Relationship Between Roleplaying and Academic Performance of Children in Learning Centers: Case Study of Kapseret Zone, Kapseret Division, Wareng District, Kenya.

Table of contents

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................. i

DECLARATION ......................................................... ....... ............................................................ ii

APPROVAL ................. ................................................................................................................. iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......... .................... ............................................................................... iv

DEFINITION OF TERMS ........................ ..... ...... .. ........................................................................ v

ABBREVIATIONS .... ............................................................................................... .................... vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. vii

LIST OF TABLES ................. ................... ................................................ ............ ........................ . ix

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ ........ X

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1

BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 .Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1

1.1. Back Ground of the Study ....................................................................................................... 1

1.2. Statement ofthe Problem ......................................................................................................... 4

1.3. Purpose ofthe Study ........................................................................................ ........................ 5

1.4. Objectives ............. .. ............. ................. ................................................................. .. ................ 5

1.5. Research questions ............................................ ................................... ........................... .. ....... 5

1.6. Significance of the Study .......................................................................................... ............... 5

CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 7

LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................... 7

2.0. Introduction .............. ............................................................................... ......................... .. ...... 7

2. 1.Theories of Play ................................... ........................................................... .......................... 7

2.2. Types of Play ................................................................................... .... ......... ...... ...................... 8

2.3 Importance of Play .............. ................................................................................ ......... ............. 9

2.4 Differences of Deficits in Imaginative and Socio-dramatic Play .......................................... 15

2.5 .How Children Perceive and Relate to Play .................................................................... ......... 16

CHAPTEI'{ THREE .................................................................................................................... 18

METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 18

3.0 Introduction ............................... ................. ............................................................................ 18

3 .1 Research Design ................................................................................................. .................... 18

3 .2 Area of Study .................................................... ..................................................................... 18

3.3. Population of Study, sample and sampling procedure ............................. .............................. 18

3.4. Research Instrument .......... .. ........... ............................................................................. ........... 19

3.5 Procedw·e ................................................ .... ..... ......... ....................... .... .................................. 19

3.6.Data Analysis ............. ............................................................................................................ 19

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 20

FINDINGS AND INTEI'{PRETATIONS .................................................................................. 20

4.1 Introduction .................................................... ......................................................................... 20

4.2. Profile of the Respondents ..................................... .......... ...................................................... 20

4.3. Teacher's perception ofthe role of play in children in ECD centers .... ................................. 21

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4.3.1. Types of play and play materials in ECD centers ................................ .......... ..... .......... ...... 21

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................ 30

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................... 30

5.0.INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... ........... 30

5.1 SUMMARY .............................................. ........................................... .............. .................... 30

5.2 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... .................................. 31

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................ 32

REFERENCES ... .... ...................................................................................................................... 33

APPENDIX A:QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ECD TEACHERS IN ZONE, WARENG DISTRICT,

KENYA . ...................................................................................................................................... . 34