Regis Misheal Muchowe, Arthur William Fodouop Kouam
{"title":"Investigation of the Strategies to Regulate the Usage of AI Chatbots in Higher Education: Harmonizing Pedagogical Innovation and Cognitive Skill Development","authors":"Regis Misheal Muchowe, Arthur William Fodouop Kouam","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i03.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the strategies for regulating the usage of AI chatbots in higher education to harmonize pedagogical innovation and cognitive skill development among graduate students. The study adopts a qualitative methodology that involves semi-structured interviews with 12 lecturers from 11 Zimbabwean universities. The findings reveal that although AI chatbots present opportunities to enhance learning experiences and cognitive skill development, their usage by graduate students presents challenges that require regulation. Negative perceptions of using AI chatbots by graduate students included cheating, plagiarism, and reduced interaction. Positive perceptions had research flexibility and cheapness. To regulate AI chatbot usage in higher education, lecturers employed active learning strategies and tailor-made coursework. At the same time, universities implemented Viva Voce and AI software detectors to discourage cheating and plagiarism. The study contributes to the literature on AI chatbots in education by highlighting the importance of cultural and social factors in their integration. The findings provide practical implications for educators and institutions in regulating the usage of AI chatbots in higher education, thus promoting cognitive skill development while avoiding their negative impact.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"185 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140265645","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 Typologization of the Beliefs of History Teachers in Planning the Teaching-Learning of History in Secondary Schools in Cameroon","authors":"Menye Obia Eric","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.006","url":null,"abstract":"The question the identification of key beliefs in the teaching-learning history is relevant. However, if the typology of beliefs exists in the educational files, it faces an uneven development of the littrature. Many studies have deepened the typologization of epistemological beliefs as well as the typologization of psychological and pedagogical beliefs which remains fallow in Cameroon. Hence the following reseach question: what beliefs do history teachers believe? This article focuses on the study of the typologization of programming of teaching-learning of history. To meet this objective, an exploratory-descrpitive reseach combining a quantitative component and qualitative component was carried out, involving 65 teachers and 160 educational sheets. In order to type the beliefs of the teachers in planing of teaching –learning, we asssociated the questionnaire, individual interview and documentary analysis which only made it possible to triangulate the data but also to reach the empirical saturation. Data revealed positive beliefs in history reaching –learning. This result summons teachers to a triple vigilance: constructivist epistemological vigilance, constructivist pedagogical vigilance, constructivist psychological vigilance.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"31 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139963245","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":"Metaphorical Meaning of Texts Integrated in the Multimodal Political Cartoons of Corruption in The Daily Nation Newspaper","authors":"L. Akuno, Oloo Pamella, M. Lilian","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.007","url":null,"abstract":"The language of cartoons is not as direct as the language of news reporting in that it is characterized by satirical and metaphorical pictures; and codified and connotative wordings which makes it socially appropriate and relevant to inform, educate and entertain the general public. Cartoons are used to satirize and lampoon socio-political abuses like corruption. In Kenya, corruption poses one of the greatest challenges facing the Kenyan government and reports on corruption scandals in the media are the order of the day. The present research studied the unique nature of the language of cartoons with focus on portrayal of corruption. The specific objective was to establish the metaphorical meaning of texts integrated in the multimodal political cartoons of corruption in The Daily Nation Newspaper. The research was guided by the tenets of the pictorial metaphor model founded by Charles Forceville (2006) within the conceptual metaphor theory. The study was limited to multimodal political cartoons depicting corruption in The Daily Nation Newspaper in 2018 and 2019, a period characterized by mega corruption scandals in Kenya. The study adopted the analytical research design. The study population comprised 14 multimodal political cartoons with metaphoric expressions in The Daily Nation Newspaper in 2018 and 2019. Random purposive sampling technique was used to select the required cartoons and the sample size was dictated by saturation sampling. A total of 14 metaphorical expressions were purposively sampled from the 14 political cartoons. The data was then coded and analyzed qualitatively into themes of the respective conceptual metaphors. The findings were that the conceptual metaphors of corruption in The Daily Nation Newspaper are investigating corruption is turning a stone to reveal what is underneath, coruption is dirty money, corruption is stench, bribery is purchase, corruption is war, corruption is robbery, strategising is warming up, corruption is a movie, ......","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"12 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139962553","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":"Ubainifu WA Matendo Ya Kisihiri: Mifano Kutoka Bunilizi Teule Za Fasihi Ya Kiswahili Ya Watoto","authors":"Gloria Kimbi, Dkt, Edith Lyimo, Dkt, Grace Minja","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.005","url":null,"abstract":"Sihiri Ni miongoni mwa mbinu zinazotumika katika utunzi WA kazi za kifasihi zikiwamo bunilizi za watoto za fasihi mbalimbali ulimwenguni. Aidha, kumekuwa Na mkanganyiko mkubwa juu ya matumizi ya matendo [ ]. Ya kisihiri katika bunilizi za watoto. Wataalam wengi WA fasihi ya watoto wamechunguza fantasia Kwa upekee wake bila kujadili matendo ya kisihiri kimajumui. Suala hili limesababisha kutokuchunguzwa Kwa matendo mengine yanayohusisha sihiri Na kuacha ombwe la maarifa juu ya matendo ya kisihiri yanayounda kazi mbalimbali za watoto Na fasihi ya Kiswahili ya watoto ikiwemo. Hivyo, makala hii imebainisha Na kufafanua matendo ya kisihiri yanayopatikana katika bunilizi teule za fasihi ya Kiswahili ya watoto. Ili kufanikisha lengo la makala hii, bunilizi tano za fasihi ya Kiswahili ya watoto ambazo Ni Mfalme Ndevu Na Masikini-Mkatakuni, Sinderela, Hadithi ya Morile, Hadithi za Kusisimua Na Marimba ya Majaliwa zimechunguzwa. Data za makala hii zimekusanywa kutoka katika bunilizi teule Kwa njia ya usomaji Na uchambuzi matini. Nadharia ya Uhalisiajabu imeongoza ukusanyaji Na uchanganuzi WA data za makala hii. Msingi WA Nadharia uliotumika ni ule unaoeleza kuwa Uhalisiaajabu hutokana na muunganiko wa masuala halisi pamoja na yale yasiyo halisi. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yanaonesha kuwa bunilizi teule za fasihi ya Kiswahili ya watoto zimeundwa Kwa matendo mbalimbali ya kisihiri. Matendo hayo yamegawanyika katika makundi matatu. Kundi la kwanza linahusisha matendo ya kimazingaombwe Kama vile viumbe wasio binadamu kuzungumza, viumbe kujibadilisha muonekano na kuchukuwa sura na umbo la viumbe wengine, mtu kutumia vitu kujipatia mahitaji yake, vifaa visivyo rasmi kwa shughuli ya usafiri kutumika katika usafiri pamoja na fimbo kuchapa bila kushikwa na mtu. Kundi la pili linahusisha matendo ya kitabiri Kama, mtu kutabiri mipango ya maadui Kwa mtendwa Na mtu kuteguwa kitendawili kabla ya kukisikia. Aidha, kundi la tatu limehusisha matendo ya kiganga Kama vile dawa kutumika Kama kinga d","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139963842","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":"Managing Entrepreneurial Education in Tertiary Institutions for Graduate Employability in a Competitive Society","authors":"L. C. Ojule, G. I. Oliobi","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.004","url":null,"abstract":"The goals of tertiary education institutions in any country are directed towards scientific, technological and socio-economic development among others. Tertiary institution managers have the responsibility to be sensitive and respond to challenges affecting their establishments, especially that of their products’ (graduates) employability in a competitive society. Awarding degree certificates to graduates that will face employment challenges in the labour market amounts to resource wastage in the production process. Entrepreneurial education focuses on developing a way of thinking, attitude, and mindset that frees an individual from being a burden to the society. It does not equate to coming up with ideas or making money. It provides students with the cross-functional skills necessary to boost their employability rate in response to the pressing issue of unemployment that institutional managers need to address quickly. This article explored managing entrepreneurial education at tertiary level for employability of their products in a competitive society. The paper contained introduction, discussion on entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial education skill types for tertiary education products, innovation as correlate to entrepreneurship education, employment challenges of tertiary institutions’ graduates, challenges of entrepreneurial education at tertiary institutions, resources and strategies for implementing entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions and managing entrepreneurial education at tertiary level for graduate employability. The paper equally featured conclusion and recommendations on the topic discussed.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"55 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139964697","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 for Public Primary School Teachers to Engage in Professional Development","authors":"Khadija Hassan Namagono","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.003","url":null,"abstract":"This study focused on and critically analyses of factors for public primary school teachers to engage in professional development. A total of 68 respondents were purposive sampled and reached. Data on factors for primary school teachers engaging in professional development were gathered using interview and focus group discussion. Qualitative method employed during data collection, analysis and interpretation. Respondents perceived that, there is intrinsic factor and extrinsic factors which motivate them to engage in professional development. Within such disposition there is individual interest and improving skills and knowledge as intrinsic factors. Also there is salary increment, Promotion, career change, head teachers harassment, change of curriculum and availability of institutions as an extrinsic factors. The study indicated that primary school teachers need to learn more complex and varied repertoire of teaching in addition to what was necessary in their past. This study is crucial for widening up primary school teachers on the factors motivated them to engage in professional development. Finally, the study recommends that similar studies should be conducted in more public primary schools in the same municipality or in other municipalities in the same region or in more regions with more districts to come up with more generalizable findings by covering a large study area would make generalization on the challenges public primary school teachers face when engaged in professional development feasible.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"39 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139965126","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}
Maria Sakellariou, Maria Banou, Eleni Loizou, Charilaos Zaragas
{"title":"Views of Greek Primary Education Professionals on the Utilisation of Play within Preschool and School Environments","authors":"Maria Sakellariou, Maria Banou, Eleni Loizou, Charilaos Zaragas","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i02.002","url":null,"abstract":"Although play comprises a key factor for children’s learning and development, it seems not to be connected with learning or utilised for pedagogical purposes, by a large part of the educational community within Greek preschool environments. This study, conducted during the 2019-2020 school year, aims at exploring, with the aid of a questionnaire, the views of kindergarten educators (N:715) and elementary school teachers (N:793) throughout Greece, regarding play and its utilisation as a didactic tool in kindergarten and elementary school. The investigational data showed that within school environments, play is mainly associated with the pupils’ recess whereas for preschool environments, it is about reaching learning and teaching goals. Kindergarten educators use play to teach pupils of linguistic and logical-mathematical senses, while elementary school teachers barely utilise it likewise. Finally, this study underlines the re-training of educationalists towards the better utilisation of play within the educational process.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"23 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139965027","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 Factors Influencing the Administration of Cognitive Development Education for 5-6-Year-Old Children in Preschool through Experiential Activities","authors":"Nguyễn Thị Hương, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i01.001","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on researching and analyzing crucial factors influencing the administration of cognitive development education for 5-6-year-old children in Preschool. The study concentrates on the impact of the learning environment on children's cognitive development. This encompasses not only physical space but also social elements, interaction with peers, the spatial arrangement conducive to learning, and the infrastructure of the school. Additionally, the author emphasizes the roles of teachers and parents in supporting and fostering children's cognitive development. Furthermore, the study identifies the influence of Preschool administration staff in implementing educational administration functions. Based on this foundation, the author proposes two solutions for managing cognitive developmental education for 5-6-year-olds in Preschool.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"121 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139390676","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":"Supervisors Teaching Variables and Students’ Performance in Post Graduate Thesis and Dissertation in Public Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria","authors":"Emmanuel Bassey Henry, Henry Anhari Ojating, Orienweze Justina, Asoquo, Umo Bassey","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2024.v07i01.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study focus on investigating supervisors’ teaching variables and students’ performance in post graduate thesis and dissertation in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select 406 theses and dissertations from a population of 3,912 using proportionality of 10.37% with Faculty as basis of stratification. Theses and Dissertations supervisor variables scale (TADSVS) was used to amass information from the respondents, while the Simple Linear Regression Analysis was used to analyse the date collected from the field. The first finding showed that there is no statistical significant influence of supervisors’ years of tertiary institution teaching experience on students’ performance in post graduate theses and dissertations. This means that students’ performance in their final year research work is the same (equal) for those supervised by the low, moderate and high experienced lecturers. The finding of the second hypothesis showed that Supervisors’ area of specialization significantly influences students’ performance in theses and dissertations in Cross River State, Nigeria. That is, thesis performance is not equal across supervisors’ specialization. Based on the foregoing findings, the study recommends the need to assign an experience supervisor to supervise post graduate students’ research theses and dissertation for excellent performance since supervisors’ years of tertiary teaching experience significantly influence students’ performance in post graduate research theses and dissertation among universities students in Cross River State, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"44 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139390187","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":"Promoting Self-Reliance Education through Child Participation Rights for 3-4 Year-Olds","authors":"N. Nhung","doi":"10.36349/easjehl.2023.v06i08.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36349/easjehl.2023.v06i08.003","url":null,"abstract":"The approach of child participation is a significant perspective for fostering self-reliance education, grounded in the trust teachers place in children. This approach empowers children, creating favorable conditions for decision-making and choice. Investigation into the current status of self-reliance education for 3-4 year-olds in several preschools within Hanoi reveals that children's self-reliance predominantly resides at a moderately developed level. These findings are influenced by several factors, notably the teacher's flexibility and creativity in tailoring appropriate approaches – including objectives, content, methods, forms, and interventions – to each child's individuality and the practical conditions of the school and local context. This study proposes eight self-reliance education strategies for 3-4 year-olds based on the child participation rights approach. These strategies are aligned with the characteristics of children aged 3-4, ensuring target-oriented, systematic, developmental, feasible, practical, and age-appropriate methods, as well as organizing playful and educational activities within preschool settings.","PeriodicalId":352934,"journal":{"name":"East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124905254","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}