...------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1 The Problem……………..……….…………………………….1 Introduction…………..………..……………………………….2 Scope of the Study…………..……………..………………….3 Statement of the Problem……..……………………...………4 Importance of the Study…..……………..…………………...5 2 Review of Related Study…….…………….………………….6 3 Research of Methodology……………...…………………….7 Research Design (Survey, Interview)………….……………8 Research Instrument…………………….…………………….9 Research Population………………………………………...10 4 Findings……….………………………………………………..11 5 Conclusion……..……………………………………………….12 Recommendations……………………………………………………...13 Bibliography…………….……………………………………………….14 Appendices……………………………………………………………...
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...UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA JULY, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA (B.ED BUSINESS EDUCATION, ACCOUNTING OPTION) A Thesis in the Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Philosophy (M. Phil Guidance & Counselling) degree JULY, 2011 DECLARATION STUDENT’S DECLARATION I, DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA declare that this Thesis, with the exception of quotations and references contained in published works which have all being identified and duly acknowledged, is entirely my own original work, and it has not been submitted, either in part or whole for another degree elsewhere SIGNATURE: ............................................................................. DATE: ......................................................................................... SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of this work...
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...Factors in the Performance of Biology Subject in Secondary Schools in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya Wabuke Joy Mukhwana Chepkoilel University College, Department of Science Education, P. O. Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper focuses on the student-related factors that influence performance of students in Biology in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Eldoret municipality. The study was conducted through an ex-post facto design. A total of ten secondary schools were sampled. Target respondents were Form Three students and teachers of Biology (those teaching Form Three) within the municipality. The study sample (which was made up of 225 respondents; 200 students and 25 teachers) was obtained using stratified sampling. Simple random sampling was then used to choose the streams and particular students who participated in the study. Purposive sampling was used to obtain only the students who study Biology. The data was collected using questionnaires, observations and interviews and analysed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) computer programme. The results were presented using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was established that student-related factors affecting performance of Biology in Eldoret Municipality are: primary school Science which provides a requisite background for Biology at secondary school level; interest in Biology (theory and practical) provides...
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...University; B EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer; C Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam; D Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; E Rotterdam School of Economics; all in the Netherlands. A Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. More TI discussion papers can be downloaded at http://www.tinbergen.nl Tinbergen Institute has two locations: Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam Gustav Mahlerplein 117 1082 MS Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel.: +31(0)20 525 1600 Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel.: +31(0)10 408 8900 Fax: +31(0)10 408 9031 Duisenberg school of finance is a collaboration of the Dutch financial sector and universities, with the ambition to support innovative research and offer top quality academic education in core areas of finance. DSF research papers can be downloaded at: http://www.dsf.nl/ Duisenberg school of finance Gustav Mahlerplein 117 1082 MS Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel.: +31(0)20 525 8579 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ROLE MODELS Niels Bosma A, Jolanda Hessels B, C, Veronique Schutjens A, Mirjam van Praag D, Ingrid Verheul E A Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Economic Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands B C D E EIM Business and Policy Research, The Netherlands Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands...
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...context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction, even in the absence of motor reproduction or direct Albert Bandura says that people learn from 3 different strategies and they are; Observation, Imitation and modelling; a saying for this is ‘monkey see, monkey do’ because ‘children see’ and ‘children do’. This saying explains everything in 4 simple words. Bandura’s social learning theory explains human behaviour in cognitive, behavioural and environmental influences. Everyone and everything around us has an impact on how we all behave. Bandura particularly focused on how aggression progresses in children. Bandura says that childrens behaviour is influenced and learned by observing whats going on around them in the environment that they are in. Children also observe the way people behave around others and are influenced by them in good ways and bad ways, this is shown by the bobo doll experiment. Children are especially influenced by the role models in this society, at first they will observe everything they do such as their behaviour and further down the line they will start to copy what they do and reinact it themselves. Sometimes this could be a good thing sometime this could be a bad thing. He also looks at how we are affected by the rewards and punishments that we experience every day. Bandura believed that direct reinforcement could not account for all types of learning. Bobo Doll study - Bandura, Ross and Ross (1961) In 1961, psychologist, Albert...
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...material may be reproduced in any form by any means without permission in writing from the President, The Open University of Hong Kong. Sale of this material is prohibited. The Open University of Hong Kong Ho Man Tin, Kowloon Hong Kong This course material is printed on environmentally friendly paper. Contents Introduction 1 The focus of criminology 4 What is criminology? Why study crime? 4 6 Developing theory: the foundations of criminology 8 Theorizing about crime before criminology: the classical perspective Positivist criminology 8 10 Sociological criminology The Chicago School Strain and subcultural theories of crime Control theories The labelling perspective Critical criminology 14 15 17 21 23 27 Environmental criminology 30 Jane Jacobs and Oscar Newman Routine activity theory Rational choice theory 30 33 35 Summary 39 References 41 Feedback on activities 43 Readings Unit 2 Introduction The purpose of this unit is to introduce you to the different kinds of theorizing about crime that have constituted the discipline of criminology. Criminology as an academic discipline has existed for well over 100 years. During this time, a number of distinct approaches have emerged, and it is these different approaches that this unit seeks to capture,...
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...THE STRATEGY LENSES 21 The four lenses are introduced more fully immediately after this chapter and will provide the framework for separate commentaries on each of the three parts of this book. This section introduces them briefly as follows: ● Strategy as design. This takes the view that strategy development can be ‘designed’ in the abstract, as an architect might design a building using pens, rulers and paper. The architect designs, and then hands over the plans for the builders actually to build. This design lens on strategy encourages a large investment in planning and analysis before making final decisions. It tends to exclude improvisation in strategy development and underplay the unpredictable, conservative or political aspects of human organisations. Taking a design lens to a strategic problem means being systematic, analytical and logical. Strategy as experience. The experience lens recognises that the future strategy of an organisation is often heavily influenced by its experience and that of its managers. Here strategies are seen as driven not so much by clear-cut analysis as by the taken-for-granted assumptions and ways of doing things embedded in people’s personal experience and the organisational culture. Strategy is likely to build on and continue what has gone on before. Insofar as different views and expectations within the organisation exist, they will be resolved not through rational optimisation, as in the design lens, but through messy compromises and...
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...RESEARCH NOTE EXHAUSTION FROM INFORMATION SYSTEM CAREER EXPERIENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TURN-AWAY INTENTION1 Deborah J. Armstrong Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Information Systems Department, College of Business, Florida State University, 821 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110 U.S.A. {darmstrong@business.fsu.edu} Nita G. Brooks Computer Information Systems, Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU Box 45, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 U.S.A. {nita.brooks@mtsu.edu} Cynthia K. Riemenschneider Management Information Systems Department, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place #98005, Waco, TX 76798-8005 U.S.A. {c_riemenschneider@baylor.edu} 1 While the U.S. economy is recovering slowly, reports tell us that the supply of information systems (IS) professionals is declining and demand is once again on the rise. With organizations challenged in their efforts to hire additional staff, IS professionals are being asked to do even more, often leading to burnout, turnover, and turnaway intentions. Building on Ahuja et al.’s (2007) work on turnover intentions and using the job demands– resources model of burnout as an organizing framework for the antecedents to exhaustion from IS career experience (EISCE), this illustrative research note draws attention to exhaustion in IS professionals that spans an individual’s professional career. Findings indicate that IS professionals’ perceived workload (demand) was associated with...
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...A Survey of Student Attitudes, Experiences and Expectations on selected vocational courses at the University of Northumbria April 2005 Anna Round Student Retention Project, University of Northumbria Part One: Background Section One: Introduction 1:1 Background 1 1:2 Literature survey 2 1:3 Primary research 4 1:3:1 Student questionnaire 4 1:3:2 Staff questionnaire 6 1:3:3 Interviews 6 Section Two: Literature survey 2:1 Student perceptions and the student experience 7 2:1:1 Holistic approaches 7 2:1:2 Academic preparedness and study skills 9 2:1:3 Student attitudes to feedback 11 2:1:4 Student attitudes to teaching and learning 13 2:1:5 Tutor-student relations 15 2:1:6 Accommodation and retention 16 2:2 Student Characteristics 18 2:2:1 Views of students 18 2:2:2 Student self-perceptions: skills 19 2:2:3 Student self-perceptions: workload 21 2:3 Transformation 22 2:4 Widening participation: some further issues 26 2:4:1 Non-traditional students and the student experience 26 2:4:2 Support and access to support 27 2:5 Students and motivation 28 2:5:1 Types of student motivation 28 2:5:2 Retention and motivation 29 2:5:3 Motivations for entering higher education 30 2:5:4 Goals and values (Mäkinen et al) 31 2:5:6 Motivation and satisfaction...
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...A Survey of Student Attitudes, Experiences and Expectations on selected vocational courses at the University of Northumbria April 2005 Anna Round Student Retention Project, University of Northumbria PART ONE: BACKGROUND Section One: Introduction 1:1 Background 1 1:2 Literature survey 2 1:3 Primary research 4 1:3:1 Student questionnaire 4 1:3:2 Staff questionnaire 6 1:3:3 Interviews 6 Section Two: Literature survey 2:1 Student perceptions and the student experience 7 2:1:1 Holistic approaches 7 2:1:2 Academic preparedness and study skills 9 2:1:3 Student attitudes to feedback 11 2:1:4 Student attitudes to teaching and learning 13 2:1:5 Tutor-student relations 15 2:1:6 Accommodation and retention 16 2:2 Student Characteristics 18 2:2:1 Views of students 18 2:2:2 Student self-perceptions: skills 19 2:2:3 Student self-perceptions: workload 21 2:3 Transformation 22 2:4 Widening participation: some further issues 26 2:4:1 Non-traditional students and the student experience 26 2:4:2 Support and access to support 27 2:5 Students and motivation 28 2:5:1 Types of student motivation 28 2:5:2 Retention and motivation 29 2:5:3 Motivations for entering higher education 30 2:5:4 Goals and values (Mäkinen et al) 31 2:5:6 Motivation and satisfaction 33 2:5:7...
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...Great Man theory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search [pic] [pic] Napoleon The Great Man Theory was a popular 19th century idea according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of "great men", or heroes: highly influential individuals who, due to either their personal charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or Machiavellianism utilized their power in a way that had a decisive historical impact. The theory was popularized in the 1840s by Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle, and in 1860 Herbert Spencer formulated a decisive counter-argument that remained influential throughout the 20th century; Spencer said that such great men are the products of their societies, and that their actions would be impossible without the social conditions built before their lifetime.[1][2][3] |Contents | |[hide] | |1 Introduction | |2 Criticisms | |3 See also | |4 References | |5 External links | [pic][edit] Introduction Carlyle commented that "The history of the world is but the biography of great men," reflecting his belief that heroes shape history through both their personal attributes and divine inspiration.[4] In his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, Carlyle set out how he saw history as having turned on the decisions of "heroes", giving detailed analysis of the influence...
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...A Survey of Student Attitudes, Experiences and Expectations on selected vocational courses at the University of Northumbria April 2005 Anna Round Student Retention Project, University of Northumbria Part One: Background Section One: Introduction 1:1 Background 1 1:2 Literature survey 2 1:3 Primary research 4 1:3:1 Student questionnaire 4 1:3:2 Staff questionnaire 6 1:3:3 Interviews 6 Section Two: Literature survey 2:1 Student perceptions and the student experience 7 2:1:1 Holistic approaches 7 2:1:2 Academic preparedness and study skills 9 2:1:3 Student attitudes to feedback 11 2:1:4 Student attitudes to teaching and learning 13 2:1:5 Tutor-student relations 15 2:1:6 Accommodation and retention 16 2:2 Student Characteristics 18 2:2:1 Views of students 18 2:2:2 Student self-perceptions: skills 19 2:2:3 Student self-perceptions: workload 21 2:3 Transformation 22 2:4 Widening participation: some further issues 26 2:4:1 Non-traditional students and the student experience 26 2:4:2 Support and access to support 27 2:5 Students and motivation 28 2:5:1 Types of student motivation 28 2:5:2 Retention and motivation 29 2:5:3 Motivations for entering higher education 30 2:5:4 Goals and values (Mäkinen et al) 31 2:5:6 Motivation and satisfaction...
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...TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES ALEXANDRA L. ANNA United States Air Force Academy GAYLEN N. CHANDLER Utah State University ERIK JANSEN Department of Systems Management, Naval Postgraduate School NEAL P. MERO Department of Management & Decision Sciences, Washington State University Small businesses continue to grow in importance to the national economy. According to the Small Business Administration, America’s 22 million small businesses generate more than half of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product and are the principal source of new jobs. The National Foundation for Women Business Owners reported that between 1987 and 1994, the number of women-owned businesses grew by 78% and women-owned firms accounted for 36% of all firms. Although the growth in the number of women-owned businesses is encouraging, the size of such businesses remains small in terms of both revenues and number of employees, especially in comparison to male-owned businesses. One explanation for this disparity is that female business ownership is concentrated primarily in the retail and service industries where businesses are relatively smaller in terms of employment and revenue as opposed to high technology, construction, and manufacturing. One of the most fruitful streams of research in women’s occupational choice has been based on EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Address correspondence to Alexandra L. Anna at HQ USAFA/DFM, 2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 6H94, USAFA, CO 80840-5701; (719) 333-4405; Fax: (719) 333-2944; E-mail:...
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...3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page i International Human Resource Management 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page ii 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page iii second edition International Human Resource Management edited by A n n e - Wi l H a r z i n g J o r i s Va n R u y s s e v e l d t SAGE Publications London l Thousand Oaks l New Delhi 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page iv © Anne-Wil Harzing and Joris van Ruysseveldt, 2004 First published 2004 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Olivers Yard London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 100 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 4039 1 ISBN 0 7619 4040 5 (pbk) Library of Congress Control Number...
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...0-9659841-5-X Institute for American Values 1841 Broadway, Suite 211 New York, NY 10023 Tel: (212) 246-3942 Fax: (212) 541-6665 info@americanvalues.org www.americanvalues.org The Age of Unwed Mothers Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem? Executive Summary Why have three decades of intensive national effort to reduce teen pregnancy not been more successful? Largely because for three decades, we have framed the problem falsely. What we have called our “teen pregnancy” crisis is not really about teenagers. Nor is it really about pregnancy. It is about the decline of marriage. What has changed most in recent decades is not who gets pregnant, but who gets married. Demographically, our “teen pregnancy” problem is inseparable from the disconnect between marriage and childbearing that increasingly...
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