Teachers', methods and materials: exploring opportunities and challenges in learning to read in primary schools in two Kenyan contexts

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dc.contributor.authorRuno, Mary
dc.contributor.authorMugo, John Kabutha
dc.contributor.authorKarugu, Geoffrey Kamau
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-07T08:53:50Z
dc.date.available2015-04-07T08:53:50Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionScanned journal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractOver recent decades, various studies have decried the rising numbers of non-readers in Kenyanclassrooms, within the context of a growing global phenomenon. This study aimed at ascertainingteachers' capacity to teach reading, the materials that they utilize to teach reading, and the overall challenges and opportunities in teaching reading. A mixed methods design was utilized,with a purposive sample of 8 urban (Nairobi) and 8 rural (Nyeri) primary schools, basedon the best and worst performing schools in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education resultsof the year preceding the study. A total of 34 teachers participated in the study. Findings indicatethat nearly half of the teachers neither taught reading nor knew the methods to use in teachingreading. A third of the teachers (31.9%) used phonics, while another third favoured the whole-word method. The study concludes that lower grade teachers are ill-equipped with methods of teaching reading, while remediation practice is hardly a focus. It would be necessary to introduce reading as a subject at the teacher training level, and designate reading time through the primary education course.en_US
dc.identifier.issn23052619
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12451
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNairobi Academic pressen_US
dc.subjectLearning Disability Association of America; Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectLiteracy Levelsen_US
dc.subjectReading Competencyen_US
dc.subjectReading difficultiesen_US
dc.subjectTeaching readingen_US
dc.titleTeachers', methods and materials: exploring opportunities and challenges in learning to read in primary schools in two Kenyan contextsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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