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Psychology: Conflict As A Cause of Stress by Kurt Lewin (1953) and how it affects teaching and learning

This is a conflict between you and yourself. Lewin (1953), while explaining causes of stress, proposed the followings approaches: 1. Approach - Approach : this is a situation in which two different things that you like have same quality and you are ask to make a choice between them. Another example is, you are presented with two different girls of the same age, beauty, education and all from rich background, you are ask to make a choice between as soon as possible. Your brain will start thinking which one will you choose, this thinking of making a choice is the conflict Lewin was talking about.  2. Avoidance - Avoidance : this is a situation in which two different things that you dislike of the same dislike qualities and you are ask to make choice between them instantly. Another example is, you are presented with two different girls of same dislike qualities, you are ask to make choice between them instantly. This will make your brain thinking of what to choose.  3. Approach -...

Sickle Cell Awareness: Guidelines on self-management of sickle cell disorder

Foundation for the management of sickle cell based in Lagos summaries the followings guidelines for self management of the disorder: 1. Face your future or your affected child's future with optimism. Do not despair or self deprecate. With modern treatment, the life spans and quality of lives of people with sickle cell disorder constantly improving.  2. Join a sickle cell club or association close to you. You will the obtain more information about the condition, meet other affected people and learn about where to obtain expert counseling, proper treatment and other useful services for yourself and or your affected children.  3. Keep dry especially during the rainy season. Always carry an umbrella, raincoat and rain boots during the wet season.  4. Limit exposure to sudden changes  in temperature, especially from warm to cold weather. Dress appropriately for cold weather and for cold air conditioned offices.  5. If beaten by rain change as soon as possible into dr...

Minute: Minute of Youth O'clock Dispensation First Executive Meeting Held on 6th February, 2022

Minute of Youth O'clock Dispensation First Executive Meeting held on 6th February, 2022. Attendance: 1. Hassan Usman - President 2. Bilkisu Jibrin Saulawa - Deputy President 3. Kabir Zubairu Sheme - Financial Secretary  4. Abubakar Idris - Legal Adviser 5. Abduljalal Said Maigemu - Rep V. Chairman 6. Alh. Sani Mukhtar Daura - Director PRS 7. Mustapha  Sanusi Bala - Auditor General 8. Nasiru Adamu - Liason Officer 9. Bilal Lawal Kurfi - Treasurer 10. Ibrahim Saleh - member 11. Abubakar Haruna - member Agendas: 1. Opening prayer  2. Members introduction 3. Welcome address by the president  4. Familiarisation visits and consultation 5. AOB 6. Closing prayer Agenda 1: the meeting started at exactly 12noon with the opening prayer from a member.  Agenda 2: members present introduced themselves for familiarisation.  Agenda 3: the president comrade Hassan Usman welcomed all members present for the first executive meeting for leaving their tired schedules to attend....

Sunaye (Names): Names of Hausa foods, fruits and vegetables

Here are names of some foods, fruits and vegetables in Hausa language: 1 - doddoya (Scent Leaf) 2 - dinya (Black Plum) 3 - dorawa (Honey Locust) 4 - Gujiya (Bambara Nut) 5 - Goruba (Doum Palm) 6 - Kadanya (Shea) 7 - Kabewa (Pumpkin) 8 - ’Ya’yan Kalaba ko Kuka (Baobab Fruit) 9 - Kurna (Ziziphus) 10 - Lansir (Cress) 11 - Ridi/Kantu (Sesame Seed) 12 - Rinji (Senna) 13 - Aya (Tigernut) 14 - zogale (Moringa) 15 - magarya (Jujube) 16 - Tsamiya (Tamarind) 17 - Aduwa (Balanites) 18 - Mummuki (Bread) 19 - Kanya (Ebony tree) 20 - Danya (Sclerocarya birrea) 21 - Laulawa (bicycle) 22 - Gwate (Porride) 23 - Tuwo (Fufu) 24 - Kunu (Gruel) 25 - Awara (Tofu) 26 - Dumame (Recheuffe) 27 - Dambu (Chicoins) 28 - Fura (Millet flour balls) 29 - Rama ( Jute)

Psychology: Importance of Educational Psychology To Classroom Teacher

Psychology of education occupies major parts in the preparation of teaching which help teachers and learners to understand the behaviour of the learners and how they relate with learners.  Educational psychology is important to the teachers and learners in the followings : 1. Helps teachers to understand the learner by knowing how children develop from infancy through childhood to adolescence and adulthood.  2. Knowing the individual differences, how individuals differ in terms of growth, development and level of intelligence, etc.  3. Understanding exceptional students and how to manage their deviant behaviours.  4. Understanding problem associated with children's behaviour especially those cause by genetic or ecological factors.  5. Helps teacher to improve teaching  and learning which can be achieved by the use of knowledge and variety techniques in teaching and learning, relating materials, strategies and methods to the developmental levels of learners....

Banditary: Bandits kidnapped Tenths in Katsina

According police source in Katsina state of Nigeria, they were investigating a report which said tenths of people were kidnapped by the bandits in a village called "Ruwan Godiya" in katsina state.  Reports from different t sources said, bandits entered the village, kidnapped women and children more 40, later released part of them. Katsina state was among the states in Nigeria that were seriously affected by banditry in the country.  However, resident of the village told reporters that, they arrived the village at 9:00pm with about 30 motorbikes even though there was a military base in the area.  Moreover, more than thirty people were withheld, in one household alone took thirteen people including his wives. The bandits divided themselves into 2 during the attack, one part taking the kidnapped people and other part is shooting air with their guns.  BBC reporter called police PRO in the state to confirm the reports but telling him that they were under investigation abo...

Extreme poverty: How beggers and Almajirai paid N20/N50 To sleep in Kano Nigeria

 Kano state government in Northern Nigeria had discovered a house that charged beggers popularly known Almajirai N20/N50 to allow small children that were malingering on the street in a day to sleep.  Thus, reports said the beggers or Almajirai include females and underage children could take loan to pay to sleep in the house.  According to eye witness and BBC Reporter Khalifa Shehu Dokaji said,  the nature of the house looked like TV watching center. The state government body responsible for the arresting of beggers and Almajirai closed down the house.  However, reports have shown majority of the small children were not Almajirai but some of them ran away from their parents.  Moreover, Almajirai were beggers associated with Islamic seeking of knowledge. There were some Muslims that believed before you seek Islamic knowledge you must be Almajiri. This saying was wrong according to the majority of Muslims and nowadays is classified as child labour that was t...

Analysis: Youths Analysis and national development in Nigeria

According to Kidadi team (2021), the future holds promises and dreams for youths that can be achieve through hard work, dedication, planning, education and the word of wisdom.  Based on the Kidadi team quotation meant the future of all countries lied on how they prepare their youths with the culture of hard work, dedication, planning, education and the wisdom's, because their youths will take over the mantle of leadership, if fail to prepare them for the future challenges their countries will have no future.  According to a report, there are over 1.8 billion young people in the world today, 90% of whom live in developing countries like Nigeria, where they tend to make up a large proportion of the population. The report added that, more than 235 million youths from India and 225 million from China alone. This means India and China made up the large population of the youths. But China prepared their youths against the future challenges by providing them with accessible education...

Child Murder: What I told Hanifa before I killed her says her abductor Abdulmalik Tanko

At exactly 11pm at night, I met her sleeping,  after I finished drinking tea, I woke her up, put a rat poison in the remaining tea I drank and gave it to her in a bobo plastic drink container, she drank.  I told her I would take her to her uncle's house. On our way to reached I gave her the poisoned drink.  We entered one part of our school, the school has two parts, she agreed to enter together after I told her I left something there, it was there she died.  I buried her in the school premises after cut her body parts into pieces, because I was not found a secured place to bury her. 

Cognitive Psychology: Cognitive Abilities and Academic performances in Nigerian Secondary schools part One

The Nigerian secondary schools both public,  community and private had been full with students of different potentialities. But most of them were hidden because they were not given the opportunity to expose themselves. Governments, private organisations have been doing lesser effort on this  that was the reason why a lot of solutions to Nigerian problems in the field of education and politics were unsolved.  According  Liu (2013), defined cognitive abilities as the abilities that require the working of human mind. This means human minds are playing vital roles in accomplishing and igniting cognitive abilities of Nigerian students.  Bloom in his Taxonomy of educational objectives, helps to express the learning outcomes in the way to reflect cognitive abilities. He identified Six skills at different levels which includes: knowledge,  comprehension, analysis, application, synthesis and evaluation.  Cognitive abilities are very important abilities which he...