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Conceptualizing the Curriculum Towards A Renaissance for Theory
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2014-09)The field of curriculum is awash with theorizing on the concept of ‘curriculum’ and ‘curriculum theory’. A meta understanding by scholars provides a generalized view through which curricula is conceptualized. The effect ... -
Determining Value of Commodities Among The Mbeere community In Pre-Colonial Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2012)For trade to flourish there should be acceptable measures of value. How the value of commodities is fixed depended on rules governing trade within the community and their neighbours. This article explores how value ... -
Determining Value of Commodities Among The Mbeere community In Pre-Colonial Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-11)For trade to flourish there should be acceptable measures of value. How the value of commodities is fixed depended on rules governing trade within the community and their neighbours. This article explores how value of ... -
The dilemma of career choice: A case study of Kenyan secondary school students
(Scholarly research journal for interdisciplinary studies, 2012-11-27)The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables that influence career choice among secondary school students in Kenya. The study was guided by two objectives: to determine the influence of peer groups on ... -
The Dilemma of Hosting Refugees: A Focus on the Insecurity in North-Eastern Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2012-04)Physical security is paramount if any country is to progress both politically and economically. This article examines the problem of physical insecurity in Dadaab refugee camps in Northeastern Kenya in the last two decades ... -
Economic aid in Northern Ireland and the border area: perceptions of how the international fund for Ireland and the European Union peace III fund impact reconciliation and peace building
(2013)Ethnopolitical conflict is often caused by the interplay of sectarian politics, psychocultural symbols and traditions; historically separate stories, economic injustices and structural violence among rival community groups. ... -
Effectiveness of Differentiated Instruction on Secondary School Students Achievement in Mathematics
(International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2014-01)Mathematics is a fundamental human activity- a way of making sense of the world. Achievement in mathematics has caused deep concern in many countries over the years. In Kenya, mathematics competence is necessary for entry ... -
Effects of Social Change on the Welfare of the Elderly in Chuka Division in Tharaka/Nithi County in Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2013-05)Elderly persons are an integral part of the population in the society and the process of aging becomes a challenge to them, who, if not assisted to fit in old age, would sulk and suffer low esteem. The elderly can equally ... -
An Evaluation of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Perceptions of Behaviour and Lifestyle Change as Fraud Indicators
(The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), 2014)This is an exploratory and descriptive study that sought to investigate the perception of certified fraud examiners (CFEs) on the suitability of using red flag behaviour indicators to detect and investigate crime in Kenya. ... -
Factors contributing to poor performance in Kenya certificate of primary education in public day primary schools in Mwimbi Division, Maara District, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-03)Performance of students is a product of socio-economic, psychological and environmental factors. Education plays a significant role in political, economic and social realms of development. Secondary school placement, ... -
Factors Contributing To Students’ Poor Performance in Mathematics at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kenya: A Case of Baringo County, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-06)Performance in Mathematics by students has persistently been poor. This study sought to investigate the factors contributing to the poor performance and to establish the strategies that can be adopted to improve performance in ... -
Influence of Mathematical Language on Achievement in Mathematics by Secondary School Studens in Kenya
(Research India Publications, 2012)Language is a system of communication, which is either spoken or encoded in written or signed form; its fluency aids an individual in logical thinking. The unique linguistic structure of mathematics makes the learning ... -
Investigation of Self-Perception of Players in Sports in Meru Technical Training Institute in Kenya.
(The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), 2013)Technical Institutions like all other institutions of Learning in Kenya take sport as an important component of their educational programmes. The Kenya Colleges Sports Association organizes annual sports competitions ... -
Language Games and Language Teaching in Kenya: The Case of Kiswahili in Lower School
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
Malnutrition, poor housing and disease: the woes of Tanganyika migrant laborers during the construction of the Uasin gishu railway 1922-1923.
(International Journal of current research, 2012-04)As scholars get interested in human rights violations during colonial rule in Kenya especially during the Mau Mau struggle for independence, other colonial scandals of lesser magnitude remain unearthed as this article ... -
The Need to Integrate Themes of Environmental education in school curriculum in Kenya
(HRmars, 2013-01)Globally, the environment is under pressure from climatic variability and anthropogenic activities including deforestation, wetland and water catchment destruction, agro-chemicals use and urbanization among others. The ... -
The Perception of Economic Assistance in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: The Impact of IFI and EU Peace I on Equity and Awareness
(Nova Southeastern University, 2010)Most international donors believe that promoting economic development deescalates ethnic conflict, thus enhancing the prospects for peace as ethnic communities negotiate settlements and bridge their political divisions. ... -
A political history of Kenya
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 1994)Kenya is a country of diversity just like USA. It has varied cultures and traditions. Kenya has 42 ethnic groups, Plus migrant races, whites, Asians and Arabs but have lived peacefully except last year (2008) when post ... -
Political Party Cooperation in Postelection as Ethnic Tensions (Kenyan Case)
(MOST EthnoNet publication: Anthropology of Africa, 1999)In most African states, general elections generate a lot of ethnic tensions. This is because most parties are ethnicbased or receive support from certain ethnic groups. When a party loses in an election, it is excluded ... -
Power play between the centre and the periphery: Problems and prospects of devolution under constitution of Kenya 2010
(International journal of Innovative research and and studies, 2013-09)The drafters of the constitution of Kenya 2010 cleverly introduced devolved governments (county governments) in order to decentralize power from the executive, then perceived as imperial. The devolved system of government ...
