scholarly journals Burnout Syndrome, Working Condition and Teachers’ Productivity: A Case of Adventist Secondary Schools in North Eastern Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p48
Author(s):  
Baraka Manjale Ngussa, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Increase Productivity

This study investigated about burnout syndrome, working condition and teachers’ productivity among Adventist secondary schools in North Eastern Tanzania through survey research design. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of mean scores, t-test and Pearson Correlational Coefficient. The study concluded that there is no significant difference in burnout syndrome by teachers categorized according to their gender and marital status. Secondly, teachers perceived their working conditions to be ideal for greater productivity. They also considered themselves to be hardworking.  Finally, there is a significant positive correlation between working condition and teachers’ productivity. Therefore, it is recommended that school administration should strive to control the experienced physical tiredness by teachers at their work place as this is potential sign for teachers’ burnout which if not controlled may affect teachers’ productivity. Since teachers considered themselves to be hard working, there is need for school administration to establish a mechanism to appraise teachers’ effort. Since working conditions are positively correlated with teachers’ productivity, there is need for school administrations to ensure improved working conditions as such can increase productivity of teachers and as a result, greater academic productivity will be realized.

SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE MODULAR PROGRAM OF HEALTH PRESERVATION OF TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Zheglova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Scientific Justification ◽  
Scientific Substantiation ◽  
Social Demographic

Abstract: In the process of educational activity, the health of teachers is an important component of the process, affecting its content and results. The purpose of our work was the scientific substantiation and development of a modular program for preserving the health of teachers of secondary schools. Within the framework of the study, a hygienic assessment of working conditions was carried out, social, demographic characteristics and lifestyle factors were studied, and the psychological state of teachers was assessed. A modular program for preserving the health of teachers of secondary schools has been developed and implemented, aimed at reducing the risk of the formation of professional burnout syndrome, preserving and strengthening the health of the studied contingent with integration into the practice of education and healthcare.

scholarly journals The Implementation of the Anti-Red Tape Act and Client Satisfaction of State Universities and Colleges in Negros Occidental

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Wayne Custer G. Alegata ◽  
Merlita V. Caelian
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

The study assessed the implementation and student satisfaction of the domains of the Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) in the frontline services of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Negros Occidental.   Using a descriptive, comparative, and correlational research design, data were collected using survey questionnaires and analyzed with the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings showed “very great” implementation and “very satisfied” clients. There is no significant difference in reengineering of systems and procedures and citizens charter, but there is a significant difference in accessing frontline services, accountability of heads of offices, and physical settings and working conditions.  There is also a significant difference in the satisfaction of clinic services while services in the registrar, accounting and cashiering, library and guidance offices exhibit no differences. The study concludes that SUCs are compliant with the provisions of ARTA, and delivery of services is very satisfactory although there are areas that need to be strengthened. 

scholarly journals Teachers Humanistic Role Regarding Students Guidance

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 248-259
Author(s):  
Azmat Ullah ◽  
Malik Amer Atta ◽  
Muhammad Ayaz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
Proper Training ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Student Guidance ◽  
Specialist Teachers ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study was conducted to explore and compare perceptions of Subject Specialist Teachers about their role as a humanistic student guide. Subject specialists were taken from 28 male and 13 female higher secondary schools situated in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. As per the data analysis, it was concluded that most of the teachers did not possess proper awareness f a humanistic approach for the guidance of the student. Student guidance was almost absent due to lack of skills, resources, time specification for the purpose of the school administration and expertise. It was noticed that the situation in female higher secondary schools was almost the same as it was noted in the male schools as no significant difference of perception was found among male and female teachers. There was a need for proper training, and provision of resources for an appropriate guidance of the students.

PERFORMANCE OF TORIA (BRASSICA COMPESTRIS SYN. RAPA L.) VARIETY: RAJ VIJAY TORIA-2 IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN STATES OF INDIA UNDER RAINFED CONDITION

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
VIMLESH KUMAR TIWARI
Keyword(s):  
Seed Yield ◽  
Rainfed Condition ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Finger Printing ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Traits ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
Dna Finger Printing ◽  
Mature Seeds ◽  
Weight Trait

Performance of developed genotype RMT 08-2 was evaluated in central, eastern and north-eastern states of India under rain-fed condition for quantitative and qualitative traits. It gave highest seed yield over checks in zone III and V. Morphologically plants were erect, medium spreading in nature and primary branches with dichotomous habit. Plants height ranged from 107124 (cm) which matured in 82-112 days. Mature seeds were round in shape and blackish brown in colour. No significant difference between RVT-2 and checks were observed for test weight trait. An average oil yield 485 (kg/h) was recorded over 7 places which was 10% higher than both checks i.e. 14.12% and 11.24% under AICRP trials. Maximum seed yield was obtained on farmers field during 2013-14 and 2014-15 which was 1500 (kg/h) and 1215 (kg/h) that is 33.42% and 26.30% respectively over farmers own seeds. At Morena center, highest seed yield (1753 kg/h) over Bhawani (1512 kg/h) was 15.94% higher than check whereas RVT-2 gave 2245 (kg/h) against Bhawani (1975 kg/h) which was 13.67% higher. DNA finger printing indicated that primers PUT-19, PUT-96, PUT-149, PUT-169, PUT-181 and PUT-271 are useful in generating unique profile of RVT-2 containing 27 bands for its discrimination from other varieties.

Enhancing Biology Students' Academic Achievement and Attitude Through Self-Regulated Learning Strategy in Senior Secondary Schools in Delta Central Senatorial District

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Oyovwi Edarho Oghenevwede
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Senior Secondary

Abstract This study focused on enhancing biology students' achievement and attitude through Self-Regulated Learning Strategy in secondary schools in Delta Central Senatorial District. The study adopted the quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test control group design. Four research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated and raised to guide the study. The population of the study was all the biology students in senior secondary school II (SS II) in all the government-owned public secondary schools in Delta Central Senatorial District with an estimation of six thousand, four hundred and twenty-one students (6,421). A sample of two hundred and forty-five (245) senior secondary schools II students randomly selected from four (4) public mixed secondary schools was used for the study. The Simple Random Sampling Technique was adopted to draw the sample. The instruments used for data collection were the Biology Achievement Test (BAT) and Biology Attitude Questionnaire (BAQ). BAT and BAQ were validated by I Measurement and Evaluation and Biology teachers that have taught biology for more than ten (10) years. The reliability of BAT and BAQ were established using Kuder-Richardson formula 21 and Cronbach Alpha which yielded a coefficient of internal consistencies of 0.75 for BAT and 0.80 for BAQ respectively. Data were collected by administering the biology achievement test (BAT) and biology attitude questionnaire (BAQ) as pre-test and post-test. The data obtained were analysed using mean, standard deviation Analysis of Variation (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The result shows that self-regulated regulated learning strategy significantly enhanced students' achievement in biology compared to the lecture method; there was no significant difference between the mean achievement score of male and female students taught biology using self-regulated learning strategy; there was a significant difference between the mean attitude score of students taught using self-regulated learning strategy compared with those taught with lecture method in favour of students taught using the self-regulated learning strategy and there was no significant difference between the mean attitude score of male and female students taught biology using self-regulated learning strategy. Based on the findings it was concluded that self-regulated learning strategy significantly enhances students' achievements and attitudes in biology. It was therefore recommended that biology teachers should adopt the strategy in teaching biology at the secondary school level and that biology teachers should be trained on how to use the skills of self-regulated learning strategy effectively.

Effects of Out-door Activities on Students’ Attitude towards Physics in Secondary Schools

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 126-131
Author(s):  
AWODUN ADEBISI OMOTADE ◽  
JEGEDE S.A
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study investigated the effects of out-door activities on students’ attitude towards learning of Physics in Senior Secondary School Physics in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The research design adopted in the study was Pretest-Posttest Quasi-experimental. The sample for the study was 150 Senior Secondary One (SSI) Physics students (this sample was divided into the experimental and control groups in ratio 1: 1 i.e. 75 in each group), selected through the multistage sampling technique from a total population of 7,852 SS I students offering Physics in all the 184 public Senior Secondary Schools in Ekiti State. The instrument used to collect relevant data from the subjects was Physics Attitudinal Scale (PAS). The reliability of the instrument was determined through the split-half method with the reliability coefficient of 0.83. Two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected were analysed using inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results of the analyses showed that there was significant difference in the attitude of students to Physics in the experimental and control groups in favour of experimental group. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that non-conventional teaching approaches such as using out-door activities, should be introduced into the teaching of Physics in the nation’s secondary schools to reinforce the hitherto adopted conventional teaching method and Physics teachers should be encouraged to make use of these new teaching approaches.

BP-AdaBoost Algorithm Based on Variational Mode Decomposition Optimized by Envelope Entropy for Diagnosing the Working Conditions of a Slideway Seedling-Picking Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 665-675
Author(s):  
Zhitao He ◽  
Haiyang Zhang ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Xin Jin ◽  
Song Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Recognition Accuracy ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Adaboost Algorithm ◽  
Layer Number ◽  
Entropy Minimization ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Penalty Factor

Highlights A method of monitoring the working conditions of a slideway seedling-picking mechanism based on variational mode decomposition (VMD), envelope entropy, and energy entropy is proposed. Based on the criterion of envelope entropy minimization, the combination of the decomposition layer number and penalty factor in VMD is optimized to yield a satisfactory decomposition effect of the analyzed vibration signal. The BP-AdaBoost algorithm is used to improve the working condition classification performance for the slideway seedling-picking mechanism. The working-condition identification effect with the proposed method are compared with those through EMD-based, LMD-based, and EEMD-based methods. Abstract . The slideway seedling-picking mechanism is a type of rotating machinery. This study proposes a novel method of identifying the working conditions of slideway seedling-picking mechanisms for early fault diagnosis by utilizing a back-propagation adaptive boosting (BP-AdaBoost) algorithm based on variational mode decomposition (VMD) optimized by the envelope entropy. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively verify the four working conditions (normal state, slideway failure, cam failure, and spring failure). The overall recognition accuracy reaches 90.0% under the optimal combination of the decomposition layer number K and penalty factor a in VMD determined through the envelope entropy minimization criterion. Classification comparisons with empirical mode decomposition (EMD), local mean decomposition (LMD) and ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) integrated into the BP-AdaBoost algorithm indicate that the overall recognition accuracy of the proposed method is 18.1%, 16.9%, and 15.6% higher than the accuracies of the three conventional methods, respectively. Compared with the K-means, support vector machine (SVM) algorithms, BP-AdaBoost algorithm demonstrates a more dependable capability for identifying the working conditions. This study provides a useful reference for monitoring the working conditions of slideway seedling-picking mechanisms. Keywords: BP-AdaBoost algorithm, Energy entropy, Envelope entropy, Slideway seedling-picking mechanism, Variational mode decomposition, Working conditions.

scholarly journals Effect of back school protocol on the referral rate of patients with low back pain to an industrial physiotherapy clinic

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. O. Odebiyi ◽  
A. O. Akinpelu ◽  
M. O. B. Olaogun
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Back School ◽  
Soap Making ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Back Care ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
Physiotherapy Clinic

Back schools are educational programmes originally developed in a work place (Volvo factory in Sweden) for patients with back pain, to enable them to manage their own back problems better. ‘Back school’ was originally aimed at modifying the behaviours of patients with low back pain (LBP), with the view to prevent relapses. In an effort to encourage and stimulate the use of ‘back school’ among health workers in Nigeria, this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a back school protocol in a Soap Making Industry in Lagos, Nigeria. One hundred and ten (110) workers of a Soap Making Industry in Lagos, Nigeria,  participated in this study. A pre-test, post-test experimental design was employed. The participants were divided into two groups - office workers and factory workers for the purpose of the training in the content of the back school protocol. The ‘back school’ consisted of classroom teaching and the use of two videotapes titled “lifting technique” and “back pain”. Data on demographic information, knowledge of back structures and back care were collected using a questionnaire with closed ended questions, which was completed before, immediately after and 8 weeks after the administrations of the contents of the back school protocol (Akinpelu and Odebiyi, 2004). The records of the factory’s clinic were also reviewed for the 12-months before and 12 months after the study. The mean values of the participants’ age, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) were 36.60 ± 9.10 years, 1.65 ± 0.10 m,69.13 ± 7.70 kg and 25.40 ± 3.30 kg/m2 respectively. The results showed that the 12-months prevalence of low back pain (LBP) among the workers was 71%. The result also showed that over 50% of the participants never had any  information or lesson on back care, and those that had some form of information obtained it by chance. There was 23% reduction in referral for care of back pain 12 months after the administration of the back school protocol. However, Chi square analysis showed that there was no significant difference (p = 0.23) between the number of  physiotherapy referrals to the factory’s clinic 12-months before the study and 12-months after the studyThe findings of this study suggest that the back school protocol was able to impart some knowledge (of back pain and back care) in the industrial workers. This knowledge seems to have assisted this group of individuals to cultivate good postural habits, particularly at work. This might have led to the 23% reduction in the reported cases of patients with LBP to the factory’s Physiotherapy Clinic.

scholarly journals Gender similarity in low agreement between written and video ISAAC asthma questionnaires

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gharagozlou ◽  
S. Khalili ◽  
M. Hallajmofrad ◽  
R. Mohammadzadeh ◽  
G. Mousavi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Children ◽  
Childhood Asthma ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Asthma Prevalence ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Asthma Symptoms ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gender Similarity

Background and Aim. The prevalence of childhood asthma varies among different nations and appears to have increased in recent years. It has been difficult to determine this prevalence precisely and compare the communities due to the lack of a standardized method. The International Studies of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) has developed a written and video questionnaire to measure asthma prevalence and overcome these difficulties. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of childhood asthma in Kashan, the central area of Iran, and to assess the agreement between the ISAAC written and video questionnaires and its gender relationship. Methods. Between December 2002 and June 2003, 2533 school children, aged 13-14 years, in Kashan secondary schools completed sequentially the ISAAC written and video questionnaires. The agreement between responses to the two questionnaires for reported “ever wheeze”, “exercise wheeze”, “night wheeze” and “night cough” was determined, using kappa coefficient and concordance. Results. The prevalence of asthma symptoms were significantly lower in the responses to the video questionnaire compared with the written questionnaire. Kappa coefficient showed only poor to fair agreement (κ = 0.13- 0.24) between video and written questionnaires, although the concordance between them always exceeded 60%. Conclusions. This study showed that reported asthma symptoms based on video questionnaires were significantly lower than the written questionnaire, and that there is low agreement between the two questionnaires which requires further investigation to explain the findings. In addition, this investigation revealed no significant difference between the genders for this low agreement.

scholarly journals Developing psyhological resistance of dentists when rendering medical services at the (MAI) Municipal autonomous institition «(DP) Dental Clinic No 12»

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
А. Чернавский ◽  
A. Chernavskiy ◽  
И. Петров ◽  
I. Petrov ◽  
О. Белова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Psychological Climate ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Medical Organization ◽  
System Type ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
Emotional Resistance

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Psychological resistance of a doctor refers to the ability to keep normal function of mind under changing circumstances and/or under pressure when giving medical treatment. The said ability is not a genetically built-in one, but is to be developed it together with forming a doctor’s personality during his or her study and work process. Psychological and emotional resistance of a doctor depends on the nervous system type (a person’s temper and individual qualities), on his or her background, skills, professional quali cation level, social manners and the nature of work. It is vital to create conditions conducive to developing psychological resistance of a dentist rendering medical services in a medical organization such as creating creating optimal working conditions to reduce the stress level, creating psychological and organization comfort at the work place; increasing the autonomy of a dentist when dealing with a patient by making him or her more competent not only in the major subject but also in such allied subjects as clinical psychology and science of con icts, creating a positive socio-psychological climate within an by way of conducting trainings, teaching dentists to relax, to conduct auto-training. </span></p>

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