bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Students' Perception of Quality of Lecture Hall Resources Used in Teacher Education Programmes in the Universities in Nakuru County, KENYA.
Authors: Frederick B. J. A. Ngala  
Published: April 2024

Quality of Lecture Hall Resources usedin teacher education programs isÂ central to provision of quality education in the universities in Kenya and other world nations.Â This research study is informed by the claim that quality of lecture hall resources used in teacher education programmes is low in the universities in Nakuru County, Kenya. The objective of this research study was therefore to determine how students enrolled in teacher education programmes actually perceiveÂ Â quality of lecture hall resources in the universities in Nakuru County, Kenya. This study was premised on the Theory of Total Quality Management by Deming and Attributive Theory of Quality of Higher Education. The researcher adopted the cross-sectional survey research design. Data was collected from a study populationof 310 obtained from a total of 6 universities (Private and Public Chartered Universities) offering teacher education programmes. Stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used. Sample size was 257 respondents. Using Test Retest method, the questionnaire scored 0 .8 reliability coefficient. Instrument was validated and piloted. Data from studentsâ€™ questionnaires were analyzed using statistical tools in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).Â Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were calculated. One- way Analysis of Variance, Post Hoc Test, T-tests were carried out to measure significant differences between means of samples.Â The study found out thatPrivate Y students (mean=3.26) perceived that quality attributes of Lecture Hall resources areÂ Â frequently available. Public Q (mean=3.12), Private X (mean=3.09) and Public P (mean=2.58) also reports that quality attributes of Lecture Hall resources are frequently available. This means that Private Y and Public Q leads in the prevalence of quality attributes of Lecture Hall resources. Studentsâ€™ Perceived that Quality of Lecture Halls Resource was better in private universities (M = 3.17, SD = 0.60) than in public universities (M = 2.79, SD = 0.73). The results further indicate that the difference between the two means was statistically significant, t (225) = 4.263, p<.05). This is an indication that quality of lecture hall resources in private universities was higher than those of public universities. These findings could inform policy formulation on provision of quality Lecture Halls Resource in the universities offering teacher education programmes.The study recommends that universities should prioritize provision of quality lecture hall resources with a view to improving quality of teacher education programmes. All ethical concerns and procedures were observed.
Students' Attitudes towards Active Participation in Lectures as Influenced by Instructional Factors in Teacher Education Programmes
Authors: Frederick B. J. A. Ngala  
Published: April 2024

Studentsâ€™ attitude towards active participation in lectures in teacher education programmes has become a major concern to education managers in higher education circles as well as parents and quality agents. This research study seeks to address the emotive twin problem of non-attendance of lectures and dormancy during lectures on the part of student teachers. In this study, the two problems are referred to as lack of active participation in lectures in teacher education programmes. The objective of this study was to determine studentsâ€™ attitude towards active participating in lectures in teacher education programmes in selected universities in Nakuru County, Kenya.This study was based on the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance for attitude change propounded by Festinger Leon (1957). The researcher conducted a critical review of literature related to studentsâ€™ attitude towards participating in lectures. This research study adopted the descriptive survey research design. After piloting, the instrument was validated.Using the split half method and Spearman- Brown Correction formulae, the questionnaire scored a reliability coefficient of 0.7 and was accepted as reliable in line with the threshold recommended by Fraenkel and Wallen (2000).Data was collected from a study population of 310 fourth year bachelor of education students in6 Private and Public CharteredÂ universities offering teacher education programs in Nakuru County, Kenya. The sample size was 257. The researcher employed stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data from studentsâ€™ questionnaires were coded and analyzed using tools in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0.Â Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were computed. One- way Analysis of Variance, Post Hoc Test and T-tests were carried out to measure significant differences between means of samples.The study found out that studentsâ€™ attitude towards active participation in lectures was more positive Â Â in private universities (M = 2.60, SD = 0.41) than (M = 2.46, SD = 0.45) of public universities. The results further indicate that the difference between the two means was statistically significant, t (225) = 2.413, p=.017) at 0.05 alpha. This study therefore established that students enrolled in teacher education programmes in private universities have more positive attitudes towards active participation in lectures compared to their counterparts in public universities.The results of this study could be used by Commission for UniversityEducation and universities in Kenya to shape studentsâ€™ attitude towards active participation in lecturesin teacher education programmes. The study recommends the need for further research on how quality of instructional activitiesÂ Â can be improved with a view to inculcating in students a positive attitude towards active participation in lectures in these universities.
The socio-economic Impacts of Irrigated Smallholder Agriculture on Sustainable Household Food Security in Kenya.
Authors: Danice Otieno Awinda  
Published: April 2024

Kenya has a total land area of 582,646 square kilometres of which, about 99,050 square kilometres (17%) is classified as medium to high agricultural potential experiencing at least 700mm of rainfall per annum.Â The remaining 83% is classified as ASAL and needs some irrigation for meaningful farming to take place.Â Irrigation is necessary in order to increase food production to provide food security to support the rapidly growing population, and ensure economic growth in the dwindling land holdings of high to medium potential areas (IDB, 1998). The Kenya Vision 2030 (2008-2030), targets the development and rehabilitation of irrigation schemes in the country to increase agricultural production and generate an additional Kshs. 80 â€“ 90 billion increase in GDP. It also prescribes introduction of new land use policy through better utilisation of high and medium potential lands, prepare new lands for cultivation by strategically developing more irrigable areas in arid and semi-arid lands for both crops and livestock and by improving market access to smallholders through better marketing. However, participation of smallholder farmers in irrigation activities can be affected by socio-economic factors such as access to credit facilities, access to extension services and marketing of produce among others. The study investigated the socioeconomic factors of smallholder irrigation on household food security in Gem Rae irrigation scheme. The study used cross-sectional survey design in which a sample of 120 farmers was interviewed using structured questionnaire. The data was analysed descriptively using percentages and frequencies. The study revealed that factors such as access to credit, size and land ownership, level of education of the household head and access to extension services had impacted negatively on farmersâ€™ participation in irrigation activities, thereby impacting on household food security and household incomes. The study concluded that future development of smallholder irrigation needs to factor in the socio-economic trade-offs of irrigation in its suitability criteria for its development.
Can Church Conflict Inhibit Moral Development and Christian Formation? A Study of Emmanuel Church Kengeleni, Diocese of Mombasa in the Anglican Church of Kenya
Authors: JUDAH KAPANGA MWABONJE  
Published: April 2024

The study set out to examine the impact of church conflict on moral development and Christian formation with a special reference to Emmanuel Church Kengeleni (ECK), Diocese of Mombasa in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) between 2000 -2010.Â The relationship between the leadership of Emmanuel church and the Freretown Community has changed a lot over the years.Â There has been conflict in the church between the Freretown community (whose majority are Christians and members of the Anglican Church) and the leadership of the church. This contestation has manifested in both internal leadership wrangles as well as in public media. From 2000 to 2010, the leadership of Emmanuel church experienced a very hostile relationship with the Freretown community. What was the impact of the church conflict on the moral development and Christian formation? The study intends to analyse the impact of the conflict on the moral development and Christian formation between the years 2000 to 2010. For acquisition of data, the study used qualitative methodology. The study found that the conflict had enormous effects on the church and society both spiritually and socio-economically. As an opportunity, the conflict became a source of church growth, expansion and Christian maturity whereas on the other hand it became associated with retarded development, rivalry, strained relations and negative publicity. The study recommends that church leaders should be trained on conflict resolution and that church provide avenues and structures of proactive conflict resolution mechanism in order to remain the beckon of moral development and Christian formation in the society.
Effects of solvent polarity on the absorption and fluorescence spectra of 3-cyano-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin
Authors: Edwin Otieno Akumu  
Published: April 2024

The Absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of 3-cyano-7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (3C7H4M) were studied in solvents of different dielectric constant Îµ and refractive index n. Experimental ground and excited state dipole moments were established by means of solvatochromic shift method. Both the ground state and excited state dipole moments were established. Results revealed that the excited state dipole moments of 3C7H4M were higher than those of the ground state. Further it is evident from these results that, the changes in the dipole moments on electronic excitation are small.
An Analysis of Optimal Government Size for Growth
Authors: Naftlay Mose  , Lawrence KIBET  , Symon KIPROP  
Published: April 2024

This study, assuming a balanced budget, attempts to estimate the optimal devolved government size in Kenya using the panel ARDL regression and Scully (2008) model for the period 2013-2017. The optimal devolved government size is determined to be around 9.7 percent of the GCP (Gross County Product). The estimated threshold size is higher than the current size of county government which stands at 5.4% of GCP. The panel analysis suggests that the optimal size of government is higher than the current size of government (9.7 > 5.4) and there is a scope of 4.3% increase in county public expenditures. Therefore, the study recommends increase of devolved government spending to arrive at the growth, maximizing level of the government size. This can be possible via increased national government budget allocation to the 47 county government and improved county revenue collection.
Epithets in the Iliad: A Psychoanalytical Approach
Authors: Akondo Md Istiak , Shifullah Md Khaled 
Published: April 2024

Homer used epithets in order to demonstrate more qualitative attributes of the characters of the epic. Epithets provide a rhythmic approach, that works as a beautifier of a literary work while assisting readers to live on the major characters and plots of the piece. The hero of the Iliad, Achilles, is designated as 'swift-footed' and 'like to the gods' to illustrate his role in the Greek army. Homer used epithets for mortals and also for deities like, Athena is called 'the hope of the soldiers' while Thetis is known as the 'silver-footed'.
Besides that, the slave girl of Achilles, also got titles, the 'fair-cheeked' and the 'fair-haired', in order to illustrate her beauty that caught the eyes of Achilles, who considers her as his better half. As literature is the reflection of society through the imagination of the laureate (psychology), thus the uniqueness of being a fast runner, and refraining from the war due to his withdrawal from Briseis, represent instances of id, ego, and super-ego (psychological aspects). Such elements are envisaged throughout the literary work. Therefore, the primary motive of the paper is to discuss the use of epithets in the Iliad through the lens of psychology. That is, each character, whether it is mortal or deity or demi-god, whatsoever, the instances of id, ego, and superego have been analyzed. To accomplish the prime objective of the paper, secondary sources like journals, Online articles, and other sources available over the Internet are being used. Besides that, as a primary source, the understandings of the authors are used.
TERRITÓRIO E POPULISMO DIGITAL: UMA VISÃO CIBERGEOGRÁFICA A PARTIR DO BOLSONARISMO
Authors: Alencar Breno Rodrigo de Oliveira , Silva Wesley Ribeiro Cantão , França Márcia Sousa 
Published: April 2024

O artigo aborda o nascimento e o crescimento do bolsonarismo nas redes sociodigitais, assim como sua atuação e articulação política nos espaços virtuais compreendidos, conceitualmente, como ciberespaço e território digital, além do populismo digital e sua relação direta com este movimento. Adotando como recorte temporal o período entre as Jornadas de Junho de 2013 e as eleições presidenciais de 2018, a pesquisa parte, metodologicamente, de um levantamento sistemático da literatura especializada, sobretudo em relação aos descritores “ciberespaço”,” território digital”, “bolsonarismo” e “populismo digital”. A partir do diálogo com a literatura sociodigital e geográfica, identificamos que a figura de Jair Bolsonaro ascende nas redes digitais a partir do impeachment da ex-presidente Dilma Rousseff, ganhando visibilidade, por meio do populismo digital, e ampliando sua base eleitoral no ciberespaço, chegando, assim, à presidência da república em 2018.
Editorial: Justiça Epistêmica em Artes Cênicas
Authors: Leal Dodi Tavares Borges 
Published: April 2024

Este editorial apresenta a proposta que vetorizou a concepção deste Dossiê Temático, o qual buscou contribuições que problematizam e refletem sobre o contexto atual e histórico de Justiça Epistêmica em Artes Cênicas, abrangendo a produção e difusão de saberes do campo tanto nos contextos criativos como nos meios acadêmicos. Tendo em vista as perspectivas das anticolonialidades este dossiê considerou textos que abordam tópicos de Justiça Epistêmica em Artes Cênicas em todas suas amplitudes e implicações.
The impact of digital transformation on developing the performance of employees applying the Education and Training Evaluation Commission in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alhajri Mubarak , Alshammari Sultan , Alghanmi Muhammad , Sadek Walid , Abdul Hamid Al-Faisal 
Published: April 2024

The study aims to demonstrate the impact of digital transformation in developing the performance of individuals working in the Education and Training Evaluation Commission in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in a way that ensures the proper application of this modern digital technology, which helps improve operational efficiency within all departments and departments of the Education and Training Evaluation Commission, and from the results using the descriptive approach, the management used The questionnaire for a sample of 100 workers that the study found is that there is a positive impact on some dimensions of digital transformation: 1-	There is a deficiency in the digital transformation process in the Education and Training Evaluation Authority and a weakness in the institutional structure necessary for the digital transformation process in the Education and Training Evaluation Authority. 2-	There is a desire among the working cadres The company has to carry out digital transformation to facilitate business and help speed up the completion of tasks. Among the most important recommendations and proposals that the study concluded are the following: 1-	The most important recommendation is to give employees with digital talent freedom of action as well as the ability to implement the necessary changes. The company should remain open in accepting failures as digital talents are created and experimented with. Digital talent prefers to work in an environment with a culture that allows and encourages creative thinking and flexibility. 2-	Management should be developed within the company in which employees take the initiative in learning and developing their digital capabilities and are rewarded accordingly. This will motivate employees to develop their digital skills. A system of monetary and non-monetary incentives must be created for employees who proactively acquire the digital capabilities needed by the authority.
Tari Bhairawapaksa, Interpretasi Sosok Mpu Barang
Authors: Artha Kadek Karunia , Sutapa I Ketut , Gunarta I Wayan Adi 
Published: April 2024

Bhairawa adalah paksa (kelompok) yang menyembah Durga sebagai dewi tertinggi dalam prakteknya. Bhairawa merupakan salah satu sekte yang berpengaruh bagi masyarakat Bali baik dari segi praktek spritual dan sejarahnya. Salah satu cerita yang menyangkut ajaran bhairawa dan terkenal hingga masa kini yaitu kisah dari Mpu Barang. Dalam buku Kajian Naskah Lontar Siwagama, Mpu Barang digambarkan seorang pendeta sakti beraliran budha yang dapat menyupat arwah-arwah gentayangan dengan cara memakan badan kasarnya hingga habis, kesaktian yang dimiliki Mpu Barang tersebut adalah Bhairawapaksa. Kesaktian Mpu Barang membuat penata tertarik untuk menciptakan karya tari kontemporer yang bernuansakan horor dengan menggunakan teori Imajinasi agar dapat bebas menginterpretasikan kanibalisme dari tokoh Mpu Barang. Dalam proses perwujudan karya tari ini menggunakan metode penciptaan yang dikemukakan oleh Alma

Hawkins, yang terdiri dari 3 tahapan , yaitu eksplorasi, improvisasi, dan pembentukan. Karya tari ini penata beri judul Bhairawapaksa Bhairawapaksa adalah karya tari kontemporer yang ditarikan oleh 7 penari inti sebagai representasi dari Sapta Kanda Pat dan Sapta Angga serta menggunakan5orang penari tambahan sebagai penguat suasana. Struktur karya tari Bhairawapaksa terdiri dari 4 bagian yang menggambarkan suasana magis, tenang, menjijikan, dan religius. Pesan yang ingin disampaikan dalam karya ini ialah jangan menilai sesuatu hal hanya dari luarnya saja namun lihatlah ke dalamnya.

Kata Kunci: Bhairawapaksa, Horor, Kanibal, Mpu Barang dan Kontemporer
Tari Kreasi Bebarisan Bala Maya, Sebuah Kisah Prajurit Kupu-kupu
Authors: Arimbawa I Wayan Wira , Suteja I Kt. , Suryani Ni Nyoman Manik 
Published: April 2024

Membaca buku Kupu-Kupu Kuning Yang Terbang di Selat Lombok, mengisahkan tentang sejarah perjuangan Kerajaan Karangasem mengalahkan Kerajaan Seleparang, Lombok. Kemenangan Kerajaan Karangasem berkat pasukan kupu-kupu kuning yang bisa nampak maupun menghilang, panugrahan (pemberian) dari Ida Bhatara Alit Sakti di Pura Bukit Karangasem. Makna perjuangan tersebut sangat fenomena, bila dikaitkam dengan konsep sekala dan niskala, yaitu bakti leluhur dan hubungan manusia dengan alam semesta. Berorientasi dari fenomena tersebut, muncul ide untuk menciptakan sebuah karya tari yang berjudul Bala Maya dalam bentuk kreasi bebarisan.
Dalam pencipaan karya tari ini, menggunakan teori Imaji dan Imajinasi oleh Tedjoworo, H, yaitu mampu membayangkan dan mengejewantahkan ke dalam motif gerak. Prosesnya menggunakan metode Mencipta Lewat Tari oleh Y. Sumadiyo Hadi terjemahan dari buku Creating Through Dance oleh Alma M. Hawkins terdiri dari tiga tahapan yakni, tahap penjajagan (eksplorasi), tahap percobaan (improvisasi), dan tahap komposisi (pembentukan).
Bala Maya adalah sebuah karya tari kreasi bebarisan bertemakan kepahlawanan, mengisahkan tentang pasukan Laskar Karangasem yang menginterpretasikan kupu-kupu kuning menyerang Kerajaan Seleparang, Lombok. Prajurit yang tidak terlihat secara nyata adalah karakter dan sifat dari kupu-kupu kuning yang disebut Bala Maya.
Kata Kunci : Tari kreasi bebarisan, Bala Maya, Sekala-niskala, penciptaan.
La representación de Merlín en 'Merlín e Familia' de Álvaro Cunqueiro
Authors: Carrión Molina Claudia 
Published: April 2024

Merlin’s symbolic enrichment achieves such a significance throughout the Arthurian cycle and its medieval stage as to encourage several intertextual transpositions in subsequent narrative structures, reaching our present days, full of literary richness and consequence. A meaningful example arises in Álvaro Cunqueiro’s novel Merlín e familia (1955), the subject of study of this article. Cunqueiro develops the story from the desire to scape reality and seek refuge in the myths and legends of yesteryear. Cunqueiro interconnects these legendary elements through rewriting them into the creation of a new reality. This rework of Merlin has several characteristic traits and roles selected from the medieval figure; nonetheless, he loses altogether other of his original facets, generating a complex Merlin in which the traditional and the modern unite.
El enriquecimiento simbólico del mago Merlín adquiere tal dimensión a lo largo del ciclo artúrico y su etapa medieval que propicia toda una serie de transposiciones intertextuales de gran riqueza literaria en estructuras narrativas posteriores y hasta nuestros días. Un ejemplo significativo se encuentra en la novela Merlín e familia (1955), de Álvaro Cunqueiro: con ella, Cunqueiro trata de escapar de la realidad, buscando refugio en unos mitos y leyendas de antaño que interconecta, a través de la reescritura, con la creación de una nueva realidad. El Merlín reescrito en su novela retiene una serie de rasgos y roles característicos de la figura medieval y, por el contrario, pierde muchas de sus características o atributos originales, lo que da lugar a un Merlín poliédrico que reúne en sí lo tradicional y lo moderno.
'El viaje inútil' es ser invisible. La autobiografía como estrategia performática para el reconocimiento de una identidad trans en la obra de Camila Sosa Villada
Authors: Moreno Amor Maravillas 
Published: April 2024

In an interview with Gonzalo León, Camila Sosa assured that the “transwriters” are beginning to write in a new and particular way: using the first person, their own voice. This new movement that is conquering the writing of transsexual authors motivates the use of the writings of the self as a kind of strategy with which it is intended to conquer social recognition that has been denied until now. Thus, the autobiography favors the awareness and position taking of an entire group and, in turn, ceases to be conceived as a scriptural product of memory to compose an entire aesthetic-discursive ruse that shows the fissures of the gender binary.
En una entrevista con Gonzalo León, Camila Sosa aseguraba que las “transescritoras” están empezando a escribir de un modo novedoso y particular: usando la primera persona, su propia voz. Este nuevo movimiento que está conquistando la escritura de las autoras transexuales motiva que se contemple el uso de las escrituras del yo como una suerte de estrategia con la que se pretende conquistar un reconocimiento social hasta el momento negado. Así la autobiografía favorece la toma de conciencia y la toma de posición de todo un colectivo y, a su vez, deja de concebirse como un producto escritural de la memoria para componer todo un ardid estético-discursivo que muestra las fisuras del binarismo de género.