performance of students has recently come under scrutiny for a number of reasons. For instance‚ a number of studies have been carried out to identify causal factors of poor academic performance in a number of institutions worldwide. Interestingly‚ most of these studies focused on the three elements that intervene. Such included‚ parents (family causal factors)‚ teachers (academic causal factors)‚ and students (personal causal factors) (Diaz‚ 2003). However‚ this study investigated the main factors that affect
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TOU2002 – Tourism Impacts and Sustainability Topic: Socio-Cultural impacts of tourism Tourism considered as global phenomenon which is carried out by persons itself. This naturally results in meeting of different culture‚ economy‚ progress‚ status‚ etc. round the globe. Human being considered as social animal cause’s significant social culture impact by tourism. According to Teo (1994) impacts are defined as “change in value system‚ moral‚ conduct‚ individual behaviour‚ relationship
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commented that schools are producing poor quality graduates – the elementary schools are producing graduates who could hardly read and write and the high schools are turning out graduates who could hardly speak English and are not ready for college work. A continuous down trend in the quality of education and academic achievement of the students in all levels‚ especially the secondary school students has been keenly observed in recent years. Many studies showed that the secondary graduates failed
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Final Paper Socio- Cultural issue and education Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. Education is not only about what we learn in our textbook as students but about the lessons we learn from those text books. It helps students develop a perspective on how to look at life. Education is the basic foundation for every one. It is instrumental in the development of our values and virtues. The future of our nation is safe in the hands of educated individuals‚ which is why
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Mathematics is one of the subjects taught in school. In our everyday life we encounter Math; some find it interesting but still many find it difficult and even despise it. It is commonly perceived to be difficult. Attitude towards mathematics plays a crucial role in the teaching and learning processes of mathematics. Researchers concluded that positive attitude towards mathematics leads students towards success in mathematics. In education‚ research suggests that student attitudes toward a subject lead to
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Research Journals Full Length Research Paper Influence of social-cultural factors on gender imbalance in appointment of head teachers in mixed secondary schools in Vihiga district‚ Kenya Phanice Ingasia Chisikwa St Ann Buyangu Girls High School‚ P.O. BOX 42 Gisambai‚ Kenya. E-mail: pingasia@yahoo.com Accepted 15 November‚ 2010 Women are under-represented in school headship in many parts of the world. Social-cultural reasons have been used to explain this discrepancy‚ particularly in Western
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Journal of Economic & Administrative Sciences Vol. 26‚ No. 1‚ June 2010 (27 -51) Factors Affecting Switching Behavior of Mobile Service Users: The Case of Jordan Dr. Mohammad Suleiman Awwad Mr. Bashar Awad Neimat Mutah University Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Jordan Abstract This study aims at identifying the most critical factors affecting the customer switching behavior for mobile service providers in Jordan. A number of 580 questionnaires distributed to a random sample of Jordanian mobile
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Chapter Four CULTURAL FACTORS: THE EXPERT CULTURE AND THE COLLECTIVE CULTURE Great discoveries and achievements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. Alexander Graham Bell He who has a “why” to live for can bear most any “how.” Friedrich Nietzsche orporate culture is the personality of the organization. Just as all human beings have personalities‚ all organizations have a corporate culture. Whereas personality is the basis for our behavior and decision making‚ corporate culture is the
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Definition of School Policies and Violation According to Commission on Filipino Overseas (2000)‚ school policies‚ rules and regulations are guidelines related to the internal governance of each of the Philippines school overseas‚ including their prescribed standards‚ as defined and approved by their respective governing bodies in accordance with law‚ and the applicable policies‚ rules and regulations of DECS and its counterpart in the host country Collective adherence to school behavioral policies
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the most frequently stated arguments in favour of and against it. The paper touches both the theoretical and applied branches of contrastive studies and attempts to throw some light on the cultural and pragmatic aspects of this topic as well. In pursue of this aim it is important to consider the state of the art viewpoints as opposed to the opinions of the sixties and seventies‚ as these have experienced radical changes under the influence of new insights and developments in linguistics and language
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