Browsing by Author "Nyakwara Begi"

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    Influence of Parents’ Age on Perceptions of the Role of Male Teachers in Preschools in Vihiga Sub-County, Kenya
    (SCHOLINK INC, 2020) Avoga Elisheba; Wambiri,Gladwell; Nyakwara Begi
    Children who are taught by both male and female teachers develop holistically. This means that male teachers are vital in the education of young children. The study was to explore parents’ perceptions of the role of male teachers’ in preschools in Vihiga Sub-county as well as examine the influence of age on parents’ perception of the role the teachers in pre-schools in the sub-county. The study was guided by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning theory. Descriptive research design was used to guide the study. The dependent variable was parents’ perception of role of male teachers’ in pre-schools, while the independent variable was parents’ age. The locale of the study was Vihiga Sub County in Kenya. Questionnaire and interview schedules were used to collect data and analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods. Results from data analysis indicated that parents’ perception of the role of male teachers’ in pre-schools was negative. It was also clear from the results that the perception was influenced by parents’ age. It was recommended that school management should organize programs to help parents to understand the role played by male teachers in preschools in order to change their attitude towards the teachers.
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    Parents' Perception on Use of Mother Tongue as a Medium of Instruction in Primary Schools in Masaba South Sub-County, Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2016) Mogire, Makori Jared; Nyakwara Begi; Julit Mugo
    The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' perception on the use of mother tongue as a way of instruction in primary schools in Masaba South Sub-county. Descriptive survey design was used where data was acquired from lower primary class parents. A questionnaire was used to gather data from parents. Pilot study was carried out in two schools. Descriptive statistics concerning frequencies, means and percentages were calculated. Findings of the study showed that majority 129(50.6%) of parents were female while 126(49.4%) of parents were male. This shows that there were more female parents than male parents in the schools. Findings further shows that 33( 12.9%) of parents showed that their children used mother tongue as a language of instruction in lower primary quite often, 90(35.3%) of parents showed often, 99(38.8%) of parents indicated that children seldom used mother tongue as a language of learning in lower primary while 33( 12.9%) of parents indicated that children never used mother tongue as a language of teaching in lower primary. Majority 132(51.8%) of parents indicated that their children used Kiswahili as a medium of leaning in schools. Findings shows 102(40.0%) of parents differed that children should use their first language often when they are learning. Majority 138(54.1 %) of parents conferred that children taught using mother tongue arc able to comprehend ideas better. 120(47.1 %) of parents intensely agreed that schools should be encouraged to teach u ing first language while majority 149(58.4%) of parents disagreed that children trained using mother tongue in lower classes accomplish better than those taught using other dialects like English or Kiswahili. Findings show that from private schools, parents had a mean of 1.61likened to a mean of 2.52 from public schools on their insight that lower primary children should be taught in mother tongue. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that children used first language as a language of learning in lower primary classes quite often. It was also concluded that first language is the key to effective learning and that if good language is used in instruction, children will learn with little or less difficulties. The study concluded that parents disagreed that children should use their first language often when they arc learning. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommended that since the child studies best in its first language, parents should highlight the use of mother tongue plus alien language (English) as a main medium of teaching in our schools. Environmental teaching to be prearranged to match children enlightened needs, welfares, abilities and learning skills. The study recommended that since the study was taken in one region, there is need to carry out a similar study in another area so as to liken the findings.