Emmanuel O Adu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1755394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel O Adu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | O Adu |
| SIGNATURE | ADU E O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Fort Hare |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1345-5517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
South african integrated environmental education curriculum trajectory
Information and Communication Technology Use in the Teaching and Learning of High School Economics
Inderscience is a global company, a dynamic leading independent journal publisher disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas
Information and communication technology use in the teaching and learning of high school economics
This qualitative study employs an interpretive case study to investigate the efficient use of technology tools in teaching and learning economics. It also examines the teachers' and learners' views of technology use in economics education. Two economics teachers and learners in three high schools in Durban, South Africa were purposively sampled; and semi-structured interviews, observation, and document reviews were used to collect data. The parti…
Prospects of Blended Learning for the Post-Covid-19 Higher Education
The study explored the prospects of the blended learning approach for post-COVID-19 higher education from the perspectives of instructors at a university in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study was qualitative and adopted the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) design. Using the purposive sampling method, a sample of twenty-eight academics was drawn from one university. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and th…
Managing Social Studies Education Curriculum for National Development
This study focuses on the roles of the social studies education curriculum in addressing national development in Nigeria. It examines the existing social studies curriculum viz-a-viz its roles in national development and challenges faced by social studies teachers in its implementation. The study advocates that learners should be taught the skill of problem-solving, critical thinking, moral and character education at the early stage of life for s…
Developing and Applying Classroom Rules
The Foundation Phase is a transitional stage from pre-school to formal schooling, especially Grade 1. The learners are often less familiar with the formal schooling space, making mistakes that teachers often regard as challenging and destructive behaviours. Therefore, this paper discusses in depth how the chosen Grade 1 educators create the rules in their classrooms and apply them. The research uses a qualitative approach to consider the experien…
Selection and Use of Textbooks in Lesson Planning of Mathematics for Grade 4 Learners in East London Education District
Work Environment Factors as Correlate of School Management Teams’ Productivity
There is a perception that SMTs are not effective in some schools in South Africa. Hence, a huge number of learners in the public schools, particularly in high schools are not getting a good pass percentage in their matric exams. To this end, the study was conducted to analyse work environment factors that affect productivity of school management teams’ in Mount Frere Education District. Sixty-four schools, which formed the sample in this study, …
Record Keeping Management Practices and Legal Issues in the School System
The crucially, vitality and indispensability of records keeping and management in the school system cannot be overlooked because it is an essential ingredient in the smooth running of the school system. This is because the information either internally or externally generated assists the school managers in their decision making process and equally improves school implementation of functional records and information management system keep school s…
Leadership and Strategy Development for Goal Attainment in the 21 st Century Educational Institutions
Effective leadership motivates individuals to accomplish goals or makes positive changes in their lives and work empowerment. It causes individuals to meet challenges, take responsibility and become involved in what they are doing. It involves doing careful planning, organizing, controlling and staffing the organizational structure with people who are as competent as possible. Leadership has been considered one of the most important elements affe…
Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD)
The professional development of a teacher is dependent on the opportunities provided by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as mandated by the South African National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development (2007), in South African public schools. This paper reviews national and international perspectives on continuing professional teacher development with the aim of drawing on conceptual understandings of national and int…
School Experience
This paper examines the expectation of the institution on the pre-teachers during teaching practice. It emphasises that becoming a teacher is a process that involves training through mentorship. The study also provides information on the imperative areas of mentoring in order to have an effective teaching and learning during school experience, these area includes preparation of lesson plan, presentation of the lesson, assessment of students outco…
Grade 12 Learners' Perceptions of the Effect of Urban Agriculture on Food Security and Poverty Eradication
Agricultural sciences include an alternative source of fresh produce, improved life satisfaction and a way to preserve cultural identity and traditions. This research study seeks to investigate the perception of Grade 12 learners on the effects of urban agriculture on poverty eradication and food security. The study adopts a descriptive survey design. A validated structured questionnaire whose reliability co-efficient is 0.81 was used to collect …
A Comparative Study of Students’ Performance in Economics Concepts and Other Concepts in Social Studies Curriculum
Social Studies is described as an integrated study of many academic disciplines, which promotes civic competence in the learners at all stages of education. This study, therefore, showed a comparative analysis of students’ performance in Economics Concepts and other Social Studies Concepts with a view to determining the relevance of Economics Concepts among other Concepts in the Social Studies Curriculum. Descriptive research was carried out in t…
Effects of Social Habits and Girl-child Marriage on Students Academic Performance in Social Studies
The study investigated the effects of social habits and girl-child marriage on students’ academic performance in social studies. A total of five hundred students were selected through cluster and random sampling method from all junior secondary schools in Ogun state. Two self-developed instruments: Social Habits and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (SHSAPQ) and Girl-child Marriage and Academic Performance Questionnaire (GCMAPQ) were a…
Exploring Challenges Faced by Small Business Owners on Poverty Reduction in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
This study aimed to explore challenges encountered by the small business holders in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and examined the effects on the poverty rate. It is a survey research, and structured questionnaires were used to collect information with a simple random sampling method. Data was analyzed with the adoption of descriptive and inferential statistics. From the findings, lack of business skills, lack of access to capit…
The Influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Improving Teaching of Environmental Education
The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and its rapid growth in this century has caused some pressures in facilitating effective teaching and learning globally. Bringing ICT into practice has a role to play in facilitating and improving pedagogy and content knowledge. Therefore, this paper investigates the influence of ICT in improving teaching of environmental education. A descriptive survey research design was adopted wi…
Parents’ Perception of the Adolescents’ Attitudes towards Premarital Sex
The study was aimed to identify the parents’ view and perceptions of their adolescents’ attitude towards premarital sex. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire for the adolescents’ attitudes towards premarital sex (AATPSQ). The statistical analyses used were means and standard deviations for the research questions and a t-test for the hypotheses. The findings, among o…
Factors Affecting Lecturers’ Participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A case study research design was employed to investigate college lecturers' perceptions on factors affecting their participation in continuing professional development (CPD). The survey questionnaire instrument was developed by the researchers to answer the two research questions that were posed. Forty lecturers were randomly selected from the four Faculties at the BA ISAGO University College. Botswana. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze …
Factors Affecting Lecturers’ Participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A case study research design was employed to investigate college lecturers' perceptions on factors affecting their participation in continuing professional development (CPD). The survey questionnaire instrument was developed by the researchers to answer the two research questions that were posed. Forty lecturers were randomly selected from the four Faculties at the BA ISAGO University College. Botswana. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze …
The Influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Improving Teaching of Environmental Education
The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and its rapid growth in this century has caused some pressures in facilitating effective teaching and learning globally. Bringing ICT into practice has a role to play in facilitating and improving pedagogy and content knowledge. Therefore, this paper investigates the influence of ICT in improving teaching of environmental education. A descriptive survey research design was adopted wi…
Factors Affecting Lecturers’ Participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A case study research design was employed to investigate college lecturers' perceptions on factors affecting their participation in continuing professional development (CPD). The survey questionnaire instrument was developed by the researchers to answer the two research questions that were posed. Forty lecturers were randomly selected from the four Faculties at the BA ISAGO University College. Botswana. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze …
Factors Affecting Lecturers’ Participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A case study research design was employed to investigate college lecturers' perceptions on factors affecting their participation in continuing professional development (CPD). The survey questionnaire instrument was developed by the researchers to answer the two research questions that were posed. Forty lecturers were randomly selected from the four Faculties at the BA ISAGO University College. Botswana. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze …
Parents’ Perception of the Adolescents’ Attitudes towards Premarital Sex
The study was aimed to identify the parents’ view and perceptions of their adolescents’ attitude towards premarital sex. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire for the adolescents’ attitudes towards premarital sex (AATPSQ). The statistical analyses used were means and standard deviations for the research questions and a t-test for the hypotheses. The findings, among o…
A Comparative Study of Students’ Performance in Economics Concepts and Other Concepts in Social Studies Curriculum
Social Studies is described as an integrated study of many academic disciplines, which promotes civic competence in the learners at all stages of education. This study, therefore, showed a comparative analysis of students’ performance in Economics Concepts and other Social Studies Concepts with a view to determining the relevance of Economics Concepts among other Concepts in the Social Studies Curriculum. Descriptive research was carried out in t…
Effects of Social Habits and Girl-child Marriage on Students Academic Performance in Social Studies
The study investigated the effects of social habits and girl-child marriage on students’ academic performance in social studies. A total of five hundred students were selected through cluster and random sampling method from all junior secondary schools in Ogun state. Two self-developed instruments: Social Habits and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (SHSAPQ) and Girl-child Marriage and Academic Performance Questionnaire (GCMAPQ) were a…
Exploring Challenges Faced by Small Business Owners on Poverty Reduction in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
This study aimed to explore challenges encountered by the small business holders in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and examined the effects on the poverty rate. It is a survey research, and structured questionnaires were used to collect information with a simple random sampling method. Data was analyzed with the adoption of descriptive and inferential statistics. From the findings, lack of business skills, lack of access to capit…
The Influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Improving Teaching of Environmental Education
The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and its rapid growth in this century has caused some pressures in facilitating effective teaching and learning globally. Bringing ICT into practice has a role to play in facilitating and improving pedagogy and content knowledge. Therefore, this paper investigates the influence of ICT in improving teaching of environmental education. A descriptive survey research design was adopted wi…
Work Environment Factors as Correlate of School Management Teams’ Productivity
There is a perception that SMTs are not effective in some schools in South Africa. Hence, a huge number of learners in the public schools, particularly in high schools are not getting a good pass percentage in their matric exams. To this end, the study was conducted to analyse work environment factors that affect productivity of school management teams’ in Mount Frere Education District. Sixty-four schools, which formed the sample in this study, …
Record Keeping Management Practices and Legal Issues in the School System
The crucially, vitality and indispensability of records keeping and management in the school system cannot be overlooked because it is an essential ingredient in the smooth running of the school system. This is because the information either internally or externally generated assists the school managers in their decision making process and equally improves school implementation of functional records and information management system keep school s…
Leadership and Strategy Development for Goal Attainment in the 21 st Century Educational Institutions
Effective leadership motivates individuals to accomplish goals or makes positive changes in their lives and work empowerment. It causes individuals to meet challenges, take responsibility and become involved in what they are doing. It involves doing careful planning, organizing, controlling and staffing the organizational structure with people who are as competent as possible. Leadership has been considered one of the most important elements affe…
Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD)
The professional development of a teacher is dependent on the opportunities provided by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as mandated by the South African National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development (2007), in South African public schools. This paper reviews national and international perspectives on continuing professional teacher development with the aim of drawing on conceptual understandings of national and int…
School Experience
This paper examines the expectation of the institution on the pre-teachers during teaching practice. It emphasises that becoming a teacher is a process that involves training through mentorship. The study also provides information on the imperative areas of mentoring in order to have an effective teaching and learning during school experience, these area includes preparation of lesson plan, presentation of the lesson, assessment of students outco…
Grade 12 Learners' Perceptions of the Effect of Urban Agriculture on Food Security and Poverty Eradication
Agricultural sciences include an alternative source of fresh produce, improved life satisfaction and a way to preserve cultural identity and traditions. This research study seeks to investigate the perception of Grade 12 learners on the effects of urban agriculture on poverty eradication and food security. The study adopts a descriptive survey design. A validated structured questionnaire whose reliability co-efficient is 0.81 was used to collect …
Selection and Use of Textbooks in Lesson Planning of Mathematics for Grade 4 Learners in East London Education District
Managing Social Studies Education Curriculum for National Development
This study focuses on the roles of the social studies education curriculum in addressing national development in Nigeria. It examines the existing social studies curriculum viz-a-viz its roles in national development and challenges faced by social studies teachers in its implementation. The study advocates that learners should be taught the skill of problem-solving, critical thinking, moral and character education at the early stage of life for s…
Developing and Applying Classroom Rules
The Foundation Phase is a transitional stage from pre-school to formal schooling, especially Grade 1. The learners are often less familiar with the formal schooling space, making mistakes that teachers often regard as challenging and destructive behaviours. Therefore, this paper discusses in depth how the chosen Grade 1 educators create the rules in their classrooms and apply them. The research uses a qualitative approach to consider the experien…
Prospects of Blended Learning for the Post-Covid-19 Higher Education
The study explored the prospects of the blended learning approach for post-COVID-19 higher education from the perspectives of instructors at a university in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study was qualitative and adopted the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) design. Using the purposive sampling method, a sample of twenty-eight academics was drawn from one university. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and th…
Information and Communication Technology Use in the Teaching and Learning of High School Economics
Inderscience is a global company, a dynamic leading independent journal publisher disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas
Information and communication technology use in the teaching and learning of high school economics
This qualitative study employs an interpretive case study to investigate the efficient use of technology tools in teaching and learning economics. It also examines the teachers' and learners' views of technology use in economics education. Two economics teachers and learners in three high schools in Durban, South Africa were purposively sampled; and semi-structured interviews, observation, and document reviews were used to collect data. The parti…
South african integrated environmental education curriculum trajectory
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