IOSR-JHSS   Volume-21 ~ Issue-9 ~ September-2016

Abstract: This research study is an evaluation of motherhood experience in pursuit of postgraduate study in Kenya. The study has three objectives: 1) Learn more about the experiences of mothers who study at postgraduate level; 2) Analyze impact of postgraduate study on women and 3) Evaluate how mothers who study resolve tension of combining motherhood and education. Using a qualitative approach, the study gathered data through open-ended interviewing questioning from 32 female participants who reported in their role as mothers of child (ren) eighteen years old or younger enrolled for postgraduate study at University of Nairobi. These study findings reveals that postgraduate student mothers experienced conflict between various commitments like childcare, domestic, work and academic duties...........

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Abstract: Most African countries were dominated by the Western countries. This is the resultant effect of their integration into the Western capitalist system. Nigeria's political economy has actually been driven by this integrative process to the point that it is now a problem achieving sustainable development no matter the efforts put in by the people. For the purpose of this study, information was gathered from secondary sources. The work was mainly based on review of relevant literature. Its focus is on the political economy of the development of the Nigerian society from the colonial to the post colonial eras...........

Keywords- Xenocentism, Sustainable Development, Consumption Patterns, Value Re - Orientation

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[5] Bohon, S., Dahms, H.F., Dandaneau, S. P., Freu, R.S., Gellert, P. Jalata, A. & Shefner, J. (2003). Political Economy. Tennessee: The University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Science; Development of Sociology

Abstract: Reading comprehension is the ability to read the text, process it and understand its meaning.Some children with reading disability struggle with the basic reading skill like decoding words and consequently, comprehending the text. Others, however, face difficulties in comprehending the text, while their word reading skill is quite normal. While the simple view of reading suggests that reading comprehension is an interactive effect of word decoding and listening comprehension (RC = LC × D), it does not explain the phenomenon completely. Vocabulary..............

Keywords: Reading disability, comprehension difficulties, simple view of reading, word knowledge, PASS processes, cognitive-based remediation.

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Abstract: The studyaimsatexploring the complementaritiesbetweenPrint Reading and Electronic Reading. The theoretical backgrounds underlinethat the printreadingallows concentration, and cognition. This type isconcurrenced by the Eletronic Reading, whichcoversabundantscientific information thatwe must apprehend and integrate in the process of cognition and knowledge, otherwise the risks are obvious. The electronicreadingisuseful but isnegative on some aspects of cognition : concentration and memorization, besides of provoking fatigue...........

Key words: printreading ; electronicreading ; cognition ; complementaritiesbeweenprintreading and electronicreading.

[1] Belisle, Claire (2011). Lire dans un monde numérique. Villeurbanne : Enssib
[2] Chang, Po-Chan ; Chou, Shuo-Yan ; Shieh, Kong-King (2013). Reading performance and visual fatigue whenusingelectronicpaper displays in long duration readingtasksundervariouslighting conditions. Displays, 34, 208-214
[3] Fortunati, Leopoldina ; Vincent, Jane (2014). Sociological insights on the comparison of writing / reading on paperwithwriting/readingdigitally .Telematics and Informatics, 31, 39-51
[4] Mangen, Anne ; Walgermo, Bente R. ; Bronnick, Kolbjorn (2013). Reading lineartexts on paper versus computer screen : effects on readingcomprehension .International Journal of EducationalResearch, 58, 61-68.