Authors:Bi Tchan Guillaume Dje, Oyono Michel Tadjuidje Pages: 90 - 90 Abstract: Le présent article examine la relation entre la gestion du stress, la régulation de la charge cognitive et le rendement professionnel des Conseillers d’Orientation (CO). Il se fonde sur le constat du rendement professionnel non optimal observé chez les CO, dû à la mauvaise gestion du stress et à la surcharge de travail dans certains Lycées et Collèges d’enseignement secondaire de la ville de Maroua. De ce constat, le présent travail s’est posé une question principale, celle de savoir si la gestion du stress, combinée à la régulation de la charge cognitive, influence le rendement professionnel des CO. En référence à cette question, l’hypothèse générale suivante a été formulée : la gestion du stress, associée à la régulation de la charge cognitive, influence le rendement professionnel des Conseillers d’Orientation. 37 Conseillers d’Orientation issus de lycées, de collège et de départements ont participé aux observations. Ils ont été soumis à un questionnaire et à des entretiens semi-directifs. Les résultats obtenus montrent une influence significative entre la gestion du stress, la régulation de la charge cognitive et le rendement professionnel des Conseillers d’Orientation. Ces résultats confortent les conclusions des auteurs tels que Hoel, Sparks & Cooper (2001) et Verhoeven, Maes, Kraaij & Joekes (2003). Ces résultats devraient attirer l’attention des décideurs politiques, administratifs et des systèmes éducatifs, et cela pour une plus grande efficacité des établissements scolaires, mais également pour le bien-être des Conseillers d’orientation, et au-delà des travailleurs du secteur de l’Education-Formation. The present study examined the relationship between stress management, cognitive load regulation and guidance counsellor (GC) professional performance. It was based on the observation of non-optimal professional performance noted from the guidance counsellor, due to poor stress management and overwork in some high schools and colleges of secondary education in Maroua. From this observation, the present work asked a main question, that of knowing whether stress management, associated with regulation of cognitive load, influences career counsellor’s professional performance. In reference to this question, one general hypothesis has been formulated: Stress management, associated with regulation of cognitive load, influences Guidance counsellors’ professional performance. 37 Career Counsellors from high schools, colleges and departments participated in the observations. They were subjected to a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results obtained show a significant influence between the management of stress, the regulation of cognitive load and the professional performance of Guidance Counsellors. These results support the conclusions of authorssuch as Hoel, Sparks & Cooper (2001) and Verhoeven, Maes, Kraaij & Joekes (2003). These results should draw the attention of political, administrative and educational authorities, and this for greater efficiency in educational establishments, but also for guidance counsellor’s well-being, and beyond workers in the Education-Training domain. PubDate: 2020-09-29 DOI: 10.19044/esj.2020.v16n26p90 Issue No:Vol. 16, No. 27 (2020)
Authors:Md Tapu Rayhan, Nure Jannat, Maruf Rahman Pages: 108 - 108 Abstract: There is much scholarly research about the impact of popular culture messages regarding fatness on people, but there is limited study on people’s attitudes to those fat-shaming messages. Roxane Gay’s Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body is a memoir of her own body, traumatic journey, and fatness. This article looks through this memoir to find out Roxane Gay’s attitude towards these messages in showing how people accept, react, and subvert these messages. This study will present this memoir as a manifestation of the prevailing negative representations of fat people in popular culture and how Gay, before and after being fat, responds to those fat-shaming messages produced by popular culture. This article, under the umbrella of Fat Studies, will discuss how Gay, because of her fatness, has been treated as other and marginalized in popular culture and how she presents herself as a proponent of Fat Studies. This research, discussing Gay's attitude to popular culture messages regarding fatness, willshow how Gay, through this memoir, protests against fat-shaming messages and how she becomes the voice of every fat person. PubDate: 2020-09-29 DOI: 10.19044/esj.2020.v16n26p108 Issue No:Vol. 16, No. 27 (2020)
Authors:Efuetlancha Ernest Nkemleke, Martin Kuete Pages: 123 - 123 Abstract: Pesticide use in agricultural holdings closer to dwellings exposes the population to its noxious effects. This study is set on the premise that although pesticide seems a panacea for crop protection, it has continued to wreak havoc on farmers’ health and especially school going population who are exposed to pesticide use in nearby agroindustrial plantations in the Mungo Corridor. The study objectives are to identify students who use pesticides and why they use these toxic chemicals. In this same vein, it probes into identifying some common pesticides exposure pathways among students and the resultant effects of these toxic chemicals on them. The study employed both primary and secondary data, and key informant interviews with resource persons. Data was collected through a survey of 510 students across 10 schools in two subdivisions. Data analysis was run on Microsoft Excel 2016 and SPSS 16.0, employing descriptive (percentage indices, charts, mean, median) and inferential (Kruskal-Wallis (H-Test), Mann Whitney (U-Test), and ChiSquare test) statistics. Findings revealed that school going population is potentially exposed to pesticides via different exposure pathways, justified by the proximity of schools to agroindustrial banana plantations where pesticides are sprayed using helicopters. Also, majority of students (85%) use pesticides for various reasons with little or no knowledge on the methods of use which further broadens their exposure. A weighted analysis of data revealed that there was a significant difference between students’ education level and some hypothesized explanatory variables (p<0.05), implying that lack of information by students on how to avoid contacts with pesticides further exposes them. However, the paper concludes that receiving training in the safe use of pesticides by students and providing wind barriers in agroindustrial banana plantations to prevent spray drifts from entering into school yards and residence are key solutions to this danger. PubDate: 2020-09-29 DOI: 10.19044/esj.2020.v16n26p123 Issue No:Vol. 16, No. 27 (2020)
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