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Effect of Gender on Environmental Awareness of Post-graduate Students

K. Shivakumara, Sangeetha R. Mane, J. Diksha & O. Nagaraj · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: It was aimed in the present study to explore the effect of gender on environmental awareness of the post-graduate students. When education diversity was controlled to be science and social-science the environmental awareness was expected to be influenced by the gender of in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16206

Effective Teaching of form Four History at Zimbabwe’s Dakamela Secondary School: A Comparative Study of Group Discussion and Lecture Methods

Mufunani Tungu Khosa, Alfred Champion Ncube & Thembinkosi Tshabalala · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

This study was focused on the comparative effectiveness of using the group discussion method and the lecture method in the teaching and learning of history by form four students at Dakamela Secondary School in Nkayi District with the aim of finding which of the two methods better...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14560

The Dissociative Effects in Lexical and Non-lexical Reading Tasks for Bilingual Children

Reza Kormi-Nouri, Niloufar Jalali-Moghadam & Alireza Moradi · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The aim of the study is to examine the possible dissociative effects of bilingualism on the complex and cognitively challenging task of reading. The underlying assumption is that there are two paths to reading: the lexical (semantic) path and the non-lexical (phonological) path....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16760

Investigating Social Media Usage and Addiction Levels among Undergraduates in University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Imade Idubor · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aim: Social media networks have become popular among the students because of the great potential they have in facilitation, collaboration, communication and sharing among the students while the students’ exposure to social media networks has been found to have the potential to de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15808

The Nature and Prevalence of Bullying in Primary Schools of Nkayi South Circuit in Zimbabwe

Alfred Champion Ncube, Augustine Zano Muranda, Thembinkosi Tshabalala & Tichaona Mapolisa · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The aim of the present study was to investigate the nature and prevalence of bullying among primary school pupils in Nkayi South Circuit in Matabeleland North Province in Western Zimbabwe. The population comprised of all the 300 teachers in Nkayi South Circuit. Random sampling wa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14554

Dietary Behaviors among Medical Students in the Middle East: Identifying Areas for Intervention

Salman Alzayani & Randah R. Hamadeh · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: The objective of the study was to describe the Arabian Gulf University medical students dietary patterns and to provide recommendations for promoting healthy dietary behaviors and lifestyle among the students. Study Design and Place of Study: A cross sectional study was con...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17106

Environmental Conception of Students of the 3rd Grade of High School on the Theme Water: A Case Study in the City of Calçoene-AP-Brazil

Cleydson Breno R. Santos, Rafaela de M. Guimarães, Nelma D. de Almeida, Francinaldo S. Braga, Luanny Maria A. Vidal & Josivan da S. Costa · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: To assess 50 students of the third grade of high school in a state school of the city of Calçoene-Amapá-Brazil on the concepts physico-chemical and biological characteristcs of water and environmental conception of the students on the subject. Place and Duration of Study: T...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16034

An Assessment of the Effectiveness of School-based Staff Development Programmes in Secondary Schools of Lupane District of Zimbabwe

Thembinkosi Tshabalala, Alfred Champion Ncube & Mufunani Tungu Khosa · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Staff development is crucial as it equips workers with life long survival skills on their jobs. Staff development also bridges the gap between the teachers’ available acquired skills and the new teaching skills required in the curriculum. Staff development is therefore concerned...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14557

Public-Private Partnership and Infrastructural Development in Nigeria: The Rail Transportation Sector in Focus

Abdulhamid Ozohu-Suleiman & Lawal Abdullahi Oladimeji · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The global movement for the transformation of governance has brought about sundry innovations in public administration. One of such innovations is the Public-Private Partnership (PPP), which is fast becoming an attractive menu in the list of global best practices. The initiative...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/8895

Factors Affecting Implementation of Early Childhood Development Education in Public Centres in Imenti South District, Kenya

George Muthaa · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Early Childhood serves the critical role of preparing young children for subsequent levels of Education. The study sought to determine the factors that affect the implementation of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) Programme in Imenti South District. Data were collecte...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16187

Establishing the Effectiveness of Sports Adminisrators in Secondary Schools in Hwange District in Zimbabwe

M. R. Philip Gazimbe, Thembinkosi Tshabalala & Alfred Champion Ncube · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

This study sought to establish the effectiveness of sports administrators in Zimbabwean secondary schools. The main focus of the study was on sport administration expertise in the running of sport in secondary schools in Hwange District. The study employed the quantitative paradi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14558

Category-selective Attention Modulates Unconscious Processing: Evidence from ERP

Chengzhen Liu, Zhiyi Sun, Jerwen Jou, Ulla Martens, Qinlin Yang, Jiang Qiu, Qinglin Zhang & Shen Tu · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: Recently, using the fMRI method in a paradigm in which visible word cues were followed by masked faces at a completely unconscious level or masked tools at a partially conscious level, Tu, Qiu, Martens, & Zhang (2013) showed that the top-down modulation effects were in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16565