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Item Christian Education Programme: Its effectiveness In Producing Christian Education Teachers among Selected Evangelical Theological Colleges in Kenya(2014-05-06) Dladla, Alfred BhekithembaThe purpose of this study was to find out Christian education programme: Its effectiveness in producing Christian teachers among selected Evangelical theological colleges in Kenya. Three sample schools were selected randomly for this study. A response was obtained from seven teachers and fifty seven students who are teachers and students of Christian education respectively. One instrument, a questionnaire, was formulated. This instrument was divided into two types: an open-form questionnaire and the other a close-form questionnaire. The information gathered was documented and summarized by the use of frequency mean and percentage. The findings of the study showed the following effectiveness of the programme of Christian education in producing Christian teachers: 1. The department of Christian education is just beginning to be realized in the theological colleges as a minor, run by teachers who have minimum qualifications in this area. 2. The emphasis in this department is shown by clear objectives, activities, and ways of assessing work done by students.Item Teachers' perceptions on relevance of the methods they used to teach Christian values among ages 2-5 at Africa Inland Church Kenya(2014-04-14) Kiragu, Anne NdutaThis study was aimed at evaluating the relevance of the teaching methods employed by Sunday school teachers in teaching Christian values among children of ages 2-5 years in Africa Inland Church Kenya. This research served two purposes; first, to ascertain the methods teachers use and second to test the relevance of those methods for the purpose of ensuring that the pre-school children comprehend and internalize the word of God in their lives. This was a descriptive study in which a survey was carried out in order to detect teachers' opinions concerning the relevance of the methods they use to teach pre-school children. Data collection involved the use of open-ended and closed-ended questionnaires. The questionnaires were administered to 30 Sunday school teachers who minister to pre-schoolers in nine Africa Inland Churches around Nairobi. Since the study sought to find out the relationship between perception of relevance and factors such as teachers' age, gender, class size, length of ministry experience and teachers' educational levels, the statistical instrument used to determine this relationship was chi-square test of independence. Findings revealed that teachers perceived story telling, music and visuals to be the most commonly used teaching methods in communicating Bible truths among preschool children. In addition, teachers perceived prayer, music and stories to be the most relevant teaching methods in their endeavor. It was also found out that age, gender, educational level, length of ministry experience and class size were not factors to consider when determining perception of relevance of teaching methods.Item Value perceptions of parents on formal education for the girl child in light of cultural practices among the Abakuria of South Nyanza in Kenya.(2013-06-26) Kitololo, Dymphnah KatoniThe Abakuria have for a long time accorded minimal attention to the education of the girl child, as specific gender and cultural practices in the community continue to affect her educational attainment, and yet this is a neglected area of study. Low educational attainment among the girls in Kuria district appears to be related to the value that the parents and the wider community place on formal education for the girl child. The purpose of this study was to understand parental value perceptions of formal education for the girl child, in light of the cultural practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriage in the Abakuria community. A qualitative research design employing the ethnographic tradition was used for the study. Data was collected through face-to-face open-ended interviews. The twenty four participants interviewed in the research were drawn from Mabera division of Kuria district. Voice files recorded during the interviews were transcribed and the data was analyzed. This study established that among Abakuria families, there is a significant adherence to the Christian faith, which advocates values that are contrary to the traditional practice of FGM. The committed Christian parents have therefore abandoned FGM and do not put their daughters through it. Their daughters were also observed to have a high educational attainment. FGM however, continues to be practiced among those families where parents are nominal Christians, and families where parents are non-Christians, and who still value this cultural practice. The age of girls undergoing FGM presently was found to have dropped by at least ten years from what it was in the traditional setting and children as young as eight years are undergoing FGM. The traditional purpose of FGM also appears to have undergone change, and most of the girls currently do not get married soon after FGM as in the past. Rather, most of them return to school, and it would appear that formal schooling is what keeps them from early marriage. Many girls however still drop out of school at various stages after returning to school, which greatly compromises their chances of a high educational attainment. Besides the cultural factors, limited financial resources to pay for secondary and higher education for girls also emerged as a contributing factor to the low educational attainment among girls in this community. In light of the various subjects examined, and concerns arising from the study, the researcher includes some recommendations on possible ways of dealing with the cultural practices of FGM and early marriage, in order to provide assistance to raise the educational attainment of the girl child in Kuria district. In order to obtain a holistic picture concerning the education of Kuria girls, several recommendations that appeal for further research were made. Among them, research on non-cultural factors that affect the educational attainment of the Kuria girl child was recommended.