• Teacher Preparation for the 21st Century 

  Mbugua, Flora Wanja (Syracuse University, 2011)

  Teacher quality affects the quality of the education curriculum, its implementation, assessment and evaluation, making preparation of teachers a very important aspect of any education system in the world. However, most ...
• Vocationalization of Education in Kenya: the Classroom Practice and the Learners’ Responsibilities for Change in the 21st Century 

  Ondigi, Samson R.; Ayot, Henry O.; Mueni, Kiio; Nasibi, Mary (Syracuse University, 2011)

  The essence of education is to prepare an individual for lifelong experiences after schooling. Education as offered in schools today is expected to give the teacher a chance to impart knowledge and skills in the learner, ...
• Effective Teaching Practice as the Professional Familiarity with Varying Abilities and Classroom Control 

  Ayot, Henry O. (Syracuse University, 2011)

  This paper looks at the theories of education as inculcation of knowledge from the known into the unknown. To help the student teacher to develop the abilities and interests in teaching and learning. It helps the student ...
• Mentoring Secondary School Teachers for Effective Teaching and Learning 

  Mwangangi, Leonard; Ayot, Henry; Kiio, Mueni (Kenyatta University, 2015)

  Teachers perform a variety of duties such as implementing the syllabus content, dealing with classroom management, issue of learners' discipline, integrating students with special needs, using technology, co-curricular ...
• Testing youth transitions in Kenya: Are young people with disabilities falling through the cracks? 

  Mugo, John Kabutha; Oranga, Josephine; Singal, Nidhi (Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2010)

  The number of young people living in Africa is expected to be at its peak over the next few decades. This may either climax into a dramatic social transformation or explode into a disaster; depending on how well (or badly) ...
• Access and Quality in the Kenyan Education System: A Review of the Progress, Challenges and Potential Solutions 

  Glennerster, Rachel; Kremer, Michael; Mbiti, Isaac; Takavarasha, Kudzai (Office of the Prime Minister of Kenya, 2011)

  Education is widely seen as one of the most promising paths for individuals to realize better, more productive lives and as one of the primary drivers of national economic development. The citizens and the government of ...
• Teaching Strategies Used By Teachers to Enhance Learning to Learners with Multiple Disabilities in Four Selected Counties in Kenya 

  Wang’ang’a, Anne Rose Wanjiku (Kenyatta University, 2014)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching strategies used by the teachers educating learners with multiple disabilities in the counties of Baringo, Kiambu, Kisumu and Nairobi in Kenya. Multiple disabilities ...
• Determinants of Transition of Students with Visual Impairment to Post-Secondary in Narok and Bomet Counties, Kenya 

  Milimu, Lilian Nasimiyu (Kenyatta University, 2018)

  The purpose of this study sought to examine and analyse determinants of transition of students with visual impairment to post-secondary institutions in Narok and Bomet Counties. The main objective of this study was to ...
• Elements of Reversing Underachievement in Academic Performance among Gifted Secondary School Students, Kiambu County, Kenya 

  Wanjaria, Josephine Wangari (Kenyatta University, 2016)

  Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to underachievement and the role of varied strategies in reversing underachievement among gifted secondary school students. The study was carried ...
• Analysis of Individualised Education Program Implementation for Supporting the Attainment of Functional Abilities in Learners Who Are Deaf Blind in Selected Schools in Kenya 

  Walingo, Mbogani Janet (Kenyatta University, 2017)

  Persons who are deaf blind experience a lot of challenges in both hearing and sight that limit their interaction with the environment. This makes them dependent on the support of able bodied persons in order to perform ...
• Evaluation of Development and Implementation of Individualized Educational Programme by Teachers of Learners with Intellectual Disabilities in Kisumu and Nairobi Counties, Kenya 

  Olewe-Nyunya, Alice (Kenyatta University, 2018)

  This was a descriptive study which sought to evaluate the development and implementation of individualised educational programme by teachers of learners with intellectual disabilities in special schools and units in Kisumu ...
• Effectiveness of Automated Speech Training System in Enhancing Speech among Hard of Hearing Learners in Selected Schools in Nairobi City County Kenya 

  Muriithi, Francis Muriuki (Kenyatta University, 2019)

  Speech training of learners who are hard of hearing in Kenya has been lacking necessary attention since 1980s. Education of learners with hearing impairment including learners who are hard-of-hearing has been skewed towards ...
• Influence of Behavioural Intervention Strategies on Academic Achievement among Form Three Students with Learning Disability in Nyeri County, Kenya 

  Kinyua, Joyce Njeri (Kenyatta University, 2019)

  Behaviour management has remained a challenging issue among learners with Learning Disabilities. Effective behavioural management strategies are critical in the academic success of the learners. Therefore, the aim of this ...
• Determinants of the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Public Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya 

  Wamala, Alfred Murumba (Maseno University, 2019)

  Education empowers citizens and hence reduces poverty by enhancing livelihood. Globally, 77 million children are out of education and 25.7 million (33.4%) are those with disabilities. In Kenya 1,504 (0.48 %) Students with ...
• Educating Children with Emotional and/or Behavioral Disabilities in Kenya: A Right or a Privilege? 

  Bore, Julie Korir; Mukuria, Gathogo; Adera, Beatrice (Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2007)

  In spite of the United Nation's inclusion of education as a right for all in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, many Kenyan children with emotional and behavioral disorders continue to be denied educational ...
• Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Kenya: Challenges and Prospects 

  Chomba, M. J.; Mukuria, S. G.; Kariuki, P. W.; Tumuti, S.; Bunyasi, B. A. (The Ohio State University Libraries, 2014)

  Kenya has great potential for enhancing education for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The fact that it has recognized the need to care for learners with special needs is commendable. In comparison to many African ...
• Provision of Information Services to the Visually Impaired Students at Thika School for the Blind 

  Mbugua, Esther Njambi; Odini, Cephas; Chege, Andrew (Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2018)

  Provision of information services is central to learning and instructional process in schools including those of the visually impaired students. However, in most cases subject materials and learning activities are designed ...
• The use of Lexical Cohesion in the English written texts of Hearing Impaired High Students 

  Mang’oka, Antony Somba; Ogola, James Onyango; Bartoo, Phylis (IOSR Journals, 2019)

  The purpose of this research was to describe and classify the lexical cohesive devices used by hearing-impaired learners to achieve cohesion in their written texts. Most of the studies done on cohesion have concentrated ...
• Training Teachers and Parents on Verbal Communication among Children with Hearing Impairment: Preliminary Results from Schools in Kenya 

  Lawal, Luqman; Karia, Mathew; Buttars, Chalese; Larsen, Jeffery; Mulwafu, Wakisa; Mukara, Kaitesi (Longdom Publishing, 2016)

  Purpose: We sought to assess the outcome of training parents and teachers on verbal communication with children that have hearing impairment in selected schools in Kenya. Methods: Four schools with 100 students; aged 5- ...
• Teaching Deaf Learners in Kenyan Classrooms 

  Kimani, Cecilia Wangari (University of Sussex., 2012)

  This thesis examines the teaching and learning of deaf primary-school learners in Kenya in order to explain their poor examination performance and to find ways of better supporting their learning. While language and ...

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