ABSTRACT The report study was based on team work composed of teachers and stakeholders in education at the DEO's office Kwale Kenya and was guided by the following objectives;To establish the characteristics of mentally retarded learners.- To find out the problems affecting the learning of mild mentally challenged learners in regular schools.- To assess how teachers manage and involve children with mental disorders in teaching learning process.Based on the above objec...
ABSTRACT The researcher was out to find the teachers’ attitudes and learning ofspeech and language ofhearing impaired learners. She introduced by saying what the hearing sense was and its purpose in life (Morse f979~. The researcher brought out the views ofthe communities towards these learners. Hearing impairment was defined by various authors, class~fication, problems faced by the children in learning and the intervention measures to be taken were noted. Education ofheaçing impaired lear...
ABSTRACT Provision of special needs education is a great milestone in addressing the challenges found in learners with special needs. This research has been initiated to investigate how attitudes of regular primary school teachers have helped in inclusion of learners with hearing impairment in a regular primary school. The investigation was centered in finding out attitudes towards people with hearing impairment, Salamanca statement and framework for the action and intervention of the hearing...
TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS v CHAPTER ONE: 8 1.0 Introduction 8 1.1 Background of the study 8 1.2 Statement of the problem 10 1.3 Purpose of the Study 11 1.4 Research Objectives 1.5 Research Questions12 1.6 Scope of the study 12 1.6.1 Geographical scope 12 1.6.2 Subject scope 12 1.6.3 Time scope 12 1.7 Significance of the Study 12 1.7 Definition of Key Terms 13 1.8 Theoretical Perspectives 14 CHAPTER TWO 15 LITERATURE REVIEW 15 2.0 Intro...
ABSTRACT: This study intended to investigate into 1noral decay and the performance among pri1nary school learners in the inclusive setting of Kalawani Zone-Mbooni District. The study objective to investigate causes of moral decay, establish the effects of moral decay, establish the effects on performance and effects of moral decay. The study targeted 150 teachers in the 10 primary school in Kalawani Zone, out of which a sample of 50 was rando1nly sampled. Questionnaires were used to collect d...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence KCP E mathematics pe1Jormance in Public primary schools. The study further sought to establish whether the attitude of Mathematics was related to pupils 'performance in KCP E mathematics. In addition, the problems the teachers faced while teaching mathematics was investigated. The target population was mathematics teachers in public primary schools in Marmanet zone. All the mathematics teachers were given the quest...
ABSTRACT FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN LONGISA DIVISION The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that are affecting quality of learning environment in public primary school in Longisa Division. The justification for the study is that there has been low academic performance in the division for the last decade. The study focused on variables that were presumed to directly affect quality learning. These variables included the a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges of inclusion of children with Visual impairments in regular primary schools in Nairobi District, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the relevance of primary education currently offered to children with Visual impairment, to explore the disability specific challenges of children with Visual impairment; and to investigate the. constraints to the. provision of educational service for children with Visual imp...
ABSTRACTThe main focus of this study to find out chllenges faced by children with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting. The researcher picked interest in finding out the mode of communication used by teachers instructional materials teachers use to instruct hearing ipaired learners, teachers'attitudes towards inclusion of children with hearing impairment in regular schools and findind ways ofimproing the education of these children.To get the information needed an i...
ABSTRACT Provision of special needs education is a great milestone in addressing the challenges found in learners with special needs. This research has been initiated to investigate how attitudes of regular primary school teachers have helped in inclusion of learners with hearing impaim1ent in a regular primary school. The investigation was centered in finding out attitudes towards people with hearing impairment, Salamanca statement and framework for the action and intervention of the hearing...
ABSTRACT The intellectually challenged learners have been met with many difficulties and obstacles in life in the societies they live in. examples of these problems are discrimination, rejection, neglect, child maltreatment, use of derogatory language and negative attitude towards them. Some of their parents see them as a burden and a sign of bad omen to the family. They are regarded worthless and cannot be benefited from. In some societies they are misused of uncivilized traditional practice...
ABSTRACTThis study examined the role of culture beliefs and practices towardsthe education of mentally retarded children in Nyeri District, Kenya.0The objectives of the study were identify and analyze the attitudes ofthe community to the mentally retarded people in Aguthi Zone; and toanalyze the community Tolerance and acceptance of the mentallydisabled persons in Aguthi zone.Qualitative and quantitative designs were employed where convenientsampling was applied to select the five primary sch...
ABSTRACTThis study was conducted in Uplands zone zn Lari district of kenya toexamine the academic challenges faced by pupils with emotional andbehavioral disorders. The study sought to understand why some childrendevelop the emotional and behavioral disorders. The study looked into thefamily, the school and cultural background of these children. Qualitativeand quantitative methods were used. The study utilized teachers asrespondents, fifty of them were sampled from ten primary schools,randoml...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION .. APPROVAL ... DEDICATION ..... . ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS .... CHAPTER ONE .. . INTRODUmON .......... . 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of the problem 1.3 Purpose of the study. 1.4 Objectives of the study 1.4.1 General objective. 1.4.2 Specific objectives will be to; ............. . 1.5 Research questions .... . 1.6 Scope of the study ..... . 1.7 Significance of the study. CHAPTER TVVO .. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .. 2.0 Introduction. 2.1 ...