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Role of Legumes in Cropping System for Soil Ecosystem Improvement
(Nova Science, 2022-02)Soil health management is a prime concern to ensure agricultural sustainability. Dwindling soil fertility as well as declining soil health is one of the great challenges of the present time to feed the world population. ... -
Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Active Phytochemicals Against Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) from Turraea floribunda and Caesalpinia welwitschiana
(Springer, 2020)Tuta absoluta Meyrick is now one of the most harmful insect pests of Solanaceae in various parts of the world. Synthetic pesticides are the most used, current control method, but are associated with several problems including ... -
Basic Education Provision in Kenya's Urban Informal Settlements
(IGI Global, 2020)The provision of basic education in urban informal settlements in Kenya has invariably been described as poorly organized, less equitable and hence, one that is in crisis. This chapter examines the state of basic education ... -
Guidelines for Establishment of Partnerships, Forest Resources and Resource User’s Boundaries in Kenya
(B P International, 2021)Participatory forest management has been globally studied and it has been argued that clearly defined boundaries for access of the community forest resources will lead to sustainable use of resources and enhanced sustainable ... -
Case Study 6: Mainstreaming Overtourism Education for Sustainable Behavioral Change in Kenya’s Tourism Industry Context
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)This chapter examines Kenya’s tourism management education pedagogies and sustainable tourism curricula design for sustained behavioral change in Kenya’s tourism sector. It also explores how can we mainstream overtourism ... -
Origin and Growth Of Militia Movements: The Case of Sungusungu among the Abagusii of Kisii And Nyamira, Counties,Kenya, 1982-2015
(kenyatta University, 2021)This study focuses on the evolution and growth of the Sungusungu movement among the Abagusii in the period 1982-2015. It examines the origin and growth of Sungusungu movement in response to various challenges, including ... -
Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis to Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Crop Production and Resilience Under a Changing Climate
(Springer, 2020)Beneficial soil microbiota, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and rhizobia, provide essential agroecosystem services in smallholder farming systems. Such microorganisms have great potential to promote crop production ... -
Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations),
(Emerald Publishing, 2021)Drawing from lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents cases and competencies to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations ... -
The Influence of Role Play Teaching Technique on English Performance Among Learners With Hearing Impairment, Kenya
(IGI Global, 2021)Role-play is a holistic pedagogy in teaching. The technique instills critical thinking in pupils, enhances emotional intelligence, and improves morality and forms of realism about information. The chapter examines the ... -
Children’s Basic Needs and Enrolment in Early Childhood Education: Pre-school Education
(VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010)Human beings spend a great deal of time working towards provision of their basic needs. Provision of such basic needs is particularly important not only to adults but also to pre-school children. Available literature shows ... -
Active Learning with Technology Tools in the Blended/Hybrid Classes
(IGI Global, 2015)Blended/hybrid classrooms technological tools and resources in this paper refers to: Personal and public computers, Projectors (LCD), E-learning management system, E-journals, Interactive CD or DVD, Video cameras, search ... -
School Homework as a Method of Teaching and Learning
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)Pre-primary school children need positive early learning experiences to help their intellectual, social and emotional development. This lays the foundation for later school success. As a learning strategy, pre-primary ... -
Games as a Medium for Teaching Mathematical Concepts
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)Basic early childhood mathematics is broader and deeper than mere practice of counting and adding. Past studies have proposed that children learn through social interaction and actively exploring concepts with their peers, ... -
Play as a Medium of Instruction
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)This Book establishes the influence of pre-school teachers’ level of motivation on use of play as a medium of instruction in pre-school children’s learning. It explores the level of motivation that can make teachers to use ... -
Class Learning Environment on Grade 1-3 Performance in Social studies
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018)Social studies plays a vital role of equipping pupils with knowledge and skills to help them cope with the present and future. This allows pupils to participate effectively in their world and explain their relationship ...
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Role of Legumes in Cropping System for Soil Ecosystem Improvement
(Nova Science, 2022-02)Soil health management is a prime concern to ensure agricultural sustainability. Dwindling soil fertility as well as declining soil health is one of the great challenges of the present time to feed the world population. ... -
Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Active Phytochemicals Against Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) from Turraea floribunda and Caesalpinia welwitschiana
(Springer, 2020)Tuta absoluta Meyrick is now one of the most harmful insect pests of Solanaceae in various parts of the world. Synthetic pesticides are the most used, current control method, but are associated with several problems including ... -
Basic Education Provision in Kenya's Urban Informal Settlements
(IGI Global, 2020)The provision of basic education in urban informal settlements in Kenya has invariably been described as poorly organized, less equitable and hence, one that is in crisis. This chapter examines the state of basic education ... -
Guidelines for Establishment of Partnerships, Forest Resources and Resource User’s Boundaries in Kenya
(B P International, 2021)Participatory forest management has been globally studied and it has been argued that clearly defined boundaries for access of the community forest resources will lead to sustainable use of resources and enhanced sustainable ... -
Case Study 6: Mainstreaming Overtourism Education for Sustainable Behavioral Change in Kenya’s Tourism Industry Context
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)This chapter examines Kenya’s tourism management education pedagogies and sustainable tourism curricula design for sustained behavioral change in Kenya’s tourism sector. It also explores how can we mainstream overtourism ... -
Origin and Growth Of Militia Movements: The Case of Sungusungu among the Abagusii of Kisii And Nyamira, Counties,Kenya, 1982-2015
(kenyatta University, 2021)This study focuses on the evolution and growth of the Sungusungu movement among the Abagusii in the period 1982-2015. It examines the origin and growth of Sungusungu movement in response to various challenges, including ... -
Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Rhizobia-Legume Symbiosis to Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Crop Production and Resilience Under a Changing Climate
(Springer, 2020)Beneficial soil microbiota, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and rhizobia, provide essential agroecosystem services in smallholder farming systems. Such microorganisms have great potential to promote crop production ... -
Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations),
(Emerald Publishing, 2021)Drawing from lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents cases and competencies to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations ... -
The Influence of Role Play Teaching Technique on English Performance Among Learners With Hearing Impairment, Kenya
(IGI Global, 2021)Role-play is a holistic pedagogy in teaching. The technique instills critical thinking in pupils, enhances emotional intelligence, and improves morality and forms of realism about information. The chapter examines the ... -
Children’s Basic Needs and Enrolment in Early Childhood Education: Pre-school Education
(VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010)Human beings spend a great deal of time working towards provision of their basic needs. Provision of such basic needs is particularly important not only to adults but also to pre-school children. Available literature shows ... -
Active Learning with Technology Tools in the Blended/Hybrid Classes
(IGI Global, 2015)Blended/hybrid classrooms technological tools and resources in this paper refers to: Personal and public computers, Projectors (LCD), E-learning management system, E-journals, Interactive CD or DVD, Video cameras, search ... -
School Homework as a Method of Teaching and Learning
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)Pre-primary school children need positive early learning experiences to help their intellectual, social and emotional development. This lays the foundation for later school success. As a learning strategy, pre-primary ... -
Games as a Medium for Teaching Mathematical Concepts
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)Basic early childhood mathematics is broader and deeper than mere practice of counting and adding. Past studies have proposed that children learn through social interaction and actively exploring concepts with their peers, ... -
Play as a Medium of Instruction
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018)This Book establishes the influence of pre-school teachers’ level of motivation on use of play as a medium of instruction in pre-school children’s learning. It explores the level of motivation that can make teachers to use ... -
Class Learning Environment on Grade 1-3 Performance in Social studies
(Lambert Academic Publishing, 2018)Social studies plays a vital role of equipping pupils with knowledge and skills to help them cope with the present and future. This allows pupils to participate effectively in their world and explain their relationship ... -
Curriculum and Transition for the Intellectually Challenged Learners: Effects of Curriculum on Transition to the World of Work of Learners with Intellectual Disability from Special Schools
(Scholars' Press, 2019)Majority of children with intellectual disability continue to be in special schools irrespective of their age, ability and the duration of schooling. As a result they rarely leave school to join the community as a productive ... -
Gender Dynamics in Science and Technology
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2010)An understanding of gender dynamics in science and technology is based on the perspective of how social norms, values and attitudes dictate differentials in the participation of male and female in these fields. This in ... -
Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey 2019
(Oxfam International, 2019)Unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) underpins all societies and contributes to wellbeing, social development and economic growth. Around the world, women spend disproportionately more time than men caring for children, ... -
A Conceptual Educational Data Mining Model for Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Online Learning Environments
(IGI Global, 2021)Self-regulated learning is attracting tremendous researches from various communities such as information communication technology. Recent studies have greatly contributed to the domain knowledge that the use self-regulatory ... -
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Tourism
(Springer Nature, 2020)A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based information system using special tools to manage location-based data and their attributes for decision-making. Geospatial functions cut across many fields and ...
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