IOSR-JHSS   Volume-25 ~ Issue-4 ~ April 2020

Abstract: Music plays a unique and crucial role in the holistic development of the child. Informally, children acquire musical knowledge, skills and understanding through observation, imitation and practice of the art in their social environment. This educational process has been interrupted primarily due to religious, cultural and socio-economic transformations that have taken place in Ghana. It has now become the responsibility of the school to provide a balance music education to children. The aim of this study was to identify and describe selected Ghanaian primary school teachers perceptions and beliefs about music‟s importance and value to children‟s growth and development

Keyword: music education, children‟s growth and development, value and importance of music, traditional music, Ghana

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Abstract: Global goals on sustainable development goal-four on inclusive, quality and equitable life long education for all and universal secondary education completion by the year 2030, has seen the government increase expenditure to education to cushion learners from financial constraints on education costs; thus provide resources for quality education. Despite the initiatives, low achievement and low completion rates continue to ache the education sector leading to heavy costs on those who do not complete school within the recommended four years. The purpose of the study assessed the influence of mother tongue use on learning in secondary schools for achieving quality and equitable life long education. The objectives to the study were; to establish the influence of spoken language......

Keyword: Mother Tongue, Learning, spoken language, examination language, teaching, achievement

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Abstract: Presented herein are studies that the mathematical aspect of domestic violence. The Parameters specified x(t),y(t) , t and V(t) .It has been observed that the domestics violence increases with the increase the value of t. We have also observed that the domestic violence increases as increases the day of physical relationship and also increases due to health position.

Keyword: Domestic Violence , Relationship, Behavior of partner

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Abstract: Background:Actions performed via utterances are generally called speech acts and, in English, are commonly given more specific labels, such as complain, argue, promise, or request,etc. This research discusses the use of assertive illocutionary acts uttered by the main character in Letters to Juliet Movie. It explores (1) what types of assertive acts used by the main character (2) how are formal patterns of the dominant type of assertive acts used by the main character, (3) and whatis the frequency of its formal patternsin the conversations of the main character occurring in Letters to Juliet movie. Method:This research applied descriptive quantitative.....

Keyword:Illocutionary Acts, assertive Acts, utterances.

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Abstract: India is the second largest populous country in the world and it have more youth power than other countries and at the same time it have more unemployment rate, its unemployment rate is 3.43% which is huge when compared with its population. To control this unemployment our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a step to eradicate unemployment, and initiated a campaign Start up India. This is an action plan in this Banks will finance for start-up ventures. It is organised by Department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP). There are various schemes available under this and the person with innovative ideas, will be benefited by this scheme......

KEY WORDS: Start-up India, employment opportunities, entrepreneurship schemes

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Abstract: The Psychological impact of COVID -19 in terms of infection, ramification of epic proportion resulting in Quarantine and lockdown is unparalleled in modern history of mankind. As this is a unique situation ever faced by humans of the present times it is imperative to analyse the resultant outcomes which is manifested as Psychological challenges like stress, depression, frustration, confusion, confrontation and deterioration in general and mental health among individuals and societies in this global village confronted by this disease. Thus this paper is highly relevant at this juncture which besides bringing out the impacts and repercussions of the present scenario, elaborates at length.......

Key Words: COVID-19, Pandemic, Quarantine, Lockdown, Global Village, Mental Health, Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Psychological wellbeing, Boredom, Burnout, Focus on the positives, Stay connected, Proactive, Compassionate and Cooperate

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Abstract: Attitudes toward money affect many aspects of our lives, especially students who prepare to become the workforce.This article aims to explore how money attitude affectsstudents'motives to learn. Through the process of collecting and analyzing data from 393students in Hanoi, Vietnam, the authors pointed out the influence of money attitudeon students' learning motivation. The study also found there is a positive significance between money attitude and students' motives to learn. Therefore, we believe that to change students' motives to go to university, it is better to change students' money attitude.

Key Words: Money attitude, Motives to learn, Motivation, Student.

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Abstract: Over the years, Nigeria had witnessed relentless and remorseless crisis impelling the much felt hatred, discrimination and indiscriminate attacks which had culminated in hostile relationship between Fulani herders and their host communities. Civil society organizations and several government officials‟ efforts to contain this menace seem to aggravate the hostility the more. As a veritable instrument for peace building, the newspapers‟ place in this menacein the country is yet to be ascertained.Are they encouraging or managing the observed discrimination which had resulted in waste of lives and resources in the country? Against this backdrop, this paper examined the manifest contents of select newspapers- Daily-Trust, Vanguard and This-day on the activities of Fulani herdsmen in relation to the host communities. The study adopted qualitative and quantitative content......

Key words: Discrimination, managing, encouraging, cultivation, hostility

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Abstract: Breast Cancer is defined as an abnormal growth of cells that occurs in the lobes or ducts of the breast. There are 1.67 million new cases of patients suffering from breast cancer yearly. In addition to the physical changes due to the disease, the patients may go through psychological stress. The study was conducted to assess the psychological consequences among female patients suffering from a breast tumor. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 female patients, between ages of 25-75 years, suffering from a breast tumor, visiting Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. The data were collected by using a questionnaire with informed consent by non-probability convenient sampling. The patients with breast tumor suffered from physiological changes as well.....

Keywords: Breast Cancer, Psychological Consequences, Sleep Disturbance, Depression, Anxiety

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Abstract: The study was conducted to examine the food security and coping strategies among farming households in Zuru Agricultural zone, Kebbi state, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting a sample of 120 farming households across four local government areas of Zuru zone. Descriptive statistics and Food security index were used to analyze the data. The result indicated that 85.8% of the respondents were males, andwas within the active work-age bracket of 40-49 years, 30.0% had farming experience of 12 years. 45.8% had primary education and 41.6% had an average monthly income of N8,695.125. The average farm size was 4.6 ha and average number of 8 persons within the household. The result on food security index indicates....

Keywords: Food Security, Coping Strategies,Farming Household, Agricultural Zone

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Abstract: This study investigates the role of parenting style in the academic motivation among students. The main objective of the study is to find out the role of parenting styles that is Authoritative, Authoritarian on the academic motivation of students. This study is conducted in district Malakand. Samples of 160 were selected by purposive sampling technique. The data is collected by using demographic information form, parenting style questionnaire and academic motivation scale. The hypotheses have been tested with the help of correlation. It is concluded that authoritative parenting style play important role in the academic motivation among students and increases academic motivation among students and authoritarian parenting style decreases students' academic motivation.

KEY WORDS: Authoritative parenting, Authoritarian parenting style, Role, Academic Motivation, Students

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Abstract: Organisational effectiveness is a means towards the attainment of organisational goals and the degree to which objectives are achieved. Organisations try to flourish and adapt to various challenges they encounter in today's competitive environment by improving their performance. The level of an organization's effectiveness could be attributed to how satisfied their employeesare.This study therefore investigate the effect of job satisfaction dimensions on organisational effectiveness of selected petroleum marketing companies in Lagos State, Nigeria.Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study consist of the employees of the three selected petroleum marketing companies (Forte Oil Plc, Conoil Producing Plc and Total Nigeria) located in Lagos state, Nigeria. The population was 2725 employees, sample size used for the study is 438, using Raosoft sample size calculator. The stratified random sampling technique was employed. The study used an adapted questionnaire.....

Keywords: Effectiveness, employee empowerment, fringe benefit,job satisfaction,job security, petroleum marketing companies and promotion

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