Journal of Humanities and Education Development (JHED)
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Management Challenges Facing School Administrators and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Sengerema District Mwanza, Tanzania
Get PDFThe study sought to establish the management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools. The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools, to find out how management challenges affect pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools, to determine the possible measures to curb management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools. A sample of ten public primary schools from a population of ninety-eight schools was selected for the study. The participants were teachers, school committee chairpersons, ward educational officers, district educational officer, and district school quality assurance. The data gathering was done through the use of questionnaires and interview guide. The findings revealed that there were management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary school which included insufficient budget, poor cooperation with education stakeholders, over[1]enrollments of pupils, shortage of infrastructure, lack of teaching/learning resources and shortage of teachers. The identified challenges had negatively affected the schools\u27 and pupils\u27 academic performances because it has lead to pupils’ absenteeism in schools. To curb these challenges educational stakeholders had to invest more in education by establishing different income-generating activities in school. The researcher concludes that educational stakeholders could help in building school infrastructures and finally recommended that, the government should allocate more funds to schools, employ more teachers and school administrators should cooperate with all educational stakeholders in curbing management challenges
Divine, Philosophical, and Existential dimension of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetry
Get PDFThe research paper aims to exhibit and explore pious, philosophical, and existential aspects of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ selected poems which remain an invaluable contribution to the shape and development of the Christian thought both for theologians and academic critics. The author of the article emphasizes that Hopkins’s challenging, highly ambitious and complex works, filled with spiritual anxiety, dualism and struggle between reason and sensuality, harmony and violence, happiness, and suffering, were mostly reject able by the Victorian audience and critics. Hopkins’s “model of the world” (Barańczak 1981), his depiction of tragic human existence and the presentation of two contradictory facets of God meet more the expectations of contemporary readers and are more appreciable by today’s thinkers, philosophers, and critics
Extent and barriers of Collaboration among Administrators in Teachers’ Professional Development Program
Get PDFThe study aims to determine the extent of collaboration among school administrators in the Teachers’ Professional Development Program in terms of sense of belonging; networks, feelings of trust and safety; reciprocity; participation; citizen power/proactivity; values;, norms, outlook in life; and diversity. It also aims to determine any significant difference between the extent of collaboration of the school administrators when grouped according to their profile and to determine the barriers to collaboration in the Teachers’ Professional Development Program. The study utilized descriptive qualitative design and quota sampling wherein 60 administrators from 3 schools of district 5 of Quezon City participated. For public secondary schools In-Service Training got the highest percentage (100%) in terms of Teachers’ Professional Development Program. For the factors on the extent of collaboration among school administrators, only citizen power/proactivity got a weighted mean of 2.96 which is below 3.50 and interpreted as “High Extent” while all other factors got a weighted mean higher than 3.50 and interpreted as “Very High Extent”. There was also no significant difference between the extent of collaboration of school administrators when they are grouped according to their length of service (p-value=0.248); educational attainment (p-value=0.088); and position/rank (p-value=0.265). Meanwhile, the first three in rank in barriers to collaboration in the Teachers’ Professional Development Program are dissemination of information and proper coordination, resources/finances and time management, and lastly, commitment and decision making
National Security in Kautilya’s Arthashastra: A Content Analysis
Get PDFTo understand the Indian strategic culture, one must understand Kautilya’s Arthashastra. Contemporary Indian national security preferences show a parallel resonance to the teachings of Kautilya’s Arthashastra. However, the existence of national security variable in Arthashastra has been undermined by most of the researches. This research attempts to explore the national security variable in Kautilya’s Arthashastra using summative content analysis. Results show that 69.88% of the text of Arthashastra is purely dedicated to national security issues. The interpretation proves that national security is the prime theme of Kautilya’s Arthashastra that has been systematically classified as Saptanga Theory and Mandala Theory. Its sole aim is real power politics and the securing of a state’s national security interests
Exploring effective strategy to improve grade VI-VIII science
Get PDFThe study explored the most effective strategy to improve science in Classes VI-VIII. The researcher selected relevant topics from the science textbooks of classes VI to VIII and taught them using three strategies: demonstration, experimentation and ICT/Video lesson. Paper pencil tests were conducted after completion of each strategy and the mean test scores were compared with the pre-test score. The study employed a mixed mode approach. The data were collected from Classes VI-VIII students (N= 15 from each class) using survey questionnaire and structured interview. The post intervention test score, survey and interview reports revealed that students’ interest in learning science is spurred through hands[1]on experiments
The Review and Prospect of the Acquisition and Teaching Methods of Phrasal Verbs
Get PDFThe phrasal verb (PV) plays an important role in the English output, but the English learners’ acquisition and usage situation of PVs is not so optimistic. Thus, phrasal verb has always been the hot research topic for the recent years. The previous researches mainly include the current English learners’ usage situation or the avoidance of the phrasal verbs, the factors affecting the acquisition of the phrasal verbs like the social and subjective factors and the linguistic rules, and the different teaching methods of phrasal verbs like the different input and output ways and the combination of input and output ways. All of these aspects are deserved to be studied and concluded to find out more effective methods for phrasal verbs acquisition and teaching. And the combination of cognitive linguistic method and the task-based output method maybe deserved to be tested for the potential advantages of both ways and the research gap
Leading Learning and Teaching in Higher Education -Enhancing Academic Practice and Innovations
Get PDFTeaching –Learning is coming out as an important area on this planet pertaining to higher education on account of changing nature of students, improvement of modern information communications tools and certain demands from higher education inclined to placement and other job opportunities or entrepreneurship so the teaching –learning process can be categorized in different ways, some are more peculiar to general way while other wanted to analyze the intricacies and complexities in higher education . The paper goes through some prominent theories pertaining to teaching –learning in higher education. This paper will let you know about the various levels of teaching, efficiency, capabilities, presence of mind, concentration and certain outcomes and possibilities on learning. It has also been observed that there are certain factors which create a kind of impact in higher education throughout the world. For this we have to include external factors excluding teachers, students and pedagogy. This paper emphasizes that there is an urgent need to search or develop tool with introspection to meet this challenge of teaching –learning process in higher education beyond theoretical model but with an aim to facilitate, analyzing and deciphering teaching –learning from different perspective and dimensions
Analysis of Shibboleths in Two Major Dialects of Telugu: A Phonetic Analysis
Get PDFSpeech not just gives the linguistic information but is often remarkable source of indexical information as well. There are several cues in speech which give away the cultural, religious, socio, economic and geographical information of the speaker. This identification is robustly facilitated through a speech feature often referred to as ‘shibboleth’: a sound, word or phrase that is typical of a speech community. This paper tries to identify the shibboleths, at the level of sounds, of two dialects of Telugu language (Telangana and Andhra). This has relevance to forensic speaker identification (identifying the criminals based on their phonetic features of speech) and LADO (linguistic analysis for the determination of origin) in the case of asylum seekers. Results indicate that there are several shibboleths at the phonetic level that can be used reliably to distinguish the speakers of one dialect from the othe
Evaluation of Computerized information systems of small business Organizations
Get PDFComputer is an important tool in which business organizations use in financial reporting and operational methods to obtain data recording systems as well as computer literacy is treated as an important asset in the modern business world. The study described the computer literacy of Small business staff and owners, the level of usefulness and seriousness of problems encountered in using computers. Further, the study determined the significant difference among the level of literacy, usefulness and seriousness of problems encountered by small business staff and owners in using computers. Rejecting the hypothesis, there is significant difference on the responses of Small business staff and Small business owners as to literacy, usefulness, and seriousness of problems being encountered by respondents in performing their work with the use of computer. Based on the findings, the extent of literacy on computer especially on the context of information systems that are present in the computer is very much literate. The level of usefulness of computer especially on the information systems in making financial reports according to the response of Small business staff is moderately useful. While for Small business owners, it is very much useful. The respondents commonly experience problems with their advancement using computerized information system. It implies that there are no serious problems being encountered by respondents in dealing with the aid of computer. The researcher recommends that Small business organizations (SBOs) should develop a different approach especially designed for the respondents. This could be done in coordination to multi-agency to provide adequate knowledge in utilizing the information systems that are being installed in the compute
Political and Economic Relations between United States of America and Jordan (1990-2019)
Get PDFThe Kingdom of Jordan is a key U.S. partner in the Middle East. Although the United States and Jordan have never been linked by a formal treaty, the two countries have cooperated on a number of regional and international issues over the years. The research is based on a major hypothesis that, the presence of local, regional and international factors have affected the Jordanian-American relations and made them take the nature of mutual cooperation between the two countries. This research essentially contributes to deepen the understanding among those interested in politics of Jordan, in identifying the factors affecting Jordanian-American relations, and on the dimensions of the American position on all Arab issues in order to overcome negative impacts and give a strong impetus to the relations between the two parties. This research also provides an opportunity for the interested researchers and scholars of the local, regional and international affairs to familiarize themselves with the nature of Jordanian-American relations at this very important stage. The main goal is to reveal the main aspects that underpin Jordanian-American relations. The research problem revolves around a central question and which elucidates the nature of Jordanian-American relation