Factor affecting performance of children with hearing impairment in Akokoro Sub County in Apac District
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Date
2014-09
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Kampala International University.College of Education
Abstract
The study was on factors affecting academic performance of children with hearing impairment in
apac district.
Chapter One contains Background of the study, Problem Statements which include negative
attitude of both parents and teachers, lack of trained teachers in schools, lack of instructional
materials and communication barrier which to some extent the problems have been addressed by
inclusive education in place, classroom construction by government and other Non -
Governmental Organization.
The Chapter also presents Purpose of the Study, Objectives which examine how attitude affect the
academic performance of children with hearing impairment find out how lack of trained teachers
in Special Needs Education affect performance and the effect of Instructional materials on poor
performance.
The significance of the Study, Limitation, Conceptual framework and Definition of terms are
included in this section.
In Chapter Two, Both Conceptual review and review of related literature on books, bulletins,
Journals, Modules, Internets were done.
Chapter Three include the research design and the quantitative research design was used to get
views and options.
There is also study population, Samplings and Data Collection Methods. Data's were collected
using questionnaire, Interview guide and focus group discussion.
Data were then collected using focus group discussion from parents of children with hearing
impairment, interview guide was used to collect data from District Education Officer, District
Inspector of Schools, Headteachers, Local Community, children with hearing impairment and
Non- Governmental Organizations.
The Chapter also presents procedure for data collection and data analysis after necessary data's
were collected from respondents.
In Chapter Four, Presentation, Analysis and Discussion which was based on attitude and
performance, training and performance, Instructional material and performance and different
categories of respondents were used like Headteachers of sampled schools, District Education
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Officer, District Inspector of Schools, Children with hearing impairment, Local Community,
Parents of children with hearing impairment, and Non-Governmental Organizations.
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation was presented in Chapter Five and the Conclusion
made in Objective one showed that teaching and learning of children with Hearing Impairment in
Apac District was not effective due to reasons like limited time in assisting these children, Lack
of Parental Care.
In Objective Two, the Conclusion drawn included lack of trained teachers in Special Needs
Education; there is Communication barrier between learners with Hearing Impairment, teachers
and parents and also problems in modifying Curriculum by teachers.
Limited use of Instructional Materials, Displays and Lack of proper storage facilities for
Instructional materials were the conclusion made in Objective three.
In this Chapter, Recommendations are stated an example is more teachers to be trained in Special
Needs Education; locally available materials are to be used in teaching. Team teaching and
Curriculum Modification be done for learners with Hearing Impairment to benefit from education.
Description
Research report summited in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of bachelor in Special Needs Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Performance, Children, Hearing, Impairment, Apac District