Current Research in Education and Social Studies Vol. 1

Authors

Dr. Alina Georgeta Mag, (Editor)

Lecturer, PhD, Department of Teacher Training, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania.

Profile Link: http://socioumane.ulbsibiu.ro/team/alina-georgeta-mag/

Dr. Kaustubha Nand Bhatt, (Editor)

Professor, Department of Economics, G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad Central University, India.

Profile link: https://goo.gl/tyGo36

Mihai Handaric

Department of Pentecostal Theology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania.

N. M. Mgbemena

Department of Chemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B. 7267, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.

N. E. Ibisi

Department of Chemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B. 7267, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.

N. J. Mgbemena

Department of Sociology, Abia State University, P.M.B. 2000, Abia State, Nigeria.

Ariyo, Kayode Samuel

Department of Languages, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Afolakemi, O. Oredein

Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Arts & Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Olabisi, T. P. Killian

Department of Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Arts & Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Maria Boitumelo Sekgabo

Department of Social Work, University of Botswana, Botswana.

Kgosietsile Maripe

Department of Social Work, University of Botswana, Botswana.

Omololu Fagbadebo

Department of Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

Metin Atak

National Defense University-Air Vocational School, 35410, İzmir, Turkey.

Peter Paul Kithae

Directorate of Research Development and innovations, The Management University of Africa, Kenya.

Roselyn W. Gakure

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.

Patrick Mukuria

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.

Zahayu Md. Yusof

School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia and Institute of Strategic Industrial Decision Science Modeling (ISIDM), School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Masnita Misiran

School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Massudi Mahmuddin

School of Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Nur Ainun Nadhirah Harunar

School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Lempidaki Maria

Department of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, England.

Kalerante Evaggelia

University of Western Macedonia, Greece.

Synopsis

This book covers all areas of education and social studies. The contributions by the authors include academic performance, administrators, counseling, effective mentoring, school counselors, leaders, headed households, disaster and socioeconomic, street vending, economic life, child care, multimodal discourse, linguistics, visual images, human resources, trained and developed employee, corruption, legitimacy, political stability, oil revenue, accountability, transparency, Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), Kenya certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), competitive edge, online shopping, new poverty, economic crisis etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of education and social studies.

Chapters

Chapter 1
The Influence of Tradition over the Community of Faith: An Old Testament Perspective

Mihai Handaric
Chapter 2
Impact of Flood on Female Headed Households in Nkumoro Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

N. M. Mgbemena, N. E. Ibisi, N. J. Mgbemena
Chapter 3
Satirizing the Nigerian Climate: Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Selected Political Cartoons from TELL Newsmagazine

Ariyo, Kayode Samuel
Chapter 4
Essence of Academic Performance: Counselling for Effective Mentoring

Afolakemi, O. Oredein, Olabisi, T. P. Killian
Chapter 5
Street Vending and Child Care: Impending Disaster?

Maria Boitumelo Sekgabo, Kgosietsile Maripe
Chapter 6
Corruption, Governance and Political Instability in Nigeria: A Dysfunctional Conundrum

Omololu Fagbadebo
Chapter 7
View on Human from Perspective of Information Age Organizations: Necessity of Trained and Developed Human Resource for Sustainability and Competition

Metin Atak
Chapter 8
Determinants of Performance of Public Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case Study of Gatanga District

Peter Paul Kithae, Roselyn W. Gakure, Patrick Mukuria
Chapter 9
Online Purchasing Behavior among Students in Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

Zahayu Md. Yusof, Masnita Misiran, Massudi Mahmuddin, Nur Ainun Nadhirah Harunar
Chapter 10
Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to Explore Experiences of New Poverty

Lempidaki Maria, Kalerante Evaggelia