xi Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes‟ influence towards learning and performance in mathematics by students in secondary schools in Bureti District. The objectives of the study were: a) to determine the attitudes formed by the students towards learning and performance in mathematics, b) to find out whether such attitudes contributed to inappropriate learning of mathematics and consequently poor performance in secondary schools and c) to establish factors wh...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the quality of teacher education programmes for pre-primary school teachers in Thika Sub-county (formally Thika municipality). The objectives of the study were to: find out how often the early childhood training colleges are inspected for quality and certified; find out the level of availability and professional qualification of tutors; find out the perceptions of early childhood education managers on the quality of pre-primary teachers graduating from the earl...
ABSTRACT This study sought to interrogate the level of preparedness among Public Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya to use electronic technology in learning and produce competent teachers to manage e-learning in Kenyan schools given the policy emphasis by the Ministry of Education on adoption of E-learning in educational institutions. The specific objectives of the study were to: assess the availability of ICT infrastructure in Teacher Training Colleges, analyze the extent to which Teacher Tr...
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 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 Physics is a science subject that has contributed immensely to the technological advancement of the world. In the Kenyan 8-4-4 curriculum, it is optional at form three. However, various studies show that physics in Kenya has been faced with poor performance. Consequently, many students drop out of the subject. Educational researchers have partially attributed the cause to be poor instructional methods. This study attempts to change this trend in the topic of moments in physics. Data...
ABSTRACT Chemistry occupies a central position among science subjects in the secondary school curriculum. It also takes up a significant place in the curriculum because of its applications in everyday life and the role it plays in enabling students to develop affective intellectual, and practical skills. In spite of this increasing importance in the unfolding world, the academic performance of Kenyan students in the subject in secondary schools has remained poor over the years. The fundamenta...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, the performance of secondary school students in physics is a matter of great concern to the Ministry of Education because physics is among the key subjects expected to make Kenya realize vision 2030. The performance at secondary school level has been poor for a long time. It is possible that gender influences performance of physics as a subject since there is a long standing belief that physics is a domain of male students. This study focused on the Influence of Gender and...
ABSTRACT Chemistry is a fundamental science and is responsible for many of the materials used in modern society as well as developments and tests carried out in the field of medicine. However, Kenya’s secondary school students’ performance in chemistry has been poor. This poor performance has been attributed partially to teaching methods used in the classroom.Thus, there is need to seek teaching strategies that can improve students’ performance in chemistry and motivate them. The use of...
ABSTRACT Fine Arts is one of the five themes broadly taught under Cultural and Creative Arts subjects at the junior secondary school level, which facilitate transfer of knowledge and have practical application in other subject areas. These qualities not withstanding, many students are still deficient in the rudiments of fine arts (principles and elements of art/ application of colours), and this contribute to the persistent decline in students‟ learning outcomes. Despite the focus of previ...
ABSTRACT The traditional instructional strategy employed by most biology teachers in teaching environment-related concepts have resulted in low learning outcomes. Two strategies have been proved in literature to have exposed students to a higher thinking order needed to recognise assumptions, evaluate controversies, and scrutinise inferences in alleviating the problem of low students‘ learning outcomes in biology, but they have not been utilised in the teaching of environmental concept in b...
Abstract This doctoral research pursued the intersection of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and place-based education in Ugandan secondary schools. Particular interest was placed on how teachers use place-based education pedagogies to influence their own as well as their learners’ reconnection to their communities, cultures and places towards a more sustainable future. Even though the role of community elders1 of guardianship and instruction of IK has been weakened by the formal education syste...
ABSTRACT urban agriculture is practiced in most third world societies not as a hobby but as a necessasity both for subsistence food production and to earn extra income.
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya has placed certain measures to give basic education to its citizens by introducing Free Primary Education and Free Day Secondary Education. Despite this effort, students both boys and girls have been dropping out of school. School dropout for both boys and girls is a very serious issue not only in Kenya but also in the whole world. The main purpose for the study was to investigate the socio-economic factors that influence boy-child dropout from public day seco...
ABSTRACT Play is an essential part of children’s daily life and it promotes all round child development. Children develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually through play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of play on social and emotional development of preschoolers in Kyangwithya Zone, Kitui County. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. These were; to determine whether the availability of play materials influence children’s soci...