ABSTRACT
The report study was based on team work composed of teachers and stakeholders in education at the DEO's office Kwale Kenya and was guided by the following objectives;
To establish the characteristics of mentally retarded learners.
- To find out the problems affecting the learning of mild mentally challenged learners in regular schools.
- To assess how teachers manage and involve children with mental disorders in teaching learning process.
Based on the above objective, the research questions were formulated.
The study focused on the relationships between learners and teachers with Special Needs Education (SNE) in education. The report presents the description of the research designs, methodology used to collect, processing and analyzing of data and its limitation and delimitation.
A summary of the key issues have been laid out 'Nilh empirical and theoretical literature review from which comparisons were made in a more systematic way to draw inferences.
Conclusion and recommendations v,rere arrived at based on the research ques~t"1 0ns.
TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................. iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................... i\
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. v
LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ viii
CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................... I
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... I
1.0. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 1
1.1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .......................................................... .4
1.2. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ..................................................................... .4
1.3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ............................................................... .4
1.4. SCOPE ........................................................................................................... 5
1 .5. HYPOTHESIS ............................................................................................... 5
1.6. SIGNIFICANCE ........................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................ 6
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................. 6
2.0. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 6
2.1 IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MILD
MENTALLY CHALLENGED LEARNERS ........................................................... 6
2.2. PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE MILD MENTALLY CHALLENGED
IN REGULAR SCHOOLS ...................................................................................... 9
2.3. TEACHERS MANAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT OF MILD
MENTALLY CHALLENGED LEARNERS ......................................................... 11
CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................... 14
METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 14
3.0. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 14
3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................................... 14
3.2. SAMPLE SIZE AND SELECTION .......................................................... 14
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3.3. SAMPLING PROCEDURE ....................................................................... 14
3.4. DATA COLLECTION METHODS / TOOLS ......................................... 14
3.5. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY ................................................................ 15
3.6. PROCEDURE ............................................................................................ 15
3.7. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY .............................................................. 15
CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................... 17
FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 17
4.1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 17
CHAPTER FIVE .................................................................................................. 25
DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................ 25
5.0. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 25
5.1. DISCUSSION ............................................................................................. 25
5.2. PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE LEARNING OF MILD MENTALLY
CHALLENGED LEARNERS ............................................................................... 26
5.3. TEACHERS' INVOLVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MILD
MENTALLY CHALLENGED LEARNERS ......................................................... 28
5.4. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 30
5.5. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 30
5.6. AREAS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH .................................................... 31
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 32
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 33
APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRES .................................................................. 33
Research, S. (2022). Challenges Affecting The Learning Of Mild Mentally Challenged Learners In Regular Schools Of Matuga Division Kenya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/challenges-affecting-the-learning-of-mild-mentally-challenged-learners-in-regular-schools-of-matuga-division-kenya
Research, SSA "Challenges Affecting The Learning Of Mild Mentally Challenged Learners In Regular Schools Of Matuga Division Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 21 Aug. 2022, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/challenges-affecting-the-learning-of-mild-mentally-challenged-learners-in-regular-schools-of-matuga-division-kenya. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Research, SSA . "Challenges Affecting The Learning Of Mild Mentally Challenged Learners In Regular Schools Of Matuga Division Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 21 Aug. 2022. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/challenges-affecting-the-learning-of-mild-mentally-challenged-learners-in-regular-schools-of-matuga-division-kenya >.
Research, SSA . "Challenges Affecting The Learning Of Mild Mentally Challenged Learners In Regular Schools Of Matuga Division Kenya" Afribary (2022). Accessed November 21, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/challenges-affecting-the-learning-of-mild-mentally-challenged-learners-in-regular-schools-of-matuga-division-kenya