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This paper examined managing teacher education in an era of economic recession in Imo State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 6,136 teachers in 430 public secondary schools in Imo State. The sample size of 376 was determined using Taro Yamane formula and the stratified sampling technique was used to identify the sample size. The instrument ‘Managing Teacher Education in an era of Economic Recession Questionnaire’ (MTERQ) was used. The instrument items were designed and validated by the researcher. The internal consistency was 0.76 using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) to calculate the results. The finding revealed among others that the strategies for managing teacher education in an era of economic recession in Imo State include: focusing on the use of ICT to access and create information than relying on when library will be stocked with books with current information; encouraging teachers collaboration with other educators to learn how to implement new technology in classroom to equip them enter the global economy; promoting public-private partnership other than traditional methods of donations; adopting special lotteries for raising fund for teacher education; soliciting for NGOs and community participation in the provision resources; harnessing the state potentials in the area of arts/crafts, film industries to raise fund and other materials; and ensuring innovative skills, critical thinking on ways to tackle problems is held paramount by colleges and individual teachers. Based on this finding, the writer recommends that government at all tiers and college authorities should explore alternatives as identified by this study and as well enter into partnership with private organizations, NGOs and communities in the provision of material and financial resources for the management of teacher education programme in a period of economic recession.
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The study aimed at identify and reveal the role of the King Abdullah II Award for Physical Fitness in achieving its goals and the difficulties it faces in light of the Corona pandemic from the teachers' point of view in Karak District for the year 2020/2021. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive and analytical approach was utilized. The sample of the study consists of (40) teachers specialized in physical education who participated in the King Abdullah II Award for Fitness during the period of Coronavirus through the online educational system, and the necessary data were collected using a questionnaire which was implemented to the study sample in the second semester of 2021.The researcher used descriptive statistical methods (arithmetic averages and standard deviations) to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that the study sample’s evaluation of the award’s role in achieving its objectives in light of the Coronavirus pandemic, from their point of view, was high in the physical, health, social and psychological fields. In addition, there are difficulties faced by teachers in light of the Corona pandemic, high estimates were taken, which is the low rate of student participation in the program due to its correlation with e-learning, the reluctance of some students to participate due to the difficulty of achieving results in the tests, the lack of devices to implement tests remotely, and there is no synchronized communication with students to carry out the tests under the supervision of teachers. The study recommended holding training courses in the field of e-learning for both teachers and students, helping to get rid of all obstacles that prevent the use of the distance learning system, blending between face to face education and e-learning in the Ministry of Education in the future, providing synchronized communication in which the teacher and the students are present at the same time, and the necessity of changing the five ...........
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The study was to determine the strategies to address school leavers among public schools’ secondary students of Zone 2 in the Division of Zambales, for S.Y. 2012-2013. The study was only confined to determine the perceptions of the Two Hundred and Fifty (250) student- respondents and their profiles as to age, sex, year level, highest educational attainment of mother, highest educational attainment of father, and family monthly income. For the fifty (50) faculty profile it includes the sex, academic rank, work load, family monthly income and position profile variables. The study made use of descriptive research design with the aid of questionnaires, the main instrument in gathering the data. To interpret the data effectively, the researcher has employed the following statistical treatment: Percentage, Weighted Arithmetic Mean, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) or (F) and Pearson – Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r). The study was likewise limited to cover the perception towards strategies to address school leavers as to home visitation, remedial lesson, feeding program and community linkages. This study was made to apprehend in order to attend to the needs of the different schools on how the educational system will strengthen the quality of education. Everything that was in it may serve the very purpose of limiting or totally stop the occurrence and finally resolve such problem.
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This study aimed to assess the Teaching Methods and Strategies of Kindergarten Teachers in the District of Palauig, Iba and Botolan in Schools Division of Zambales, Philippines as a basis for proposed capability program which will benefit both teachers and learners. A descriptive research design was used to carry out the study to the eighty kindergarten teachers using questionnaire which evaluated their practices in using visualization, cooperative learning, inquiry-based instruction, differentiation, technology in the classroom and behavior management as teaching methods and strategies. Data revealed that among the six teaching methods and strategies utilized, cooperative learning was always practiced by the respondents. There was a weak negative correlation between teaching performance and teaching methods and strategies. Based on the data presented, the Kindergarten eachers were facing challenges in terms of using visualization and technology in the classroom as strategies. Based on the foregoing findings, it is recommended that the teachers are encouraged to pursue their advance education for professional growth and development; Department of Education Management may provide training and assistance to teachers endeavors in order to enhance their teaching methods and strategies as well as to improve their work performances. Crafting of the capability building program may be proposed to improve pedagogies that will surely redound to better learning outcomes and conduct further study to validate the findings of this research.
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Celebrating a funeral for the Bangangté people is a way of paying a last homage to the dead. On this occasion, food is the essential point. The success or failure of the organizers is measured by the quantity and quality of food offered to the guests. The aim of this article is to examine the symbolic value of food and drink consumed at funerals in this community. The methodology is focused on documentary research and field datawere collected with the help of qualitative research techniques in Anthropology such as: direct observation, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Variants of content analysis as developed by Grawitz M. (1983) have helped to bring out the functions, the hidden symbols of representations of eating during funerals. The theoretical framework was built around the culturalism of Mead, M. The results of the survey revealed that food consumed during funeral rites have meaning and significance. Their tasting is a means through which the Bangangté accompany the dead to the ancestors or the gods. The meal offered to the deceased has several functions: its nutritious value, the request for protection, blessing, and the smooth running of funeral ceremonies. The system of gifts and reciprocal-gifts, of exchange of food that takes place during the funeral symbolizes understanding, mutual respect, affection, communion, seals the bonds between the parties involved.
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An attempt has been made to glimpse at the major themes of Robert Frost’s poems. Frost is a modern American poet of the twentieth century whose poems are furnished with variegated themes. He is a poet who typifies the country’s traditional cultural inheritance. He has absorbed the essence what constitutes America. He is also called the ‘voice of America’ ; so to say, he has represented the faith, doubt, joys, sorrows, emotions, thoughts and ideas of the people of America. He is a poet of man whose poems deal with Man in relation with the universe crossing the border of America. Frost sees that man’s environment is quite indifferent to man. To him, nature is neither absolutely benevolent to man nor hostile always. He regards nature as a beautiful but dangerous force, worthy of admiration, nonetheless fraught with peril. Thus man is essentially alone. A barrier is made between man and his immediate environment, between man and the universe, between man and man. His work shows strong sympathy for the values of the early American society. He employs themes from the early 1900’s rural life in New England. He uses the pastoral setting to examine the complex social and philosophical themes. Frost concentrates on ordinary subject matters but his emotional range is wide and deep, and his poems shift dramatically from a tone of humorous banter to the passionate expression of tragic experience. He also uses language considering his subject matters. His poetry is structured within traditional metrical and rhythmical schemes, and vernacular speeches. Daniel Hoffman regards Frost as the founder of “a new aesthetic of poetry as speeches.” This article aims at discussing Frost’s major themes highlighting his poetic mastery.