Faculty of Education (FEd)

Influence of board of management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya

2024-10-01T15:01:59Z

Influence of board of management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya Mutiso, J. M; Kalai, J. M.; Okoth, U. A In a school set-up, discipline emphasizes upholding practical students' moral values, an essential ingredient in school management. The study aimed to investigate the influence of the Board of Management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study employed the Systems Theory. The study embraced a mixed methods design. The study had a population of 350 principals, 350 BOM chairpersons, 8026 class teachers, 700 student leaders, and 240 disciplinary committee members. A sample of 35 principals, 381 teachers, 70 students, 70 disciplinary committee members, and 35 boards of management members was selected through stratified, simple random, and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data. Two schools were used to conduct the pilot study to enhance the Validity and reliability of the study instruments. Expert and peer review ensured the content, face, and construct. Instruments reliability was enhanced through the split-half technique. The descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages and inferential statistics ANOVA were used to analyse the quantitative data using the Statistical Software for Social Sciences (SPSS). The information was presented in Tables. Qualitative data was analysed using themes and presented using narratives. The study established that there is a statistically significant difference between the Board of Management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline (F= 1,415 = 623.856 and p-value = 0.000. Thus, the p-value was less than the acceptable significant level of 0.05.

Influence of inspirational motivation on organizational performance in Private Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya

2024-10-01T14:36:50Z

Influence of inspirational motivation on organizational performance in Private Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya Muthusi, J. K.; Okoth, U. A.; Chepkonga, S.; Okumbe, J. A. Transformational leadership is a process in which leaders and followers help each other to advance to a higher level of morale and motivation, creating significant changes in the lives of people and organizations. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of inspirational motivation style on organization performance in private universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The objective that guided the study was to: establish the influence of inspirational motivation on organizational performance in private universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study used Transformational Leadership Theory by Burns (1978) and the conceptual framework of this study was based on the relationship between inspirational motivation style and organizational performance. The sample comprised of 288 lecturers and 7 Deans of Academic Affairs of the chartered private universities. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to gather data. Validation of the questionnaires were through Cronbach’s Alpha and use of expert judgement. The coefficient value was 0.872 at alpha = 0.05. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Regression analysis showed a strong relationship between inspirational motivation and performance of private universities. The results revealed a positive and significant relationship between inspirational motivation (β = .401, p<.05). It was concluded that follower motivation, creating team spirit, internal communication and employee empowerment influences performance. The following recommendations were made: the management of private universities ought to apply inspirational motivation in that they talk about their needs to be accomplished; as well as ensuring that the universities have all the necessary facilities and resources to help in learning and improving their performance. In addition, the management of private universities should empower their employees to have a diverse perspective on getting solutions to problems; suggest new ways of achieving their set targets and re-examine important assumptions.

Effect of task identification on attainment of adaptive skills among learners living with autism: an exploration of discrete learning instructional method.

2024-09-12T09:53:08Z

Effect of task identification on attainment of adaptive skills among learners living with autism: an exploration of discrete learning instructional method. Festus, D. G.; Odundo, P; Ngaruiya, B.; Ganira, L. Autistic learners have inadequate socio-communicative abilities, which affects their ability to operate in society. This may be connected with insufficiency in mental processes due to the spectrum's erroneous cognitive style, which inhibits visual information processing. Stimulative and participative activities improve the brain's ability to adjust and integrate visual information in order to comprehend adaptive capacities. However, tasks design must be improved to improve learning capacity and attain functional competencies. The study aimed to determine the effect of task identification on autistic learners' development of adaptive abilities using the discrete learning approach. Constructivism and weak central coherence theories guided the study. Theories propose that learners with autism may overcome concept understanding impairments through effective engagement in learning activities for enhanced visualising of vitalising encounters. The study used a mixed-methods approach with a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group. Data analysis adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches for an elaborate inference regarding the variables. The sample size included 30 conveniently sampled parents, 73 teachers and 151 autistic learners purposively sampled. Parent Focus Discussion Groups, teacher’s questionnaires, achievement tests, and observation guides comprised data collection tools. Using SPSS version 22, the acquired data was examined using both descriptive and inferential statistics. A statistically significant positive relationship (Beta =.0.656, p 0.000, t = 5.870) between task identification and adaptive skill attainment was established by linear regression. Insinuating appropriate task identification increased the attainment of adaptive abilities. Conclusion: Task identification in discrete learning enhanced the adaptive abilities of autistic learners for sustained functionality and social interaction. Recommendations; workshops to equip teachers with the necessary skills to create customised task identification, policies on personalised task identification in curriculum and study the impact of task identification on arithmetic skills among autistic learners.

Editorial: Addressing the impact of urbanization on health and well-being in African and Asian cities

2023-10-27T06:05:48Z

Editorial: Addressing the impact of urbanization on health and well-being in African and Asian cities Oyeyemi, Adewale L; Mabry, Ruth; Wachira, Lucy-Joy; Gomes, Alexandra; Gustavo, De Siqueira