{"title":"Influence of Appraisal Services on Course Satisfaction among Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Trainees","authors":"Maren Awuor Omondi, Pamela Raburu, Peter Aloka","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v2i1.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v2i1.54","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the relationship between appraisal guidance services and course satisfaction among trainees in TVET institutions in Kakamega County, Kenya. Concurrent Triangulation design within the mixed methods approach was adopted. Purposive, proportionate stratified random, and simple random sampling were used to select 4 TVET institutions, 388 trainees, four registrars, 4 Deputy Principals, and 4 Guidance and Counseling Coordinators. The use of questionnaires and interview schedule collected data. The study established a statistically significant positive correlation between appraisal services (r=.511; p=.000) and course satisfaction among TVET trainees. The appraisal services accounted for 25.8% of the variation in course satisfaction among TVET trainees, respectively. Based on the findings, it was recommended that institutions implement comprehensive and inclusive informational services; Curriculum Development and Certification Council (CDACC) should strengthen the case of career guidance offices in TVET institutions.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125337609","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":"What Is the Current Development Status of Character Education? Based on Seven Educators and Nearly Three Years of Literature Research","authors":"L. Zhang","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v2i1.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v2i1.58","url":null,"abstract":"To have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the status quo of character education, to improve the citizens' character cultivation, and achieve better development of citizens, this paper has carried out a study on character education. This study uses the literature research method, experience summary method, and qualitative analysis method. First, it analyzes the ideas on character education by seven famous educators (Plato, Aristotle, Sukhomlinsky, Kohlberg, Albert Bandura, Bertrand Russell, and Thomas Lickona). Then, through Springer and CNKI (China National Knowledge Internet), we searched the academic literature on character education in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Understand the development process, the latest progress, and quality education problems by analyzing the current theoretical research results. The findings are as follows: in the current research on quality education, educators have put forward some relatively complete theories, but the actual effect may not be perfect; According to the three years of theoretical research, these results did not reasonably apply to the quality education practice. This research has theoretical and practical significance for the future development of character education and for improving the academic system of quality education.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130854607","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":"Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Producing Graduates with Necessary Skills on Demand of Labour Market: The Moderating Role of Labour Market Information","authors":"Kaula Stephen","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v2i1.55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v2i1.55","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzed the effects of technical and vocational education and training in acquiring graduates with the necessary skills that are labor market on demand. This analysis came following many graduates completing TVET college studies but finding they are not conforming to the skills a labor market is in demand with. To address this gap, the study used quantitative research approaches. While the research design was explanatory, the sampling technique was simple random sampling from a population of 3000 unit of analysis: students, graduates, tutors, and management staff from 3 selected NACTVET colleges, and 254 samples of respondents was obtained. Moreover, data collection from the sample extracted used a questionnaire. Before actual data analysis, a pilot survey, data cleaning, and factor analysis were conducted. The actual data analysis employed multiple linear regression from which the results were:-TVET-theoretical, practical, and behavioral attitudinal education found to be positively and significantly related to the production of resourceful graduates if the labor market information is intruded in the model system. These analytical results suggest that education stakeholders, policymakers, and curriculum developers adopt the model this study introduced by calling for the moderation role of labor market information.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123255980","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 Views of Greek Educators on Evaluation Techniques: The Case of Model Experimental Schools","authors":"Αnastasia Papadopoulou","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v2i1.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v2i1.63","url":null,"abstract":"The term \"evaluation of the educational work\" and, respectively, of the teachers was established in our country during the post-colonial period. The following questions particularly concerned both the educational community and the state in general: \"How are or should the results of the evaluation be used?\", \"Can all aspects of the work produced at the school unit level and the effects of teachers on their students be objectively measured and evaluated?\", \"How can the subjective element be reduced in the procedure of teacher evaluation?\", \"Is it possible to apply uniform evaluation criteria to schools that operate in heterogeneous socio-economic, cultural, or geographical environments?\", \"What is the role of the teachers and the Management of each school and school counselor as well as other actors of the school community (students, parents, other staff)?\"\u0000The answer to the above questions comes through the research carried out on 405 teachers in Greece and highlights various philosophical, political, and pedagogical dimensions concerning the purpose of Evaluation, the bodies, forms, techniques, and evaluation criteria.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128115262","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":"A Review of Different Ideas Concerning the Characteristics of a Good Leader and Shaping New Ideas of an Effective 21st Century Leader","authors":"Sereyrath Em","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v2i1.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v2i1.53","url":null,"abstract":"The current study aims to define a good leader in general, not for any specific companies, schools, offices, or organizations. The author has read and consulted various documents, significantly articles published in reputable outlets, to boost related ideas vis-à-vis good leaders from different walks of life. After reading, reviewing, and taking notes, the author focused on different leadership types and the characteristics of good leaders. As a result, a good leader is defined, and suggestions are provided to consider for those who want to become good leaders using just easy ways and simple techniques. In the 21st century, a good leader is someone well-educated and always looks at the past, uses the past as experience, leads what is in the present, and predicts the future so that he can get everything ready and he could solve unforeseen problems. Finally, a comprehensive assessment or investigation could still be made into what makes a sound or effective leader in the 21st century. It is also important to analyze or conduct a comparison of an efficient manager and a good leader. Generally, it is essential to consider how to successfully lead an organization by combining the qualities of a skilled manager and an effective leader.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128584415","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":"Naija: The Cinderella for Nigerian and West African National Language, Unity and Identity","authors":"Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v1i4.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v1i4.49","url":null,"abstract":"The perennial questions about the national language and the Nigerian Pidgin (Naija) status remain unresolved in Nigeria. Hence, this paper focuses on the national language question for Nigeria against the theoretical background of the national language, national identity, and linguistic relativism. The paper sets out to reevaluate the common arguments often articulated against adopting Naija as the national language and advance the reasons why it should be adopted as the national language. The paper adopted the qualitative approach to research. Primary data were generated from the interview, observation, and spontaneous speech recording, while secondary data were taken from library materials and the Internet. Educated and illiterate Nigerians constituted the study population, and mixed and purposive sampling methods were used to select informants. It is established in this paper that it is the de facto national language and the most undermined and neglected among the five major languages in Nigeria. The paper concludes that language, a critical factor of production, has been undermined. Adopting Naija as a national language will foster national unity and cohesion, accelerate scientific advancement, facilitate democratization and enhance teaching and learning in the long run.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124230409","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":"Students’ Ways of Understanding Academic Writing","authors":"Suciyati Sulaiman","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v1i4.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v1i4.32","url":null,"abstract":"Universities have placed academic writing skills as valuable skills for university students; some universities have compulsory modules for undergraduates, and some have dedicated writing centers for students to seek assistance in composing academic writing. Without a doubt, writing in English, particularly for those whose first language is not English, is considered a complex and challenging skill to master. In addition, academic writing is even more complex, as an essential element of academic writing is the inclusion of claims and opinions. Therefore, the struggle observed is that students cannot voice their opinions in a formal writing context, which perhaps resulted in the structure of the written piece not being coherent and cohesive as per the standard of academic writing. In order to achieve its aim, this study will use a phenomenographic research approach to investigate the undergraduate’s conceptions of academic writing. A phenomenography approach is used in this study because students’ experience composing academic writing would be the focus, and the research object would look at the variation in ways of experiencing such phenomena. The study relates to learners from various faculties at the University with a common ground of their English language proficiency that is used to gain entry to the University.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116350553","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":"Orientation Services and Course Satisfaction among Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Trainees in Kenya","authors":"Maren Awuor Omondi, Pamela Raburu, Peter Aloka","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v1i4.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v1i4.52","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the relationship between orientation guidance services and course satisfaction among trainees in TVET institutions in Kakamega County, Kenya. Holland’s theory of vocational choice guided the study. A concurrent Triangulation design was adopted. The study targeted 12807 trainees, four registrars, 4 Deputy Principals in charge of academics, and 4 Guidance and Counseling Coordinators from the TVET institutions in Kakamega County. The use of questionnaires and interview schedule collected data. The instruments were piloted among 38 trainees from Kisiwa TTI in neighboring Bungoma County of Kenya. The study established a significant positive correlation between orientation services (r=.473; p=.000) and course satisfaction among TVET trainees. Orientation services accounted for 22.1% of the variation in the level of course satisfaction. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the Administrators of TVET institutions ensure the implementation of TVET academic policy in the institutions to enhance the adequate provision of academic services.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129800535","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":"Students’ Motivational Factors behind Acquiring Shadow Education and Reasons for Creating New Generation Schools in Cambodia","authors":"Houn Thon, Sereyrath Em, Sina Pang, Ravy Nhor","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v1i4.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v1i4.51","url":null,"abstract":"The current study explores the motivational factors behind acquiring shadow education in Cambodia. We adopted documentary design, which is one of the qualitative methods. We collected relevant documents on shadowing in Cambodia and analyzed them qualitatively using the proposed content analysis. This study indicated that the leading motivational factors behind acquiring extra education in Cambodia were students' grades and overemphasis on examinations, school quality, teacher economic benefits, or teacher corruption. The findings from these studies could be used to discuss and generalize the motivational factors behind acquiring shadow education in the Cambodian educational context. Along with the existing shadow education, causing difficulty for the poor, the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) have taken measures to eliminate this type of education by turning some schools into New Generation Schools (NGS).","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116488990","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":"Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Production of Productive Workforce Graduates: An Incubation Role of Private Sector; A case of selected NACTVET Colleges in Mbeya, Tanzania","authors":"Kaula Stephen","doi":"10.58421/gehu.v1i4.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58421/gehu.v1i4.45","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the effects of TVET on producing a productive workforce who are graduates under the moderation role of the private sector. The study was conducted following cases of many graduates completing middle technical and vocational colleges to find they are not employable. To uncover this gap, the study used quantitative research approaches. While the research design was explanatory, the sampling technique was simple random sampling. From a population of 3 NACTVET colleges comprising 3350 units of inquiry, including students, graduates, and tutors from such selected NACTVET colleges, 357 respondents were deduced. Data collection from the sample obtained used a survey questionnaire. Before actual data analysis, a pilot survey, data cleaning, and factor analysis were conducted. Structural equation modeling was used in the actual data analysis. It gives that result Cognitive domain attributes were found to have a positive and insignificant effect on producing a productive workforce of graduates. Also, TVET psychomotor domain attributes were revealed to have positive but insignificant effects on producing productive workforce graduates, and the same results were with behavioral, affective domain skills on producing productive workforce graduates. Moreover, the analysis found positive and significant effects of three factors on producing productive workforce graduates under the moderation role of the private sector. This either suggests to education stakeholders, policymakers, and curriculum developers to adopt the model this study has introduced by bringing the private sector into TVET programs.","PeriodicalId":201363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Education and Humanities","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130777874","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}