September 2006
Learning Traditions and Teachers Role: The Indian Perspective
In this paper, the authors discuss about the Indian learning traditions and the role played by teachers in imparting education. They discuss the efforts played by government in enhancing education, Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs) contribution in spreading literacy, various learning traditions from past to present such as Gurukula, Kautilya, participative learning. Further, they highlighted the educational...
September 2006
Gender differences in achievement in calculating reacting masses from chemical equations among secondary school students in Makurdi Metropols
Over the years there exists gender inequality in science achievement among senior secondary school students the world over. It is observed that the males score higher than the females in science and science- related examinations. This has created a big psychological alienation or depression in the minds of female students towards science and science- related subjects. This paper attempted to find out if sex differences...
September 2006
Students’ Attitudes toward Campus Environment: A Comparative study of Public and Private Universities in Kenya
One of the serious problems facing education in Kenya’s public universities has been a persistent student disturbance. Private universities on the other hand, seem to have established a reputation of having minimal incidence of student disturbances. As such private universities are known to have had a good record of student conduct. This may be attributed to the attitudes that students hold towards their Campus...
September 2006
Crossing traditional boundaries: How do practitioners and university faculty describe their experience with educational research literature?
For many years, university based educational research has been blamed for being dominated by positivistic research tradition at the near exclusion of field based ethnographic work. Several findings have also portrayed this domination among the major explanations for practitioners’ lack of interest in educational research literature. With the recent popularity of qualitative work in the educational research...
September 2006
Dynamics of internet usage: A case of students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Nigeria
The survey was conducted in the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria with a view to identifying the rate and purpose of Internet use by students in other to be well positioned to provide effective Internet services to them. Questionnaire was randomly distributed to 1200 students in their hostels out of which 67.66% was returned. The results were collated and analyzed using tables, frequency and...
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