Braille Literacy Levels among Learners with Visual Impairment in Special Schools in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWanjai, Serah
dc.contributor.authorMurugami, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorBunyasi, Beatrice
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-27T06:08:20Z
dc.date.available2021-04-27T06:08:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionAn Article Published in European Journal of Special Education Researchen_US
dc.description.abstractEffective education ensures that students are able to fully participate and benefit from it, regardless of whether they have impairments or not. Good vision is important for students at all stages of learning as it helps them reach their academic potential. It is paramount that students with visual impairment are proficient in Braille so that they are not disadvantaged academically since Braille remains their main medium of communication. Previous studies have ventured into academic performance of learners with visual impairment, however, nothing much is known about their Braille proficiency level. Braille reading tests were administered to forty-seven class eight and form four students in special schools for learners with visual impairments to establish their Braille literacy level. Semi structured interviews were used to solicit more information from four head teachers and a questionnaire used for sixteen teachers in the schools under study. Data was analyzed qualitatively along the common themes identified. The results established that Braille literacy level among primary school children was rather low. However, the case was quite different among high school students. There was no uniformity in the way schools arranged to teach their students Braille. Braille literacy could be improved if strategies were set to teach children with visual impairment Braille and ensure that they were proficient in it.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2501 - 2428
dc.identifier.issn2501 - 2428
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22019
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Access Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectBraille literacyen_US
dc.subjectVisual impairmenten_US
dc.subjectSpecial schoolsen_US
dc.subjectLiteracy levelen_US
dc.subjectNACOSTIen_US
dc.subjectKenya Institute of Special Educationen_US
dc.titleBraille Literacy Levels among Learners with Visual Impairment in Special Schools in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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