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{"title":"The Impact of Quality Assurance Officers’ Activities on Teaching and Learning Process: A Focus on Selected Secondary Schools in Dodoma, Tanzania","authors":"Chrisant Mganga, Chrispina S. Lekule","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-054","url":null,"abstract":"Croatia and Estonia have managed to perform better in international students' assessment tests because of effective quality assurance officials' activities in schools. In these countries, quality assurance officials are Abstract: This study sought to assess the impact of quality assurance personnel’s activities in improving teaching and learning process in secondary schools. Additionally, the study explored the kind of challenges hindering quality assurance officials' activities and possible strategies to be adopted as a strategy to navigate such challenges. To conduct this study, we employed a mixed research approach and a convergent parallel research design. Two hundred and seventy four respondents were involved in data collection. We collected data through open-ended questionnaires and in-depth individual interviews involving district education officers, heads of schools, quality assurance officials and teachers. To identify respondents, we employed both simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. The findings indicate that quality assurance officials’ activities in secondary schools play a fundamental role in the teaching and learning which include improved teacher confidence, professional growth in terms of discipline and ethics of teaching, creativity and innovation, among others. The findings also indicate that quality assurance officials were facing a number of challenges which include; misconception of the purpose of quality assurance activities and shortage of resources. Based on these findings, we recommend government leaders and policy makers to take intentional action that will empower all those involved in quality assurance activities. They should also ascertain strategies of inculcating positive attitudes towards quality assurance activities. We also recommend quality assurance officials and school leaders to strive towards facilitating change in terms of approaches used in carrying out quality assurance activities. They should also seek to eradicate negative perceptions regarding the purpose of quality assurance activities. In conclusion, we argue that quality assurance officials’ activities cannot be taken for granted, instead, they should be viewed as something indispensable and something without which quality education cannot be achieved easily.","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125139764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Telecommunication Innovations and Human-Technology Interface: A Review","authors":"Samuel Izidor","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"85 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133858457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Parental Involvement on Rehabilitation of Juvenile Delinquents: A Case of Boys Rehabilitation Centres in Kenya","authors":"Yego Angela Jeptanui, S. Mulambula","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-004","url":null,"abstract":": Through the Children Act 2001, the government banned corporal punishment, which was widely used as a corrective method. Instead guidance and counselling was introduced and advocated as an alternative method of behaviour change in correctional and rehabilitation facilities. The study examined the influence of parental involvement in decision making on rehabilitation of qelinquent boys in rehabilitation centres in Kenya. The study was based on ex post facto design and was guided by the bio-ecological theory.The target population consited of 1573 children and 54 staff in ten rehabilitation centres in Kenya. Purposive sampling procedure was adopted in selecting 140 respondents (110 delinquent adolescent boys and 54 staff). Questionnaires and interview guide were used to colect data from the respondents. Data collected from the study was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics which included percentages, frequency counts, means, standard deviation, correlation anaysis, regression analysis and Chi-square. The study established that parental involvement in decision making had a significant positive influence on rehabilitation of delinquent boys. The sstudy concluded that parental involvement in decision making accounted for 37% of the observed improvement in the rehabilitation process. Raw scores and percent product","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129950072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using Gender Responsive Pedagogy by Social Studies Teachers to Promote Gender Parity in Basic Schools","authors":"Jacob Issaka, Daniel Kwesi Hammond, F. Adams, Barbara Amoako Kissi","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-049","url":null,"abstract":"to certain and attitudes are to very early depending on the orientation and significant on future development and of both and cultural of traditional of Abstract: Ghana is among Sub-Saharan African countries battling with gender disparity. There have been many attempts by government agencies and non-governmental organizations to address the issue of gender disparity. Despite these efforts there is still wide spread gender disparity in most facets of the life in Ghana. Parental socialization, the influence of the media and schools have been key factors perpetuating gender inequality in our various communities. The consequences of gender disparity call for the promotion and adoption of gender responsiveness pedagogies in our learning institutions. Social Studies is one of the subjects in the basic school curriculum designed to address social problems such as gender disparity. This research therefore seeks to see how the adoption of gender responsive pedagogy by Social Studies teachers could promote gender parity in schools. The research adopted the descriptive survey which blended both quantitative and qualitative methods. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 80 Social Studies teachers from schools in Jasikan, Kadjebi and Biakoye districts. It was realized that even though the Social Studies teachers treated both girls and boys equally in the classrooms, most of the activities and practices in the schools were not gender responsive. The paper recommends that basic schools should establish gender committees and clubs to promote gender equality in schools.","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"16 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114110011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Symbolism of Fire among the Karimojong of North Eastern Uganda","authors":"Lowot Mark","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-014","url":null,"abstract":"The article “symbolism of fire among the Karimojong of North Eastern Uganda” is discussing about the meaning/significance of fire in the Karimojong community. The symbolism of fire in the Karimojong community did not start in the recent times; but it dates back to their dispersion area around Lake Turkana on the Valley of river Omo. Fire among the Karimojong symbolizes life and this life has to be celebrated from childhood, adolescent, adulthood to death. This life is celebrated when the child is born, initiation during teenage life, at succession ceremony and at death. The celebration of life is central in the Karimojong community of North Eastern Uganda.","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129430463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Use of Fire in the Karimojong Traditional Worship (Akiriket)","authors":"Lowot Mark","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115659455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rethinking Education for Development in Africa: The Need for the Association of Dialogue for Development on Education in Africa (ADEA) to Step Up Its Role","authors":"Adamu James Nanbak","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-053","url":null,"abstract":": Education is unarguably the life-transforming agent for development of any society. To the extent a people is educated, to that extent is its level of development. Africa as a continent is no exception to this universal certitude. Africa, a continent duped the richest in the world’s array of mineral resources is paradoxically tagged the world’s one of most impoverished continents. Little is there to be seen as far as translating this wealth for the development and growth of the continent. Thus, while some countries in places such as Europe and Asia are adjudged as first-world countries, Africa has been tagged a third-world continent on account of its poor educational investment. This appellation reflects Africa’s underdevelopment in the eye of the world. For some reasons, methods of education as well as the sheer will to place issues concerning educational matter on the front burners by relevant stake-holders seem to be at their lowest ebb. The world is focused on result-oriented education for development and empowerment. Africa must not be left behind in the pursuit of this liberator. On this, the role of the Association of Dialogue for Development on Education in Africa (ADEA) as an organ must be stepped up to allow for a dynamic and result-oriented approach to education be evolved. Thus, if the value-chains attributable to education in the global sphere are anything to go by for Africa, a new approach is crucially expedient.","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115830707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors Affecting the Perfomance of Micro Finance Institutions in the Eradication of Poverty in Migwani Sub-county of Kitui, Kenya","authors":"Abraham Eskur Mutia","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128066618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultural Revival and Documentation of Nigerian Abandoned and Contemporary Food Derivations from Cassava","authors":"M. Onuegbu","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-044","url":null,"abstract":"eat cassava products especially ‘Eba or Gaari’ while some of the cassava derivations are already extinct. The data also shows that 98% of Nigerians prefer foreign foods in their homes and in social events meaning that they have a negative attitude towards local food items.60% of young married women between the ages of 26-45 years especially those dwelling in urban areas lack knowledge of cassava cultivation, processing methods of most cassava derivatives, and the traditional recipes while Abstract: The language and the cultural heritage of a group which includes the peoples’ cuisine are the keys to their existence and identity. Centuries ago, Nigeria’s populace was sufficiently fed by Nigeria’s traditionally processed foods which cassava derivatives formed the majority. With foreign food infiltration into the Nigeria culture, Nigerian’s preference for foreign foods increased. Contemporarily, many Nigerian foods including cassava derivatives are socio-culturally abandoned and their processing methods moribund. As a result, there is food scarcity in Nigeria and the prices of food in Nigeria sky-rocket daily leaving the poor masses hungry, sick or afflicted with diseases. This paper emerged to study the processes of some abandoned and contemporary cassava derivatives which if revitalized, rebranded and domesticated, will curb the food scarcity threat and boost the Nigerian economy. The study serves as an archive to Nigeria’s traditional cassava food processing methods for further studies towards repackaging to suit the contemporary society to save them from extinction and boost the nation’s food supply. This research, adopted the use of, oral interviews, questionnaires, personal observation methods, phone calls and note taking to decipher information from five hundred Nigerians selected through a random sampling from five states in Nigeria. The samples were interviewed in some Nigerian markets in Akure, Lagos, Enugu, Abuja, and Port-Harcourt respectively. The result of the data showed that 98% of Nigerians have negative attitudes towards eating cassava derivatives, they patronize foreign foods and culinary in their homes and social functions thereby, making Nigerian foods stand the risk of gradual extinction and replacement with foreign foods and culinary, if urgent measures are not taken. The paper calls for a revitalization, rebranding, domestication, repackaging and documentation of Nigerian foods processes to save them from going into oblivion. It also calls for further researches for improving traditional food processing methods for acceptability to the younger generations for a sustainable development and reduction of hunger, poverty, diseases and death in Nigeria. Their acceptability too requires massive awareness and sensitization campaign on them by stakeholders and the media.","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131606334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resolving Youth Marginalization and Unemployment Gap in Nigeria: The Role of Capacity Building","authors":"Taiwo K. Adebiyi, S. Omogbehin","doi":"10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24940/THEIJHSS/2021/V9/I5/HS2105-017","url":null,"abstract":"corroborate the alarming rate of youth unemployment which stems from their marginalization. It is, however, crucial to note that there has been a decline in the rate of youth unemployment, noting that an increase in the global youth population from 1 billion to 1.3 billion between 1999 and 2019 did not lead to an increase Abstract: To address the existential issues of youth marginalization and unemployment, various approaches have been employed by governments, private institutions, non-governmental organizations, and international bodies in which capacity building and incentivization were common grounds employed by these institutions. From a global perspective, the number of youths not in education, employment, and training (NEET) has commendably decreased despite the rise in the global population. This success story is, however, a facade when the world is holistically inspected. Some countries' proportion of youth unemployment has been on the rise for years with no effective strategies to curb their travesty Nigeria is a notable example which is the focus of this study. This research write-up analyzes the current situation of Nigeria in the aspect of youth marginalization and unemployment. A comparative analysis was also elucidated to grasp the position of Nigeria in the world trajectories on youth marginalization and unemployment. This paper corroborates its expositions through a study using google forms to investigate the opinions of concerned groups of youths in Nigeria. Over 90 percent of respondents were students, of which about 50% do not believe the current educational curriculum in Nigeria can avail them of good jobs upon graduation. The groups also asserted that capacity-building training plays a major role in their personal development and career progresses. However, this paper argues that the pervasive capacity-building training and incentivization cannot be fully effective if associated hindrances such as the lack of enabling environment, political instability, and cultural disintegration are not properly addressed. Thus, this paper emphasizes the need for the commensurate provision of enabling environments by Governments and capacity builders vis-à-vis youth inclusiveness and political consistency in Nigeria","PeriodicalId":194775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanities and Social Studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128259338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}