UTILIZATION OF VISUAL AND REALIA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN ENHANCING ACQUISITION OF PRE-READING SKILLS AMONG PRESCHOOL LEARNERS IN NAROK COUNTY, KENYA

Martha Naisiae Kesuna, Beatrice N., Manyasi, Anne W. Maina

Abstract


Early childhood education, also referred to as preschool education is essential to children’s social, physical, emotional, and cognitive growth. Learning can be made more effective when the teachers have the right instructional materials. The study was guided by the following research questions: how were visual instructional materials utilized in teaching pre-reading skills among preschool children? and how were realia instructional materials utilized in the teaching of pre-reading skills among preschool learners? The study adopted a descriptive survey design and data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, and observation schedules. The findings of the study revealed that visual instructional materials for teaching pre-reading skills were available but not adequate in most of the schools, hence affecting the effective teaching of pre-reading skills among the learners. The study further established that most preschools lacked adequate realia materials for teaching pre-reading skills. It was concluded that Preschool teachers should attend relevant workshops, seminars, vocational and teacher professional development courses, to acquire pedagogical skills, besides effective utilization of Visual and Realia instructional materials in teaching pre-reading skills to preschool learners. Emphasis should be on pedagogical content knowledge.

 

Article visualizations:

Hit counter


Keywords


visual and realia instructional materials, preschool learners, pre-reading skills

Full Text:

PDF

References


Aebersold, J. A., & Field, M. L. (2003). From reader to reading teacher: Issues and strategies for second language classrooms. New York: Cambridge.

Anderson, R. H. & Cheung, T. (2013). Implication of early childhood education for the long learning. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education.

Brown R. N., Oke F. F., Brown P. D. (2010). Curriculum and Instruction. Ibadan Macmillan Publisher Nigerian Education.

Chikwelu, V. N. (2007). Special Methods of Teaching Social Studies Education. Onitsha: West and Solomon publishing company.

Duke N. K., Pearson P. (2002). Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension (3rded.) Newark, De International Reading Association.

Eshiwani, G. S. (1989). Research in Education: The Kenya Register 1981-1986. Bureau of Educational Research, Kenyatta University College.

Grabe, W., & Stoller, F. (2002). Teaching and research reading. Harlow, UK: Longman.

Gunning T. G. (2013). Creating Literacy Instruction for Learners (7thed). Boston: Allyn& Bacan. Gunning Thomas G. (2013) Creative Literacy Instruction for all learners. New York NY: Pearson.

Ibeneme, O. T. (2000). Provision and utilization of instructional equipment for teaching and learning science and technology. Issues in Educational Journal, 1, 139-144.

Ikerionwu, J. C. (2010). Importance of aids and resources in classroom teaching. Perspective of classroom teaching. Abuja: Martmonic Investment Ltd.

Kothari, C. (2014). Research Methodology: Methods and Strategy. New Age International.

Momoh, S. (1980). A study of the relationship between instructional resources and academic achievement of learners in Ilorin Local Government Kwara State. An Unpublished M. Ed Thesis.

Mugenda, A. G., & Mugenda, A. G. (2012). Research methods dictionary. Nairobi, Kenya: Applied Research & Training Services.

Nores, M., & Barnett, W. S. (2010). Benefits of early childhood interventions across the world: (Under) Investing in the very young. Economics of education review, 29(2), 271-282.

Omwonyo R. (2013): Primary science and teaching handbook. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi.

UNESCO (2007). Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007: Strong Early Childhood Care and Education, Geneva.

UNESCO (2007). Strong Foundation, Early Childhood Care and Education. Paris, France.

UWEZO (2011). Are our children learning? Literacy and numeracy in Uganda 2014. Kampala. Twaweza East Africa.

Waigera, J. (2013). Pre-Primary school teachers’ use of culturally relevant instructional materials in teaching in Kyeni West district, Nyeri County, Kenya. Unpublished M. A thesis), Kenyatta University, Kenya.

Waithaka, E. (2015). Play and Social Emotional Development in young children in Thika Town, unpublished PhD, Thesis Kenyatta University Nairobi.

Wantini, M., A. (2019). Strategy of values education in the Indonesian education system. International Journal of Instruction, 12(1), 607-624.

Wardhani, P. (2012). A contribution of habit in watching cartoon films and lexical meaning mastery toward reading skill. English Education, 4(1), 101-110.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v10i12.5102

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2023 Martha Naisiae Kesuna, Beatrice N., Manyasi, Anne W. Maina

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright © 2015-2023. European Journal of Education Studies (ISSN 2501 - 1111) is a registered trademark of Open Access Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

This journal is a serial publication uniquely identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) serial number certificate issued by Romanian National Library (Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei). All the research works are uniquely identified by a CrossRef DOI digital object identifier supplied by indexing and repository platforms. All authors who send their manuscripts to this journal and whose articles are published on this journal retain full copyright of their articles. All the research works published on this journal are meeting the Open Access Publishing requirements and can be freely accessed, shared, modified, distributed and used in educational, commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).