Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
Triannual
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

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Instructional Constraints Faced by Learners with Muscular Dystrophy: A Case of Joytown Special Primary School, Thika, Kenya

  • Annrose Wanjiku Wang’ang’a, M.Ed (Author) Kenyatta University image/svg+xml
    Annrose Wanjiku Wang’ang’a, M.Ed is a teacher of CRE/History and a specialist in special needs education of the learners with physical disabilities. Currently she is teaching at Kilimani Primary School, in Nairobi Kenya. Ms.
  • Franciscah Irangi Wamocho, Ph.D (Author) Kenyatta University
    Dr. Wamocho, is a lecturer at Kenyatta University, School of Education in the Department of Special Needs Education. She is a specialist in the area of learners with Physical disabilities, Other Health impairments and those with multiple disabilities and also guidance and counselling for leaner’s with special needs.
  • Paul Kioy, M.BCh.B (Author) University of Nairobi image/svg+xml
    Prof. Kioy is a medical practitioner, neurologist at Nairobi University in the Department of Medical Physiology.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.263
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional constraints facing learners with muscular dystrophy in Joy Town special primary school, Thika, Kenya. Descriptive design was used for this study. The target population were all the 20 learners suffering from muscular dystrophy from S.A Joy Town Special Primary School. The total target population was 84. Random sampling was used on learners suffering from muscular dystrophy. Purposive sampling was used on the head teacher, parents, teachers, teacher aides, housemothers and medical personnel. The researcher used an interview and an observation guide to collect data for comprehensive results. Piloting of the instruments was done at Dagoretti special school to establish validity and reliability of instruments. Content related validity was used as a measure to determine validity. The researcher used the Human Capital Theory. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. Results revealed that there were major instructional constraints faced by learners suffering from muscular dystrophy that included; slowness in completing learning tasks, mobility problems, problems in manipulating teaching learning materials, inability to hold a pen, lack of specialized facilities among others.
Keywords
Diseases, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Interviews
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Wang'ang'a, A. W., Wamocho, F. I., & Kioy, P. (2015). Instructional Constraints Faced by Learners with Muscular Dystrophy: A Case of Joytown Special Primary School, Thika, Kenya. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 10(1), 50-60. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.263

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