scholarly journals Influence of Parents’ Age on Perceptions of the Role of Male Teachers in Preschools in Vihiga Sub-County, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p93
Author(s):  
Avoga Elisheba ◽  
Dr. Gladwell Wambiri ◽  
Dr. Nyakwara Begi
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
School Management ◽  
Male Teachers ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Independent Variable

Children who are taught by both male and female teachers develop holistically. This means that male teachers are vital in the education of young children. The study was to explore parents’ perceptions of the role of male teachers’ in preschools in Vihiga Sub-county as well as examine the influence of age on parents’ perception of the role the teachers in pre-schools in the sub-county. The study was guided by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning theory. Descriptive research design was used to guide the study. The dependent variable was parents’ perception of role of male teachers’ in pre-schools, while the independent variable was parents’ age. The locale of the study was Vihiga Sub County in Kenya. Questionnaire and interview schedules were used to collect data and analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods. Results from data analysis indicated that parents’ perception of the role of male teachers’ in pre-schools was negative. It was also clear from the results that the perception was influenced by parents’ age. It was recommended that school management should organize programs to help parents to understand the role played by male teachers in preschools in order to change their attitude towards the teachers.

scholarly journals El uso seguro del Internet y el rol de los padres / The Safe Use of the Internet and the Role of Parents

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Elizabeth Moreno Carrillo ◽  
Gustavo Adolfo León Duarte ◽  
Carlos René Contreras Cázarez
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Mixed Approach

ABSTRACTSociety has been transforming throughout the last years. The easy access to Internet has made two important institutions, family and school, cope to new challenges. Teenagers in different countries have access to Internet. However, understanding how these changes affect them, their families, their education, their community and the risks they cope help us get to empiric research. The main inquiry is to identify the use and the role parents have around the Internet and technological devices. The research is based in a mixed approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods, using a questionnaire and a focus group to collect data.RESUMENLa sociedad ha venido transformándose durante las últimas décadas. El fácil acceso al Internet ha hecho que dos importantes instituciones, la familia y la escuela, se enfrenten a nuevos retos. En distintos países alrededor del mundo, los adolescentes tienen acceso al Internet. Sin embargo, para entender como estos cambios los afecta a ellos, a sus familias, a su educación, a su comunidad y los riesgos que enfrentan, es posible llevar a cabo la investigación empírica. La pregunta central es conocer el uso y el rol que tienen los padres en torno al Internet y a los dispositivos tecnológicos. Como parte de la metodología, la construcción del objeto de estudio se basa en la implementación de un enfoque mixto. La combinación de enfoques cualitativos y cuantitativos conlleva al diseño de dos fases en las que se utilizarán dos herramientas, la encuesta y el grupo focal. Contacto principal: [email protected]

Competencies urban planning students need to succeed in professional practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-287
Author(s):  
Gehad Megahed ◽  
Abeer Elshater ◽  
Samy M.Z. Afifi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Information Finding

Purpose This paper focuses on the competencies and skills needed in preparing graduates of urban planning schools to meet the real-world challenges of professional practices. The present work explores the gap between skills and knowledge required to excel in the urban planning discipline and professional practices. Design/methodology/approach This research utilises a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. This study depends on collecting data from descriptive and statistical analysis based on two streams. The first comes from a survey launched among students of urban planning. The second is interviews scheduled with academics that are also practitioners. Findings The results outline the missing correlation between what Egyptian students learn in schools of urban planning and professional practices. The findings show that academics, students, and graduates share the same experiences about the education system. Academics agreed that graduates need to be more skilful rather than knowledgeable. The discussion shows that the undefined role of the planner in Egypt influenced the mismatching between the current demand and supply of competencies and skills offered by planning schools. The concluded remarks mentioned that communication skills and negotiation skills are the most crucial skills for graduates, in addition to information finding and data-processing skills. Originality/value This research has particular advantages in presenting a model of competencies as results of scanning the expectations of Egyptian students and new graduates vs professional practices. The contribution is in answering the question of what skills students of the urban planning programs should learn in order to meet the continued changes in professional practices.

scholarly journals The Rush for Land and Agricultural Investment in Ethiopia: What We Know and What We Are Missing

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Logan Cochrane ◽  
Danielle D. Legault
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
The Government ◽  
Technical Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Investments

More than a decade has passed since the triple crises of food, energy and finance in the period 2007–2008. Those events turned global investor interest to agriculture and its commodities and thereafter the leasing of tens of millions of hectares of land. This article reviews and synthesizes the available evidence regarding the agricultural investments that have taken place in Ethiopia since that time. We use a systematic review approach to identify literature from the Web of Science and complement that with additional literature found via Google Scholar. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used to analyze the available literature. In so doing, we raise questions of data quality, by analyzing the evidence base used by many studies (the Land Matrix database) and compare it with data we obtained from the Government of Ethiopia. We find that while the Land Matrix is the largest available database, it appears to present only a fraction of the reality. In critically assessing the literature, we identify areas that have been under-researched or are missing from the literature, namely assessments of gendered impacts, the role of diaspora and domestic investors, interdisciplinary approaches (e.g., integrating climate change, biodiversity, and water), and studies that move beyond technical assessment, such as looking at the impacts on traditional knowledge and socio-cultural systems.

scholarly journals STUDI ETNOBOTANI TUMBUHAN BERKHASIAT OBAT YANG DIMANFAATKAN MASYARAKAT SUKU MELAYU KABUPATEN LINGGA PROVINSI KEPULAUAN RIAU

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ufara Qasrin ◽  
Agus Setiawan ◽  
Yulianty Yulianty ◽  
Afif Bintoro
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Descriptive Research

Medicinal plants have long been used by traditional communities, one of them is the Malay people in Lingga Regency, Riau Islands Province in healing various diseases. This study aims to determine the types of medicinal plants based on local knowledge of the indigenous Malay people. The population of this research is the native Malay people of Lingga Regency and the sampling is done using the snowball sampling method so that the selected respondents are following the required data. This type of research is descriptive research with qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative method was used to find out the use of medicinal plants used by the community by interview while the quantitative method was used to find out the percent of the use of medicinal plants by the Malays from the interviews. Based on the results of the study there were 102 types of medicinal plants in 53 families. The most commonly used plant parts are leaves (45.10%) by boiling and the least used are seeds and bark (1.96%). The most used habitats were herbs (27.45%) and trees (26.47%) and the least used were liana (8.82%) and terna (3.92%). Diseases that are usually treated by people with plants are diseases that are commonly suffered by ordinary people such as fever, diarrhea, coughing, toothaches, itching and mouth sores.

scholarly journals Some Stakeholders’ Position on the Language Policy of Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patience OBENG ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Local Language ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Key Stakeholders

African nations with theirmultilingual nature still face challenges in the language of formal education. With thecognitive and academic leveragesattachedto home language, language educationistsandlinguistic scholars believe that a child must be taught first in their mother-tongue, usually, their firstlanguage, in which theydisplay an appreciable level of competence,before any other language/s are introduced. Many studies have been conducted onthe language policy issues in Ghana but the current study adds a dimension from parents and even the learners who are key stakeholders and recipients of the policy. This study sought to find out the level of awareness of thestakeholders; teachers, parents and pupils,their position and the impactof their positionon learning outcomes. It also investigated stakeholders’position in using only English to teach at the lower primary. Using a survey descriptive research methodology, data was collectedvia both structured and unstructured interviews, andobservation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods wereused to analyze data.The research revealed that among the three stakeholders, teachers were more conversant with Ghana’s language policy. All stakeholdersendorsed the policy for teaching and learning purposes. Even though, most teachers preferred to blend English and alocal language, a fewcould speak the local language of the community, or have been trained in the use of the local language for instructional purposes. All stakeholders favoured a blend of English with the local languages.

scholarly journals 'Judgemental Category' is the Major Concept in Ntozake Shange's “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf”

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-264
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
Black American Women

This paper aims to explore the frequencies of using the Attitudinal resources in Shange‟s Postmodern American drama “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf”. The purpose of that investigation is to make a comparative analysis among all three types of Attitude categories which are: Appreciation, Judgment, and Affect. In order to accomplish the role of being the spokesperson of black American women in the United States of America by delivering the real agony and oppression that those people faced because of their class, gender, and race. The playwright has presented and cantered on seven black women who encountered some form of neglect, harassment, and abuse; either emotionally, sexually, or physically. The analysing process has presented that the playwright had utilized many linguistic resources; „Judgement‟. This category is considered as one of the major Attitudinal systems in the discourse-semantic appraisal mode within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) for interpersonal meanings. Judgement is connected with the evaluation of black women‟s characters as well as their behaviours in this literary text. This article intends to discover the reason behind the heavy use of that category compared with the other two types of Attitudinal system. The paper has adopted qualitative and quantitative methods to conduct the objectives of the Attitudinal resources in the selected data sets. This paper has concluded that in the Attitude category, Judgement turned to be the most presentation system comparing with the other Attitudinal types which are Affect and Appreciation. Moreover, within the scope of Judgement „Propriety‟ and „Tenacity‟ have exceeded other judgmental subtypes.

scholarly journals A Critical Investigation on the Impact of Employee’s Engagement on Employee’s Productivity at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry-Oman

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitham Mohammed Al-Maamari ◽  
Maria Matriano
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Investigation

The theory of employee engagement is part of human resources management nowadays as it is a key to the success of companies around the world. Innovative institutions seek to understand the employees to increase their engagement, job satisfaction, and productivity that lead to more profitability for company. This study is about the critical investigation on the impact of employee’s engagement to employee’s productivity in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI)-Oman. This study has applied the descriptive research design using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Managers and employees in the Ministry were interviewed to understand in depth the impression of employees about their engagement in the Ministry. The results revealed that most of the employees are not engaged at MOCI. The recommendation aimed at providing an effective employee engagement framework for the ministry’s culture that suits the nature of the employees. This study can be used as well by other government sectors that follow the same approach as the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOCI) to increase the overall level of employee engagement. 

scholarly journals La imagen de la persona en los medios y su influencia en la autoestima: la importancia de la apariencia en la evaluación general de la persona / Self Image in Media and its Influence on Self esteem: The relevance of Appearance in Total self Evaluation

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Llovet ◽  
Mónica Díaz-Bustamante Ventisca
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Media Responsibility

ABSTRACTThe analysis about communication of Fashion and Beauty shows the creation of a uniform, manipulated and exclusively physical vision of self. The goal of this paper is to assess the negative influence of this kind of self image on self esteem. Firstly, literature review is done about two concepts: “self concept” and “self esteem”. Secondly, it has been done a desk study related to main economic indicators linked to Fashion and Beauty’s industries. Thirdly, research methodology was applied using descriptive exploratory qualitative and quantitative methods (content analysis, focus group, personal interviews, surveys) among different target (8-37 years old average) affected by the communications of these industries. It is showed a low self esteem related to physical appearance. A growing exposure to images based on unreal bodies makes frustrated and unhappy people. Although people in general are aware of this problem, they find difficult to fight against it. It is necessary to appeal to brands and media responsibility. Moreover, the role of education authorities, families and society is a key to develop a more human approach not only based on physical appearance.RESUMENEl análisis sobre la comunicación de los sectores de la moda y la belleza muestra la creación de una visión uniforme, manipulada y exclusivamente física de la persona. El propósito de este artículo es evaluar la influencia negativa de este tipo de imagen de la persona en su autoestima. En primer lugar, realizamos la revisión bibliográfica de los términos "autoestima" y "auto concepto". En segundo lugar, se llevó a cabo un estudio de gabinete relativo a los principales indica-dores económicos vinculados con los sectores de la moda y la belleza. Y en tercer lugar, se usaron métodos de investigación exploratorios usando herramientas cualitativas y cuantitativas (análisis de contenido, entrevistas personales y encuestas) en diferentes target (ciudadanos entre 8 y 45 años) afectados por la comunicación de estos sectores. Se ha demostrado una baja autoestima relacionada con el aspecto físico. Una creciente exposición a las imágenes solo centradas en cuerpos irreales hace personas frustradas e infelices. Aunque la gente en general es consciente de este problema, encuentra difícil combatirlo.

scholarly journals ROLE OF MOTIVATION FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS; A CASE OF THREE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ZAMBIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Musonda Yolam
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Job Motivation ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which affect motivation of librarians in three selected Universities in Zambia namely; Mulungushi University, Copperbelt University and Nkrumah University. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which librarians are motivated in their work, to find out factors that influence motivation among librarians in the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia, to assess the impact of communication and staff development on staff motivation in the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia and to propose measures aimed at contributing towards job motivation among librarians from the selected university libraries in the Central and Copperbelt province of Zambia. Methodology: The study was a survey by design targeting library staff such as sub-librarians, assistant librarians, senior library assistants as well as library assistants. A sample of 103 respondents was selected using purposive sampling. The survey combined qualitative and quantitative methods; qualitative data obtained from interviews using administered and self-administered questionnaires and interview technique results were analysed by coding and regrouping similar themes using constant comparative techniques. Quantitative data was collected and presented statistically in form of percentages and graphs. Findings: Study indicated various factors which can motivate librarians to do more work such as responsibilities including, good salary, promotion and work achievement. Unique Contributions to Theory Practice and Policy: The uniqueness of this research is that the findings will be used as reference by future researchers on this or related topics and this will help manager to put in place measures which will help motivate library staff. Hence this will lead to attainment of hard work among staff and delivery of quality services to clients.  

Exploration of kids ready to wear clothing brands for measurement and fit discrepancies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepasri Prabhakar ◽  
Sudhakar Rajagopal
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Consumer Dissatisfaction ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
Body Shapes ◽  
Apparel Manufacturers

Purpose This study aims to probe customers’ expectations and explore discrepancies across various domestic kids’ ready to wear (RTW) apparel brands for measurements, fit, shape and labelling/nomenclature. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through qualitative and quantitative methods. Interviews were held with the consumers to understand their perceptions and expectations with the kids’ wear brands for measurements, fit and labelling. The approach had a twofolded purpose of addressing the consumers’ dissatisfaction and the apparel manufacturer’s perspective. Findings The results indicated that 87% of consumers gave importance to well-fitted apparel. The apparel brands considered for the study showed inconsistency and discrepancies in the measurements, leading to consumer dissatisfaction and frustrations. Research limitations/implications The findings of the study may be useful for fashion academia, kids RTW apparel manufacturers and designers who can relate to the role of standard measurements and the varying body shapes in RTW apparel. They can work closer to develop innovative practices focusing on the fit challenges in kids RTW apparel. Originality/value The implication of the lack of any standard measurement for Indian kids for apparel is well-established in the study.

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