PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research work is to investigate the problems of educating the physically handicapped students in Idia College Secondary School in Benin City in Edo State will be used as the sample. A questionnaires designed by the researcher was used to collect information from one hundred (100) respondents comprising of teachers and students in some selected schools in Benin City. It also covers the roles of teachers educating the physically handicapped. It was also found out that physically handicapped students could perform excellently well in academic work like the normal students. The researcher recommended that the handicapped should be encouraged to remove the ill feelings of their disability and feel free with their normal peers. It was also suggested that government and well meaning Nigerians should fund the education of the physically handicapped person.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Research questions
Basic assumptions
Delimitation of the study
Limitations of the study
Significance of the study
Definition of terms
Chapter Two- Literature Review
The public perception of physically handicapped children
Aims and effects of education on the physically handicapped children
The teacher role in the development of the physically handicapped children.
Physically handicapped children and the past development in learning
Role of government and other organizations in elevating the status of the physically handicapped.
Chapter There
Methodology
Research Design
Population of the study
Sample and sampling procedures
Research instrument
Validity of the instrument
Method of data analysis
Chapter Four – Data Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter Five
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
Suggestions for further research
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