Browsing PHD-Department of Early Childhood Studies by Title
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Challenges and opportunities faced by women educational entrepreneurs in the management of private schools in Himo district, Tanzania
(2011-05-01)The purpose of the study was to investigate the challenges and opportunities faced by women entrepreneurs in the management and operation of independent private schools in Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to ... -
Children's basic needs and enrolment in Early Childhood Education in Miriga Mieru West Division of Imenti North District, Kenya
(2012-02-16)Human beings spend a great deal of time working to towards provision of their basic needs. Provision of such basic needs is particularly important not only to adults but also to pre-school children. Available literature ... -
Children's involvement in informal play activities in Kenya: a case of Kiambu East and Kiambu West districts
(2011-08-10)This study was prompted by the outcry of decline in children's involvement in informal play, which is crucial for holistic development. In Kenya, studies on play have mainly focused on formal play and the area of informal ... -
A comparative study of policy implementation in early childhood teacher education institutions in Kenya
(2011-07-19)The worldwide rise in people's aspirations has culminated in a demand for access to education for young children. In Kenya, as a condition for entry to primary school, this has led to expansion of ECE centres and to shortage ... -
A comparative study of pre-school and lower primary school teachers' computer technology usage in teaching in Nairobi Province, Kenya
(2011-11-30)The Kenyan Government in her National Development Plan intends to achieve a universal primary ICT literacy by the year 2008. This is will be possible if the following is done. First, effective computer instruction should ... -
Determinants of Children's Access to Early Childhood Education among Nomadic Pastoralists of Marsabit North Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)Education has been regarded as the most powerful tool for acquisition of knowledge and skills pertinent for transformation of lives. Both locally and globally many commitments have been made to improve education for all ... -
Determinants of children’s readiness for grade one, in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-05)ABSTRACT School readiness is a joint obligation between the family, school, and community. However, debates of readiness do not always consider the roles that families, school and child factors can and do play in supporting ... -
Determinants of Early Years Teachers’ Professional Identity in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Early Years Education Teachers’ (EYET) professional identity is an emerging issue which has attracted a lot of attention. Professional identity affects teachers’ practices in teaching and the manner in which they interpret ... -
Determinants of Information and Communication Technology Integration in Learning of Numeracy Concepts in Lower Primary Schools in Mombasa County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)This study explored how teachers use ICT in their teaching of numeracy concepts to children in lower grades. The study also examined factors that enhance or hinder teachers’ use of ICT in teaching numeracy skills. Literature ... -
Determinants of Integration of Information and Communication Technologies In Instruction in Early Childhood Education Programmes in Selected Universities in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-11)purpose of the study was to establish the extent to which lecturers integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in instruction and to determine how specific factors influence such integration in ... -
Determinants of Parents’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Pre-Primary Education in Ilala District, Dar Es Salaam Region, Tanzania
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Globally, studies have shown that the demand for pre-primary education is increasing. In cognizance of the increasing demand and importance of pre-primary education quality, researchers and professionals provided a definition ... -
Determinants of Public Primary Schools Preparedness for the Implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum in Kericho County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The competency- based curriculum (CBC) is a set of courses or syllabi, which promote learning areas in which the learner is gifted and skilled. CBC (2-6-6-3) is a curriculum that allows was adopted in Kenya in January 2017. ... -
Determinants of Standard One Pupils’ Achievement in Literacy and Numeracy in Gucha District, Kisii County Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Pre-primary school learning experiences plays a critical role in laying a strong foundation for pupils‟ later academic progression and achievement. The experiences equip learners with the requisite competencies and abilities ... -
Determinants of Teachers’ Use Of Instructional Resource In Teaching Pre-Primary School Science and Mathematics Activities in Machakos County,Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-12)The continuous poor results of science and mathematics in Athi-River Sub-County of Machakos County-Kenya has yielded to the study of determinants of pre-primary school teachers’ use of instructional resources in teaching ... -
Early Intervention of Mathematics Difficulties and Performance of Standard Three Pupils in Primary Schools in Butere Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Mathematics skills are not only a basic requirement for every member of the society to productively engage in everyday activities but also a universal language that finds meaning in all cultures and civilizations. Every ... -
Effects of an in-service workshop for teachers on frequency of pre-school children's accidents in selected divisions in Nairobi, Kenya
(2011-08-04)A High number of accidents among children in school have been reported and in order to curb them, the City Centre for Early Childhood Education in Nairobi, Kenya was to conduct a refresher or in-service workshop for teachers ... -
Effects of violence on children’s participation in pre-primary school education in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017)Violence against childrenis a common problem worldwide that may include physical, psychological and sexual forms of ill treatment. In Kenya, different Acts of law have been enacted by the government to provide direction ... -
Examining School and Community Preparedness for Transition of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability for Independent Living in Selected Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The aim of this study was to examine the school and community preparedness for transition of learners with intellectual disability for independent living in Kiambu and Murang’a Counties. The study adopted descriptive ... -
Factors contributing to caregivers' behaviours with print and children's emergent reading development in Thiks District, Kenya
(2011-11-30)Reading is a developmental process that begins in infancy and continues throughout life. During the formative years children develop certain reading related behaviours that are crucial for later reading. The physical and ... -
Factors influencing early childhood development teachers’ motivation in Thika district, Kenya
(SPREAD Corporation, 2010)Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres comprise one of the immediate social and physical environments influencing children’s development, that Bronfenbrenner (1986, 1989) terms Microsystems. The Microsystems are made ...
