Challenges Faced By Children With Learning Disablities In Inclusive Settings In Ndarawetta Zone Bomet Central Division - Kenya

ABSTRACT

This study see/cs to investigate the challenges faced by Lean1ers with disabilities in inclusive settings in Ndarawetta Zone B01net Central Division - Kenya. The following objectives guided the study; Assess the quality of teachers who teach LDs in an inclusive setting; to establish if any effort has been made by educators, to identify the categories of learners with LD in order to offer them appropriate support; to ascertain socio-economic challenges the LDs are facing in inclusive

educational settings; to establish if the same children have other cocurrent disorders; to assess the interventions which teachers have adopted by teachers and how they fell towards these pupils in class. Respondents were selected randomly an.cl quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data. Findings showed that

that ve,y few teachers in inclusive primwy schools are unable to effectively teach pupils with learning disabilities. It appears that teachers do not have the specialized skills to teach the diverse learners. Secondly all teachers were in agreement that some of the learning disabled pupils faced a challenge of discrimination. Conclusions and recommendations were made. Government should

continue to provide special incentives for increased retention of girls

in primary schools.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ......................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ v

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................ viii

ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. ix

CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................... I

1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................ I

1.1 Statement of the problem ....................................................................... 2

1.3 Specific objectives ..................................................................................... 2

1.4 Research questions ................................................................................... 3

1.5 Scope ............................................................................................................. 3

1.6 Significance ................................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER TWO ..................................................................................................... 5

LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................. 17

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ........................................................................ 17

3.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 17

3.1 Resea1·ch Design ...................................................................................... 17

3.2 Study population ..................................................................................... 17

3.3 Sample frarnework .................................................................................. 17

3.3.1 Sample size ............................................................................................ 17

3.3.3 Sample procedure ............................................................................... 17

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3.4 Methods for data collection .................................................................. 18

3.4.1 Instruments .......................................................................................... 18

3.4.2 Sources of data .................................................................................... 18

3.5 Data processing and analysis ............................................................. 18

CHAPTER .............................................................................................................. 19

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ........... 19

4.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 19

4.1 Professional training of teachers in inclusive settings ............... 19

4. l. 1 Certification attained in special needs education .................... 20

4.1.2 Relevance of qualification to teaching in an inclusive

setting .................................................................................................................... 21

4.1.3 Prevalence of learners with learning disabilities in inclusive

classrooms ............................................................................................................. 22

4.2 Methods used by teachers to identify these children .................. 22

4.3 Problems faced by LDs at home ......................................................... 24

4.3.1 Learning deficits common in pupils with learning

disabilities ............................................................................................................. 24

4.3.2 Presence of learners with more than one learning deficit ..... 25

4.4 Learning interventions adopted in inclusive schools to help the

LDs .......................................................................................................................... 26

4.5 Challenges faced by teachers who teach pupils with learning

disabilities .............................................................................................................. 28

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................................... 30

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

................................................................................................................................... 30

5.0 Introduction .............................................................................................. 30

5.1 Summary of findings .............................................................................. 30

5.2 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 34

5.3 Recommendations ................................................................................... 34