EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SPECIAL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SPECIAL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-04
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DASHE, Nanjip Wuyep
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Abstract
The study evaluated the implementations of Special Education Curriculum (Programme) in
Special Junior Secondary Schools in Plateau State, Nigeria. To study the level of special
education curriculum implementation, five research objectives were raised which were to
evaluate, whether there are adequate provision of instructional materials, the teaching
methods used in the implementation of special education curriculum, the qualification of
teachers, the roles of parents of children with disabilities, the contribution of the host
community in the implementation process. The study raised five research questions and
five research hypotheses in line with the research objectives. Appropriate literature of both
conceptual and theoretical frame work for the study was built on theory Context, Input,
Process and Product (CIPP) model of curriculum evaluation. The research adopted
descriptive survey research design which involved the use of questionnaire. The target
population was four hundred and thirty six (436) while the sample population was two
hundred and nineteen (219) made up of teachers and students. The research questionnaires
were collected and analysed using two statistical tools, descriptive statistic and inferential
statistic. At descriptive level, frequencies and simple percentage were used for the
demographic characteristics of respondent while mean and standard deviation were used to
answer the research questions. The hypotheses were subjected to chi-square statistical test.
The outcome of hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance revealed that the five (5)
null hypotheses were rejected. The study revealed that there are inadequate instructional
materials in the schools, special teachers used the appropriate teaching methods in the
implementation of special education. Parents of children with disabilities preferred to
provide education to their children without disabilities; the host community supported the
implementation of special education. The study recommended that the regular teachers
should be encouraged for better service delivery through workshops, seminars and
conferences, instructional materials be made available to special schools to cater for all
categories of students living with disabilities, parent of children with disabilities should be
sensitized on the causes of disabilities, benefit of special education and the right of a
disabled child towards education because most parents especially the illiterate have
negative attitudes towards the exceptional child. The community should know that giving
education to the disabled is a right and not a privilege and they should get rid of rejection,
stigmatization, stereotyping, and labeling towards persons with disabilities.
Description
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN
EDUCATION (CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
EVALUATION,, IMPLEMENTATION,, SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM,, SPECIAL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS,, PLATEAU STATE,, NIGERIA