ABSTRACT This study was meant to establish an investigation in teaching games and sports to children with physical disability in Atutur sub-county, Kumi district. The specific objectives included; To find out the methods used by teachers on teaching games and sports to children with physical disability. To identify activities given to ch_ildren with physical disability during games and sports lessons. The data collection tool was the interview guide for both the headteachers, teachers and...
ABSTRACT This study investigated about the relationship between various management skills and retention of SEN learners in primary schools in Iganga District. Three specific objectives which guided this study pointed towards; establishing various skills required for managing SEN learners, the relationship between various management skills and retention of SEN learners then factors which affect management of SEN learners in primary schools in Iganga District. A sample of 345 respondents was ...
Abstract The ability to communicate is one determiner of a student’s success or failure. The acquisition of language skills promote and cement the skills like listening, speaking and writing. The ability to read is crucial for information retrieval. In the written examination oriented education system in Kenya, the child who fails to read and comprehend the written word has distorted communication and the general performance will be poor as a result of poor communication. This study aimed a...
ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “individualized education program and academic adaption of disabled learners in Ikutha district Kitui County, Kenya.” The purpose was to test the null hypothesis and if there is significant relationship between individualized education program and academic adaptation of disabled learners. The objectives of this study were to: establish the profile of the teachers in terms of: age, gender, marital status and working experienc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which environmental factors affect the learning of the mentally Challenged pupils in Chuka Division Meru-South District, Kenya. It was guided by the following objectives to; determine the extent of environmental factors in Meru-South District primary schools, the level of learning of pupils with mental Challenge in Meru-South district primary schools and if there is any significant relationship between environmental factors and...
ABSTRACT The study was determined the level of adaptive behavior of mentally retarded leaner’s inside and outside of school setting in selected public inclusive primary school in lolgorian division, transmara west district, Kenya. The research objective were formulated as it seeks to determine the adaptive behavior of mentally retarded learners inside and outside school settings, the sample of the study consisted of 100 respondents where 60 were teachers and 40 were parents whom were select...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to investigate the communication approaches for the hearing impaired in the schools and determine the effective use of the communication approaches. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The data analysis that was used was descriptive statistics to describe data. The findings of the results indicated that sign language is commonly used in the selected schools in Elgeyo Marakwet county, Teacher’s face problems in these institutions when ...
ABSTRACT This aims at studying the challenges facing the education of hearing impaired learners 111 schools in Ravine Zone Koibatek District, Kenya. The researcher will also endeavor on finding the solutions to these challenges. The hearing impaired learners face a lot of problems, which affects their academic pe1formance. The data will be collected using questionnaires. The sample will contain head teachers, teachers, parents and learners from the four schools in Ravine Zone. The study will ...
ABSTRACT This study experimented on task analysis on the mildly mentally retarded children in Kivaywa Special Unit of Matete District, Kenya. The following were the objectives of this study: (1) to determine the profile of the learners as to age, gender, intelligence quotient and level of ability in self-help skills; (2) to determine the mean scores in the pre-test and post-test; (3) to determine the significant difference in the pre-test and post-test mean scores, between the male and female...
ABSTRACT The research study was about the “Regular Teachers’ Perceptions towards learners with epilepsy in inclusive settings, Kahawa Zone, Nairobi. Kenya. The main objective was to determine the regular teachers perception towards the epileptic learners in inclusive settings in Kahawa Zone, Nairobi, Kenya. The specific objectives were to identify the knowledge of respondents on epilepsy and also identify the knowledge on factors to be considered for a success in implementing of inclusive...
ABSTRACT The education of children with hearing impairment in mainstream schools is becoming prominent through out the country. This study was carried in Nairobi North district in three selected schools 1. The Agakhan primary school (Nairobi) 2. Njatha- ini primary school 3. Racecourse primary school The main purpose of the study was to find out 1he challenges faced by the teachers in teaching science to children with hearing impairment in mainstream schools, the mode of communication used by...
ABSTRACT This study intended to investigate the determination of activities and involvement of mentally challenged children in regular classes in Ilmashariani Zone, Central Division, Narok district. The most important and controversial issues in this study is the extent to which children with special needs should and can be involved in regular classrooms. It should be noted that special needs education has moved historically from total absence, separate provision, partial integration to the i...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in public primary schools in Gucha district, Kenya. It explored the relationship between hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem and their attitude towards schooling. The objectives of the study were to determine the degree of hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem in public primary schools, Gucha district, to examine the level of pupils’ attitude towards schooling, as well as to establish the relationship between the hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem...
ABSTRACT This study was to determine the degree of effectiveness of behavior reinforcement and learning capabilities of the mentally retarded learners in trans-Nzoia East District Kenya. The instruments used for collection was questionnaire used to establish the following: demographic characteristics of both pupils and teachers’ behavior reinforcement used by teachers in teaching mentally retarded learners in the level of learning capabilities of the mentally retarded learners and significa...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in Nyaramba zone. Ekerenyo Division , Nyanza province. The main purpose of the study was to find out challenges of inclusion of visually impaired learners in regular schools. The sample population was composed of respondents who included selected teachers and learners in the schools. The research instruments that were used to collect data were questionnaires and interviews. The findings of the study generally showed that there are some negative attitudes tow...