Mainstreaming and the Academic Performance of Hearing Impaired Learners in Central Zone, Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
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Date
2008-11
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Kampala International University, bachelors degree in special needs education
Abstract
This study was basically intended to evaluate the effect mainstreaming
on the academic performance of hearing impaired learners. This is done
by integrating learners with hearing impairment with the normal ones.
These learners should be given equal opportunities like the normal
ones, and should not be stigmatized, discriminated or intimidated in
any way by those handling them in the classrooms or the whole school
at large.
To investigate this researcher used descriptive survey and sample size
determination, which is based on a strong probability approach.
The researcher found out that the majority of people she interacted with
during the study, were very much positive about the mainstream
system especially the parents, some teachers and the learners. The
teachers who never backed this idea were those who had not gone for
the course of Special Needs Education and a few of those who had
attended the course, who felt that they were being intimidated by the
head teachers and zonal inspectors who were interested only in
attaining high standards.
It is also quite evident that most schools lacked facilities or resources
for the hearing impaired learners. Some of these learners also came
from very poor families, and for that matter, their parents could not
afford to buy them hearing aids, to aid their learning
Description
A Research Report Submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Education (Special Needs) of Kampala International University
Keywords
Mainstreaming, Academic Performance, Hearing Impaired Learners, Kisumu Municipality, Kenya