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Book Review of Zafar, Samra (with Meg Masters). (2019). A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose- A Memoir. Toronto: Harper Collins.
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Causes and Consequences of Examination Malpractice among Senior Secondary School Students in Eti-Osa L.G.A. of Lagos State, Nigeria
No full textThis study investigated the causes and consequences of examination malpractice among senior secondary school students in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research method was used for the study as was a simple random sampling technique to select 540 students from twenty selected secondary schools that supplied information to the questionnaire tagged Causes and Consequences of Examination Malpractice Questionnaire (CCEMQ). The instrument was validated by experts in the Department of Social Sciences Education of University of Ilorin. The reliability of the instrument was determined using test re-test method. A reliability coefficient of 0.74 was obtained. The instrument was analysed using percentages and t-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the major cause of examination malpractice was sexual harassment by teachers and the main consequence of examination malpractice was that it deprived innocent students’ the opportunity for admission. Findings also revealed that there was no significant difference in the causes of examination malpractice based on gender and age. Based on the results, the researcher recommended that sound educational policy should be put in place with the de-emphasis on the supremacy of certificates over skills and professional competence. There should be improvement in the delivery of instruction especially from the foundational level to the secondary level. Also, stakeholders should stop leap services to examination malpractice
Book Review of Thistle, Jesse. (2019). From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding my Way. Toronto: Simon & Schuster Canada.
No full textBook Review of Wong, Lindsey. (2018). The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and my Crazy Chinese Family. Arsenal Pulp Press.
No full textBook Review of Zafar, Samra (with Meg Masters). (2019). A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose- A Memoir. Toronto: Harper Collins.
No full textBook Review of Zafar, Samra (with Meg Masters). (2019). A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose- A Memoir. Toronto: Harper Collins.
No full textBook Review of Wong, Lindsey. (2018). The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and my Crazy Chinese Family. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
No full text"Adults Control It Better." Health-related Practices, Responsibilities and Bonding in the Narratives of Polish Children
No full textThis paper shows how everyday health-related practices are played out in respect to performing parent–children relationships. Based on research with children aged 8–11 years old, conducted in Poland in 2015–18 with the aim of studying their opinions about health, this paper shows that children frame health-related practices in a broader set of social networks. This paper suggests that negotiations concerning healthy lifestyle, common among modern families in Poland, represent rituals through which parent–child relationships are practiced. What is more, children play an active role in this process. Children feel responsible for their own and their family’s health and consider health-related practices as a way of “doing family”