scholarly journals A Study on the Conceptual Understanding Level of the Students of Trained and Untrained Physics Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Javed Mustafa ◽  
Shafqatullah Shafqatullah ◽  
Muhammad Athar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Power And Energy ◽  
Physical Quantities

The study investigated the conceptual understanding level of 10thgrade students of trained and untrained Physics teachers in boys’ secondary schools of district Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. The objectives of the study were; (1) to find out the conceptual understanding level of the students of trained Physics teachers; (2) to investigate the conceptual understanding level of the students of untrained Physics teachers; and, (3) to explore the difference between the conceptual understanding levels of the students of trained and untrained teachers of Physics.Descriptive Research Strategy was used. Population of the study was all the 10th grade students of trained and untrained Physics teachers of district Karak. Multistage sampling technique was used and total 400 students were selected randomly as sample of the study. A self-developed test was administered as an instrument for the collection of data. The test covered the contents of physical quantities, properties of matter, force, work, power and energy and gravitation.The results of the study revealed that in the selected contents, the overall conceptual understanding of the students of trained Physics teachers was hardly satisfactory. While the conceptual understanding level of the students of untrained Physics teachers was good. Although there was no vital difference, however, the conceptual understanding level of the students of trained Physics teachers was comparatively poorer than the conceptual understanding level of the students of untrained Physics teachers.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES BY STAFF AND STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA SENATORIAL DISTRICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Shafi’u Yusuf ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Library ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Orientation Program ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
The Face ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study analyzed the use of library resources by staff and students of secondary schools in southern Kaduna senatorial district. The population of this research comprised all secondary schools in southern Kaduna senatorial zone. Multistage sampling technique was employed in drawing a sample size of 800 students and 400 teachers. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire and was tested for reliability using Cronbach alpha. The reliability coefficient of Library use scale was= 0.9. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings indicate that majority of the respondents reported that nobody encouraged them to use the library. While, respondents were also tried to benefit from all facilities of the library; borrow books from the library. In the face of using library facilities, majority of the respondents established that they visit the library not only when they have assignment. Based on the findings, the study concludes that organizing a series of lecture under user instruction or user education or library orientation program is required in public senior secondary schools. The study recommends that teachers should also mandate students to use the school library effectively; it can help attain high academic achievement. It was also recommended that professional librarians should be employed in public senior secondary schools to plan and execute result oriented information education.

scholarly journals Application of Cause-and-Effect-Analysis for Evaluating Causes of Fire Disasters in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Alade E. Ilori ◽  
Bulus A. Sawa ◽  
Abdullahi A. Gobir
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Effect Analysis ◽  
Fire Disaster ◽  
Teachers And Students

The contributions of fire disaster to the varying degrees of students’, staff and schools’ property and/or lives lost in secondary schools in Nigeria is recently alarming. The study assessed causes of fire disaster in public and private secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The objectives were to identify latent causes of fire disaster, use the fishbone diagram to illustrate and analyze the root-causes of fire disaster in secondary schools. The exploratory research strategy was used. The target population was 18 senior public and private secondary schools, Ilorin having 18 principals, 965 teachers and 3765 senior secondary 2 students. From the target population, simple random sampling technique through a pick and not-return balloting was employed to sample 72.22% of the principals, 14.8% each of the teachers and students. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, questionnaire, participatory observation, and were analyzed using cause-and-effects-analysis. The findings reveal fire disasters in public and private secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis are primarily caused by bush/waste burning, electrical fault/wiring, arson,  carelessness, and alcohol, smoking. Results also showed that the root-causes of fire phenomenon from the classic categories were setting undergrowth on fire, non-insulated wiring system and sparks from wrong connections, emotional induced from cultism rivalry among male teachers and students over a girl and superiority within and outside the school, mishandling of chemicals in various laboratories during experimentation, and lack of proper fencing of school compound. The study recommends that schools in the metropolis should prepare and anticipate future fire tragedy. Consequently, since there are several factors responsible for fire incidents, further studies could be conducted to clarify the sequence or magnitude of each cause of the fire outbreak.

scholarly journals Youth, Parental-determined Strategy towards Tackling Perennial Unemployment in Nigeria as Device for a Safe Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Sunday Israel Akinde ◽  
Adejompo Fagbohunka
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
Multistage Sampling

This study focuses on the youth and the parent fighting future unemployment through present combination of apprenticeship with studentship.  A phenomenon of which little is known, conducted in 4 selected secondary schools in Ondo state, Nigeria. Data through a multistage sampling technique, from 160 students’ terminal mean scores of third and first terminal results of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 sessions respectively, were analyzed. Results showed that consideration of the possibility of future unemployment has significant relationship with students’ combination of apprenticeship with academics [r (158) = 0.211, p < .05] among others. Although parents seek to play safe regarding future employment opportunity for their children,   differences in mean scores in academic performance indicate that those who did not combine studentship with apprenticeship (M=515.75; SD=171.58) outperformed those who did (M=513.52; SD=146.24). Similarly, combined activities have a direct relationship with stress capable of affecting physical and mental life of students thus casting doubt on the future safety net of the decision. 

scholarly journals Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 651-658
Author(s):  
Najam ul Kashif ◽  
Akhtar Ali ◽  
Muhammad Qasim Ali
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Private Colleges ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Conflict Management Styles ◽  
Vice Principals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Multistage Sampling

The beauty of society lies in the differences of opinions, and if this difference of opinion is constructive, society booms. The difference of opinions is also known as conflict of opinions. The study aimed to explore the practices and perceptions of different conflict management styles adopted by the different academic managers in the area of Southern Punjab. As the research problem is a current phenomenon and survey research design is most appropriate to achieve such kind of study. All Principals/Vice Principals and teachers of all public and private colleges of the Southern Punjab region were the populations of the study. By adopting a multistage sampling technique, the targeted sample was selected. Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI), designed by Rahim in 1983, was adopted to measure the conflict management styles of administrators and cross-check them with their subordinates. Data collection was done by the researcher personally. Collected data was feed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 and got the results by the test of ANOVA. Based on the findings of the study in a tabulated form, observable suggestions were also designed.

scholarly journals The Antecedents of Burnout in Heads of Secondary Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Study of Relationships among Burnout, Organizational Commitment and Emotional Intelligence

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 168-177
Author(s):  
Tahira Bibi ◽  
Afshan Huma
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Occupational Burnout ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Occupational burnout, according to Hanisah (2019), is an increasingly important phenomenon in Asian countries. School education departments are no exception. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of burnout among the heads of secondary schools in KPK. This study also investigates the correlation of burnout, emotional intelligence and organizational commitment. The sample of this study comprised 336 head teachers (168 males and 168 females) of secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the sample. The research instruments included Copenhagen burnout inventory, Wong and law emotional intelligence scale, Allen and Meyer organizational commitment. For hypothesis testing, Pearson Correlation Coefficient test was chosen. The study concluded that a significant number of heads were experiencing moderate level of burnout. The findings also revealed that the correlation among burnout, organizational commitment and emotional intelligence was significant among the heads of secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Evaluating Reading Habit among Junior Secondary School Students in Ekiti State in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Babalola Olurotimi Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
School Students ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Multistage Sampling

Abstract The study evaluated reading habit among students in Ekiti State Secondary Schools. The study specifically examined the frequency and time of reading among Junior Secondary School students in Ekiti State, the extent students read, how teachers’ attitudes affect their students reading habits, and ways reading habit can be improved. The descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted in this study. The population for the study consisted all of the Junior Secondary School Students in public secondary schools in Ekiti \central senatorial district. The size of the sample was 200 students drawn from ten public secondary schools using multistage sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire tagged Reading Habit Questionnaire (RHQ) was used to collect relevant data for the study. The responses obtained were collated and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that most of the students rarely read as majority of them spend less than 2 hours daily on reading. They settle down to read only when given assignments or when examination was near. Based on the findings, it is therefore recommended among others that parents should teach their children to start reading from an early age and should provide reading materials for them. Also, it was recommended that teachers should engage students in fervent reading and writing activities. Keywords: Reading, Habit, Library, Descriptive, Revealed Students Teachers

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING AND COLLABORATING LEARNING AS CORRELATES OF PRINCIPALS' PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
A. A. Ebunu ◽  
DR. V. C. ONYEIKE
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Simple Regression

This study examined the relationship between social media networking, collaborating learning and principals' performance in public secondary schools in Delta State. Two research questions guided the study. Two hypotheses were also tested in the study at 0.05 significant level. The study adopted the correlation design. The study population was the 427 principals in public secondary schools in Delta State Post-Primary Education Board. The sample size was 342 principals serving in public secondary schools in Delta State. The multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample. The instruments used to generate data were two questionnaires social media networking, collaborating learning and principals' performance, with reliability coefficients of 0.96 and 0.89 (SMNCL) and (PPQ). The generated data were analyzed using Pearson r and simple regression, t-test associated with simple regression. The findings of the study revealed that social media networking had a positive and strong relationship with principals' performance. The study also revealed that collaborative learning was significantly related to principals' performance in public secondary schools in Delta State. The recommendations made included school principals exploring social media as a veritable avenue for connecting and learning in different experts in different social media tools and online academic community.  The study also recommended that principals should maximize the benefits of teamwork, collaboration, and knowledge synergy with their professional colleagues as a pathway to improving their school leadership skills and competencies.

A Study of Relationship between Spiritual Leadership and Workplace Well-being of Teachers in Secondary Schools, Lahore Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (- 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shadab Samar ◽  
Abid Hussain Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and workplace well-being of secondary school teachers. The study is quantitative in nature and a correlation research design has been used. The secondary school teachers of Lahore are mainly targeted population and stratified sampling technique is used to draw sample of the study. The sample consists of 150 secondary school teachers (75 male and 75 females). Two close ended questionnaires on five-point likert type scale were adapted for this study. The reliability of the instruments has been approx. 0.931 and 0.94 respectively. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient has been used to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and workplace well-being. Inferential statistics are used to explore the difference among secondary school teachers’ perception on the basis of their demographic information. Findings of the study reveal that spiritual leadership is strongly correlated with teachers’ well-being in secondary schools. There is a weak positive relationship among spiritual leadership, teachers’ relatedness and teachers’ competence needs. It is recommended that the head teachers should adopt spiritual style to run the school effectively because under this leadership, a healthy environment in schools might be developed and teachers may perform their duties better.

scholarly journals Comparative study on technical efficiency of mechanized and traditional rice farm in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
Prakash Acharya ◽  
Punya Prasad Regmi ◽  
Devendra Gauchan ◽  
Dilli Bahadur KC ◽  
Gopal Bahadur KC
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Stochastic Production ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Traditional Rice

The study was conducted among 274 mechanized and 220 traditional rice farms using multistage sampling technique to assess the technical efficiency in rice production among mechanized and traditional farmers in Jhapa, Sunsari and Bardiya districts.  The Cobb-Douglas functional form of the stochastic production frontier was employed to obtain the technical efficiency in mechanized and traditional rice farms. The overall technical efficiency of the mechanized and traditional rice farm ranged from 40.31 to 92.23 and 31.21 to 85.02%t with the mean technical efficiency of 80.56 and 70.11% respectively. The scope of increasing output by adopting the technology adopted by the best performer was 19.44% in mechanized and 29.89% in traditional rice farm respectively. Majority of the farmers were operating at an efficiency level 70-80% and 60-70% in mechanized and traditional farms respectively. The average technical efficiency of mechanized rice farm was higher than that of traditional rice farm and the difference was significant. There was scope of increasing output through rational use of existing resources in both farm categories. Manures, chemical fertilizers had significant and positive effect to total yield of rice kg/ha. The effect of machine use to total yield of rice was positive and significant. Rice farms adopting machines were more technically efficient compared to traditional rice farm.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Willingness To Pay by Maize and Groundnut Farmers for Aflatoxin Biocontrol Product in Northern Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 1451-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bamikole Ayedun ◽  
Godwin Okpachu ◽  
Victor Manyong ◽  
Joseph Atehnkeng ◽  
Adebayo Akinola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Aflatoxin Contamination ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Market Strategy ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Threshold Price ◽  
Premium Price ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Multistage Sampling

ABSTRACT In Nigeria, Aflasafe is a registered biological product for reducing aflatoxin infestation of crops from the field to storage, making the crops safer for consumption. The important questions are whether farmers will purchase and apply this product to reduce aflatoxin contamination of crops, and if so under what conditions. A study was carried out to address these questions and assess determinants of willingness to pay (WTP) for the product among maize and groundnut farmers in Kano and Kaduna states in Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to collect primary data from 492 farmers. The majority of farmers who had direct experience with Aflasafe (experienced farmers) in Kano (80.7%) and Kaduna (84.3%) had a WTP bid value equal to or greater than the threshold price ($10) at which Aflasafe was to be sold. The mean WTP estimates for Aflasafe for experienced farmers in Kano and Kaduna were statistically the same. However, values of $3.56 and $7.46 were offered in Kano and Kaduna states, respectively, by farmers who had never applied Aflasafe (inexperienced farmers), and the difference here was significant (P &lt; 0.01). Regression results indicate that contact with extension agents (P &lt; 0.01) and access to credit (P &lt; 0.05) positively and significantly influenced the probability that a farmer would be willing to pay more for Aflasafe than the threshold price. Lack of awareness of the importance of Aflasafe was the major reason cited by inexperienced farmers (64% in Kano state and 21% in Kaduna state) for not using the product. A market strategy promoting a premium price for aflatoxin-safe produce and creating awareness and explaining the availability of Aflasafe to potential users should increase Aflasafe usage.

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