Cultural beliefs and practices towards the education of mentally retarded in Aguthi zone, Nyeri district Kenya
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Date
2008-04
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
This study examined the role of culture beliefs and practices towards the education of mentally retarded children in Nyeri District, Kenya.
The objectives of the study were identify and analyze the attitudes of the community to the mentally retarded people in Aguthi Zone; and to analyze the community Tolerance and acceptance of the mentally disabled persons in Aguthi zone.
Qualitative and quantitative designs were employed where convenient sampling was applied to select the five primary schools used for the study.
The main instruments used in the data collection were the questionnaires; the data collected was analyzed manually were the researcher used descriptive and quantitative analysis, which included percentages and frequencies.
The findings of the study included among others the fact that there are negative attitudes of the community to the mentally retarded people and that there is no community torelence and acceptance of the mentally disabled persons in Aguthi zone
This research recommended among others a policy that should be a strategy towards the teaching of students with disabilities with attention to what, where and how they are going to live and work as adults
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A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Open and Distance Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Bachelor of Education Special Needs of Kampala International University
Keywords
Cultural beliefs and practices, Education, Mentally retarded, Aguthi zone, Nyeri district, Kenya