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Societal Expectations and Well-being of Academics: Views from University Lecturers in Ghana

Dudley W. Ofori & Jo Bell · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Background: The study aimed to investigate how societal expectation on educational accomplishments can affect workplace well-being of university lecturers. University education is seen by society as the highest level of educational accomplishment in a person’s life and people wit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030266

Effect of the Escalating Cost of Tuition in Higher Education in the United States

Solomon A. Boateng · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Higher education has always been a fundamental cornerstone for development and prosperity in the United States. It is incumbent upon the government and other stakeholders to formulate policies to ensure our institutions of higher education are well resourced and funded to enable...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030264

An Investigation of Class Size on Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Secondary Schools (A Case Study of Chikun Local Government Area) of Kaduna State, Nigeria

B. Y. Afolabi, L. B. Wakili, A. O. Afolabi, N. E. Onwuegbunam & A. A. Ademuwagun · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

The correlation between class size and mathematics learning by students has been a subject of research for years. This work studied the effects of class size on the teaching and learning of mathematics in junior secondary schools in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna St...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030263

Nursing Students’ First Clinical Experience with a Dying Patient or the Dead: A Phenomenological Study

Isaac Nyarko Kwakye, James Antwi, Cynthia Essel & Prince Appiah Yeboah · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore nursing students’ first clinical experience with a dying patient or the dead. Study Design: The study employed a qualitative case study design involving six students, homogenous in nature and purposively selected from the nursing departmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030262

Impact of Google Classroom as an Online Learning Delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of a Secondary School in Nigeria

Oyarinde, Oluremi Noah & Komolafe, Olaide Gbemisola · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

The teaching and learning process is rapidly becoming technology driven with the integration of digital learning using of online learning platforms to facilitate instructional delivery. Google classroom learning platform is one of the effective ways of enhancing student active en...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930259

Reflections in the Educational Leadership Internship: Bridging Theory and Practice

David Coker · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

The present study explores how graduate students in an educational leadership program in the United States constructed reflections during an internship. An archival review of students’ assignments for a class was conducted. A constant comparison analysis which used grounded theor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930261

Information Needs of Teachers in Second Cycle Institutions in Ghana: A Case of the Lower-Manya Krobo Municipality

Harriet Fosua Attafuah, Harry Akussah & George Tesilimi Banji · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

This paper seeks to examine the information needs of teachers in second cycle institutions in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in Ghana. It adopted the mixed method approach with a population of three hundred and three (303). Questionnaire and interview guide were used to colle...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030260

Vote-buying Enterprise and Voting Behaviour among Electorate: Evidence from Southern Nigeria

Akinde Sunday Israel & Micah, Damilola John · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

This paper specifically reviews activities of political parties in terms of voters’ inducement during elections period in Nigeria. The paper deconstructs voters’ inducement as political economy created to attract electorates purposely to swing votes to benefit political party. Th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i1030258

COVID-19: The Effect of Lockdown on Children’s Remote Learning Experience – Parents’ Perspective

Datonye Christopher Briggs · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Aims: This online survey was done to explore parents’ perspectives on education of their children affected by the stay-at-home measures still ongoing in the country. Study Design:  Cross-sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Sample: All six Geopolitical Zones in Ni...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930257

The Significance of Professional Communication Skills for Future Tunisian Physical Education Teachers

Aymen Hawani, Mohamed Sami Bouzid & Maher Mrayah · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

This study consists of a secondary analysis of the qualitative data of interviews carried out with mentoring teachers (MT) in order to present their conceptions on the quality of appropriation of the professional competence of communication. In particularly on the components of t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930256

An Examination of Patients’ Knowledge of Health Delivery Services in Tertiary-bound Health Institution

Micah, Damilola John, . Akinde & Sunday Israel · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Supply of health services in teaching hospital usually provides confidence among users and this explains high patronage. Yet the bureaucratic characteristic of the hospital is a major concern. This study was designed to explore in-patients’ knowledge of healthy services in a tert...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930255

Intentional Interactions and Identity Development: Perspectives on Education?

Michael T. Miller & David M. Deggs · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

This study utilized self-report survey data to explore formal, intentional interactions measurably impacting an individual’s identity among three groups in the mid-western United States. Data were collected across three levels: individual college-aged students in late-adolescence...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930254

Legal and Political Considerations Associated with the Cancellation of the Court Challenges Program of Canada

Jonas Kiedrowski & William T. Smale · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

Unique in the Western world, the Court Challenges Program was an undertaking funded entirely by the Federal Government of Canada, without regard to jurisdiction, to subsidize legal test cases of national importance regarding the clarification and interpretation of language and eq...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i930253

Overloaded Curriculum, Excessive Daily Academic Activities and Students’ Learning Effectiveness

Eduwem, Joy Dianabasi & Ezeonwumelu, Victor Ugochukwu · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

This paper examined the relationship between overloaded curriculum, excessive daily academic activities and the learning effectiveness of Junior secondary school students (JSS). The researchers used the ex-post facto research design to carry out the study. The study sought to det...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i830252

Career Guidance and Its Implications for Students’ Career Choices: The Case of Public Senior High Schools in Ghana

Joshua-Luther Ndoye Upoalkpajor · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2020

As an individual goes through Senior High School education, s/he encounters situations which require them to take appropriate educational, vocational and social decisions. This highlights the need for guidance and counselling services in learning institutions. Its importance cann...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2020/v33i830251