The neurodevelopment of children is highly affected by Autism and it causes social impairment, communication difficulties and restrictive-repetitive challenging behaviors. In addition, this group of children often face several barriers in availing formal education. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to explore the opportunities-barriers and their consequences in the current status of special education in context of Bangladesh. A qualitative design was used for this study. Data was analyzed through content analysis. There were eight respondents purposively selected from special teachers, therapists and parents of children with autism from two special schools. The result showed that school teachers and therapists were cooperative and helpful. Trained teachers, different therapeutic service, health education, primary screening opportunities such as vision, hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence are helping better academic performance hence considered as opportunities. The fundamental barriers included lack of transportation, expensive learning process and therapeutic charge, lack of knowledge of teachers, social stigma, poor government support and infrastructures of the schools.
{"title":"Opportunities & Barriers in Special Education for Children with Autism","authors":"N. Naznin, A. Akter, Asma Islam","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i1.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i1.117","url":null,"abstract":"The neurodevelopment of children is highly affected by Autism and it causes social impairment, communication difficulties and restrictive-repetitive challenging behaviors. In addition, this group of children often face several barriers in availing formal education. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to explore the opportunities-barriers and their consequences in the current status of special education in context of Bangladesh. A qualitative design was used for this study. Data was analyzed through content analysis. There were eight respondents purposively selected from special teachers, therapists and parents of children with autism from two special schools. The result showed that school teachers and therapists were cooperative and helpful. Trained teachers, different therapeutic service, health education, primary screening opportunities such as vision, hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence are helping better academic performance hence considered as opportunities. The fundamental barriers included lack of transportation, expensive learning process and therapeutic charge, lack of knowledge of teachers, social stigma, poor government support and infrastructures of the schools.","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130257170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness in Determining Quality Educational Outcomes in Kenya","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i3.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i3.145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123184425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study aimed at identifying the teacher practices that support the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale district, Uganda. The study was underpinned by Ralph W. Tyler’s (1949) principles of curriculum theory. Based on the pragmatist perspective, a concurrent triangulation research design was adopted. Data were collected from 37 business subject teachers and 13 directors of studies across 13 secondary schools in Kabale district, making a total of 50 participants. Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interview schedules, and survey questionnaires. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis approach by Braun and Clarke (2006). Findings revealed that ICT integration, assessment and evaluation, lesson planning, use of teaching aids, and integration of teaching methods were the major teacher practices that business subject teachers use to support implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum. It emerged that business subject teachers had some knowledge on ICT; were fully equipped in designing assessment items; dominated class sessions with both teacher-centeredness and learner-centeredness; and prepared prior actual implementation process for consistency and timely completion of the syllabus. The quantitative findings revealed that: the majority (56%) of business subject teachers applied a combination of teacher practices in a single lesson. The findings provide insights into the teacher practices that support business subject’s teachers in the implementation of the new curriculum and could be useful in informing the development of guidelines for the implementation of the same.
{"title":"Teacher Practices in the Implementation of the New Business Subjects’ Curriculum in Uganda: A Case of Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale District","authors":"Innocent Muhwezi, S. Kurgat, David Ssekamatte","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v2i4.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v2i4.54","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at identifying the teacher practices that support the implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum in selected secondary schools of Kabale district, Uganda. The study was underpinned by Ralph W. Tyler’s (1949) principles of curriculum theory. Based on the pragmatist perspective, a concurrent triangulation research design was adopted. Data were collected from 37 business subject teachers and 13 directors of studies across 13 secondary schools in Kabale district, making a total of 50 participants. Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interview schedules, and survey questionnaires. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis approach by Braun and Clarke (2006). Findings revealed that ICT integration, assessment and evaluation, lesson planning, use of teaching aids, and integration of teaching methods were the major teacher practices that business subject teachers use to support implementation of the new business subjects’ curriculum. It emerged that business subject teachers had some knowledge on ICT; were fully equipped in designing assessment items; dominated class sessions with both teacher-centeredness and learner-centeredness; and prepared prior actual implementation process for consistency and timely completion of the syllabus. The quantitative findings revealed that: the majority (56%) of business subject teachers applied a combination of teacher practices in a single lesson. The findings provide insights into the teacher practices that support business subject’s teachers in the implementation of the new curriculum and could be useful in informing the development of guidelines for the implementation of the same.","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126501547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Observational Studies of Learners’ Impulse on Literacy and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Changing World","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i3.144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i3.144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126085400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soran Abdullah Khdhir, Sarwar Salih Hussein, Hawmand Abdulrahman Abdallah, Ali, Zrar Sleman, Wllat Shorsh Hamza
English language learning has become a necessity for today’s life everywhere around the world. People who started learning English in second language acquisition stated that starting to learn from the ages of 4-5 years old can make the learning much faster and easier and that means starting from kindergartens. This study is investigating English learning classes in kindergartens in the Raparin area to find out how the process of teaching English as a foreign language to Kurdish EFLs is carried out. And the sample size was 19 kindergarten English teachers for this study. This research focuses on four aspects which are setting of the classes, efficiency of the teachers, the curriculum and the method that are used by the teachers to teach their classes. Results showed that ELCs in kindergartens in Raparin area are suitable for a standard English language class, but the environment of the classrooms are not synchronized with the target language. In the matter of efficiency of the teachers, all the teachers have many years of experience and they have good knowledge about both ELT methods and child psychology.
{"title":"Investigating English Learning Classes in Kindergartens in Raparin Area","authors":"Soran Abdullah Khdhir, Sarwar Salih Hussein, Hawmand Abdulrahman Abdallah, Ali, Zrar Sleman, Wllat Shorsh Hamza","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v2i4.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v2i4.53","url":null,"abstract":"English language learning has become a necessity for today’s life everywhere around the world. People who started learning English in second language acquisition stated that starting to learn from the ages of 4-5 years old can make the learning much faster and easier and that means starting from kindergartens. This study is investigating English learning classes in kindergartens in the Raparin area to find out how the process of teaching English as a foreign language to Kurdish EFLs is carried out. And the sample size was 19 kindergarten English teachers for this study. This research focuses on four aspects which are setting of the classes, efficiency of the teachers, the curriculum and the method that are used by the teachers to teach their classes. Results showed that ELCs in kindergartens in Raparin area are suitable for a standard English language class, but the environment of the classrooms are not synchronized with the target language. In the matter of efficiency of the teachers, all the teachers have many years of experience and they have good knowledge about both ELT methods and child psychology.","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114333277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parenting Styles and Learners’ Performance: Evidence from Junior Secondary Schools in Botswana","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v2i5.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v2i5.59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116141220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Handouts, Textbooks or E-Resources: Saudi Female Students’ Preferential Learning Style","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i4.165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i4.165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123595839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autism Community Research Priorities: The Potential of Future Research to Benefit Autistics","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i2.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i2.118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123575932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of Social Networks in Dental Students at a Private Peruvian University","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v2i4.55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v2i4.55","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121703452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Teacher Self-assessment and Reflection to Promote Change in the Taiwanese Oral Communication Classroom","authors":"","doi":"10.53103/cjess.v3i4.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v3i4.158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":270686,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121482088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}