ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Level of Discipline among University Academic Staff as a Correlate of University Development in Nigeria
Author: Uhoman, Anyi Mary
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Correlation,College Faculty,Questionnaires,Teacher Behavior,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Discipline,Faculty College Relationship,Educational Development,Change Strategies,Rural Urban Differences,Tenure,Teacher Surveys

This study entitled &quot;Level of Discipline Among University Academic Staff as a Correlate of University Development in Nigeria&quot; adopted the correlation design with a population of 2,301 academic staff purposively selected from four Universities in the North-Central Geo-Political zone of Nigeria. The Stratified Random Sampling Method was used to select 287 and 289 senior and junior academic staff respectively (giving a total of total 576). A four-point scale rating Discipline Inventory Questionnaire was used to collect data. Mean scores, Standard Deviations and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) were used in answering the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) and t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there is low level of discipline among the academic staff of Nigerian universities; a positive relationship exists between level of discipline among university academic staff and level of development of the universities; academic staff in universities located in urban areas had a higher level of discipline than their counterparts in universities located in the rural areas; and that junior academics have better level of discipline than their senior counterparts. Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst others that the government should ensure that the teaching of moral education be intensified at the University level.
Research on &quot;STI +&quot; Model in College Entrepreneurship Education
Author: Liu, Maike
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Instruction,Entrepreneurship,Social Sciences,Natural Sciences,Foreign Countries,Models,College Students,Scientific and Technical Information

The current state attaches great importance to college entrepreneurship education, but entrepreneurship education should combine with college students' professional learning. Different professional learning backgrounds have commonalities in entrepreneurship education; there may be differences, too. Various professional knowledge background and professional characteristics make different students possess diverse knowledge structure and skill resource, so the key factors needed in the entrepreneurship process may be different. This article proposes &quot;STI+&quot; model, the so-called STI refers to professional learning and can be divided into social science, technical science and natural science. The &quot;STI+&quot; model is based on various profession to carry out entrepreneurship education. Based on this, we separate &quot;STI+&quot; model into three types and select representative universities to do analysis and research, then sum up how schools of diverse professional background develop entrepreneurship education.
Two Libraries Working toward Common Goals
Author: Potter, Tonya
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Libraries,Public Libraries,Users (Information),Library Services,Institutional Cooperation,Cooperative Programs,Partnerships in Education,Reading Programs,Summer Programs,Librarians,Reading Achievement

Students look to their school library to find new books, seek information, creatively solve problems, and use technology. School libraries play an essential role in students' academic growth and development of lifelong learning skills. All of the wonderful resources and services that school libraries provide are easily accessible to the population of the building during the school year. But where do students access resources when summer arrives? Public libraries would seem to be natural partners, sharing the same student patrons as school libraries. Public libraries are vast repositories of knowledge and fiction, offering innovative and engaging youth programming. Endless information is available to students, in both digital and print form--and these services are available year-round. Students who are able to get to the public library have the world at their fingertips. But not all students are able to access the public library. How can the public library provide services that reach all students? In an effort to meet the needs of shared student patrons, school and public libraries look to collaborative ventures, sharing not only resources but also curriculum and programming objectives. What arrangements can be made to allow both libraries to overcome the obstacles they face when trying to meet the varied needs of student patrons?
Challenges of Administering Teacher Education Programme in Kenyan Universities
Author: Genvieve, Nasimiyu
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Education Programs,Teacher Effectiveness,Educational Quality,College Faculty,Foreign Countries,Program Administration,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Technological Literacy,Guidelines,Sample Size,Questionnaires,Interviews,Decision Making,Educational Innovation,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,College Students

Proper management of logistical issues in Teacher education programme tends to promote the quality of preparation of school teachers. The main objective of the study was to investigate challenges of administering teacher education programmes in Kenyan universities. The theoretical framework of the study was adopted as used by Koehler and Mishra's concept of technological pedagogical content knowledge. The study was conducted in public and private universities in Kenya. Purposive, random and stratified sampling techniques were used to select the subjects for the study. The sample size comprised of 59 lecturers and 635 fourth-year students drawn from the selected universities. The research instruments included questionnaires and interview schedule. The study established that challenges in teacher education are real in nature and require urgent address. These challenges were broadly characterized as institutional-based (university) and extra institutional-based (outside the institution) in nature. These challenges result in preparation and production of poor quality of school teachers at university level in Kenya. It is therefore recommended that the identified challenges require collaborative action and decision-making by relevant stake-holders in teacher education programmes and Kenyan universities offering teacher preparation programmes. In order to confront the noted challenges there is need to develop and use innovative practices in teacher education.
Promoting Institutional Collaborations for Capacity Improvement of Business Educators in Tertiary Institutions in Delta State of Nigeria
Author: Onajite, Godwin Onnoh
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Schools of Education,Teacher Educators,Teacher Surveys,Business Education,Institutional Cooperation,Capacity Building

This study examined the relevance of promoting institutional collaborations for capacity improvement among business educators in the tertiary education sector in Delta State of Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 105 business education lecturers out of 307 of them from four Colleges of Education in Delta State. A questionnaire titled: Promoting Institutional Collaborations for Capacity Improvement Questionnaire (PICCIQ), which contained 35 items and designed on a 4 point scale was used to collect data for this study. The instrument was validated by three experts of Business Education and Measurement and Evaluation from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State of Nigeria. Reliability of the instrument was determined through a pilot-test conducted by the researcher on the instrument, selecting eight academic staff in business education from two teacher education institutions in Anambra State. The result was found to have a reliability coefficient of 0.64 using the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient Measurement which indicated that the instrument was trustworthy to collect the necessary data for the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean score at 2.50 rating, standard deviation, frequency and simple percentages in order to answer the research questions. From the findings of the study, recommendations were proffered and among such recommendations included that: various education agencies such as NCCE--for college of education should make contributive efforts and encourage institutions to incorporate the practices of institutional collaboration for educators' capacity improvement. All the same, the agencies should liaison and connect with the Government in order to implement policy on institutional collaborations for academic staff capacity improvement, which also calls for effective strategies to be mapped out as means for achieving this course. All tertiary education institution leaders should avail themselves and include the lecturers in their institutions' opportunities of collaborating with other institutions as a means of capacity improvement. The leaders should also have an open mind towards adopting this practice.
The Role of Cultural Events in Rehabilitation, Therapy and Education of People with Special Needs
Author: Gurgenidze, Marine
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Influences,Rehabilitation,Therapy,Disabilities,Educational Methods,Interaction,Music Therapy,Art Therapy,Dance,Drama,Questionnaires,Interviews,Parent Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Student Attitudes,Cultural Relevance,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries

Cultural events play an important role in the development of an individual's emotional, cognitive and social development; despite the individual peculiarities and differences of the participants, cultural events strengthen the unity of the group members. They develop the skills of cooperation and dialogue. The research shows that nowadays the number of events aiming at raising cultural awareness, rehabilitation, physical-psychic therapy, interaction and sensitivity is quite a few. Most number of events has the function of having psychological effect on society. They mostly serve to form certain views, mood and thinking among people. Such events include special evenings, concerts or other kinds of performances dedicated to the people with special needs that emphasize the difference among people. These kinds of meetings can have a negative effect on people with special needs. Most people with special needs or sometimes all of them are passive listeners only. The events acquire the didactic role for the society rather than educational, rehabilitative or therapeutic function for people with any abilities. The events conducted for people with special needs are held quite often. So-planned cultural events cannot develop interaction and culture of communication among people with special needs and other members of society. It is vital to realize that number of cultural events with people of any abilities involved and accurately defined outcomes achieved by each participant as a result of the event is quite small. Similar events not only support rehabilitation, therapy and education for people with disabilities but also, they have a didactic function for society--acceptance of diversity, the feelings of fellowship and respect towards each other are developed. It is necessary to increase the number of events planned in the above-mentioned way especially in the following educational institutions such as preschools and schools. We can make conclusions of the above-mentioned issues: (1) It is compulsory for the cultural events to fulfill the function of rehabilitation, physical-psychic therapy, interaction and sensitivity; the role of education in raising the cultural awareness; (2) It is necessary for the organizers of the events to know the methodology of planning and conducting cultural events; (3) It is important to choose the participants of cultural events taking into consideration diversity, different needs and abilities of people; and (4) It is vital to decrease to the minimum the number of events emphasizing the difference among people.
Towards Free Day Secondary Schooling in Kenya: Exposing the Impediments
Author: Kamau Njoroge, John
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary Education,Access to Education,Barriers,Educational Policy,Educational Administration,Remedial Instruction,Accountability,Government Role,Costs,Cheating,Ethics,Professional Associations

Secondary education provides a vital link between basic education and the world of work, on one hand, and further training on the other. It is therefore an important sub-sector of education in the preparation of human capital for development and provision of life opportunities. Secondary education in Kenya takes four years to complete, catering for students aged 14 to 17 years and it leads to the award of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. The objectives of secondary education are to acquire necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes for the development of the self and the nation and to promote love for and loyalty to the nation among others. There are several impediments that have hindered government efforts to provide free day secondary schooling. These include, the New Constitution that made Teachers Service Commission autonomous, unregulated school levies by education officials, heads associations, remedial teaching, and failure by sponsors to play their oversight role and corruption in ministry of education. It is recommended that the students who are not likely to benefit from formal secondary schooling should be provided with options to access secondary education, through alternative methods such as distance learning and skills training. In addition, Kenya Certificate of Primary Education should be scrapped to reduce the demand for boarding schools except among the nomadic communities. With the necessary legislation in place, the government should hire private auditors to ensure prudent use of public resources.
Sustainable Interventions in Enhancing Gender Parity in Senior Leadership Positions in Higher Education in Tanzania
Author: Nyoni, Watende Pius
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Sex Fairness,College Administration,Women Administrators,Intervention,Disproportionate Representation,Barriers,Sustainability,Policy,Observation

Despite the international campaigns for gender equality and equity in Higher Education Institutions, studies conducted in several countries continue to show that women are underrepresented in senior leadership positions in universities. Women leaders in higher education subsector in Tanzania are very few. Of all the 60 and above universities and non-university colleges in Tanzania, there are only two Vice Chancellors and one Principal of a College. The study identified three main barriers for women under-representation in leadership positions namely; ethnic, administration and personal barriers. The findings also display various interventions which have been taken to combat the situation in Tanzania, affirmative action's such as lower entry scores, remedial pre-university programmes and financial assistance although representation of women is still low. However, the study documents some sustainable interventions which can be used to redress the issue of women low representation in senior leadership position in Higher Education among others management training programmes for women is of great impact.
Making of a Corporate University Model: Transition from Traditional Training to Learning Management System
Author: Ilyas, Mohammed
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Universities,Educational Change,Educational Development,Organizational Change,Commercialization,Models,Training Methods,Management Information Systems,Educational Practices,College Administration,Administrative Principles

Today organizations have adopted a corporate university model to meet their training requirements, a model that adds value to the business in terms of revenue and profit, improvement in customer retention, improved employee productivity, cost reduction and retention of talented employees. This paper highlights the radical change and an evolution that is taking place in training and development. This paper is about the definition and meaning of a corporate university; how it can help build a corporate leadership to support a compatible corporate culture of knowledge and learning acquisition internally and how to utilize this knowledge to generate new revenue sources from the externals stakeholders. Finally, the paper shows how a corporate university model comes to exist through a LMS or through the support of the academia in the higher education institutions. The paper will cite a few examples in the context of corporate and academia marking the already existing L&amp;D system and suggest the creation of a corporate university model, a pioneering initiative to develop a corporate university. The corporate university model is also responsible for managing knowledge in both internal and external environments and a big solution to the problem of unemployment and underemployment.
Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Self-Employment Initiatives among Nigerian Science &amp; Technology Students
Author: Afolabi, Michael Oluseye
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Entrepreneurship,Business Administration Education,Self Employment,College Students,Questionnaires,Correlation,Regression (Statistics),Outcomes of Education

Entrepreneurship education is introduced into Nigeria educational system to provide the necessary skills, competence, understanding, and prepare the Nigerian graduate for self-reliant, thereby contributing in nation building. This paper examines the effect of entrepreneurship education on self-employment initiatives among science and technology students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Data obtained for analyses was obtained through self-administered questionnaires. In addition, simple percentage ranking, correlation and regression analysis techniques were used to analyse the questionnaires. The result obtained indicates that entrepreneurship education is a good policy and it has positive effect on self-employment initiatives. This study recommends that students should be encouraged beyond entrepreneurship school training projects to business ventures start-ups at micro and small-levels. Also, the Polytechnic management should collaborate with existing entrepreneurs and business organizations in providing entrepreneurship training to the students. Lastly, the polytechnic management, the government and other stakeholders can give special recognition, awards and sponsorship assistance as motivation to students whose projects are realistically outstanding. This will stimulate self-employment drives among graduates.
Impact of Simulation Based Education on Biology Student's Academic Achievement in DNA Replication
Author: Reddy, M. Vijaya Bhaskara
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Computer Simulation,Biology,College Students,Academic Achievement,Science Achievement,Genetics,Teaching Methods,Outcomes of Education,Mixed Methods Research,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Conventional Instruction,Educational Technology,Science Tests,Pretests Posttests,Scores,Gender Differences,Cognitive Ability,Rote Learning,Retention (Psychology),Student Improvement

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of simulation methods in teaching Science on education students' academic achievement. 70 students (35 control, 35 experimental) who studied at Srinivasa College of education, SV University in the Department of Education. 2015-2016 academic year students were participated in this simulation based instructional strategic research. Mixed methods approach, which included both qualitative and quantitative methods, were used. Instructional strategic methods were included from the biological science subject of DNA replication and transcription. Statistical results of the data obtained after the application showed that students of the experimental group who were taught using simulations were more successful than the students of the control group who were taught by the traditional approach. Also, it was determined that education students of the experimental group were satisfied by simulation-based education specially in science domain.
Geometry Teaching via Origami: The Views of Secondary Mathematics Teacher Trainees
Author: Gur, Hülya
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Secondary School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Manipulative Materials,Geometry,Semi Structured Interviews,Geometric Concepts,Foreign Countries,Visualization,Qualitative Research

Considering the performances of the students in the Timss and Pisa examinations, it is seen that they can not solve the problems, do not animate the objects they can not ask geometry questions in three dimensions and can not understand them. For this reason, origami lessons should be put into teacher training programs. Secondary teacher trainees were examined in this study according to their views about using origami activities in maths courses. This qualitative study was carried out with 18 secondary mathematics teacher trainees. Data were gathered by semi-structured interview and 3D tangible materials. Findings revealed that prospective teacher candidates can associate large quantities of mathematical and geometric concepts with some achievements and that they have a constructive view on origami activities. However, it was seen that the teacher candidates did not associate with the geometric levels of Van Hiele. They reached the idea of two dimensions and three dimensions easily and without confusion. They made different 3D objects from a square paper. Visualization is the result of helping meaning. Moreover, it was observed that they had difficulty in some long-step shapes. In addition, all of the participants in the study have reached the point that the origami is entertaining and never thought it could be so enjoyable.