School of Education: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Methods Used In The Teaching And Learning Of Mathematics In Narok North Sub County
(Educational Research International, 2018)The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of techniques used in the teaching and learning of mathematics in Narok North Sub County. Many teaching and learning techniques have ... -
AssessmentThe Impact of Early Childhood Development Capitation on ECDE Programme in Kenya: A Case of Narok South Sub County, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)The study looked at the assessment of the Early Childhood Development capitation grant on ECDE centres in Narok south Sub County. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of capitation grant ... -
Towards Improved Access to Secondary Education in Kenya: A Focus on In-School-Factors that Hinder Effective Transition from Primary Schools
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015)This study sought to investigate some in-school factors that influence learner access to secondary schools after completion of primary schooling in Narok North District and to suggest strategies that could ... -
Kinds of Extensive Reading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(AJEST, 2017)This study investigated kinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinized the kinds of reading materials that learners are exposed to in ... -
Harnessing ICT Use in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Rural Women in Keiyo South Constituency
(AJEST, 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 ... -
Variety of Learning Resources Used in The Teaching and Learning of Geography in Public Schools in Makueni County and Their Effect On Performance in The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in The Subject in The County
(2017)This study investigated the relationship between variety of learning resources and students academic performance. The objective of the study was to assess the influence that access to a variety of learning resources has ...
