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The Role of deputy principal in enhancing students’ academic performance in secondary schools: a case study of schools in Bungoma South Sub-County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2022)The administrative duties performed by the deputy principals tend to obscure their academic responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the deputy principals’ role in enhancing students' academic performance ... -
Role of student council decision-making in public secondary schools in Embakasi Sub-County, Nairobi County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)This study investigated the role of student councils to decision making in all public secondary schools in Embakasi Sub-County, Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was prompted by student unrests since post-election violence ... -
Service-based learning as a form of community engagement in achieving student outcomes : the experience of an East African university .
(SUN PReSS, 2022)The modern university is expected to be many conflicting things at the same time: conservative and radical; critical and supportive; competitive and collegial; autonomous and accountable; traditional and innovative; local ... -
The Strategic aspects of Kenya’s Maritime Security (2008-2020)
(Strathmore University, 2020)The prospects and aspirations in Kenya’s maritime domain are today facing complex and highly dynamic traditional and non-traditional maritime security threats that portend a direct consequence to Kenya’s national security. ... -
Synderesis according to Leonardo Polo Barrena
(Strathmore University, 2016)The present work tries to see whether Leonardo Polo´s proposal expands synderesis in a way that, assuming the medieval traditional views, it can be the ontological basis for grounding a personalistic view of ethics.Synderesis ... -
Teacher factors influencing integration of information communication technology in teaching of english language in secondary schools in Eldoret-East Sub-County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Researchers have identified several factors influencing the integration and adoption of ICT into teaching. Personal characteristics of a teacher such as gender, educational experience, training on ICT, attitudes and ... -
Teaching business ethics in Africa : what ethical orientation? the case of East and Central Africa
This paper starts off from what seems to be a difficulty of ethics in African Business today. For several years now Transparency International has placed some African countries high on its list of most corrupt countries ... -
Terrorism as conflict in transition: a critical analysis of Counter Violent Extremism strategies in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)This thesis is informed by post 9/11 global security environment. It examines how Kenya has responded to terrorism threat from Al-Shabaab and the basis of its strategies. The study aimed at a critical analysis of Counter ... -
The Beginnings of Kibondeni college, Nairobi : a historical and sociological overview
The theme of this article is Kibondeni College, a corporate work of Opus Dei in Kenya, East Africa. Its focus is the pre-history, the initial stages and the development of the school which started as a service unit ... -
The role of human freedom in the development of the virtues
The term “character” can be defined in different ways but generally it is understood to refer to the distinctive and individual way of being developed by a person based on the initial temperament they have received at ... -
The Role of universities in the fight against corruption
The recent increase in the number of reports on anti-graft activities in the various sectors of Kenyan society reveals a greater determination on the part of the government and of international and local bodies to curb ... -
To what extent does personal virtue of project participants affect project management success?
(2019-01)This paper explored the influence of personal virtue or project participants on the success of construction projects. Literature was reviewed on virtue from the point of view of practice. A survey assessed the success of ... -
Toward a reconciliatory outlook at Aquinas’ application of the politic and royal rule analogy to the passion/reason relation: a conceptual-interpretive contrast between Robert Miner and Leonard Ferry
(Strathmore University, 2022)Robert Miner’s understanding of Aquinas on the passions seems to downplay the dominating role of reason, claims Leonard Ferry. Ferry argues that Miner’s general work, Thomas Aquinas on the Passions, and particularly his ... -
Towards a new African worldview: quandaries of moral business and leadership in modern Africa
Africa’s poverty problems are often linked to its post independence poor leadership and corruption. In order to address and solve the problems of corruption in Africa it is important to understand their origins. This paper ... -
Towards instilling ethics in African business and public service: the case of Kenya
This article discusses post independence governance and corruption challenges in Africa. In addition, this article explores the development of business ethics and good governance in Africa, with a particular emphasis on ... -
Transforming primary schools in Kenya through action research: experiences from a post experience Diploma in Educational Management
The aim of this paper is to make public the transformative action research projects carried out by primary school teachers who did the Diploma in Educational Management at Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya) from 2009 ... -
Truth and the media
In Kenya recently, tensions, especially between government and the media, have been reflected in events such as the raiding of The Standard Group offices a few months ago - on 1st March 2006, and the resistance of the ... -
The use of different teaching strategies to improve classroom discipline in form 4 at Strathmore School
(Strathmore University, 2008-05)Strathmore School is a private, independent, boys' day school that prepares students for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. There are around ... -
who benefits from African research?
The case spans over more than 20 years. It begins in the 1980s and is currently being debated. Between 1984 and 1986 a Ph. D. Botany student wanted to establish what kind of enzymes could be found in lakes of the Great ...
