iosr-JRME   Volume-2 ~ Issue-3

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Employers' Perception of the Role of Technical Vocational Education and Training in Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Abubakar Sadiq BAPPAH, Jimritu Dunama MEDUGU
	:	10.9790/7388-0230105

Abstract: The study was aimed at finding out the opinions of employers of labour on the roles of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Nigeria. The sample comprised of 84 indigenous and 72 multinational employers in the North-East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. A duly validated 17- item 5 – point likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using means and standard deviation and the t-test to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed among other things that, both indigenous and multi-national employers were not satisfied with the contribution of TVET for sustainable development in Nigeria. Based on the findings, implications were deduced, relevant recommendations were highlighted and conclusion was drawn.

Key words: Employers, Technical Vocational Education, Training, Indigenous employers, Multi-national employers

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Students' Mobility and the Impact on the Administration of Secondary Schools in Nigeria
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Prof. Victor F. Peretomode, Dr. (Mrs) Ogheneruona E. Iggue
	:	10.9790/7388-0230612

Abstract: The paper examines the rate, trend, gender, location and the causes of secondary school students' inter-school mobility in Delta State of Nigeria. It also determines the problems associated with school administrative tasks as a consequence of this phenomenon. An instrument titled, Students' Inter-school Mobility and School Administration Questionnaire (SISMABAQ) was developed and subjected to validity with a test retest reliability coefficient of 0.78. This instrument was used to solicit responses from a sample of 399 school administrators. The sample was selected from a population of 1113 school administrators based on stratified random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics-frequency, percentage and the mean - were used to analyze the data. The findings show that the rate of movement was low, higher in rural areas than in urban areas, but on the whole was fairly steady. Several factors were identified as reasons for the phenomenon with the top-most being examination malpractice, indicating that most students moved because they wanted to make good grades in their High School Certificate Examinations but without working hard to earn those fine grades. On the whole, the phenomenon of student mobility negatively affected secondary school administration in Delta State of Nigeria. Key Terms: Academic performance, administrative tasks, drop-out, inter-school movement, inter-school transfer, secondary school administration, student mobility.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Note taking: A lesson for Novice Qualitative Researchers.
Country	:	Zimbabwe
Authors	:	Margaret Tinny Muswazi, Edmore Nhamo
	:	10.9790/7388-0231317

Abstract:Although the information can be used in other circumstances, the intention of this manuscript is to assist students and other people who are beginning to get involved in qualitative research on how to take notes. It clearly shows that note taking in not composition writing or a word to word transcription of what is said by someone as may be common with students in many lectures. It shows that note taking is the strategic selection of information that can be used to remember the scenario existing at the time in question. Information was collected through document analysis of well known authors on research such as Denzin and Lincoln; Best and Kahn; Gall, Borg, and Gall and others, as well as from observation and experience of the authors. The paper discusses taking down written notes, tape recording and videotaping as forms of note taking. The advantages and constraints posed by each form and against the other are highlighted. The conclusion made is that resources and expertise permitting, videotaping becomes the best mode of note taking. Keywords, Note taking, novice qualitative researchers, tape recording, videotaping, written notes.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Effects of Democratic and Authoritative Discourse Patterns on Students' Achievement in Biology in MUBI Educational Zone Of Adamawa State
Country	:	Nigeria.
Authors	:	Ugwuadu, O. R.
	:	10.9790/7388-0231823

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of the democratic and authoritative discourse patterns on students' achievement in biology in Mubi educational zone of Adamawa State. The design of the study was quasi-experimental of non equivalent comparative group design. Two research questions and one null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The sample of the study was 170 SSII biology students sampled from two co-educational schools by random sampling technique by ballot system. One intact class of 90 students was randomly selected from five classes by ballot in one school and another one intact class of 80 students was also sampled from four classes in the other school. Ninety-two students were males while seventy-eight were females in the sample. The democratic discourse pattern was used in one school while the authoritative discourse pattern was used in the other, all chosen by ballot. The instrument for data collection was a Biology Achievement Test which was both face and content validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.72 established with Kuder-Richardson formula 20. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Z-test. Results reveal that there is significant difference in the mean achievement scores of students taught with democratic discourse pattern and those taught with authoritative discourse pattern in favour of those taught with democratic discourse pattern. Male and female students taught using the democratic discourse pattern performed better than male and female students taught with authoritative discourse pattern judging with their mean scores. The democratic discourse pattern enhanced students' achievement more than the authoritative discourse pattern. It was recommended among others that teachers should use the democratic discourse pattern in teaching biology and reduce the use of authoritative discourse pattern.

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