Individualized education program and academic adaptation of disabled learners in Ikutha District Kitui County Kenya
Loading...
Date
2013-11
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Kampala International University ,College of Education
Abstract
This study is a result of an academic research entitled “individualized education
program and academic adaption of disabled learners in Ikutha district Kitui County,
Kenya.” The purpose was to test the null hypothesis and if there is significant
relationship between individualized education program and academic adaptation of
disabled learners. The objectives of this study were to: establish the profile of the
teachers in terms of: age, gender, marital status and working experience; determine
the level of implementation of IEP approach in teaching; determine the level of
academic adaptation of JEP in schools under study; and determine if there is significant
effect of IEP on academic adaptation on learners with disabilities. The researcher used
questionnaire to collect the data. The question had two parts. Part A collected
information for the IV, individualized educational program and part B collected
information for the DV, academic adaptation of disabled learners. The study findings
revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between the level of
individualized education program and the extent of academic adaption of disabled
learners in Ikutha, district kitui county Kenya. For example, level of individualized
education program is significantly correlated with the extent of academic adaption of
disabled learners. The results further suggested that individualized education program
directly affect academic adaption of disabled learners Ikutha, District Kitui County Kenya.
These findings thus showed that many teachers agreed that IEP is good and needs to
be strongly applied in the teaching of children with disabilities since they cannot be
taught the way they teach the other children. The adoption of TEP in schools will
therefore help to improve the performance of children with disabilities in schools. The
study that implementation of LE.P approach in teaching disabled learners is not done
by many teachers because they have no skills. The researcher environment for trainng
of more SNE teachers, curriculum be adapted to suit the divert needs of disabled
learners. The teachers who are not SNE compliant should be taken for refresher course
on SNE.
Description
A thesis presented to the college of higher degree and research Kampala International University
Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirement for degree master in special need education
Keywords
Education program, Academic adaptation