School of Education
Recent Submissions
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Impact of Visual Impairments on the Education of Learners among Pastoralist Communities in Marsabit County, Kenya
(Kenya Studies Review, 2013)Learners from pastoralist communities face peculiar challenges in accessing and continuing with education. These challenges are occasioned by the fact that the pastoral communities attach a lot of importance to pastoral ... -
Influence of teacher’s subject matter knowledge on students ‘academic achievement of Kiswahili language in public secondary schools in Kathonzweni sub-county, KENYA
(2017)Kathonzweni Sub County has been posting poor results in Kiswahili language. This prompted the researchers to undertake a study in the Sub County. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of teacher’s ... -
A critical review of the effect of teacher preparedness on students’ academic achievement: A research agenda
(2017)This is a critical review of teacher preparedness investigating the origin of teacher preparedness, the concept of teacher preparedness, academic achievement, and its effect on students’ academic achievement, the theoretical ... -
Principals’ Stress in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(International Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR), 2020-08)Stress of principals in public secondary schools has been a serious problem to parents, the government and the Ministry of Education in developed and developing countries including Kenya. The problem has generated a lot of ... -
The Influence Of Health Services On Personal Development Of Youth With disabilities In Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2021-01)Disability is a natural part of the human experience and therefore should not affect the rights of individuals to live independently, contribute to society, enjoy full inclusion in education and pursue a meaningful career. ... -
Strategies Employed by Principals to Overcome Stress in Performance of their work in Secondary Schools in Kisumu County
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020)Globally, there has been an outcry on stress by the principals in the management of public secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Stress comes about when the principal is subjected to unusual situations such as ... -
Assessment Of The Influence Of Employment On Personal Development Of Youth With Disabilities In Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2021)Disability is a natural part of the human experience and therefore should not affect the rights of individuals to live independently, contribute to society, enjoy full inclusion in education and pursue a meaningful career. ... -
Effects Of Mastery Learning Strategy On Changing The Attitude Of The Students Towards Mathematics Among Secondary School Students In Machakos County, Kenya
(MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY: THEME PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISRUPTIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, 2022-10)Mathematics is considered as a vital subject that supports the development of critical and logical thinking. It provides effective power to analyze, describe and understand the sciences hence fundamental subject in ... -
An Empirical Investigation of Viability of Alternative Approaches to Basic Education among the Samburu Nomadic Pastoralists Of Northern Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2012)Alternative Approaches to Basic Education (AABE) were introduced in Kenya to promote access to basic education and to enhance Universal Primary Education (UPE.) However, in Samburu County, the levels of school enrolment ... -
INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL HOME ACTIVITIES ON CHILDREN’S LEARNING OUTCOMES IN MBOONI EAST SUB-COUNTY, MAKUENI COUNTY, KENYA
(IIASD Advance Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2022-05)This study sought to accentuate influence of parental home activities on learning outcomes amongst preschool learners in Mbooni Sub County, Makueni County, Kenya. Its purpose was to examine the parental home activities ... -
Influence of Teachers’ Improvisation of Heat Producing Materials on Acquisition of Science Skills among Pre-primary School Learners in Kiambu, Kenya
(Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2021)Acquisition of science skills among pre-primary school learners has had its fair share of challenges with many pre-primary school learners manifesting low competencies in manipulation, experimentation and observation ... -
The Effect of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching Approach on Scientific Creativity of Secondary School Physics Students in Kitui County, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2021-03)The present study was prompted by the consistent posting of dismal performance in Physics in Kenya in general and Kitui County in particular as shown by the annual KNEC reports on KCSE performance for the period 2014-2019. ... -
Influence of Learners’ Readiness and Physical Facilities on Transition of Learners with Visual Impairment from Integrated Pre-primary to Primary Schools in Narok County, Kenya
(Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2022-06)Transition of pre-primary learners with visual impairment from integrated pre-primary to primary schools in Narok County has been low. Thus, the study assessed school dynamics influencing transition of learners with ... -
Influence Of Instructional Materials on Pre-Primary Learner’s Acquisition of Science Skills in Tharaka North Sub -County
(IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 2019-12)The Government recognizes pre-school education as one of the educational cycles which can lay a firm, healthy foundation for children during the formative years. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence ... -
EFFECTS OF PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISION PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KATHIANI SUB-COUNTY
(Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language, 2022-02)Supervision is the process of administration which involves the push to manage everyday activities of people working in the school system. Principals facilitate the implementation of the various sets of instructional ... -
Professional competencies and the continuing professional development needs of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teachers in Kenya
(Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2022)The development of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs for vocational teachers in Africa has been hampered by a lack of relevant research on their CPD practices and learning needs. This study therefore ... -
Integrating riddles as instructional resource in the Competency-Based Curriculum for Early Years Education in Kenya
(Research Journal in Advanced Humanities, 2022-04)The introduction of the Competency-based curriculum in Kenya has had far-reaching changes in the teaching and learning of basic education in Kenya today. Teachers, are for instance, required to adopt innovative methods ... -
INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON TRANSITION OF LEARNERS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT FROM INTEGRATED PRE-PRIMARY TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NAROK COUNTY, KENYA
(European Journal of Special Education Research, 2022)Transition of pre-primary learners with visual impairment from integrated pre-primary to primary schools in Narok County has been low. Thus, the study assessed school dynamics influencing transition of learners with ... -
Effects Of Principals’ Professional Development Practices On Teachers’ Job Performance In Public Secondary Schools In Kathiani Sub-County
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2022-01)Professional development aims to train teachers after completing pre-service studies, by continuously developing knowledge and skills of teachers. Professional development practices help in grooming teachers for ... -
Blended teaching and learning journey: Implementation in higher education institutions in Kenya
(JFP Publishers, 2021)Education, like all the other sectors, was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report by UNESCO, in 2020 alone, learning for more than 1.7 billion children in over 188 countries was disrupted. This ...