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Context Orientated Teaching in Grade 9 Mathematics
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
197-206
Received:
28 May 2022
Accepted:
25 June 2022
Published:
5 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.11
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Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Context Orientated Teaching in Mathematics concerning grade 9 students’ performance levels. This study used Solomon’s four-group design to assess whether there is an interaction between the treatment and its performance from the pre-test to its performance in the post-test. It shows that both pretested groups established a significant mean gain from pre-test to post-test, such between mean gains showed no significant mean difference. On the other end, performance levels among the four groups showed significant outcomes, which were dominated by the experimental non-pretested group. In other words, Context Orientated Teaching in Mathematics is better than the traditional instructional approach. Context Orientated Teaching showed enough evidence not only of students’ interest in mathematics but also a feeling of being part of real-life situations. The best experience of contextualization in learning mathematics is nonetheless the partition of mathematical context as well as mathematical conceptual context. Therefore, Context Orientated Teaching in Mathematics gives necessary skills for the students to be equipped with the strategy on how to start an appropriate solution to real-life problems in a natural way, which keep them within the proximity of both practical and theoretical as far as learning mathematics is a concern.
Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Context Orientated Teaching in Mathematics concerning grade 9 students’ performance levels. This study used Solomon’s four-group design to assess whether there is an interaction between the treatment and its performance from the pre-test to its performance in the post-test. It show...
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Planning for M&E and Its Predicting Effect on Performance of Health Outreach Program in Kibera Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya
Byegon Mercy,
Christopher Gakuu,
Harriet Kidombo
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
207-214
Received:
17 January 2020
Accepted:
9 November 2021
Published:
12 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.12
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Abstract: Non-governmental organizations in both spheres of developed and developing countries are committed to implementing various types of outreach health services in conjunction with local health facilities and authorities to mitigate the uneven distribution of health services. In most cases local health authorities can mobilize hospitals and their staff to support or perform health outreach-related activities in places that are difficult to reach through integrating program activities into the national health plan as a key factor for improving remote populations’ health outcomes on a large scale. The study was to determine the influence of M&E planning on performance of health centre outreach programs funded by NGOs. The target population for the study was 367 out which a sample of 269 was generated using stratified proportionate sampling and simple random sampling. The study adopted a mixed method approach whereby descriptive analysis was conducted and results presented in frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. Correlation and and regression analysis were conducted. The null hypothesis was tested, and the following results found: (R2 = 0.402, t=14.871, p=0.000<0.05). The null hypothesis. The study, therefore, recommends policy interventions from the grant providers targeting health centre outreach programs, and other stakeholders such as the government through the NGO Coordination Board ought to closely examine the various dimensions of M&E activities, and particularly M&E planning, as a strategy to improve the impact made by such programs in Kenya. Other researchers may consider studying other programs which target the improvement of quality of life of residents of the Kibera informal settlement. Finally, same situation maybe be studied in other informal settlements within Nairobi County.
Abstract: Non-governmental organizations in both spheres of developed and developing countries are committed to implementing various types of outreach health services in conjunction with local health facilities and authorities to mitigate the uneven distribution of health services. In most cases local health authorities can mobilize hospitals and their staff...
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Experimentations and Feedbacks from COVID and Post COVID-19 Era Towards Future Transformations in Entrepreneurship for Disadvantaged Communities
Oluwayemi Ibukun Oluwa Odularu
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
215-224
Received:
22 May 2022
Accepted:
7 June 2022
Published:
12 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.13
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Abstract: This article reviews the experimentations and feedback from COVID and the post-COVID-19 era towards future transformations in entrepreneurship for disadvantaged communities. The pandemic is an unparalleled global catastrophe, which has affected global economies and human health and also resulted in a planet-wide economic slowdown, disturbing investment, trade employment, and economic growth. The paper utilized the systematic review approach in the course of gathering the literature for this study. The gap in this study is to review the imbalance in administration, management, and structure during the COVID-19 and post-COVID era, among the disadvantaged and vulnerable rural communities, in which entrepreneurship was not left behind. In addition, it also reviews how enterprises adopt new ways of working, through virtual communication, and workers can decide to either work face-to-face or remotely through satellite offices based on the nature of their profession and employee preferences. Hence, this paper recommends sustainable solutions to post-COVID challenges towards the development of entrepreneurship through widened access to capital (among others), for the entrepreneurs and the future of work. A new strategy to minimize the loss of work and the lower quality of life of many people all around the world was recommended in the article. Further investigative studies and initiatives channeled towards the feedback on COVID-19 as well as in the post-COVID-19 period will lead to the improvement and enhancement of knowledge towards future transformations in entrepreneurship for disadvantaged communities.
Abstract: This article reviews the experimentations and feedback from COVID and the post-COVID-19 era towards future transformations in entrepreneurship for disadvantaged communities. The pandemic is an unparalleled global catastrophe, which has affected global economies and human health and also resulted in a planet-wide economic slowdown, disturbing invest...
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The Linguistic Features of Business English on Cross-Border E-Commerce in the New Situation
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
225-229
Received:
9 June 2022
Accepted:
24 June 2022
Published:
12 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.14
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Abstract: With the strengthening of the trend of economic globalization and the support of national policies, the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce industry has become an important driving force to promote the development of China’s foreign trade economy. As an important medium of business communication, business English plays an important role in the development of cross-border e-commerce. Professional and practical business English helps to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce industry and enhance the market competitiveness of cross-border e-commerce industry. This paper briefly summarizes the development potential and prospects of cross-border e-commerce industry from the development of cross-border e-commerce, and mainly analyzes the linguistic features of business English on cross-border e-commerce in the new situation from the aspects of vocabulary, syntax and discourse. In the new situation, vocabulary presents the new characteristics of inclusiveness and absorptivity, colloquial and conciseness. Rich in tone and emotion and information conveyed by paralanguage are main features in terms of syntax, and make clear the safety of epidemic prevention in discourse. Finally, we hope to give full play to the communicative function of business English and promote the high-level development of cross-border e-commerce. At the same time, it also points out the deficiency of a small number of samples and hope that future research can break through the limitations, so as to further explore this field and draw deeper conclusions.
Abstract: With the strengthening of the trend of economic globalization and the support of national policies, the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce industry has become an important driving force to promote the development of China’s foreign trade economy. As an important medium of business communication, business English plays an important role in...
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Lived Body in Pain: Interaffective Space for Mother-Child Relations in Art Practices
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
230-236
Received:
5 July 2022
Accepted:
21 July 2022
Published:
29 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.15
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Abstract: In this paper, I explore pain embodiment expressed in visceral body and manifesting as lived body. Adhering to research by Aristarkhova, Damasio, Fuchs, Leder, Mol, and Svenaeus I explain the phenomenology of embodiment of suffering and pain, and how it affects the maternal subject, who initially has been thought of as hospitably welcoming the child. Moving from phenomenological account of pain affect towards pain mechanisms explained in neurobiology, my main interest lies in exploring how pain expresses deferent levels of sensations and emotions, including the rise of traumatic reactions. In analyzing existential structures of suffering and pain, I tackle such concepts as visceral body, absent body, body present in pain, and extended body which, I believe, can be rendered visible and well interpreted in art practices. I analyse how in art practices maternal subjectivity, experiencing chronic pain, can move from being locked in the pain event to a transcending lived body, and finally can establish a new sensibility, i.e. extended embodiment in pain which empowers the new social environment with the child. As well as a new sensibility, this new dimension introduces interaffective space grasped as an extended body and visualized in art practices of clay and collaging. The research adheres a phenomenological method. I address examples of visual narratives of pain done during several workshops in 2021 by 8 mothers with 9 children.
Abstract: In this paper, I explore pain embodiment expressed in visceral body and manifesting as lived body. Adhering to research by Aristarkhova, Damasio, Fuchs, Leder, Mol, and Svenaeus I explain the phenomenology of embodiment of suffering and pain, and how it affects the maternal subject, who initially has been thought of as hospitably welcoming the chil...
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The Effectiveness of Organizational Conflict Management by Secondary School Principals in the Triangle Area Within Israel and Its Relationship to Teachers Motivation
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
237-240
Received:
30 May 2022
Accepted:
11 July 2022
Published:
5 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.16
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Abstract: Many principals lack the ability, skill and effectiveness necessary to diagnose and manage conflict, choose the appropriate method to deal with it, and show the process of conflict management. Many of these studies recommended the necessity of studying the effectiveness of organizational conflict management in educational institutions, especially secondary schools, and its relationship to some variables. One of the most important of these variables that should be studied is the issue of motivation among teachers in secondary schools. So, this study aimed to reveal the degree of effectiveness of the organizational conflict management by secondary school principals in the Triangle area within Israel and its relationship to the level of motivation of teachers in those schools. The study adopted the mixed methods design research as the quantitative research was used using the descriptive correlational survey method, and the qualitative research using the interview, and the school community is all secondary school teachers (2177) in the Triangle area within Israel. The sample was (372) teachers, who were chosen by the simple random sampling. The study results showed that the degree of the strategies of organizational conflict management by secondary school principals in the Triangle area within Israel was high, except the avoidance strategy was medium. The study results showed also that the degree of teacher's motivation was high.
Abstract: Many principals lack the ability, skill and effectiveness necessary to diagnose and manage conflict, choose the appropriate method to deal with it, and show the process of conflict management. Many of these studies recommended the necessity of studying the effectiveness of organizational conflict management in educational institutions, especially s...
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The Influence of Sleep Deprivation on Academic Performance Among College Students
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
241-249
Received:
5 June 2022
Accepted:
23 June 2022
Published:
5 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.17
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Abstract: Educators worldwide have been concerned with searching for the determinants of academic performance with the purpose of improving the same. This article discusses a study which intended to examine the influence of sleep deprivation on academic performance among college students. This included examining the extent to which students report sleep deprivation and whether or not they experienced sleep deprivation differently by sex and other selected demographic variables. A total of 116 first year Community Development college students responded to the James Maas’s sleep deprivation scale and to questions seeking information on demographic variables such as sex, age, marital status, past education experience, employment status, religion, fee payment status and birth order. Their semester General Average Performance (GPA) was then traced at the end of semester. Descriptive analysis identified three categories of sleep deprivation among students: normal range (43.9%), borderline (31.6%) and abnormal sleep deprivation (23.9%). It was further found that female than male students reported abnormal sleep deprivation [Ӽ2 (2, n = 114) = 7.27, p = 0.03, Cramer’s V = 0.32]. Although Chi-square analysis found significant sex difference with large effect in sleep deprivation, there was no difference in GPA with sleep deprivation among both male and female students. It was concluded that sleep deprivation must not necessarily account for students’ difference in academic performance in terms of GPA where almost everyone in the sample is already sleep deprived.
Abstract: Educators worldwide have been concerned with searching for the determinants of academic performance with the purpose of improving the same. This article discusses a study which intended to examine the influence of sleep deprivation on academic performance among college students. This included examining the extent to which students report sleep depr...
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Implications for Higher Education
Dennis Awen,
Keith Parker,
Clifton Brown,
Dawn Brown McGlotten
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
250-254
Received:
4 May 2022
Accepted:
18 July 2022
Published:
24 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.18
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Abstract: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal regulation that applies to discrimination, including harassment based on race in traditional and non-traditional higher education institutions, was enacted to ban discrimination in many areas of American society, including education. Title VI focuses specifically on those organizations that accept federal dollars. Higher education institutions in accordance with receiving public funds, cannot spend designated funds on any events which promote or leads to discrimination based on race. The purpose of this paper was to discuss Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as it applies to higher education. Students attend higher education institutions for academic purposes. Our findings indicate as demographic diversity continues to increase across U.S. College campuses, it is vital for institutions of higher education to become proactive in combatting any type of discrimination so all students can equally benefit from a safe, harmonious, and learning oriented environment, and build multicultural citizenship skills. The rate of recurrences of violations in higher education reveals levels of systemic discriminations that needs more awareness and exposure. This paper focuses on varying aspects of discrimination, both overt and implicit and at examples of best practices to reduce the occurrences in higher education in the enforcement of Title VI.
Abstract: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal regulation that applies to discrimination, including harassment based on race in traditional and non-traditional higher education institutions, was enacted to ban discrimination in many areas of American society, including education. Title VI focuses specifically on those organizations that accept...
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The Aesthetic Properties and Mission of Literary and Art Criticism of Online Audiovisual Programs
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
255-260
Received:
4 August 2022
Accepted:
17 August 2022
Published:
24 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.19
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Abstract: China has accelerated the pace of high-quality and innovative development of online audiovisual and listed “Audiovisual China” as a national strategy. However, the lack of literary audiovisual criticism of excellent online video works results in the preliminary analysis of the success and deficiencies of creative experience and a lack of professional evaluation of ordinary works. It is necessary to promote the creation of excellent audiovisual programs, and we shall cultivate a professional online audiovisual literature and art review team, create an excellent online audiovisual review ecological environment, build a professional and authoritative position for audiovisual literature and art criticism, and play the guiding role of online audiovisual literature and art criticism. The internet has transformed literary audiovisual criticism in every aspect. However, the essential attribute of online audiovisual literature and art is aesthetics, which consists of aesthetic principles, standards, and pursuits. Online audiovisual literature and art reviews must firmly keep the correct direction and orientation and fully play a critical role of reviews in leading creation. Authorities should strengthen the construction of literary and art criticism positions and play the guiding role of literary audiovisual and art criticism, such as paying attention to the comments on new works and new works and organizing literary and art comments in a timely response to hot literary and artistic phenomena.
Abstract: China has accelerated the pace of high-quality and innovative development of online audiovisual and listed “Audiovisual China” as a national strategy. However, the lack of literary audiovisual criticism of excellent online video works results in the preliminary analysis of the success and deficiencies of creative experience and a lack of profession...
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Japan and South Korea’s Implication of Soft Power: Cultural Aspects, Education, and Foreign Aid Diplomacy
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
261-270
Received:
14 July 2022
Accepted:
1 August 2022
Published:
29 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.hss.20221004.20
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Abstract: Over the past years, the concept of hard power has been overtaken by a new approach “Soft power”. As a result, many countries compete to take advantage of this new power at their disposal by implementing in their foreign policies. For instance, numerous countries such as India (Bollywood), and the U.S (Hollywood) have extensively benefited from their soft power, as both countries’ cinemas are considered the most potent cultural export. The following paper explores how the Japanese and South Korean government have been exploiting their soft power by coinciding with their national interest. Both countries were selected based on their limited military intervention despite dedicating a decent budget amount for defense. Especially when looking at Japan’s firm stand policy that adheres to a non-military approach, therefore, increasing the probability of seeking other alternatives to expand its state’s strength. In addition, the selection was carried out by taking into consideration the strong influence they hold in the region in the context of cultural aspects. Furthermore, we address how these tools of “Soft power” such as cultural diplomacy, education, and foreign aid have transformed both countries’ images, especially Japan which had been criticized for its past imperialistic days. The article is qualitative in nature, we referred to the sufficient available relevant works of literature and papers to present soft power and its implication by focusing on two East Asian countries. Finally, we conclude that both countries deploy cultural diplomacy and education for diplomatic purposes and national branding while in the context of foreign aid diplomacy we suggest that it is more than of its humanitarian claims.
Abstract: Over the past years, the concept of hard power has been overtaken by a new approach “Soft power”. As a result, many countries compete to take advantage of this new power at their disposal by implementing in their foreign policies. For instance, numerous countries such as India (Bollywood), and the U.S (Hollywood) have extensively benefited from the...
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