Educational Technology

Leadership is perceived as being masculine and as a result women are less likely to be seen as leaders regardless of their capability. The purpose of this research is to identify the perception of the respondent about the domain of women as a leader in the field of technical and vocational based on the six domain of leadership and the level of six domain of leadership. A total of 18 female students from section 3 were chosen as respondents. A set of questionnaire was used as an instrument. It consists of two parts. Part A is about the demography of the respondent and part B is about the items to measure respondent’s perception of women as leaders in technical and vocational fields. The question in this study is based on the six domain of leadership. Data collected was processed using Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS version 16.0) and were analyzed based on descriptive such as mean score, frequency and percentage. The outcome of this research shows that perception of respondent if women want to be or be a leader, they need have domain ethical in the leadership and the level of six domain show the high level result but only the domain inspirational have the moderate level.

When the status of English changes from being a subject in its own right to a service industry for other specialisms, the approaches meant for teaching such English also warrant a few special considerations. Extending a blanket approach to the teaching of ESP as in the case of ESL, will result in gaps between performance levels and target requirements. English for business and technology is distinguished from General English not merely by the existence of learners’ needs but by the teachers’ awareness of such needs. It is not exactly the mastery of ESP teacher in the carrier content that motivates the learners of business and technology as much as his/her ability to drive home the real content using the carrier content as via media and planning interesting activities for the effective delivery of the content. Needs analysis is the epicentre of any sensible approach to the teaching of English for business. The language audit conducted by the teacher at the initial stages sensitizes him/her to the present proficiency levels of learners in a specific area and paves the way for an effective course design. This also projects the role of teacher more as a consultant available for help regarding specific problems in usage. The paper discusses the effectiveness of a few approaches to the teaching of English for business in the Indian context.

The primary responsibility of the principal in a school set up is to facilitate effective teaching and learning with the overall mission of enhancing students’ achievement. Instructional leadership provided by the principal has been identified as a contributing factor to higher student achievement. This study was guided by the following objective: to establish the principals’ role in supervision of curriculum and its effect on academic performance. This study was anchored on Hackman and Walton’s Functional Leadership Theory (1986) which addresses how specific leader behaviors contribute to organizational and leadership effectiveness. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The researchers sampled 20 (67 %) out of the total thirty schools in the region. Census sampling technique was used to select one extra county boys’ school, one extra county girls’ school, one county girls’ boarding school, one sub county girls’ day school and purposive sampling technique was used to pick sixteen other secondary schools from the categories of county mixed day/boarding and sub-county mixed day schools. The findings indicated that Most principals believed that the instructional practices of the principals impacted positively on academic performance of their schools. Most of them also facilitated acquisition of instructional materials, and helped in organizing the teaching timetable and school routine, which qualified them as instructional leaders.

Students in this 21st century benefit from the Inquiry Based Learning style of teaching and learning as the methods applied by the teachers help students to comprehend topics completely making the learning environment fun, joyful and lessons are easier to grasp. This article informs the audience about the effective implementation of the Inquiry Based Learning specifically in letting the students take ownership of their own learning which leads to enhanced critical thinking. Inquiry Based Learning is closely linked with the pedagogies of the International Baccalaureate making it easier and effective for both teachers and students to ride on the same boat smoothly while understanding the concept of the standard and practices of the International Baccalaureate while working on the methodologies of the Inquiry Based Learning. In this research the benefits of Inquiry Based Learning on International Baccalaureate students have been discussed, and through students’ responses, and classroom observations it is evident that Inquiry Based Learning has a positive impact on International Baccalaureate students developing them to become lifelong learners. After the qualitative analysis was done on the Primary Year students, three interesting developments were found with the use of Inquiry Based Learning in class, developing deeper understanding, developing critical thinking skills and development of social skills.

In this paper, we explain a new type of geometry based on a different way of measuring distance between points, as we explained on different planes like Minkowski and Galilean. Now, we'll give a little background on this unfamiliar geometry. The purpose of this paper is to introduce high school students to taxicab geometry, one type of non-Euclidean geometry in which a new metric to measure distance replaces the usual metric of Euclidean geometry.

The aim of the present study was to analysis the differences in anthropometric characteristics among various playing positions in Hockey. In Hockey the players were classified according to their playing position. These playing position were attackers, Midfielders and Defenders. Fifteen players each from attackers (A), Midfielders (B) and Defenders (D) were chosen as subject for this study. The data were collected during South Zone Inter- University Hockey Tournament held at Bharathiar University Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The subjects were randomly selected from various provinces. Body height, body mass, arm span, arm length, palm length, palm span, triceps, subscapular, Biceps, Iliac crest, lateral abdomen, Abdomen, Front thigh, Medial calf, Elbow diameter, knee diameter, arm girth relax, arm girth flex, fore arm girth, waist girth, gluteus girth, thigh girth and calf girth were selected as a anthropometrical variables for this study. The collected data was statistically analysed by using analysis of variance. The scheffe’s test was used as a post hoc test to determine which of the paired mean differ significantly. The result reveals that there was significant differences between the playing position on the following variables namely body height, body weight, palm span, palm length, sub scapularis, triceps, biceps, lateral abdomen, abdomen, iliac crest, front thigh, mid calf, elbow diameter, arm girth relax. Arm girth flex, fore arm girth, waist girth, gluteus girth, thigh girth, & calf girth is high in Midfielders. Defenders have greater value in the arm length, arm span and knee diameter followed by mid fielders and attackers.

English has become the common international language in the 21st Century. It is the language most frequently used to communicate by people who are not native speakers of the same language. Consequently, learning and using English is of a great importance nowadays (Wu and Marek, 2010). Language is still taught as a traditional classroom subject, similar to math or geography in countries where there is not population of native or English speakers. Technology, however, offers opportunities for people from other cultures to interact with each other. It can be beneficial to language learners if technology is incorporated into the classroom

Co-curriculum plays an important role in education. Among them is the importance of cultivating the personality and the formation of unity. Participation of students as young people and people in the country in co-curricular activities can cultivate goodwill, unity, national integration and inculcating the values of the indirect and direct when participating in these activities. This is in line with the second core in the Education Development Master Plan (Pelan Induk Pembangunan Pendidikan), namely Developing Human Capital. Quality human capital is the nation's primary asset to determine the future of nation. It is also important in building the concept of "One Malaysia" which prioritizes unity among the multiracial Malaysians. There are various advantages and disadvantages of co-curriculum implementation in education. Therefore, the implementation should be carefully planned and implemented more seriously by all parties. Any constraints in implementation whether in terms of teacher training, equipment, infrastructure, support, finance, etc. are urgently needed. It is important that the co-curriculum implementation in education can achieve its objectives and succeed in producing a highly educated generation of noble and virtuous.

According to United Nations office on drugs and crime UNODC (2011), alcohol and drug abuse posses a great threat to the social economic fabric of nations worldwide. In spite of the governments’ effort in the fight against drug and substance abuse in Kenya, the problem remains untamed. The study assessed the effectiveness of the school community in curbing drug and substance abuse (DSA) among secondary school students. Literature relating to various aspects of school community and curbing DSA in schools was reviewed. The study employed descriptive survey design. The study sample consisted of 35 head teachers and 407 students. Questionnaires were used to collect Data from head teachers and students. Content validity and reliability of the research instruments was ascertained. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse data. The findings of the study show that students obtain drugs from the school community. Lack of cooperation from parents and guardians was frustrating DSA intervention efforts in schools. The study concluded that the use of school community was not effective in curbing DSA in schools. The study recommended an integrated approach where different strategies or combination of strategies are used purposively for different DSA cases. Head teachers should collaborate with law enforcers, government agencies; NACADA, NGOs and FBOs to curb the supply and demand of drugs and substances. The Ministry of Education could review its policy on punishment and expulsion as regards to curbing alcohol and drug abuse among students. This paper is an extract of a study conducted in the year 2012 and 2013 in secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya.

Education is a basic right and essential part of human rights as recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For the right to education to be realized, the process of learning should reflect the needs and aspirations of society. Technology is one such avenue through which education objectives may be achieved. Whereas evidence shows an increase in investment in ICTs in education in Kenya, perceptions of teachers on use of ICTs as a teaching and learning tool in secondary school agriculture has not been studied much, more so in Bungoma County. The purpose of this study was to establish the teachers’ perceptions on use of ICTs in the teaching and learning of secondary agriculture in Bungoma County. A descriptive research design was employed. The target population of the study consisted of 498 agriculture teachers of secondary schools in Bungoma County. Purposive sampling was used to select 120 respondents. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Validity of the instrument was ensured by input from the supervisors from the Department of Agricultural Education and Extension at Egerton University. Reliability was established by pretesting it with 30 agriculture teachers from the neighbouring Kakamega County. Data was collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. The results were presented in frequencies, means and percentages. The study established that the perception of agriculture teachers towards the use of ICTs in teaching and learning was positive as a higher frequency of teachers agreed that use of ICTs in teaching and learning was useful. The study also established that few teachers used ICTs in teaching of agriculture as compared to other subjects as a higher percentage of agriculture teachers agreed that preparation of a lesson that involved use of ICT in teaching and learning was more demanding than the conventional approach. The study recommends that teachers of agriculture should have opportunity to train in use of ICT for teaching and learning, and also develop initiatives at personal level to improve their ICTs skills.