A Secondary Program Evaluation of Arkansas’ Cooking Matters Program

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Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of Cooking Matters for Adults in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the differential impact of the program for SNAP participants. Design: Secondary program evaluation Setting: This study aggregates data from over 100 implementations of Cooking Matters in Arkansas. Participants: Participants were predominantly female (79.42%), Caucasian (51.33%), and aged 60 or older (28.82%) with an average of 2.89 household members. Intervention: Cooking Matters helps families to shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget, as part of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign Main Outcome Measure(s): Cooking Matters Survey scale scores Analysis: Repeated measures ANOVA Results: Participant perceptions of cooking confidence, dietary choices, dietary patterns, healthy food preparation, and food resource management significantly increased from pre- to post- Cooking Matters program. Perceptions of cooking barriers decreased from pre- to post- Cooking Matters program. SNAP participants had differential changes in perception of cooking barriers when compared to non-SNAP participants. Conclusions and Implications: Arkansas’ findings reflect the national impact evaluation. All Cooking Matters participants benefited from the program regardless of sex, race, and educational status. Cooking Matters transcends across multiple demographic groups and is an effective program for addressing food insecurity and hunger.

Effect of Audio-visual Materials on Students’ Achievement in Biological Concepts in College of Education, Oyo

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Students’ achievement in Biological Concept is not encouraging over the years in Nigeria Colleges of Education. This may be due to Biology lecturers’ failure to make use of audio-visual materials in their classes, which could be due to lack of audio-visual materials and lack of knowledge of how to use the materials where they are available, lack of enthusiasm and inventiveness on the part of lecturers. This study was conducted on the “Effect of Audio-visual Materials on Students Achievement in Biological Concepts in College of Education in Oyo. A quasi-experimental design which involves pre-test, post-test and non-equivalent intact group was used for the study. One hundred and ninety-six (196) 200 Level NCE students’ were randomly selected from the College of Education in Oyo. Two (2) research questions were asked and answered using mean and standard deviation while ANCOVA was used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The Biological Concept Achievement Test (BCAT) was the tool used for data collection. A reliability index of 0.80 using Kudder-Richardson formular (Kr 20). The findings revealed that students taught with audio-visual material have a higher achievement score of 2.03 and 2.15 in Biological Concept than their counterpart while p=0,000 . It was recommended that lecturers of colleges of education should practice the use of Audio-visual materials in teaching Biological concept for better achievement.

The Utilization, Commitment, and Productivity of School Heads in the Adoption of Performance Commitment and Review form During Distance Learning in the Division of City Schools of San Pedro for SY 2021-2022

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The study aimed to determining the school heads level of utilization, commitment, and productivity in the adoption of Performance Commitment and Review Form during distance learning. Utilizing a measuring tool that is suitable in the present environment is imperative. With the shift in the delivery of learning caused by pandemic, quality programs, projects, and services is a non-negotiable endeavor among school leaders. Descriptive-correlational design was employed. The study revealed that the higher the level of utilization of the adoption of PCRF during distance learning, the higher the level of commitment in its adoption.The higher the level of utilization of the adoption of PCRF during distance learning, the higher is the level of productivity in its adoption. The higher the level of commitment in the adoption of PCRF during distance learning, the higher is the level of productivity in its adoption. There is a need to implement an action plan to maintain the high level of utilization, commitment and level of productivity of school heads in the adoption of PCRF during distance learning.

Master Teachers’ Leadership Practices, Instructional Competence and Performance of Senior High Teachers in the City Divisions of Laguna

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Every educational institution’s goal is to provide quality education to the learners to be globally competitive. This could be made possible by providing these learners with highly proficient teachers who are well-equipped with instructional competence and 21st century skills on mastery of the subject matter, pedagogy, classroom management and evaluation and with instructional leaders who strive to deliver effective and efficient learning to both students and colleagues. This paper aimed in determining the master teachers’ leadership practices, instructional competence, and performance of Senior High School teachers in the five city divisions of Laguna, Philippines. Descriptive correlational research design was employed. The study revealed that the master teachers have very good instructional leadership practices in terms of curriculum content and pedagogy, planning, assessment and reporting, and personal growth and personal development. Moreover, Senior High School teachers’ instructional competence skills showed “Highly Proficient” in terms of their mastery of the subject matter, teaching strategies, classroom management, and evaluation. Significant relationship existed between master teachers’ instructional leadership practices and Senior High School teachers’ instructional competence. Furthermore, the IPRCRF rating of the Senior High School teachers had nothing to do with their instructional competence and master teachers’ instructional leadership practices. It is then beneficial for the master teachers and Senior High School teachers to attend seminars, workshops, and enhancement trainings to improve and sustain their instructional leadership practices and competence skills.

Towards a Favourable Legal Climate: Educating Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

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The world has slowly awoken to the importance of women in the economy and polity of a growing economy. Women, often seen and openly referred to as “the weaker vessel” in different cultural climes, have eventually, out of the need to survive, stepped up their game in entrepreneurship. Women now sit at the head of business conglomerates all over the world. In Nigeria, the fog of women marginalization is just beginning to clear and policies which hitherto impeded their advancement are now being addressed to create a level playing field. Among policies being addressed are women inheritance rights and the right to obtain facilities to run their own legitimate business. The research, however, reveals continuous discrepancies between the female and their male counterparts in the limited available resources or opportunities. This paper will be relevant to women in business, policy makers and stakeholders in the Nigerian economy as a whole. In conclusion, women in business should have the support of their male counterparts, policy makers and all involved in business enterprises.

Description of Depression Levels in the Elderly at the Tresna Werdha Budi Mulia 3 Margaguna, South Jakarta

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Background: Depression is a type of disturbance in emotional feelings accompanied by psychological components, such as feeling sad, sad, hopeless, unhappy. Depression in the elderly can have a devastating effect if it persists. In addition, there are no appropriate interventions given to the elderly, the condition of the occurrence of further conditions such as physical illness, abuse of drugs, alcohol and nicotine. It could even be suicide. 

Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe the level of depression in the elderly who live at the Tresna Werdha Budi Mulia Social Home. 3. 

Methods: The design of this study was descriptive with a cross sectional approach. The instrument used was the Geriatric depression Scale (GDS). Sample: Total sampling technique was done using non-probablity sampling technique and the sample size calculation in this study using the Slovin formula with the results of 155 respondents. 

Results: The level of depression in the elderly at the Tresna Werdha Budi Mulia 3 Maraguna Social Institution was mild depression of 50 respondents (32.2%) and severe depression of 13 respondents (8.4%). 

Conclusion: The level of depression in the elderly at the Tresna Werdha Budi Mulia 3 Maraguna Social Institution with the old characteristics of the institution.

Impact of Text Messaging Abbreviations on the Written English Essays of the Students of Federal Polytechnic Ede

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The study anchored on both uses and Gratification Theory. The survey research design was adopted. The total number of 175 copies of questionnaire was administered on the four department selected from the four schools (faculties) of the institution. Findings showed that the students used text messaging to derive the benefits of cost effectiveness, sustenance of interpersonal relationship, acquisition of knowledge and ability to use text messaging when unable to make a call among others. It was also found that text messaging encourage; examination malpractices, the use of unrecognized shortenings and abbreviations, laziness to write long essays and letters and non-standard form of writing which makes it difficult to read and understand text messages. The study concluded that errors of spellings, punctuations, and tenses that have been notice in the recent time were largely due to the constants use of abbreviations text messaging by the students. It was, therefore, recommended that spelling skills should be included in secondary school and early part of higher institution’s curriculum, the users of text messaging should be made to be very conscious of spelling, abbreviations and tenses when writing offline and that the students should also be made to understand the concept of audience in communication.

Philosophy of Education and Democratic Ideals in Nigeria

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This paper discuses philosophy of education and democratic ideals in Nigeria. Philosophy of education as applied philosophy analyses the theoretical findings of democratic ideals and translates them into workable schemes for the process of democracy. Generally, democratic ideals imply collective leadership, collective responsibility and equality of opportunities. The paper discusses democracy and democratic ideals, philosophy of education and democratic ideals in Nigeria, challenges of democratic ideals in Nigeria, strategies for realising democratic ideals in Nigeria. The paper recommends among other things constitutional reforms to ensure respect for human rights and rule of law.

Covid–19: Pandemic Risks and SMEs Sustainability in Developing Nations: Evidence From Nigeria

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Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, several Small and Medium Scale Businesses have collapsed. This paper therefore examines COVID–19, risk management and SMEs sustainability in developing nations. The main objective of this paper is to suggest implementable risk management strategies that can help revamp the business operations of SMEs. The specific objectives are to ascertain the effect of COVID–19 on SMEs business operation; and to determine the role of effective risk management strategies in revamping SMEs business operation from COVID–19 pandemic. The study made use of cross-sectional design approach which recognises that data be collected at one time. The population of this study consists of all the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Lagos State. Ordinary Least Square of Regression model was employed to test the hypotheses of this study. This paper revealed that COVID–19 has significant negative effects on SMEs business operation; effective risk management strategies such as risk avoidance, reduction, sharing and retention can play a significant role in revamping SMEs business operation from COVID–19 pandemic; and adequate financing can mitigate the negative effect of Covid–19 on SMEs business operations. Arisen from the analysis of the study, this study recommended that financial institutions should make more funds available to SMEs especially in the face of Covid–19 pandemic; and SMEs should employ effective risk management strategies such as risk avoidance, reduction, sharing and retention.

The Use of Schema Theory in the Teaching of English Reading

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Schema theory has an important application value in English reading teaching. It is essential for optimizing the teaching environment of English reading teaching, improving the effectiveness of English reading teaching, developing students’ English reading ability, and cultivating students’ good English reading thinking. Moreover, it plays an important role in promoting the all-round development of students. Aiming at the problems in junior high school English reading teaching, this paper proposes a development strategy for English reading teaching based on three different schema theories: language theory, content theory and form theory, so as to further improve the quality and efficiency of junior high school English reading teaching.