ABSRACT Internet resources have the potential to improve teaching and learning. YouTube is a modern technology that is redesigning business, media, entertainment, and humanity in different ways. YouTube is the most popular website that hosts a variety of videos. These include educational videos, documentaries, video clips and live streams from media corporations. With the opportunities it provides, it is now being tapped to transform education. This thesis examines the integration of YouTube ...
ABSTRACT Instructional supervision is a practice that is entrenched in educational systems globally. Instruction has to be supervised in order to achieve the desired purpose. Unsupervised instruction has the potential to mar the standard of education as well as the student outcome in performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of instructional supervision practices of head teachers on students’ academic outcomes in public day secondary schools in Kirinyaga Centra...
ABSTRACT Effective School level instructional supervision is important for its central objective to improve instruction to achieve educational goals. The major and essential objective of any learning institution is to offer a worth education to its learners by imparting relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes. To ensure access, retention and quality instruction in teaching and training in all institutions of learning, robust and effective instructional supervision is essential. The success o...
ABSTRACT This study intended to investigate the relationship between jigger infestation and participation at school by pre-primary school and lower primary school children. The objectives of the study were to find out the relationship between jigger infestation and children‟s rate of school attendance, performance in outdoor activities, academic performance and dropping out of school. The study was carried out in Gatundu District because it is one of the highly jigger infested districts in ...
ABSTRACT Education is considered as the key to success in many countries. As a result, in Kenya most parents take pride in their children when they perform well in educational matters, this should be inclined towards passing examinations, since the Kenyan education system is examination oriented. With this in mind, the researcher investigated how the teacher‟s motivation influences the student‟s performance. The student‟s performance in this research was based on the scores in the Kenya...
ABSTRACT The purpose of carrying out this research is to critically scrutinize the approach to education reform in Kenya utilizing Richard Paul‘s theory of knowledge, learning and literacy. The new approach is necessary because the present literature is virtually silent on a specific theory that has consistently guided educational reform in Kenya. What are evident instead are piecemeal reforms with problems recurring after each reform is undertaken. This study analytically scrutinizes two s...
ABSTRACT This study was geared towards primary schools for learners with hearing impairment in Kenya. It sought to identify communication challenges faced by teachers of English language in selected primary schools for the hearing impaired in Central Kenya. The objectives of the study were to: Establish communication techniques used by teachers of English in schools for learners with hearing impairment; Investigate the teachers‘ competence in the communication techniques used; Seek views o...
ABSTRACT Poor academic performance among students is a global phenomenon that has multifaceted factors precipitating it and Ghanaian students cannot be an exception. This study examined the relationship between senior high school students’ financial, physical-health, psychological, relationship, school-related problems and their academic performance. Two hundred and seventy-seven respondents were selected using stratified random sampling technique from three senior high schools in the Tema...
ABSTRACT Poor academic performance among students is a global phenomenon that has multifaceted factors precipitating it and Ghanaian students cannot be an exception. This study examined the relationship between senior high school students’ financial, physical-health, psychological, relationship, school-related problems and their academic performance. Two hundred and seventy-seven respondents were selected using stratified random sampling technique from three senior high schools in the Tema...
ABSTRACT Education for children with special needs has gained universal recognition as a result of United Nations (UN) effort and through worldwide statements and initiatives endeavoring to bring about Education for All (EFA) by 2015. As a result of the commitment for special needs countries have enacted education policies to facilitate the creation of a conducive environment for learners with disabilities. The goal is to ensure that all learners have equal access to quality and relevant educ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the determinants of pre-primary school teachers‟ use of play as a teaching strategy in Mwanga District, in the northern part of Tanzania. The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program in Tanzania is a relatively young discipline as compared to other countries in the region. So far some studies have revealed problems in teachers‟ use of relevant teaching strategies to enhance pre-primary children learning at their own pace. Considering that one of the ...
ABSTRACT Strategic plans are considered to be very important in the management and success of organizations. While institutions prepare strategic plans to chart the course of the direction they will take, secondary schools have been faced with the challenges in the implementation of their strategies thus affecting the quality of education. The purpose of this study was to determine the challenges in implementing strategic plans in public secondary schools in Webuye Constituency. The study was...
ABSTRACT The study was an investigation of the factors and challenges that impact on enrolment and completion rates of female students in the district category of secondary schools. This study was carried out in Nyamusi Division of Ekerenyo District, Nyanza province, Kenya. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors and challenges that lead to poor enrolment and find out why the completion rates are low. The study was guided by the theoretical framework of the functionali...
ABSTRACT This study analyzed the whole program of integrated English curriculum since its inception to its current state and practice in secondary schools. The specific objectives of the study were to: Find out the justification for initiation and introduction of secondary integrated English curriculum; Analyze the implementation process of secondary integrated English curriculum.; Find out the challenges facing effective implementation of the integrated English curriculum; and to explore how...
ABSTRACT This study investigated about Educating Learners with Hearing Impairment in inclusive Classrooms. It was guided by three objectives which were: to assess the perceptions of including learners with hearing impairment in inclusive classrooms, to explore the practices of educating learners with hearing impairment in inclusive classrooms and to identify the challenges that learners with hearing impairment experience in inclusive classrooms. The study used qualitative approach and multip...