Teacher's Attitude towards Inclusion of the Hearing Impaired into Mainstream Schools in Baringo District Kenya: A case Study of Kabutiei Primary School)
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2010-08
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Kampala International University, bachelors degree in special needs education
Abstract
Provision of special needs education is a great milestone in addressing the challenges
found in learners with special needs.
This research has been initiated to investigate how attitudes of regular primary school
teachers have helped in inclusion of learners with hearing impairment in a regular
primary school. The investigation was centered in finding out attitudes towards people
with hearing impairment, Salamanca statement and framework for the action and
intervention of the hearing impaired and the hearing pupils and teachers in regular
primary school.
The findings indicated that most of the teachers in regular primary schools had not had
any training in special needs education and most of them did not know the difference
between inclusion and integration among others.
The researcher suggests that teachers, parents, educational administrators, inspectors and
community at large be made aware of the plight of the hearing impaired in terms of
including them in regular schools instead of the current practice where the hearing
impaired are isolated in segregated sectors.
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A Research Report Submitted To the Institute Of Open and Distance; Learning in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of a Bachelor of Education in Special Needs Kampala International University
Keywords
Teacher's Attitude, Hearing Impaired, Mainstream Schools, Baringo District Kenya