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TheModeratingEffectofPreschoolClassSizeonChildren’sSocio-EmotionalCompetencesinEldoretTown,Kenya
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| dc.contributor.author | Akinyi Owino, Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-05T12:14:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-05T12:14:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-04 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2886 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | KenyaAssociationofEducationalandManagement( | en_US |
| dc.subject | Preschool | en_US |
| dc.subject | scaffold | en_US |
| dc.subject | socio-emotionalcompetence | en_US |
| dc.subject | preschoolclasssize | en_US |
| dc.title | TheModeratingEffectofPreschoolClassSizeonChildren’sSocio-EmotionalCompetencesinEldoretTown,Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
