title: Implementing competence about vision disturbances in Tanzania’s teacher education: A contextual analysis date: 2023-06-01 words: 9343 flesch: 46 summary: Keywords: Tanzania, teacher education, special needs education, inclusive education, competence building, vision problems 1. We study how competence building regarding vision disturbances may support the ambitions embedded in Tanzanian education policies.1 More specifically, we ask how contextual factors provide possibilities and barriers for implementing new competence on vision disturbances in special needs teacher education, and for upscaling this capacity building into mainstream classrooms. keywords: building; capacity; college; competence; disturbances; education; inclusive; learning; national; needs; problems; project; schools; tanzania; teacher; teacher education; vision cache: ajote-7266.pdf plain text: ajote-7266.txt item: #186 of 198 id: ajote-7285 author: Akala, Benard title: Inclusivity and the remote doctorate supervision experience of a student with disability in a South African university date: 2023-06-01 words: 7560 flesch: 49 summary: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Bourdieu’s (1986) conceptual tools of habitus, social and cultural capital provide a way to conceptualise the social and academic life of disabled PhD students. In N. Watson, A. Foulstone, & C. Thomas (Eds.), Routledge handbook of disability studies (pp. 30-42). keywords: africa; ajote; disability; education; experience; learning; no.1; phd; south; students; studies; supervision; university; vol.12 cache: ajote-7285.pdf plain text: ajote-7285.txt item: #187 of 198 id: ajote-7323 author: Johnson, LeAnn; Kariuki-Githinji, Scolastica; Namai, Joab title: The imperative for real-world experiences in Kenyan teacher preparation for disability inclusive teaching date: 2023-06-01 words: 8418 flesch: 36 summary: The need for practical skills is particularly evident for teacher candidates who are expected to teach students with disabilities who attend class in regular education settings. Teacher candidates enrolled in the pilot class reported positive changes in attitude and understanding towards individuals with disabilities, increased learning, and had more confidence in their ability to work in inclusive classrooms. keywords: candidates; class; disabilities; education; experiences; experiential; kenya; learning; practice; preparation; students; teacher; teacher candidates; teaching; university cache: ajote-7323.pdf plain text: ajote-7323.txt item: #188 of 198 id: ajote-7511 author: Dzinoreva, Tendai; Mavunga, George; Govender, Logan title: Towards a context-relevant, institution-based ICT integration model of teacher education curriculum at diploma level in Zimbabwe date: 2023-07-19 words: 9422 flesch: 39 summary: Lecturer B pointed out that Tendai Dzinoreva, George Mavunga, Logan Govender AJOTE Vol.12 No.2 Special Issue (2023), 162-188 178 While it is the role of government, through the relevant Ministry, to assist institutions with funding for ICT infrastructure teacher training institutions can also design plans and measures to increase ICT resources for themselves. Knowledge deepening is a critical element in the development of ICT competent teachers, but it can only take off when buttressed by an environment in which the most fundamental elements of ICT knowledge acquisition are in place. keywords: curriculum; education; ict; ict integration; institutions; integration; learning; model; policy; skills; teacher; teacher education; technology; zimbabwe cache: ajote-7511.pdf plain text: ajote-7511.txt item: #189 of 198 id: ajote-7513 author: Agbaje, Olaide title: Intra-Africa student mobility: benefits for Africa and factors militating against it date: 2023-07-19 words: 7002 flesch: 40 summary: This paper argues that intra-Africa student mobility offers several benefits for both Africa and Africans and is a viable means for turning the tide of the brain drain in the continent. The large numbers of students from SADC countries who choose to study in South Africa show that intra-Africa student mobility is a very real phenomenon in Africa. keywords: africa; africa student; continent; countries; development; education; international; intra; mobility; south; student mobility; students; world cache: ajote-7513.pdf plain text: ajote-7513.txt item: #190 of 198 id: ajote-7515 author: Mashilo, Phafane Peter; Govender, Logan title: African identity and curriculum transformation at universities in South Africa date: 2023-07-19 words: 9733 flesch: 39 summary: Drawing on developments at selected historically black and historically white universities, the authors suggest that much needs to be done to deepen understanding of the epistemological importance of African identity and the decolonising of the curriculum at African universities. As will be discussed, the question of language is central to curriculum transformation at African universities. keywords: african; black; curriculum; curriculum transformation; decolonisation; education; identity; issue; knowledge; no.2; south; south africa; student; transformation; universities; university cache: ajote-7515.pdf plain text: ajote-7515.txt item: #191 of 198 id: ajote-7516 author: Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse; Monari, Kennedy title: Access and politics of higher education for refugees: Comparative contexts from Uganda and Ethiopia date: 2023-07-19 words: 7371 flesch: 47 summary: The paper provides a comparative overview of difficulties regarding access to HE for refugee students in Uganda and Ethiopia, highlighting policy and settlement issues in their legislative and political contexts. Even though progress has been made in terms of access to primary and secondary education, access to and retention of refugee students at the HE level remains a barrier. keywords: access; africa; countries; education; ethiopia; host; issue; nations; no.2; refugees; students; uganda; unhcr; university cache: ajote-7516.pdf plain text: ajote-7516.txt item: #192 of 198 id: ajote-7517 author: Balogun, Babalola Joseph; Woldegiorgis, Emnet Tadesse title: Combating colonial mentality within higher learning spaces: The case of sub-Saharan African universities date: 2023-07-19 words: 10364 flesch: 48 summary: The fourth and last colonial element in which postcolonial African universities are deeply entrenched is foreign funding for African research. Using philosophical methods of argumentation and critical engagements, this paper contends that a connection exists between colonial mentality and the observed failure of African universities to efficiently effectuate their relevance as Africa’s development partners. keywords: african; ajote; balogun; education; essence; idea; issue; knowledge; learning; mentality; no.2; paper; philosophy; research; teaching; universities; university; vol.12 cache: ajote-7517.pdf plain text: ajote-7517.txt item: #193 of 198 id: ajote-7518 author: Motala, Shireen; Sayed, Yusuf YM; Maggott , Terri title: The SDG agenda and university transformation in Africa: The decolonial turn deferred? date: 2023-07-19 words: 7815 flesch: 46 summary: However, the extent to which they engage with higher education in the context of calls for responsive, decolonised higher education remains underexplored. We use Boaventura de Sousa Santos’ (2014) notion of difficult questions in higher education with weak answers to address what a decolonised and deracialised higher education system might look like. keywords: africa; agenda; development; education; global; goals; knowledge; motala; nhamo; sdgs; south; transformation; universities; university cache: ajote-7518.pdf plain text: ajote-7518.txt item: #194 of 198 id: ajote-7519 author: Masutha, Mukovhe title: Against the pedagogy of debt in South African higher education date: 2023-07-19 words: 8647 flesch: 25 summary: He pointed at the lengthy terms of the personal contracts students were made to sign with limited recourse, the role of brokers and the targeting of the youth as illustrative of how student loan debt would revive the spirit of indenture. For example, a report by Scott-Clayton & Li (2016) found that in the United States, the black-[LB16] white disparity in student loan debt more than tripled after graduation, with black graduates bearing the worst brunt, despite also being consistently underserved by HE institutions. keywords: africa; ajote; colonial; commission; debt; education; fees; government; loans; pedagogy; public; settler; south; south africa; state; student; student debt; university; vol.12 cache: ajote-7519.pdf plain text: ajote-7519.txt item: #195 of 198 id: ajote-7520 author: Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle title: Academics with disabilities during transformation to a New African University in South Africa date: 2023-07-19 words: 10330 flesch: 38 summary: These legislations forbid discrimination on grounds of disability and maintain that all citizens, including those with disabilities, have the right to employment. Unfortunately, the 1994 dawn of democracy in South Africa did not see policy on disability put in place to inform the inclusion of persons with disabilities in higher education (Mutanga, 2017). keywords: academics; african; challenges; disabilities; disability; education; knowledge; new; research; south; students; transformation; university cache: ajote-7520.pdf plain text: ajote-7520.txt item: #196 of 198 id: ajote-7521 author: Tshuma, Lindiwe; Theledi, Kgomotso title: Plurilingual practices in Higher Education: An analysis of student perceptions from a South African University date: 2023-07-19 words: 9234 flesch: 45 summary: It is a cause of concern that the majority of participants in this study felt they did not have important learning tools for facilitating student learning. Defining student learning experience through blended learning. keywords: african; assessment; course; education; issue; language; learning; lecturers; perceptions; resources; sesotho; south; special; students; study; teaching; university cache: ajote-7521.pdf plain text: ajote-7521.txt item: #197 of 198 id: ajote-7522 author: Dhurumraj, Thasmai; Ramaila, Sam title: Alleviation of social injustices in STEM education: Harnessing pedagogical affordances of virtual and augmented reality applications through open learning date: 2023-07-19 words: 6752 flesch: 38 summary: Key findings emanating from the study demonstrated that sustainable integration of VAR applications in STEM education can essentially be harnessed as a catalytic tool to address the articulation gap between school and higher education through parity of participation within the broader South African context. Alleviation of social injustices in STEM education: keywords: access; applications; education; injustices; learning; reality; social; south; stem; stem education; use; var; var applications cache: ajote-7522.pdf plain text: ajote-7522.txt item: #198 of 198 id: ajote-7582 author: Kolapo, Femi; Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle; Nyoni, Phefumula title: Editorial Comment date: 2023-07-19 words: 855 flesch: 23 summary: Within this framework the following three papers also reflect on the notion of ICT integration, STEM education and SDGs agenda in African higher education transformation: • The papers featured in this special issue offer thought-provoking perspectives and inspire critical debate on the issue of the future of African higher education. keywords: education; university cache: ajote-7582.pdf plain text: ajote-7582.txt