Teachers' Attitudes Towards Teaching Pupils With Learning Disabilities In Schools Under Free Primary Education (Fpe) In Kericho District-Waldai Zone-Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY PAGES

DECLARATION ......... ...................... . .... .......... .. ...... .... .............. .. ....... II

DEDICATION ........................................ .. .................. ............... ...... .II

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1

1.1. BACKGROUND TO TH SETUDY ................................................................... 1

1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .................................................................. 3

1.3. GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .................................................... 4

1.4. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ...................................................... 4

1.5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................... 4

1.6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 4

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................ 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................... 6

2.0. OVER VIEW ...................................................................................................... 6

2.1. DEFINITION OF OPERATION KEY TERMS ................................................. 6

2.2. PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING

DIFFICULTIES .............................................................................................................. 8

2.3. EFFECTS OF LEARNING DISABILITIES .................................................... 11

2.3.1 . Spoken language problems ........................................................................... 12

2.3.2. Written language problems ........................................................................... 13

2.3.3. Reading problems ......................................................................................... 13

3.0. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 14

3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN ...................................................................................... 15

3.2. SAMPLING PROCEDURE ............................................................................. 15

3.3. A SAMPLE ....................................................................................................... 15

3.3.1. Sample size ................................................................................................... 16

3.4. DATA COLLECTION METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS .......................... 16

3.5. PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION .................................................... 17

3.6. DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND PRESENTATION ........................ 18

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 19

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ........................... 19

4.1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 19

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 31

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................... 31

5.1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 31

5.2. SUMMARY ........................... ............ ............................................................... 31

5.3. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................. 31

5.4. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................. 34