Abstract/Overview The study investigated modeling behavior modification practice and enhancement of reading abilities among learners with Dyslexia in Kenya. The mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was used. The sample size comprised 229 learners and 54 English teachers and 4 guidance and counseling teachers selected from 4 public primary schools. To obtain a sample for the study purposive, saturated and random sampling methods were used in selection of schools, teachers and learne...
Abstract/Overview The School Readiness Screening Test Tool is important because it is used by Educational Assessment and Research Centres; Professionals in the Educational Assessment Centres determine school placement and intervention strategies for learners with Special Needs in Pre-school programmes. The tool has been in use in the Educational Centres in Kenya since 1984 up to date and yet its efficacy is still in doubt. The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges in using ...
Abstract/Overview The study explored gender differences in response to motor skill training on curbing activity restriction of dressing by pupils with cerebral palsy in a special school in Kisumu, Kenya. Mixed method approach was adopted within which a Sequential Explanatory design was used. The sample size was 6 pupils with cerebral palsy, 6 parents of pupils with cerebral palsy, 3 teachers in charge of pupils with cerebral palsy, and 2 physiotherapists. Interviews and observational chec...
Abstract/Overview The study established the effectiveness of Motor Skill training on the performance of Dressing as an Activity of Daily Living by Pupils with Cerebral Palsy in one special school for pupils who are physically challenged in Kisumu, Kenya. The study adopted a Pre-test, Post-test experimental study design. Sample size of the study comprised 25 respondents which included 12 pupils with cerebral palsy, 3 teachers in charge of the pupils in the school, 8 parents of the pupils a...
Abstract/Overview This study sought to establish the role of assistive technologies on quality educational outcomes of students with visual impairment in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. The target population constituted 743 students, 11 principals, 11 deputy principals, and 19 Special Needs teachers making a total of 784. Purposive sampling was used to select 11 principals, 11 deputy principals, 19 SNE teachers and 120 students with visual impairme...
Abstract/Overview The present study investigated the Influence of Instructional Supports on Learning Outcomes among Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The study population comprised 420 teachers and 30 head teachers, 30 deputy head teachers and 360 teachers in the 30 selected special schools in the North Rift and Western regions of Kenya. The study used convergent parallel mixed methods design. The sample size for this study comprised 200 teachers from 25 schools. Simple random and ...
Abstract/Overview The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of teacher factors on mathematics performance among learners with hearing impairment in special secondary schools. The study was based on Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development Theory and a Conceptual framework. The multiple case study research design was adopted in the study. The study was conducted in three secondary schools for the hearing impaired in the lake region (formerly Nyanza Province) in Kenya. The targ...
Abstract The study adopted descriptive research design. The population comprises all regular classroom teachers in the FCT. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 10 Schools (5 each from secondary and primary schools) and 100 teachers ( 10 from each school) from two area councils ( Gwagwalada and Kwali ) in the FCT. A questionnaire titled:”Learning Disability Perception Survey (LDPS) constructed by the researcher was used for the study. The instrument was validated by two ...
Abstract The paper focused on emerging issues surrounding inclusive educational practice vis-à-vis the availability of the wherewithal or apparatus to make it a reality in Nigeria. Inclusive education within the scope of this paper was seen as an educational idea whose main aim is geared towards ensuring that equal educational opportunities and delivery is given to every learner irrespective of gender, sex, disabilities and so on. The paper, however, specifically advanced some measures and s...
Abstract This paper examined teachers perception as per obstacles that stand in the way of proper and effective implementation of inclusive curriculum in our schools as well as the measures to curtail the obstacles. This was done so as to put forward measures capable enough to solve the problems for the betterment of the entire nation. 100 teachers were purposively selected from 10 government primary and secondary schools within Oyo North Senatorial District to elicit information from a self-...
People with disabilities (PWD) could best be described as those due to one impairment/handicapping condition or the other could not function optimally in virtually every aspect of human endeavours especially academic tasks unless special modalities are put in place to thwart the negative effects of the disabilities in them. The paper therefore focused on the educational challenges confronting people with disabilities as ranked by educational experts selected using random sampling technique ...
In an attempt to ensure that learners with special needs in regular schools are adequately taken care of , it becomes highly imperative to engage in a number of modifications and adjustments including curricular modifications so as to suit the learning needs of this category of learners. Modifying curriculum for learners with special needs will go a long way in enabling them benefit optimally from various academic programmes by acquiring the needed knowledge and skills without tears, and late...
The paper tries to make a case for creative special education as well as the benefits inherent therein towards the development of sub-Saharan Africa. Creative special education could be described as that form of special education in which the teaching- learning process are geared towards ensuring that students with special needs become independent and contributing members of society by inculcating in them the spirit of critical thinking ( creativity) for the purpose of development. Sub Sahara...
Inclusive education was adopted at the Salamanca World Conference on Special Needs Education (1994) as the best educational measure capable of dealing adequately with varying learning needs in the general classroom setting. Most of the participating countries e.g The United States, South Africa, Canada etc. have gone far in providing inclusive education. However, Nigeria, being one of the countries that recognise Inclusive education has failed to create conducive atmosphere for the proper tak...
This study was geared toward analyzing the perception of teachers in Saki West local government area , Oyo State, on the effectiveness of education of learners with special needs. The study adopted a descriptive research design, in which a self-designed questionnaire called Perception on Effective Education for Learners with Special Needs Questionnaire (PEELSNQ) was used to elicit information regarding the subject matter (the perception of teachers in Saki West local government area , Oyo Sta...