RP-Department of Special Needs Education: Recent submissions
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Education for Children with Special Needs in Kenya: A Review of Related Literature
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2017)Children with special needs in Kenya for many years were not given adequate attention with regard to their education. These children like their counterparts, have a right to free and compulsory basic education as provided ... -
Opinions of Primary School Teachers Towards Inclusive Education in Central Kenya
(2018)The primary purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of primary school teachers towards inclusive education in Central Kenya. The sample size (N=500) represented all the teachers in the study area pursuing ... -
Assessment of Teachers’ Preparedness to Teach Learners with Visual Impairments in Regular Universal Primary Education (UPE) Schools
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2018)Teachers in Uganda have the obligation to give quality Education to all the learners in their classrooms including those with visual impairments. The preparedness of teachers to teach learners with visual impairments in ... -
Analysis of the Adaptations Required for Access and Retention of Learners with Visual Impairments in Regular Universal Primary Education (UPE) Schools
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2018)The purpose of the study was to analyse the adaptations required for access and retention of Learners with Visual Impairments (LVI) in regular Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools. The study was conducted in ... -
Teachers’ Perception of Transition Preparedness by Learners with Physical Disabilities Towards Employment: Joytown, Joyland and Mombsasa Special Secondary Schools, Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2020)The study sought to find out teachers’ competency of transition preparedness by learners with physical disabilities (PD) towards employment: Joytown, Joyland and Mombasa Special Secondary Schools in Kenya. The descriptive ... -
Development of a Guidance Programme for Students with Special Educational Needs in Kenya: A Study on Personal Orientation
(Blackwell Publishing, 2008)In this article, Franciscah Wamocho, lecturer and chairperson, Geoffrey Karugu, senior lecturer, both in the Department of Special Education, and Augustine Nwoye, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, all ... -
Influence of Socialization on Academic Performance of Learners with Hearing Impairment at Inclusive Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case in Thawabu Primary of Nairobi City County
(International Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publishing, 2020)Purpose:This research aimed at determining theinfluence of socialization on performance of learners with hearing impairmentatThawabu Inclusive Public PrimarySchoolinNairobi, Kenya. The objectives wereto; establish modes ... -
Influence of Pre-School Teachers’ Early Identification of Learners with Special Needs in Public ECDE Centres in Keiyo South Sub-County, Kenya
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2020)Inclusive education is an issue of social and policy significance in the education system. Apparently, the implementation of the inclusion policy appears with statistics showing that less than 10.0% of special needs ... -
The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement of Girls with Hearing Impairments in Secondary Schools for the Deaf in Kenya
(American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2010)Several factors had been cited as contributing to the perpetually dismal academic achievement of girls with hearing impairment in Kenya. Personal esteem factors had not been adequately explored. The study used Carl Roger’s ... -
Job Preparedness Constrains among Learners with Intellectual Disability in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2018)The purpose of the study was to investigate preparedness of learners with intellectual disability for transition from special schools to work in Nakuru County, Kenya. The researcher adopted the Piaget’s theory that ... -
Factors Influencing the Use of Assistive Technology in Teaching Mathematics to Learners with Visual Impairments in Special Primary Schools in Kenya
(SAVAP International, 2018)Learners with visual impairments (VI) in Kenyan primary schools usually perform poorly in Mathematics as compared with the other examinable subjects. With this regard, this study sought to identify factors that influence ... -
Factors Influencing Choice of Vocational Courses by Learners With Hearing Impairements in Selected Vocational Training Centres,Kenya
(2014-07)The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing choice of vocational courses by learners with Hearing Impairments (HI) in selected Vocational Training Centres (VTCs), Kenya. The objectives of the ... -
Strategies Used in Teaching Written English Language to Learners with Hearing Impairment: A Case of Njia Special School in Meru County, Kenya.
(Contemporary Research Center, 2017-12)In schools, learners with Hearing Impairment (HI) are often exposed to American Sign Language (ASL), while also developing literacy skills in English. ASL does not have a written form, but is a fully accessible language ... -
Teachers’ Use of Communication Techniques for Achievement of Daily Living Activities by Learners with Deafblindness in Primary Schools, Uganda
(Contemporary Research Center, 2016-09)Historians and educationists globally have described deafblindness by examining its roots in the fields of blindness, deafness and multiple disabilities (Hart, 2006). Scholars describe deafblindness as a unique field because ... -
The Social and Economic Determinants of Resettlement of Idps in Uasin Gishu County Kenya
(Contemporary Research Center, 2017-10)The nature of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sets important challenges to national governments, humanitarian agencies and development promoters all over the world. Kenya as a country has had its own challenges especially ... -
Influence of parents’ support on pupils’ transition from pre- primary schools to lower primary schools in Jimeta, Adamawa State, Nigeria
(2018)The study focused on the influence of parents’ support for pupils’ transition from pre-primary schools to lower primary schools. The focus was on Jimeta, a major city that is located in Adamawa state, Nigeria. UNICEF ... -
Students perspectives on inclusion, a case study of Kenyatta University- Kenya
(2018-01)The purpose of this research was to establish the academic and social inclusion of students with disabilities in Institutions of higher learning at Kenyatta University in Kenya. The paper focused on the academic and ... -
Assessing sense of school belonging across cultural contexts using the PSSM: measurement and functional invariance
(SAGE Publications, 2016)Despite its popularity, the factorial structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) Questionnaire remains controversial. The current study set out to clarify its structure across different cultural ... -
Extra cost of special learning needs incurred by students with apparent disabilities enrolled in public universities: a case of Kenyatta University, Kenya
(2016-09)While effort has been put in place to promote inclusion of students with disabilities in higher institutions worldwide, their access, retention and academic achievement is still a major issue of concern. This study examined ... -
Socio-demographic Correlates of Academic Achievement Among Kenyan Adolescents
(Thiruvananthapuram, 2010)The present study was undertaken to explore the socio-demographic correlates of academic achievement among Kenyan adolescents. A proportionate stratified sample of standard eight pupils (101 boys and 99 girls) were ...
