scholarly journals Assessing the Extent of Application of Competency Based Education and Training Approach in Classroom Instruction in Technical and Vocational Education Training Institutions in Kenya

Author(s):  
Kogo Wilson Kipngetich ◽  
Moses Kapkiai ◽  
Chumba Sammy

Aims: The major purpose of this study was to assess the extent of application of CBET approach in classroom instruction Study Design: The study utilized the descriptive survey research design. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in TVET institutions in the North Rift Region, Kenyabetween March 2021 to June 2021. Methodology: Purposive, stratified and simple random sampling was used to sample 280 respondents.The study included 280 respondents of which 152 were males and 128 females with an age range of 35 – 56 years. Results: This study targeted Principals, 6 Industrial Liaisons Officers (ILO), 285 trainers’ and 18 Industrial Supervisors who were associated with either TVET institution or industry. Fromitheitotalisampleisize of 285, 98.2% representing 280 questionnaires for trainers were positively responded to the case request. Findings showed that application of classroom instruction has a moderate positive and significant influence on integration of CBET approach in TVET institutions (r = .476, P< 0.001). Conclusion: The present study rejected the null hypothesis and concludes that the relationship is statistically significant. The sample data support the notion that the relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable exists in the population of TVET institutions in the North Rift. Thus the hypothesis (Ho1) was rejected. This implies that application of classroom instruction influences integration of CBET approach in TVET institutions.

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. R.R. Shinde

Objective of the study: To find out the relationship among depression on mental health among science faculty students. Hypotheses: 1. Low depress college students will significantly high mental health than the high depress science faculty students. 2. There will be negative correlationship between mental health and depression among science faculty students. Sample: The effective sample consisted of 80 subjects, among 40 subjects were Low depress and 40 subjects were high depress science faculty students from Aurangabad (Maharashtra). The age range of subjects where 20-24 years (Mean 20.75, SD 3.26). And Simple random sampling was used. Variable: Independent variable- Depression a) High    b) Low Dependent Variable: Mental Health Tools: Mental Health Inventory (MHI):  Mental health inventory constructed by Dr. Jagdish and Dr. A K Srivastav. 2. Depression Scale:  Depression Scale construct by Dr. Shamim Karim and Dr. Rama tiwari. Conclusions: 1.Low depresses science faculty students had significantly high mental health than the high depress science faculty students. 2. Negative Correlation between depression and mental health among science faculty students.


Author(s):  
Siti Annisa ◽  
Neti Karnati ◽  
Heru Santosa

This research aims to determine the relationship between organizational cultureand job satisfaction of honorary teacher Elementary School in district Pulogadung EastJakarta. This research is quantitative with two variables, namely: (X) Organizationalculture as the independent variable and (Y) job satisfaction as the dependent variable.The research method used is survey method with the correlational studies andquantitative approaches. Samples were as many as 73 honorary teachers. Samplingtechnique using simple random sampling by the formula Slovin and data collection usingquestionnaires. From the results of hypothesis testing, obtained tcount = 6.38, which meansbigger than ttable = 1.9939. Thus it can be said that the hypothesis can be received. Itmeans null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. Organizational culture contributed 36.46% to thejob satisfaction of honorary teacher Elementary School in District Pulogadung EastJakarta. Based on the results of the research note that the increasingly strongorganizational culture, then the higher job satisfaction of honorary teacher ElementarySchool in District Pulogadung in East Jakarta. It can be concluded that there is a positiverelationship between organizational culture and job satisfaction of honorary teacherElementary School in district Pulogadung East Jakarta.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taqiyyah Barroh Thoyyib ◽  
Yunik Windarti

The purposed to find out the relationship between the knowledge about implant and implant contraceptive used of acceptors at BPS Farohah Gresik. Implant is one of hormone contraceptive methode with high effectiveness. But, know fact that there were acceptors refused to use implant. The caused factor is the less off acceptors knowledge about implant. Therefore, this research was purposed to find out the relationship between the knowledge about implant and implant contraceptive used of acceptors at BPS Farohah Gresik. The type of this research was analytic by cross sectional methode. The population involved 42 acceptors of hormonal contraceptive who attended on June at BPS Farohah Gresik. 38 respondents were taken as the samples using simple random sampling technique. The independent variable was knowledge where as, the dependent one was the used of implant. Questionnaires was used to collect the data. Analyzed by using MannWhitney test with the significance level α = 0,05. The result of this research showed that most of respondents (60,5%) had less knowledge and almost all respondents (89,5%) did not use implant. Furthermore, the statistic test has obtarned p = 0,039 < α = 0,05. So H0 was refused that there was a relationship between knowledge about implant and the used of implant contraceptive at BPS Farohah Gresik. The research concluded that the less of acceptors knowledge about implant. The used of this contraceptive is vower. Hence, the health workers should improve the counselling and implant extension to people.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-71
Author(s):  
Bryan Bryan ◽  
Eddy Haryadi

The purpose of this research to determine the effect of moderating variables on the relationship between Switching Costs, Service Performance and Customer Loyalty among Celebrity Fitness members. This research was carried out in a service company Celebrity Fitness. The respondents were limited to the members of Celebrity Fitness in Jakarta. Data obtained by distributing questionnaires to the sample. The method used in sampling is simple random sampling by means of draws. The sample are 165 active members of Celebrity Fitness. The results showed that there is significant influence of the moderating variable on the relationship between Service Performance and Customer Loyalty. The results also show the Service Performance as an independent variable has a significant effect on customer loyalty. Switching Costs serves as a quasi moderator (serves as the independent variable and moderation) significantly affects customer loyalty and has a significant influence as a moderating variable in the relationship between Service Performance and Customer Loyalty.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Afita Rokhimawaty ◽  
Sri Umijati Martono ◽  
Tri Utomo

AbstrakLatar Belakang: Pada tahun 2012, persentase BBLR di Jawa Tengah sebesar 3,75%, naik menjadi sebesar 5,10% pada tahun 2015, dan kemudian turun menjadi 4,40% pada tahun 2016. Hal serupa juga terjadi di Kota Pekalongan. Namun angka kejadian gizi buruk di Kota Pekalongan mengalami kenaikan. Pada tahun 2015, di Kota Pekalongan ditemukan 29 kasus gizi buruk pada balita, dan menjadi 37 kasus pada tahun 2016. BBLR merupakan growth channels pada pertumbuhan anak. Pertumbuhan ini akan mempengaruhi status gizi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menentukan hubungan berat badan lahir dengan status gizi bayi umur 1-6 bulan berdasarkan indeks BB/U. Metode: Penelitian cross sectional ini dilakukan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Buaran, Kota Pekalongan. Variabel bebasnya adalah berat badan lahir dan variabel terikatnya adalah status gizi bayi umur 1-6 bulan berdasarkan indeks BB/U. Sampel penelitian ini adalah bayi umur 1-6 bulan di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Buaran yang terpilih dan memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Sampel diambil selama Maret-April 2019 dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Penilaian yang dilakukan menggunakan berat badan dan umur untuk menghitung nilai Z-score dari indeks BB/U berdasarkan standar WHO 2005. Penentuan hubungan kedua variabel dengan menggunakan Uji Pearson pada tingkat kemaknaan α = 0,05. Hasil: Sebesar 93,4% bayi memiliki berat badan lahir cukup. Prevalensi status gizi baik pada bayi umur 1-6 bulan berdasarkan BB/U adalah sebesar 92,1%. Berat badan lahir berhubungan dengan status gizi bayi umur 1-6 bulan berdasarkan indeks BB/U (p=0,004). Kesimpulan: Berat badan lahir berhubungan dengan status gizi bayi umur 1-6 bulan berdasarkan indeks BB/U. Abstract Background: In 2012, the percentage of LBW in Central Java was 3.75%, up to 5.10% in 2015, and then rose to 4.40% in 2016. The same thing happened in Pekalongan City. However, the number of malnutrition in Pekalongan City is increasing. In 2015, in Pekalongan City there were 29 cases of underweight in children under five, and 37 cases in 2016. LBW was a channel of growth in the growth of children. This change will improve nutritional status. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between birth weight and nutritional status of infants aged 1-6 months. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the working area of the Buaran Community Health Center, Pekalongan City. The independent variable is birth weight and the independent variable is the nutritional status of infants aged 1-6 months. The samples of this study were infants aged 1-6 months in the work area of the selected Buaran Health Center and fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Samples were taken during March-April 2019 using a simple random sampling technique. The assessment was carried out using body weight and age to calculate the Z-score from the WAZ index based on the 2005 WHO standard. Determination of the relationship between the two variables using the Pearson Test at the significance level α = 0.05. Results: 93.4% of babies have adequate birth weight. The prevalence of good nutritional status in infants aged 1-6 months based on WAZ is 92.1%. Birth weight is related to the nutritional status of infants aged 1-6 months based on the WAZ index (p = 0.004). Conclusion: Birth weight related to the nutritional status of infants aged 1-6 months based on index WAZ. 


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajaz Ahmad

This study was conducted to discover the relationship between spiritual personality and emotional empathy among medical and unani students. The target population consisted of students from faculty of medicine of JNMC (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, UP) and faculty of unani of AKTC (Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh, UP). The sample comprised of 100 participants (50 female and 50 male) whose age range was from 24 to 27 years. Out of 100 participants, 50 students were from MBBS course and the remaining 50 students were from BUMS course. The participants were selected by simple random sampling method. Data were obtained through Spiritual Personality Inventory (SPI) developed by Husain, Luqman and Jahan (2012) and Emotional Empathy Scale (EES) developed by Mehrabian and Epstein (l972). The data were analyzed by means of Pearson Product-Moment Correlation. SPSS 16.0 version was used to analyze the data. The obtained results indicated that in the MBBS male and female students, and BUMS male students only, spiritual personality is related to emotional empathy. The findings suggested that students of helping profession with spiritual personality express more empathic attitude toward others which is essential for speedy recovery of the patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irmah Nur Lailia ◽  
Fauziyatun Nisa

The continuity of laboring process can be seen from the length of delivery takes and do not undergo complications during childbirth. In fact, there are many women who have suffered due to an excessive fearness therefore they had labor disfluencies which can be hindering the delivery process of laboring. This study aims to determine the relationship between mentoring husband with the continuity of labor process in BPM Arifin S study is all women who is giving birth in the moment of January to May with 142 respondents. The sampling technique using simple random sampling, 61 respondents. The independent variable (mentoring husband) with the dependent variable (continuity laboring process). The collecting data using partograf. Data anlysis using Chi-Square α = 0.05.The results showed that 85.3%of respondents who accompanied by husband during laboring process, they will have precious continuity of laboring. The results of chi-square test with α = 0.05 is ρ = 0.000 obtained significant ρ < α Ho have been ignored, it means that there is a relation between accompanied husband and the continuity laboring process.The concusions of this study, there is a relation between accompanying by husband while laboring process and a fluency of laboring process. Unaccompanied by husband while labor process will increase the risk uncontinuity of laboring process. Hence, this is truly necessary for husband having counseling about the importance of accompanying mothers while laboring process.


Author(s):  
Muchiri Jane Muthoni ◽  
Margaret Wanjiru Gitumu ◽  
John Mwaruvie

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Supervision is a vital administrative tool employed by headteachers in ensuring </span><span>teachers’ effectiveness and competence in teaching and learning in schools. Over </span><span>time, pupils</span><span>’ </span><span>academic performance in examinations has been consistently low in public primary schools and has created concern among education stakeholders in Kenya and the world over. The objective of this study is assess the relationship </span><span>between headteachers’ supervision of professional documents and academic </span><span>performance in primary schools in </span><span>Embu and Murang’a counties. </span><span>A descriptive survey research design was used. The target population was 14,786 respondents; simple random sampling was used to select 256 of these. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews and an observation checklist. To ascertain reliability, the instrument was piloted, a</span><span>nd Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was </span><span>calculated as 0.93. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics involving frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations and inferential statistics, precisely, correlation. The results show that the development of professional documents was common in primary schools and that the best documents supervised by headteachers were schemes of work. The null hypothesis tested was not rejected based on the correlation of r=-.044&lt;0.05 and P=0.732&gt;0.05 between headteachers</span><span>’ </span><span>supervision of professional documents and academic performance. The study recommends that headteachers should guide teachers on the importance of consistency in professional documents. However, h</span><span>eadteachers’ supervision of teachers’ preparat</span><span>ion of professional documents did </span><span>not impact positively on pupils’ academic performance at KCPE in </span><span>Embu and </span><span>Murang’a counties. </span><span>The findings of the study will serve as a reference for similar studies in education administration and management. </span></p></div></div></div>


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
ARMIN HALUTI ◽  
AKBAR SUDIRMAN

The aim of the study was to find an objective and effective description of the relationship of the Headmasters Exemplary and Giving Reward toward work discipline of SMP Negeri teachers of Bunta District. This study was conducted in Bunta District with the beggining process was the implementation of testing instrument. The approach of this study was quantitative, and the types of this descriptive correlational, and it used statistical processing data. This study used simple correlation with one independent variable X and one dependent variabel Y. Then, it used moment product to search the correlation for X and Y. The sample measurement taken using probability sampling teachnique is simple random sampling. It expected that all population have opportunity to show the Headmaster exemplary had significant positive relationship or in the amount of 50,8% toward work discipline of SMP Negeri teachers in Bunta District. In other words, the better exemplary of headmaster, the better influence the exemplary relationship of headmaster, and the better work discipline of SMP Negeri teachers in Bunta District is giving reward or appreciation to the teachers or  headmaster achievement.Suggestion: to obtain educational success, work discipline teachers should be improved through the exempalry of headmaster.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Hasniyah Rizka Kumala ◽  
Windhu Purnomo

Latar Belakang: Bayi dengan berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR) atau bayi yang lahir <2500g, memilikiperkembangan cenderung lebih lambat dibandingkan anak yang lahir dengan berat badan normal.Pada kasus BBLR sangat jarang diberikan ASI secara eksklusif karena keinginan ibu untukmenaikkan berat badan bayi secara cepat, sehingga diberikan makanan tambahan selain ASI. Balitadengan riwayat BBLR sangat beresiko mengalami gangguan tumbuh kembang.Tujuan: Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah menganalisis apakah ada hubungan antara ASI ekslusif denganperkembangan balita dengan riwayat BBLR di Puskesmas Tanah Kali Kedinding Kota Surabaya.Metode: Jenis penelitian analitik observasional yang bersifat cross sectional. Populasi ibu yangmemiliki bayi usia 12-36 bulan dengan riwayat Berat Badan Lahir Rendah sebanyak 34 responden,menggunakan tehnik simple random sampling ditemukan besar sampel 32 responden. Variabelindependen ASI eksklusif, variabel dependen pertumbuhan. Pengumpulan data menggunakankuesioner dan uji statistic menggunakan spearman.Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari penghitungan menggunakan uji spearman diperolehp=0, 000 yang berarti ada hubungan yang signifikan antara ASI eksklusif dengan perkembangan padabalita dengan riwayat BBLR.Kesimpulan: Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini semakin bayi diberi ASI eksklusif maka perkembanganbalita akan semakin baik.ABSTRACTBackground: Babies with Low Birth Weight or babies born ≤2500gr, having a development of tend tobe slower than children born with normal weight. In the case LBW was given exclusive breastfeedingrarely because the mother want to raised the baby weight quickly, so given extra food other thanbreastfeeding. The growth of toddler with LBW history is very at risk of growth disorder.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between exclusivebreastfeeding with development of toddlers who had LBW history in Puskesmas Tanah Kali KedindingSurabaya The population involved the mother with a baby 12-36 months of age with a history of lowbirth weight as much as 34, respondents using simple technique random sampling found big 32respondents.Methods: This research using cross sectional approach. The independent variable, exclusive breastmilk the dependent variable growth and development. The collection of data using a questionnaire andtest it statistic use spearman correlation.Results: The results p value of test spearman p=0.000 which means significant exists correlationbetween breastfeeding exclusively with development.Conclusion: The conclusion this study, the more babies are given exclusive breastfeeding, the betterthe toddler's development will be.


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