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Community relation between the north Imenti and Tigania of Meru and the Masai
No full textIn this Dissertation I intend to show
the relations between the Imenti and Tigania of Meru
and the maasai from the Seventeenth Century to the
close of the Nineteenth Century.
To do this I begin by introducing a Chronology,
which I have worked out for the Meru based on the
age-set system, for placing data in historical
sequence. Then I proceed to trace the origins of
the Meru from Mbwaa, giving reasons for their
migration from this place, and subsequent settlement
in their present area. In this I shall try to
argue why the Meru include the Plains Nilotes,
specifically the Maasai and Turkana in their stories
of migration from Mbwaa. This is followed by a
whole chapter on cultural exchanges between the
Maasai and the Imenti/Tigania groups comprising briefly
of such aspects as marriages, circumcision, age-set
systems, the institution of the Mugwe and finally
the effect on language. This, although not historical
as such, is intended to guide the reader in
understanding the effects of contacts between these
two groups with different ethnologies.
From here I concentrate on the various wars
between these communities in the Nineteenth Century
and why they were fought. I also examine the contribution
of the first white hunters in the deterioration of
the mutual relations which had taken more than
two centuries to create. Their impact on the Meru
society is discussed in some detail.
Lastly I re-examine and evaluate the whole
set up including the early colonial era. This is
important in that, in Meru, the colonial government
was not actually responsible for the breakdown of
the Maasai/Meru relations or the emergence of Inter
Clan wars and rivalry in Meru. On the contrary,
the first administrator, E.B. Horne did much to
establish mutual cohesion between the Meru.
The responsibility for the collapse of the
relations is attributed to the .r.1aasai imigrants of
the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, the white
hunters and traders of the same period and lastly
the Imenti and Tigania themselves
UNIVERSITY MANAGERS PARTICIPATION IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION SUPPORT FACILITIES
Get PDFUniversities continue to develop new methods of teaching in order to reach many people who cannot access education through the conventional methods; and to attain equity and increase access in higher education for development. Education is a key pillar in development. As Kenya works towards the attainment of Vision 2030 a lot has to be done in education to increase equity and access to allow many people to participate in the development. A lot of resources have been committed to development and implementation of DE materials and facilities but adoption of DE continues to be minimal at the Kenyan Public universities. This paper explores the role DE support facilities plays in the participation of university managers in DE activities in Kenya’s Public Universities. To study this role, the following indicators were analysed: computer availability to the managers and staff; access to personal computer; internet availability; number of internet connection points; and availability of ICT help desk. The study sort to establish the extent to which availability of personal computers availability of internet, number of internet connection points, availability of computers for teaching influence managers’ participation in DE; and to assess the availability of ICT help desks. The research employed cross-sectional descriptive survey design; and multi-stage stratified sampling design. The findings indicated that availing necessary support facilities is crucial if adoption of DE is to be increased in the public universities in Kenya. This study recommends that the university management avails the necessary support facilities to ensure participation in distance education activities. The management should work towards identifying strategies that can improve managers’ participation at different levels. The study also recommends training to enhance attitude transformation
Manpower Development In The 21st Century: The Role Of Distance Education
No full textGenerally, education is considered one of the biggest instruments for development; a means for realizing social, cultural, economic and political needs and aspirations. However, in many African educational institutions there is an enormous challenge in training a cadre of highly qualified professionals to fuel such development. There are inadequate educational resources, due to loss of the best talented faculty to the developed world. In addition, contemporary educational thought holds that one of thepivotal causes of inadequate school performance is the inability of schools to adequately staff classrooms with qualified teachers, especially in fields such as mathematics and science (Gordon and Thomas, 2007, p.43). To address the issue of teacher shortages in Kenya, some single mode universities converted themselves into dual-mode. Among them is the University of Nairobi. Apparently, the belief among academics is thatconventional education is real education. This makes distance education to act as complementary and worse of all supplementary. This paper sets out to compare whether there is a significant difference in TP performance between B.Ed (Science) Distance and on-campus students. A sample of 181 students: face-to-face n=131 vs. distance learning n= 50 students was used. The instrument of data collection was an observation guide. Though students taking courses by on-campus mode outperformedtheir counterparts in the distance mode of learning, this paper will conclude that distance learning should be treated as the emerging standard of quality in higher education and can effectively perform a complementary function, which should alleviate teacher shortage in Kenya. This study has demonstrated that science can be successfully taught by distance mode even given the current technological investment levels. This is important for policy because it leverages on what is available and the change that can bring especially in the area of manpower development, access and equity. The researchers argue that raising the technological level is not difficult since this can be done through collaboration with specialized bodies such as the African Virtual University (AVU) that is spearheading the infusion of ICTs and e-learning into the educational arenaKey words: Distance education, face-to-face learning, teaching practic
The social life of miraa : farming, trade, and consumption of a plant stimulant in Kenya
No full textThis thesis traces the paths and trajectories that one substance - the plant stimulant Catha
edulis (Forssk.), known in Kenya as 'miraa' - takes in the course of its 'social life' from
production, through exchange, to its points of consumption. The thesis attempts to draw out
the richness in this social life through an in-depth ethnographic examination of these
trajectories, emphasising in particular their socially-embedded nature. By following an
approach influenced by the volume The social life of things (Appadurai [ed.] 1986) the thesis
is able to tease out much of the significance the substance has for those people who animate
its social life. The trajectories covered vary greatly in range, from those involving local
consumption in the area in which it is grown - the Nyambene Hills district of Kenya - to
those that take it thousands of miles away to Europe and North America. The vast range of
the substance allows for the generation of many different meanings and associations, and
many of these are brought out over the course of the thesis. The trade of the substance (trade
that relies much on trust) and its consumption are seen as in many ways socially cohesive,
while in other respects socially divisive: while substances like miraa can build bridges, they
can also build fences. Of especial importance to the thesis is the character of Nicholas,
whose relationship with miraa demonstrates how individuals can take on board shared
meanings concerning a substance, whilst creating many new meanings of their own through
processes of convergence and divergence. The study addresses both the significance of miraa
and its social life for wider debates in anthropology and its significance within the lives of
farmers, traders, and consumers, and anyone engaged in debating its merits
Integrative Investigation in Taiwan Billiard and Champion Pool Club Operations
No full text[[abstract]]本研究的主旨，在整合性的敘說台灣撞球運動，及探討台灣撞球館的經營管理，其中必須要觀察很多項目，會包含政府的態度，和這項運動的一些觀感、政策，台灣撞球組織的一些成立、經營，還有台灣撞球運動和媒體，及各公司企業的互動關係，我會就此觀察撞球運動，和社會新聞報導的角度後，再口述一些歷史，加上一些訪談和調查，及參考撞球歷史的閱讀文獻、分析和各類的方法來研究台灣撞球運動的發展和轉變。
本研究以台中龍井區冠臺撞球會館為例，本論文採用技術報告的形式，除了提供企劃案內容，了解學員的問卷和訪談的資料收集之外，主要尚包括擔任教練教學上的活動內容資料收集，及社交媒體上面經營行銷的資料收集，做為本研究技術報告的內容和分析。
本論文作者於2020年2月1號，正式接手台中市龍井區冠臺撞球教室運動會館的經營，一直很努力維持各項撞球項目的運作與經營，除了校外場館經營模式之外，也於各校擔任撞球指導老師、教練的工作，然而在經營一年四個月之後，在2021年的五月中旬，台灣正式爆發了大規模的新冠肺炎群聚感染，所以行政院也在2021年5月15日，正式勒令全國進入三級警戒狀態，因此本場館於2021年5月15日正式停業，歷經兩個半月，7月26日正式營業，在這段長達兩個半月至三個月之間，場館整個停止營業。本論文筆者在各校的撞球教學工作也全部停止，球館都無法正常的運作，這個對於場館是一個很重要的經營挑戰，所以筆者很努力的去克服，在這近三個月完全沒有任何的營收狀況之下，很試著要把情況整個扭轉回來，也很希望疫情慢慢減緩之後，能對全台灣撞球場館業者帶來更多人的消費契機。
The main objective of this study is to provide an integrated account of the sport of pool in Taiwan and to explore the management of pool halls in Taiwan, which will require a number of observations, including the attitude of the government, the perceptions and policies of the sport, the establishment and operation of pool organizations in Taiwan, and the interaction between the sport of pool and the media and various companies in Taiwan. After that, I will give some oral history, plus some interviews and surveys, and study the development and changes of the sport in Taiwan with reference to the reading literature, analysis and various methods of billiards history.
This study takes Guantai billiards club in Longjing District of Taichung as an example. In addition to providing the content of the project, collecting data from the questionnaires and interviews of the students, and collecting data from the activities of the coaches' teaching, and collecting data from the social media marketing, this paper is used as the content and analysis of the technical report of this study.
The author of this paper officially took over the operation of the Kuan Tai Billiards Classroom Gymnasium in Longjing District, Taichung City on February 1, 2020, and has been working very hard to maintain the operation and operation of the various billiards programs, in addition to the off-campus gymnasium operation model, and has also worked as a billiards instructor and coach at various schools. However, after one year and four months of operation, in the middle of May 2021, there was a massive outbreak of New Coronary Pneumonia in Taiwan, so the Executive Yuan officially ordered the whole country to be on Level 3 alert on May 15, 2021. This is a very important challenge for the pool halls, so the author is trying very hard to overcome it, and is trying to turn the situation around after the epidemic has slowly subsided
