Teachers Support And The Challenges Faced By Teachers Who Handle The Intellectually Challenged In West Tigania, Kenya

ABSTRACT

Teachers are faced by challenges as they handle the intellectually challenged.

Some of the challenges include lack of curriculum guidelines, teaching

instruments, lack of references, inadequate personnel as well as undefined

curriculum.

They also need support from parents, stakeholders and also the community.

Support may be financial as well as~the moraksq~p~irt.

The researcher used the questionnaire method and with permission she

distributed all the questionnaires to different units in the division.

The researcher found out that there is need to create awareness to parents of

the intellectually challenged which should be done by teachers who handle

them. Parents can as well be advised to form or join association from which

the share others experiences.

There is also need to in service special needs educators which can only be

applicable through lecturers, films and conferences in which teachers discus

with experts the challenges they face as they carry on with their duties.

Seminars and workshops can be held so as to come out with practical

solutions to immediate problems. Exhibitions are also necessary so that

teachers can get in touch with new equipments teaching materials as well as

textbooks. Teachers handling intellectually challenged should seek specialist help so as to stand a better chance as they handle these pupils. Teaching skills alone are

not enough, there is need to know about children’s growth and development

so as to recognize characteristics that are of significance in helping each child to learn the best way possible.

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APA

MATHIU, M (2021). Teachers Support And The Challenges Faced By Teachers Who Handle The Intellectually Challenged In West Tigania, Kenya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/teachers-support-and-the-challenges-faced-by-teachers-who-handle-the-intellectually-challenged-in-west-tigania-kenya

MLA 8th

MATHIU, MONICAH "Teachers Support And The Challenges Faced By Teachers Who Handle The Intellectually Challenged In West Tigania, Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 10 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/teachers-support-and-the-challenges-faced-by-teachers-who-handle-the-intellectually-challenged-in-west-tigania-kenya. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

MLA7

MATHIU, MONICAH . "Teachers Support And The Challenges Faced By Teachers Who Handle The Intellectually Challenged In West Tigania, Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 10 Jun. 2021. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/teachers-support-and-the-challenges-faced-by-teachers-who-handle-the-intellectually-challenged-in-west-tigania-kenya >.

Chicago

MATHIU, MONICAH . "Teachers Support And The Challenges Faced By Teachers Who Handle The Intellectually Challenged In West Tigania, Kenya" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/teachers-support-and-the-challenges-faced-by-teachers-who-handle-the-intellectually-challenged-in-west-tigania-kenya