bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACULTY SPIRITUALITY AND SCHOOL CLIMATE
Authors: Quines Lyndon A. , Cabaron Ian Michael P. 
Published: November 2022

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating effect of affective commitment on the relationship between faculty spirituality and school climate. Utilizing quantitative, non-experimental design via correlational technique, data were obtained from 300 elementary public-school teachers who belong to the 3 districts, Magsaysay, Bansalan and Matan-ao under the Division of Davao Del Sur in the province of Davao Del Sur. The researcher utilized a stratified random sampling technique and an online survey mode of data collection. The researcher also utilized the statistical tools mean, Pearson r and Path Analysis. From the results of the study, it was found that there is a very high level of mean scores for all variables of affective commitment, faculty spirituality and school climate. Also, results revealed that there are significant relationships between faculty spirituality and school climate, between faculty spirituality and affective commitment and between affective commitment and school climate. Further, it was revealed that there was a full mediation effect of affective commitment on the relationship between faculty spirituality and school climate. This implies that faculty spirituality conveys the affective commitment of teachers.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0546/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN INTEGRATION OF ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENT TEACHERS IN PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES: THE KENYAN EXPERIENCE
Authors: Ng’etich Tuimur Hilda , Aiyobei Tabot Benedicta 
Published: November 2022

Administrative support is key in inclusive education and more so in the integration of adaptive technology for visually impaired (VI) student teachers. Integration of adaptive technology improves the quality of education, removes learning barriers and ensures that the visually impaired student teachers graduate as skilled, confident and competent primary school teachers. This study assessed the college administration’s support in the integration of adaptive technology for visually impaired student teachers. The study was guided by the diffusion of innovation theory by Rogers which gives a basis for the adoption of innovations in institutions and other settings. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study population included administrators and tutors in three primary teachers training colleges which admit student teachers with visual impairment in Kenya. The purposive sampling technique was used to select three deans of the curriculum while simple random sampling was used to select nine heads of departments and 93 tutors making a sample of 105 respondents. Data collection instruments were questionnaires and interview schedules. Descriptive statistics like frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the quantitative data. A qualitative procedure was applied to information from interviews where respondents’ answers were presented in words and interpretations made. The findings of this study revealed that the college administration’s support for the integration of adaptive technology was low. The recommendation made was that the college administration of public primary TTCs should fully support the integration of adaptive technology for VI student teachers in the primary TTCs by availing resources and training tutors on the integration of adaptive technology.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0525/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
EMPOWERING BENINESE EFL TEACHERS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EFFECTIVE SUPERVISORY WORKS: CASE STUDIES OF OUÉMÉ AND PLATEAU REGIONS, BENIN / RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITES DES PROFESSEURS D’ANGLAIS DU BENIN POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT PROFESSIONNEL PAR LES ACTIVITES DE L’INSPECTION PEDAGOGIQUE : ETUDE DU CAS DES DEPARTEMENTS DE L’OUEME ET DU PLATEAU, BENIN
Authors: Assogba Dotou Johannes , Hounhanou Arlette Viviane , Koutchadé Innocent Sourou 
Published: November 2022

Inspectors are required to design activities that focus on quality insofar as teaching is concerned. The purpose of this work consists in raising the highest pedagogical institution’s awareness of its prominent role and the immediate actions to take in order to positively impact the education system as a whole with specific regard to EFL teachers’ classroom performances in the secondary schools in Ouémé and Plateau district in Benin. The paper also aims to have their teaching practice improved and thereafter allow them to reach professional development for the benefit of their students. The study has then identified specific activities to be carried out and implemented by the target teachers in a classroom situation. To find out the type of activities that can be carried out to reach the study’s purpose, instruments that made it easy to collect data have been displayed, analysed and discussed. The analysis and discussion of the results have brought about the justification of the three hypotheses formulated in the study. All this was done on the basis of a properly described procedure that resulted in the findings of the study which revealed that the poor academic achievement of numerous students of the target region is due to their teachers’ pedagogical weakness. It has been suggested that inspectors should then train, coach and accompany those teachers through purposely selected activities.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0597/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
INVESTIGATING DIFFICULTIES OF ENGLISH-MAJORED STUDENTS IN WRITING ACADEMIC ESSAYS
Authors: Duy Truong Vinh , Trang Bui Thi Thu 
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difficulties faced by English-majored students in writing academic essays. To collect the data for the investigation, the sample involved was twenty-seven English-majored students who have been studying English as their specialization at a public university in Vietnam. The instruments of this study conducted a mix-method as a qualitative and quantitative approach. To achieve the purpose of this study, the questionnaire was administered as the quantitative data collection and the semi-structured interview as the qualitative data collection. Then, five of the total participants were randomly interviewed to gain insight ideas of the difficulties that they face when writing academic essays in their writing course. The results of this study demonstrated that the majority of students had obstacles related to insufficient linguistic knowledge namely, lexicon-grammar, vocabulary, and the structure of sentences. The findings from the interviews also indicated that the participants had encountered linguistic knowledge difficulties. Based on the findings, both some recommendations and implications are presented.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0222/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
EXTERNAL FACTORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ENTERPRISE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT – A LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Sadiku Kosovare Mustafa 
Published: November 2022

Businesses can’t control external factors but must respond to them. These political, economic, social, technological, environmental and competitive factors are represented by the acronym PESTEC. This research is based on secondary data following the methodology of literature review for different periods of time to understand which of these 5 factors has the greatest impact on the strategic management of the enterprise. From the data obtained we have concluded that all external factors have a high impact on the strategic management of the enterprise. The management of the enterprise in time should be informed of the expected changes that may come from political, economic, social or cultural factors. All these factors have their importance and impact on the good management of the enterprise and even more so in its strategic aspect.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0949/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
EFFECT OF ATTITUDE SURVEY ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONG THE MEDICAL STAFF IN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES IN BOMET COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Kimetto Chepkoech Cathleen , Kipchumba Simon , Bowen Daisy 
Published: November 2022

The public health facilities in Kenya provide diverse health services to its citizens throughout the country. Public health employees across the country have exhibited some dissatisfaction in the recent past which has led to poor service delivery as well strikes. This could be a result of delays in salaries, poor remuneration, poor working conditions, lack of PPEs and non-inclusion of employees in airing their views. These issues and others are indicative of having demotivated and unsatisfied employees. This study, therefore, purposes to establish the effect of the attitude survey strategies on job satisfaction among the medical staff in public health facilities in Bomet County. Specifically, the study seeks to examine whether attitude surveys, upward communication, employee participation and suggestion schemes have an effect on the job satisfaction of employees in public health facilities in Bomet County. The study was guided by the anxiety uncertain theory. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used. The study targeted 205 medical staff drawn from 3 public health facilities in Bomet County. A stratified random sampling technique was used. A sample size of 136 medical staff was used in the study. A questionnaire was used for data collection. A pilot study was undertaken in Kericho referral hospital. The study made the following conclusions. The study concluded that the attitude survey had a statistically significant influence on job satisfaction levels. The study further found that the unstandardized regression beta stood at 0.597 which indicated that a unit increase in attitude survey would lead to 0.597 change in the job satisfaction.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0759/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE INITIATOR FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION OF SMES IN THE BULAWAYO METROPOLITAN PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE
Authors: Nani Gwendoline Vusumuzi , Maguraushe Kudakwashe 
Published: November 2022

<p>The study examined whether the COVID-19 pandemic had created digital opportunities for Small to Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe or it had actually exposed their lack of digital acumen. The interpretivist paradigm, a qualitative descriptive approach and a case study design were adopted for this study. The research used semi-structured questionnaires to solicit data from 30 purposively selected small to medium entrepreneurs. Data were thematically analysed to discern meaning. The study revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had led participants to embrace technology, as evidenced by their acquisition of technological gadgets. Furthermore, ownership of technological gadgets had facilitated working from home, in the comfort of their homes; reaching clients irrespective of boundaries; having easy access to information on business transactions; the ability to do business even during the pandemic; ordering and ease of payment of suppliers; convenience and flexibility in doing business and discovering business platforms they were not aware of. The study concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic was the initiator for the digital inclusion of SMEs in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, after the realisation that for their businesses to remain operational in this uncertain and disruptive environment, they had to embrace technology. The study recommended that workshops to train and equip SME owners with digital skills be conducted so that in the event of other pandemics, their businesses would remain afloat.</p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0651/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
EFFECT OF INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION ON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
Authors: Priscillah Anuri Kwamboka , Shitseswa Ayub E. , Kwendo Evans 
Published: November 2022

<p>County governments in Kenya have been in operation since 2013, but the performance of most of them is still an issue for debate despite the reforms that have been put in place. Consequently, for the achievement of exceptional performance in the current dynamic and uncertain socio-economic environment, a blend of buoyant leadership capabilities and potent management styles is required. Transformational leadership has been touted as a possible remedy to such scenarios. The study sought to determine how intellectual stimulation affects strategy implementation. The study was anchored on the power and influence theory of leadership. A pilot study was conducted in Trans Nzoia County. The study was a census targeting 268 respondents and was anchored on a positivism paradigm and utilized a descriptive-correlational research design. A purposive sampling design was adopted and data was collected using questionnaires and an interview guide. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics descriptive analysis by the aid of SPSS version 23. Results were presented in form of tables and models. The findings revealed that intellectual stimulation significantly accounts for a 30.1% variation in strategy implementation. Further, intellectual stimulation (β=0.448, P=0.000) has a significant statistical effect on strategy implementation. The study concluded that intellectual stimulation has a significant effect on strategy implementation. The study recommends that county management need to develop the competence of their staff at their place of work, appreciate each staff as an individual rather than as a group, and ensure fair workload distribution. These will encourage staff to perform their jobs effectively and put extra effort into their work hence strategy implementation.</p><p><strong>JEL: </strong>G18; H11</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0464/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
AUDIO-VISUAL TRANSLATION BETWEEN DOMESTICATION AND FOREIGNISATION: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH INTO ARABIC NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ABU DHABI DOCUMENTARIES
Authors: Rouabhia Ridha , Rabahi Tayeb , Öztürk Abdul Serdar 
Published: November 2022

For centuries, translation has been a means of cross-cultural communication and has played a significant role in facilitating interaction between people who speak different languages and belong to other cultures. This difference in culture often poses problems for translators. Therefore, researchers have been developing strategies such as domestication and foreignisation to overcome cultural obstacles to translation. This study explored the use of these strategies in the audio-visual translation of documentaries from the National Geographic channel translated into Arabic. It also sought to reveal to what extent these strategies were used and which strategy was applied more, using a descriptive qualitative approach. Data were collected from various documentaries and analysed manually. Findings concluded that translators in National Geographic Abu Dhabi tended to mingle domestication and foreignisation strategies and shift from one to another on purpose. The choice of the appropriate strategy depended on whether the translator defended his cultural and social identity against all that was foreign and strange through domestication or whether he accepted the other and welcomed his foreignness. This study is limited in terms of samples and thus recommends expanding the number of documentaries selected for analysis in future works.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0555/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN SPORTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Usman Mong Emeka , Otu Tawo Moses , Olumba Michael Ohaeri , Ohuruogu Ben Ngozi , Ngwakwe Patricia Chinma , Amuche Orji Scholastica , Okechukwu Aleke Christian , Onuenyim Ngozi 
Published: November 2022

<p>Sports have become a good source of livelihood and entertainment. From time-to-time sports organizations witness violent and non-violent situations which define crisis. Violence can be internally or externally and poses a serious obstacle to effective sports management around the globe. The impact of violence in sports is really capable of inducing severe consequences or even disaster if inappropriate strategic moves are made or adopted, planned or devised. Many persons lost their source of livelihood as a result of the crisis in sports. The issue of how sports organizations can develop and maintain the good performance of participants when faced with crisis situations has largely remained underexplored. This paper, therefore, reviews the concept of crisis, sports crisis, crisis management and sports development. The paper specifically discussed the causes and effects of the crisis on the operation of sports organizations, types of crisis management strategies and models. The paper further examined sports development in Nigeria and how it relates to crisis management in sports, since crisis management form the bedrock of peaceful co-existence between employers and employees in sports organizations and even the society at large, the paper recommends that the management of sports organizations should be pro-active in their crisis management plans in order to identify, resolve and adequately handle issues that are capable of destroying sports programmes among sports teams or clubs in the country<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0941/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BASEBALL CATCHER POP TIMES: HIGH SCHOOL AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COMPARISON
Authors: Fry Andrew C. , Wagle John P. , Cabarkapa Dimitrije , Yu Daniel , Renteria Ivan 
Published: November 2022

Pop time (POP) is the measure of how long it takes a catcher to throw to 2nd base calculated from when the ball arrives in his mitt to when it arrives in the fielder’s glove at 2nd base. It has recently been suggested that greater emphasis should be placed on throwing velocity development instead of the ball exchange and throwing motion. The present study determined if the differences in POP characteristics between high school (HS) and Major League Baseball (MLB) catchers indicate a greater contribution from throwing velocity. HS catchers had slower POP characteristics in both exchange and throw phases. Exchange and throw times relative to pop times were nearly identical for HS and MLB, 36.6% and 36.0%, and 63.4% and 64.0%, respectively. The exchange phase exhibited the greatest variability and the most room for improvement. POP percent contribution from the exchange and throw phases between HS and MLB catchers did not change and their absolute values both improved equally. Therefore, it may be beneficial for coaches to design programs that not only strengthen the arm, but also develop efficient ball exchange and catcher throwing mechanics prior to ball release.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0512/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC IN YENAGOA, SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA
Authors: Osegi Nkencho , Eguvbe Anthony Okeoghene , Adam Vincent Yakubu 
Published: November 2022

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Maternal mortality still remains a substantial burden and hence progress towards the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) was particularly slow. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in developing regions is 15 times (240/100,000 live births) higher than in developed regions (16/100,000live births). Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest MMR at 500 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. <strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the sociodemographic factors affecting birth preparedness and complication readiness<strong> </strong>amongst those attending antenatal clinics in Yenagoa metropolis. <strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional descriptive study done amongst pregnant women of childbearing ages attending ANC clinics using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Participants were selected using a systematic random sampling technique. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 20. <strong>Results: </strong>Most of the respondents 258 (99.2%) were Christians. The majority 239 (91.9%) of the respondents were married. One hundred and thirteen (43.5%) respondents were Ijaw in their ethnic group, followed Igbo; 71 (27.3%). The majority 141 (54.2%) of respondents had a secondary level of education Socioeconomic status II had the highest frequency 97 (37.3%), then status I, 94 (36.2%) Birth preparedness and complication readiness of mothers was significantly (<em>p</em> &lt;0.05) associated with mother’s education, socioeconomic status and knowledge of obstetric danger signs. Birth preparedness and complication readiness of mothers were not significantly (<em>p</em> &gt; 0.05) associated with the age of the expectant mother, marital status, family size, gestational age, antenatal care follow-up, number of antenatal care visits and time to the nearest health facility. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Educational status, socioeconomic status and knowledge of key danger signs during pregnancy were independent predictors of birth preparedness and complication readiness. There is a need for improvement of the above factors in other to enhance birth preparedness and complication readiness.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0949/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AMONG URBAN AND RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF KHANA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Ojule Inumanye Nkechi , Te-Erebe Humble Barilugbene 
Published: November 2022

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Substance use disorder is a major social and public health problem all over the world. This menace cuts across all age groups, but the adolescents and youths who are still undergoing physiological and psychological developments tend to be the most vulnerable and most affected. This study centred on the prevalence and predictors of substance use disorder among secondary school students in urban and rural settings of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Multi-stage sampling was applied in selecting 400 respondents from eight government secondary schools in the L.G.A. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used. Collected data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. For all analyses level of significance was set at p&lt;0.05. <strong>Results:</strong> Prevalence of substance use disorder obtained was 37% for Urban and 38% for rural respondents. Alcohol was the most commonly abused in both settings 46.5% urban vs 47.2% rural followed by kola-nut, cannabis and opiate/codeine. Rural students indulged more (29.13%, 15.09%, 11.32%) than urban students (22.64%, 11.81%, 7.87%) respectively. The majority of respondents were introduced to substance use by family members and friends. The reason given for substance use by the most was to be awake, peer pressure and curiosity. Being male, age group 16-20 years, and living in polygamous and single parents’ homes were noted to be predictors of substance use disorder. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the results from the study, it can be concluded that substance use disorder is a common problem among secondary school students in both the urban and rural settings of Rivers State.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0958/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>