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http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2886| Title: | TheModeratingEffectofPreschoolClassSizeonChildren’sSocio-EmotionalCompetencesinEldoretTown,Kenya |
| Authors: | Akinyi Owino, Elizabeth |
| Keywords: | Preschool scaffold socio-emotionalcompetence preschoolclasssize |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2018 |
| Publisher: | KenyaAssociationofEducationalandManagement( |
| Abstract: | Overalllifesuccessrequiresthatchildrenhavesocio-emotionalcompetence(SEC)amongstotherskills.Theeffectofclasssizeonchildren’soverallachievementcontinuestobeawidelydebatedsubject.TheobjectiveofthismixedmethodsstudywastoexaminetheinfluenceofpreschoolclasssizeonstrategiesusedtoscaffoldSECinchildren.Atotalof301preschoolteacherspurposivelyselectedfrom98publicandprivatepreschoolsparticipatedinthestudy;6preschoolteacherswereinterviewedand2preschoolclassroomsobserved.Datawascollectedusingquestionnaires,observationchecklistandinterviewschedules.Datawasanalysedquantitativelyandqualitatively.ResultsrevealedthatpreschoolclasssizedidnothaveasignificantinfluenceonthestrategiesusedtoscaffoldSECinchildren.However,interviewsandobservationsdatashowedthatregardlessoftheclasssize,preschoolteachersattemptedtoscaffoldrelationshipmanagementskillsinchildrenmore.Strategiesthatpreschoolteachersin‘high’classsizescommonlyusedforscaffoldingrelationshipmanagementinchildrenwere:‘monitoring’,‘warning’and‘reprimands’.Preschoolteacherswith‘optimumandbelow’classsizes,mainlyused‘encouraginghelpingbehaviour’,‘warning’and‘monitoring’strategies.ThestudyconcludedthatdespitetheimportanceofSEC,preschoolteachersdidnotintentionallyscaffoldallSECcomponentsinchildren.ThestudythereforerecommendsthatprofessionaldevelopmentandcontinuingeducationthatfocusesonSECskillsinchildrenbeencouragedamongallpreschoolteachers. |
| URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2886 |
| Appears in Collections: | School of Education |
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