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Access to Opportunities for Gifted and Talented Learners with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Education Programmes in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)Most countries in the world have inclusive education programs for regular learners who are gifted and talented but some are in their own institutions. However the existence of the gifted and talented learners who are ... -
African Humanism in Kenyan Popular Fiction: A Study of Meja Mwangi’s Trilogy
(JOOUST, 2021)Being humane is a primary requirement for mutual and healthy relations in society. Recent studies have shown that humanness is built on the assertion that ‘I am because you are, and because you are, so I am.’ Accordingly, ... -
Age, Level of Education, Marital Experience and Gender Differences in Marital Satisfaction among Selected Spouses, Kenya
(JOOUST, 2015)Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being ... -
Analysis of Ideological Opinions from Local Digital Media on Performance of Kenya's Jubilee Government (2013-2015)
(JOOUST, 2018)Online digital media is increasingly becoming popular as a platform for sharing opinions on political issues affecting the country. In Kenya, available literature on digital media and political opinions tend ... -
An Analysis of Speech Acts in Margaret Ogola's the River and the Source and I Swear by Apollo
(JOOUST, 2019)Novels are characterized by narration. However, in some instances depending on the style of the author, some portions of the novel may consist of interactions between the characters. It is therefore through speech acts ... -
Assessing the Implementation of total quality management principles on academic achievement of pupils in primary schools in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2019)Despite the presence of management approaches that can be used to enhance academic achievement of pupils, primary schools are faced with the challenge of low academic achievement of pupils in ... -
Assessment of University Biology Teacher Education Programme With Regard to Classroom Practice in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Performance in Biology in KCSE examination has been low in recent years despite various interventions by government and other stakeholders. The contribution of Biology Teacher Education (BTE) programme is not clear. The ... -
Challenges Facing Primary School Teachers in the Implementation of the Regular Curriculum to Learners with Disabilities in Inclusive settings in Kisumu County
(JOOUST, 2017)Teachers teaching in inclusive classrooms encounter the task of having to adapt the curriculum to suit learners with different categories of disabilities in inclusive classroom settings. Hence, they are faced with numerous ... -
Challenges Facing Primary Teachers in the Implementation of the Regular Curriculum to Learners With Disabilities in Inclusive Settings in Kisumu county.
(JOOUST, 2017)Teachers teaching in inclusive classrooms encounter the task of having to adapt the curriculum to suit learners with different categories of disabilities in inclusive classroom settings. Hence, they are faced ... -
Classroom Supports: an Analysis of its Influence on Learning Outcomes for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)The specific needs of learners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may affect their success in the classroom and therefore understanding and effectively utilizing classroom supports in their learning can enable them gain ... -
A Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in Political Discourse in Kenya: the 2005 Constitutional Referendum
(JOOUST, 2018)Cognitive Linguistics (CL) posits that a cognitive study of language is the study of patterns of conceptualization. It views metaphor as a powerful conceptual mapping at the core of human thought in which abstract concepts ... -
Commitment to Dissidence: Wiles of Depotism in Hama Tuma's Short Stories
(JOOUST, 2019)Post-independence Africa has faced many governance problems chief among them being dictatorship. Citizens of various African countries have committed to a host of responses to counter despotism. The despots have equally ... -
A comparative study of contemporary East and West African poetry in English
(WIREd, 2012)Modern African poetry in English is a product of a number of literary traditions broadly categorised as either „indigenous‟ or „alien‟ to Africa. Working on the premise that these vary from one region to another, this study ... -
A Description of Olusuba Morphophonology: Towards Preservation of an Endangered Language
(JOOUST, 2019)Language plays an important role in cultural preservation, linguistic diversity, cultural identity, accumulated wisdom and some knowledge embedded in it. A language is in danger when it is on the brink of losing these five ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Chemistry in Secondary School Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Academic performance of Chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams is lagging both in Bondo Sub County and in Kenya. Despite the interventions by the Ministry of Education such as in-servicing Science ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Chemistry in Secondary School Education in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2022)Academic performance of Chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams is lagging both in Bondo Sub County and in Kenya. Despite the interventions by the Ministry of Education such as in-servicing Science ... -
Determinants of Performance in Mathematics among Learners with Hearing Impairement in Special Secondary Schools in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018-07)For long, there have been various arguments about how children who are deaf should be taught. Debate about whether to use sign language, speech, signs in English word order, created sign systems or bilingualism have been ... -
Development control as a tool for plan implementation.
(JOOUST, 2018)Development control forms an essential part of planning by providing the basis upon which development plans are implemented. The purpose of the is study was therefore to investigate how development control is operationalized ...