Digital Competencies Needed by Teachers for Utilizing Mobile Learning Applications for Effective Lesson Delivery in Technical Colleges in Aba Education Zone of Abia State
Onyebuenyi Promise N, Oluka Sussan N
Page Numbers : 427-436
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i08.001
This study was set to determine the digital competencies needed by teachers for utilizing mobile learning applications for effective lesson delivery in Technical Colleges in Aba Education Zone of Abia State. Two research questions guided the study in line with two hypotheses. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and was carried out in Aba, Abia State. The population for the study constitutes 43 Technical College Teachers (sampled purposively) and 55 IT Practitioners (obtained through preliminary survey). Data pertinent to the study were collected using a structured questionnaire developed by the researchers titled “Digital Competencies Needed for Utilizing Mobile Learning Applications Questionnaire (DCNUMLAQ)”. The questionnaire was validated by three research experts and the reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha which gave a reliability co-efficient result of 0.77. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested using t- test at .05 level of significance and appropriate degree of freedom. Some of the findings include that the ability to; provide students with task management tools to organize their work, exploit computer games for pedagogical purposes, create screen capture tutorials, being able to detect plagiarized works in students assignments are part of the digital skills needed by teachers for utilizing mobile learning applications for effective lesson delivery in technical colleges in Aba Education Zone. Based on the findings of the study, the recommendations made among others include that technical college teachers should be retrained for capacity development and adoption of trending technological skills into classroom teaching for enhanced learning outcome, and education administrators/policy makers should enact policies especially for on-time assessment of teachers’ capacity in the use of ICT for teaching in technical colleges for effective lesson delivery.
Original Research Article
July 30, 2022
Principals’ Building Collaborative Cultures on Academic Performance of Secondary Schools in Kisumu County
Okoth Akinyi Elizabeth, Yambo, John M. Onyango
Page Numbers : 419-426
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.009
The study arose from the fact that, high school principals are working hard yet the academic performance of public secondary schools in Kisumu County has remained generally poor. Between 2014 and 2018, only 26.9% of students from Kisumu County scored at least C+, and the average mean score in KCSE for the period was only 4.23, below 7.0, the entry marks. At least 65% of the KCSE candidates from Kisumu County did not proceed to university education during the period. Several educational stakeholders had linked school leadership to poor academic performance, but without empirical evidence. The study specifically investigated the influence of Principals’ building collaborative cultures on academic performance of secondary schools in Kisumu County. The study adopted a survey research design. The target population consisted of 204 principals, 2,196 teachers, and 13,213 Form Three students. In sampling, Krejcie and Morgan table was used to find 152 principals, 333 teachers and 378 students, from 152 schools. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews, observation and document analysis, and analyzed using simple linear, simple correlation, and stepwise regression with dummy variables, at a.05 level of significance. The study tested a specific hypothesis that Principals’ building collaborative cultures has a significant influence on academic performance of secondary schools in Kisumu County. Building collaborative cultures (good) [F (2,149) = 2.818, p = .009, R2adj = .024, t (149) = 2.362 p = .018] has significant influence on academic performance of secondary schools in Kisumu county. The study recommends that the ministry of education should empower principals with resources that will enable them to empower their teaching staff by training them on various needs that may arise in the society from time to time, and since the society is dynamic continuous provision of resources by the ministry would be ideal.
Original Research Article
July 30, 2022
Influence of Principals’ Teaching Staff Development on Students’ Academic Performance in Kisumu County, Kenya
OKOTH Akinyi Elizabeth, YAMBO, John M. Onyango, GETANGE, N. Kennedy
Page Numbers : 410-418
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.008
Transformational leadership was operationalized as setting direction, staff development, building collaborative cultures, staffing the program, and academic performance as the KCSE mean score of a school for the period 2014 – 2018. The study arose from the fact that, high school principals are working hard yet the academic performance of public secondary schools in Kisumu County has remained generally poor. Between 2014 and 2018, only 26.9% of students from Kisumu County scored at least C+, and the average mean score in KCSE for the period was only 4.23, below 7.0, the cut out entry. At least 65% of the candidates from Kisumu County did not proceed to university education during the period. Several educational stakeholders had linked school leadership to the poor academic performance, but without empirical evidence. The study specifically investigated the influence of teaching staff development on the students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Kisumu County. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design. The target population consisted of 204 principals, 2,196 teachers, and 13,213 Form Three students. In sampling, Krejcie and Morgan table was used to find 152 principals, 333 teachers and 378 students, from 152 schools. Data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, observation and document analysis, and analyzed using simple linear, simple correlation, and stepwise regression with dummy variables, at .05 level of significance. The study tested specific hypothesis that staff development by principals do not have a significant influence on academic performance. The study found 7 significant associations at α = .01, (ϒSDR*DVP = .594, p = .000; ϒSDR*BCC = .476, p = .000; ϒDVP*BCC = .719, p = .000; ϒ =.416, p =.000; ϒ = .685, p =.000; ϒDVP*ACP = .239, p =.000; ϒBCC*ACP = .212, p = .000) and one significant association at α = .05, ϒSDR*ACP =.203, p = .012. The study found that staff development (good) [F (2,149) = 4.027), p = .020, R2 adj = .039, t (149) = 2.604, p = .010]. The study recommends that the ministry of education should empower principals with resources that will enable them to empower their teaching staff by training them on various needs that may arise in the society from time to time, and since the society is dynamic continuous provision of resources by the ministry would be ideal.
Original Research Article
July 25, 2022
Evaluation of Awareness of Scope of Physical Therapy Field amongst Intermediate Pass Students
Dr. Mohabbat Ali, Mubashira Manzoor, Dr. Mehwish Fatima, Syed Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Rafia Maqbool, Muhammad Ahsen Masood
Page Numbers : 400-409
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.007
Physical therapy is one of the healthcare professions concerned with human function and movement. According to Higher Education Commission "Physical Therapy is an essential segment of modern health care system. This study was conducted to identify the knowledge of physiotherapy as a profession and the level of awareness amongst intermediate pass students. A cross-sectional study with 348 college students were selected by using convenience sampling technique and a self-designed questionnaire was circulated to them for data collection and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, conducted by SPSS. Results show that knew 50% about the sub-specialties, 70% & 60% have knowledge of treatment modalities and their uses in physiotherapy practice. This study concluded that high school students are having good awareness about physiotherapy as a profession. Further education to the schools is needed to enrich the knowledge about the physiotherapy profession to the school students.
Original Research Article
July 22, 2022
Examining Visual Impairment Challenges on Special Needs Pupils’ Academic Achievement in Bukoba District, Tanzania
Alban Kachweka, Clara Rupia
Page Numbers : 388-399
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.006
The main purpose of this study was to examine the challenges facing visually impaired pupils on academic achievement in special needs primary schools in Bukoba District, Tanzania. The study was guided by a specific objective: to examine visual impairment challenges facing special needs pupils’ academic achievement in Bukoba District. The study was anchored on Maslow’s theory of needs. The study employed a survey research design. The target population was 791 respondents that involved 53 teachers, 735 visually impaired pupils, 2 Head teachers, and 1 DEO. The sample size was 39 teachers, 47 visually impaired pupils, 2 Head of schools and 1 District Educational Officer. The researcher used questionnaires and interviews guides as the tools for research data collection. The study found 92.3 percent agreed by saying that there were some challenges facing visually impaired pupils on academic achievement while few respondents equal to 7.7 percent respondents responded by saying there are no challenges facing visually impaired pupils in special needs primary schools in Bukoba district. Finally, the study recommends that the government should put much effort on supporting visually impaired pupils through financial support as well as allowing more teachers to go for further training, besides providing relevant teaching and learning resources. Ethical considerations were adhered to including seeking consent of the respondents and guarding against plagiarism.
Review Article
July 16, 2022
Analysis of College Student Archives Management Based on Cultural Education
Lingling Lu
Page Numbers : 383-387
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.005
The management of student archives is an important factor to measure the quality of education and teaching in a university, which is of great significance to the reform and innovative development of colleges and universities. There are still many deficiencies in the traditional management of students' archives adopted by today's universities, and it is difficult to adapt to the development needs of modern college education. Therefore, it is necessary to make certain changes and updates to the traditional management mode of student archives. This paper first discusses the essential attributes and characteristics of student archives, and expounds the value of student archives under the "three complete education". Then, according to the problems retained in the development of student archives, corresponding solutions are put forward to ensure the effective work affairs of the management of student archives, so that the university can better transport talents for the society.
Review Article
July 13, 2022
Role of Entrepreneurship Education and Vocational Education in the Management of Education
Audu, G. A
Page Numbers : 377-382
DOI : 10.36348/jaep.2022.v06i07.004
This paper reviewed the role of entrepreneurship and vocational education in sustainable development. Graduate unemployment is one of the greatest challenges that bedevil Nigeria, a nation endowed with enormous wealth in terms of human, mineral and natural resources. This paper stresses the importance of entrepreneurship and vocational education curriculum in solving unemployment problems and achieving sustainable development. This papers argues that entrepreneurship and vocational education will provide students who are leaders of tomorrow with skills with which they can be self-reliant because human resource through knowledge based capacity are the cornerstone for effective management and utilization of natural resources. The paper concludes that entrepreneurship and vocational education when engendered leads to employment generation, growth of the economy and promotes sustainable development. The paper recommended that educational institutions at all levels must inculcate and intensify the integration of entrepreneurship and vocational education into its curriculum systems.
