Billiah Nyamoita Gisore

• Coordinator, Teacher Education at Kisii University

Pedagogical knowledge and in particular Content Specific Pedagogical Knowledge (CSPK) has been widely researched and discussed. Teacher training institutions globally have embraced knowledge bases proposed by researchers in their curriculum to prepare teachers for teaching. The transferability of CSPK has, however, received little attention. This a...

Inclusive education is an approach that promotes diversity and equal educational opportunity among all learners, regardless of any differences they may possess. It is the process of reform in education that embodies modification in structures, content, approaches, teaching methods and strategies in a bid to provide all learners with age-appropriate...

In a globalized world, there is a need for interdisciplinary education that is deeply connected to the world where the boundaries between countries are permeable, events, trends, and decisions in one part of the world can have far-reaching consequences elsewhere. The result of this interconnectedness is globalization, whereby people can create intr...

Global temperatures have soared since the Industrial Revolution some 140 years ago, with the ecosystems having a severe impact globally. Environmental issues are changing not only the normative lifestyles, but also the ethics and understanding of the world. Educating people on ways to relate to the habitat calls for adopting sustainable practices t...

Climate change education (CCE) has been proposed to be a driver for the much-needed knowledge and skills on climate change (CC). Teachers, and consequently learners, are key change agents in any society; therefore, it is necessary that they have knowledge and skills on CC and how to mitigate and adapt to these changes. This chapter discusses pre-se...

The urgency with which climate change education is required demands massive coordination across all formal education systems (primary, secondary and tertiary institutions), non-formal systems (community-based and non-governmental organisations), and informal systems (museums, over the radio, in libraries, or bus stops). It also demands attention fr...

The urgency with which climate change education is required demands massive coordination across all formal education systems (primary, secondary and tertiary institutions), non-formal systems (community-based and non-governmental organisations), and informal systems (museums, over the radio, in libraries, or bus stops). It also demands attention fr...

Sustainability is a transdisciplinary field in education that has shown that it requires more than just the transfer of knowledge to students. It seeks to make profound changes to learners’ skills, values, attitudes, and dispositions in ways that will ultimately lead to environmental, social, and economic transformation. Efforts to transform societ...

Education is a powerful agent of change that contributes to social stability and drives long-term economic growth. The process of education encompasses the acquisition of different skills by the learners which should be done in a purposeful, structured, and meaningful curriculum. The current educational curriculum has not been very effective. This...

Purpose: The study assessed the effects of household food security on academic performance among pupils in Mukuru informal settlement, Nairobi County. Methodology: The population of the study consisted of 7565 participants from Mukuru. Stratified, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample size of 205 respondents (...