Reconceptualization of African vocational and technological education for emergent globalization, relevance and sustainable economic development
August 2010
This paper focuses on reconceptualizing vocational and technological education in Africa to make it more relevant and able to meet the emergent global and sustainable economy. The past and present operations of this system of education were x-rayed pointing out the problems and the expectations. The expectations were high. The problems are equally numerous and overwhelming such that as it is being presently...
Fuzzy sexual selection and multi-crossover for genetic algorithm
August 2010
This paper introduces a new selection scheme inspired by sexual selection and some new methods based on combination of crossovers, concept of sexual selection and lifetime for chromosomes. A bi-linear allocation lifetime approach is used to label the chromosomes based on their fitness value. After selecting a label for each chromosome, using fuzzy rules and selecting a suitable crossover method, initially...
Student pathways in a New Zealand polytechnic: key factors for completion
August 2010
This study aims to identify factors predicting students’ pathways in a New Zealand polytechnic. Data on 1076 students who enrolled in 2002 in degree programmes in a large polytechnic in the Auckland region were used for this study. A series of regression models were established, the findings suggest that the more papers students take in the first year the more likely they are to complete their Bachelor...
Developing an approach for a sustainable agricultural revolution: A prescription for the private and public sectors in the Southern states of Nigeria
July 2010
Over the years, agricultural development in Nigeria has been on a downward trend. This negative trend is attributed to the apathy from the people, the discovery of oil just before independence; and the after effects of the civil war of the late 60's. In addition to the local political problems, intensive agricultural research and delivery systems have been disappointingly low in some of the underdeveloped...
Impact of liberalization on employment in India
July 2010
Trade liberalization refers to the removal of government incentives and restrictions from trade between nations. Rapidly increasing flows of goods and services across national borders have been the most visible aspect of the increasing integration of the global economy in recent decades. There is a vast body of literature which shows that trade is good for economic growth which in turn is also good for...
Personality hardiness, job involvement and job burnout among teachers
July 2010
The study examined the influence of personality hardiness, job involvement and job burnout among teachers from one of the central universities in India. The findings of the study reveal that personality hardiness and job involvement resulted from job burnout of teachers. Job involvement are found to be negatively and significantly correlated with depersonalization and positively with personal accomplishment...
A multifactor ANOVA study for trainees performance measurement subjected to CADCAM and CAD courses
July 2010
The study aims at investigating individual performance of trainees who are subjected to two interrelated courses, namely, CAD and CADCAM. First, a three factor design experiment has been conducted to measure the effects of trainer (A, B), trainee secondary certificate (Scientific and Industrial) and trainee college esteem (High, Low) on the mean score of CAD and CADCAM obtained by the population of...
The gender gap in vocational education: Increasing girls access in the 21st century in the Midwestern states of Nigeria
June 2010
There is an indication of inequality in educational chances for boys and girls. The girls are less favoured in enrolment ratio especially in the vocational subjects of agriculture, business education and engineering. The situation has been precipitated by social, cultural and economic factors. This paper examined the effects of cultural expectations and roles, sex-stereotyped occupations, classroom lessons,...
A curriculum design and instructional development proposal for an intelligence studies program
June 2010
This article presents a prescriptive curriculum design for a new Bachelors of Arts program in Intelligence Studies. Commencing from an earlier qualitative and quantitative empirical study that conducted and analyzed an extensive assessment of the discipline subject content, this work offers detailed recommendations for curriculum, instruction, assessment, and program evaluation aspects of this Intelligence...
Appearance of good craftsmanship education in the development of Nigerian children
April 2010
The people of developing countries, taking Nigeria as a case in hand are more of consumers of foreign technology than producers. This is affecting their gross domestic product (GDP). Many remain in poverty as they continue to borrow from the developed countries. Technological development is a function of creativity. The developed countries are quite aware of this and they have vigorously taken creative...
Factors that determine students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards art and design curriculum
April 2010
Art and Design is one of the vocational subjects in the secondary school curriculum. Its implementation has not been impressive owing to a steady decline in enrolment of students, students dropping the subject at different levels in secondary schools and general low priority given to the subject in schools. Many schools are not willing to offer the subject because most learners seem to be less interested in...
Memory vocabulary learning strategies and long-term retention
October 2009
The present study was an attempt to compare the impacts of teaching through memory strategies on experimental group comparison to control group, where students were taught the meaning of new vocabulary items through giving synonyms and mini-contexts. The results are reflected in the students' short-term and long-term retention. The participants of the study comprised 310 Indian pre-university females. The...
Planning and implementation of entrepreneurship education - Taking the National Taipei University of Technology for an example
October 2009
This paper discusses the planning and implementation of entrepreneurship education at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) in Taiwan. First, related entrepreneurship education literature was reviewed. The implementation of entrepreneurship education in America and Taiwan was discussed and used for reference in planning the overall framework of entrepreneurship education. Panel discussion was held and...
Ocular component characteristics of Chinese emmetropic children
July 2009
Purpose to describe the ocular components of Chinese emmetropic children and determine if accommodation has long term effects on eye elongation. Autorefraction after cycloplegia was performed on 428 children (ages 3 - 14). 273 eyes met emmetropia the refractive error requirement for emmetropia (between +1.0 D and -0.5 D). Participants were divided into three groups: pre-school children (≤6 years old, group...
Use of compromise ranking method for supervisor selection: A multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach
July 2009
In the present reporting a strategic methodology adapted from multi-criteria-decision making (MCDM) has been proposed to select a suitable research guide. There are several criteria that influence the efficacy of a quality researcher while guiding his/her scholar towards a positive and effective research outcome. Often scholars are asked to give their preference or to opt for a supervisor under whom he/she...
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