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    Perceptions of impact of Christian religious education on the moral development of teenage boys at Lubinu Boys Secondary School
    (2014-05-08) Magomere, Elka Musafu
    This study aimed at finding out the perceptions of teenagers on the impact of C.R.E. on their moral development. It specifically focused on teenagers at Lubinu Boys' Secondary School in Western Province in Kenya. The study was quantitative and data were gathered from the school. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from the teenagers. It was administered personally. Respondents included teenagers from thirteen years to twenty and from form two to form four. The researcher wanted to know the opinions of the teenagers on the impact of C.R.E. on their moral development, and whether these opinions were related to factors such as their attitude towards C.R.E., content taught, teacher's lifestyle, methodology used or peer influence. The findings reveal that most teenagers perceived C.R.E. to have had a big impact on their moral development even though this was not related to their attitude towards it, or the demographics. However the perceptions were found to be related to the teaching style. The responses showed that greater focus should be put on how to make the lessons interesting and well understood. Moreover the respondents overwhelmingly felt that their teachers do not make efforts to know them. Based on the data gathered, recommendations were made to teacher training institutes, policy makers, and C.R.E. teachers on seeking ways to personify the Christian moral values and norms and for better articulation of the same.
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    An exploration of attitudes of pre-adolescent boys towards sunday school
    (2014-04-14) Ouko, Clement
    This thesis is a grounded theory study investigating the attitudes of preadolescent boys towards the traditional Sunday school. The first chapter focuses on the background and significance of the study. The second chapter contains a brief interaction with literature related to the topic of concern. The focus in this chapter is on the definition of the term attitudes and the link between attitudes and behaviour. The third chapter justifies the research model and deals exhaustively with the methods and procedures that I used to investigate the attitudes of boys to the traditional Sunday school. Chapter four summarizes the findings of the field interviews, namely the strong polarity of the boys' attitudes and the surprising ambivalence towards their teachers. These findings are in turn related to the main aspects of attitudes using relevant literature on the subject. This chapter concludes with a proposed theoretical model to account for the boys' attitudes. Chapter five, the concluding chapter, contains pertinent recommendations arising out of the findings of the research and some suggestions for further research.