School of Education: Recent submissions
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Effects of selected factors on implementation of inclusive education in regular primary school in Matungu sub-county, Kakamega, Kenya
(2016)This study addresses the effects of selected factors on implementation of inclusive education in regular schools. Objective of the study was to assess the effects of implementation of inclusive education in the programme ... -
Effects of Teacher’s Perception of School Environment On Pupil’s Academic Performance in an Inclusive Classroom: Kenyan Perspective
(2017)Despite education being one of the basic human rights and an empowerment prerequisite, there are various factors that affect the provision of quality education in inclusive public primary schools in Kenya. This paper ... -
Influence of Teacher Characteristics on Academic Performance of Learners with Hearing Impairment in KCPE in Special Primary Schools in Selected Counties, Kenya.
(2019)This study explored the relationships between selected teacher characteristics and academic performance of learners with hearing impairment in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in special primary schools ... -
Re-evaluating the relevance and quality of education in Kenya: The Role of Mount Kenya University
(2015)The issue of Quality and relevance of Education is a topical area of concern. However, there is no general consensus on the concept of Quality because, like beauty, Quality is in the eyes of the beholder (i.e, Government, ... -
Relationship Between Learning Strategies And Student Performance In Physics In Public Secondary Schools In Nakuru East Sub-County, Kenya
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2018)Education is a key pillar in the Kenya vision 2030 and is also critical to the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDG’s). Dismal academic achievement by students across all levels of education is therefore ... -
Harnessing ICT Use in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Rural Women in Keiyo South Constituency
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools that boost economic growth and improve social development. However, despite an increase in ICT use, the socio-economic status of rural women in Kenya ... -
Kinds ofExtensiveReading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(Journal of Educational Policy and Entrepreneurial Research, 2017)his study investigatedkinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinizedthe kinds of reading materials that learnersare exposed to in ... -
Language Games and Language Teaching in Kenya: The Case of Kiswahili in Lower School
(2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
Episodes of the epidemiological factors correlated with prevailing viral infections with dengue virus and molecular characterization of serotypespecific dengue virus circulation in eastern India
(2018)Background: Dengue is one of the most important and widespread viral infection comprises 4 related serotypes (DEN-1, 2, 3, and 4). Infection with one serotype does not protect against the others, and sequential infections ... -
The Politics of Education in Kenyan Universities: A Call for a Paradigm Shift
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)The winds of political change have been sweeping across Kenya for the last two decades. However, as many sections of society?the media, the church, civil society, and even ordinary people?take advantage of the unprecedented ... -
The politics of widowhood and re-marriage among the Luo of Kenya
(Philosophical Association of Kenya, 2009)This study utilises philosophical deliberation to analyse the psycho-social and emotional conflicts that arise out of widowhood practices in the Luo community of Kenya. Towards this end, it explores the attendant effects ... -
Facing the challenges of e-learning initiatives in African universities
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007)This paper explores the possibility of bringing e-learning to African universities through collaborative networks of public–private partnerships. It is envisaged that this approach will solve the dual problem of ... -
The Principals’ and Teacher Counsellors’ Perception of the Factors Influencing Effective Delivery of Guidance and Conselling Services in Public Secondary Schools in Laikipia District
(International Association of African Researchers, 2011)Despite the institutionalization of guidance and counselling programme in Kenyan public secondary schools, cases of indiscipline are still rampant. This study investigated the factors that influence the delivery of ... -
An investigation of the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance in secondary schools in Nyeri district, Kenya
(Bachudo Science Ltd, 2009)The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance among students in Nyeri district, Kenya. The correlational study design was used. The study was carried out among ... -
Influence of Ogiek’s Indigenous apprenticeship education of herbal medicine and cosmological related belief systems on sustainable environmental conservation of Mau Forest, Kenya
(2011)Traditionally, the Ogiek are hunter- gatherers and have distinctive histories of interaction with the natural environment.Over the years, the Ogiek have inhabited in the Mau Forest with little impact on the environment. ... -
Econstructionist Analysis On the Relevance of Secondary School Curriculum Content in Promoting National Cohesion Among Students in Machakos Town Sub-County, Kenya
(2015)Education is the primary means of promoting national cohesion, international cooperation as well as socio-economic development. Through school curriculum, education enables a country to achieve its needs and aspirations. ... -
A Dialectical Justification of Inclusion of Ignorance in the Definition of Education
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)This paper entertains the notion that without their opposites, things, and by extension, human thought would not exist. Without its opposite aspect, each thing or thought loses the condition for its existence. Without life, ... -
Primary Schools’ Preparedness To Integrate Visually Impaired Learners Into Inclusive Education In Bomet County, Kenya
(2016)Inclusive Education is an approach in which learners with special needs receive services and support appropriate to their individual needs within the regular education setting. The study sought to find out how regular ... -
Impact Of Assistive Technology Intervention On Visually Impaired Student Performance In Kiswahili In Public Primary Teachers College In Kenya
(2013)The right to education is universal to all including those with disabilities.Students with visual impairments can struggle with a wide variety of challenges in a mainstreamed classroom setting.AT intervention by use of ... -
Effects of Principles of Corporate Governance on Management of Early Childhood Education in Bahati Division Nakuru County
(OSR Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2016)This study sought to examine the effects of principles of corporate governance onmanagement of early childhood education (ECE) in Bahati Division Nakuru County, Kenya. These were necessitated by ...
