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Accessibility of Digital Systems in Information Retrieval by Users With Visual Impairment
(Emerald Insight, 2024)This paper aims to evaluate the accessibility of digital information systems as a key usability attribute in information retrieval by users with visual impairment (VI), to inform development of accessible information ... -
Adoption of Education Technologies for Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Marginalized and Vulnerable Learner Populations in Kenya
(Sage JournalsSemantic Scholar, 2022)The onset of COVID-19 made governments and other education actors prioritize distance learning, particularly through education technologies (EdTechs). Most sub-Saharan African countries adopted and adapted this approach. ... -
Adoption of Education Technologies for Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Marginalized and Vulnerable Learner Populations in Kenya.
(Sage JournalsResearchGate, 2023)The onset of COVID-19 made governments and other education actors prioritize distance learning, particularly through education technologies (EdTechs). Most sub-Saharan African countries adopted and adapted this approach. ... -
Assessing Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions' Curriculum in Kenya: What Strategies Can Position the Youth for Employment?
(Sage JournalsResearchGate, 2023)Africa could benefit from the demographic dividend by identifying strategies for investing in the massive youthful workforce. The current study employs the social cognitive career theory perspective to assess Technical ... -
Assessing the Production of Core Values and Capabilities Among Youth in TVET Institutions in Kenya.
(Sage JournalsResearch Gate, 2022)Africa could benefit from the demographic dividend by identifying strategies for investing in the massive youthful workforce. The current study employs the social cognitive career theory perspective to assess Technical ... -
Developing an Intervention to Improve the Quality of Childcare Centres In Resource-Poor Urban Settings: A Mixed Methods Study in Nairobi, Kenya.
(NCBIFigshare, 2023)Globally, 350 million under-5s do not have adequate childcare. This may damage their health and development and undermine societal and economic development. Rapid urbanization is changing patterns of work, social structures, ... -
Early Care and Support for Young Children With Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers in Uganda: The Baby Ubuntu Feasibility Trial
(National Library of MedicineFrontiers, 2022)Background: Early care and support provision for young children with developmental disabilities is frequently lacking, yet has potential to improve child and family outcomes, and is crucial for promoting access to healthcare ... -
Effect of Mass Media Exposure On HIV/AIDS Stigma Among Kenyan Women and Men
(ENSOResearchGate, 2023)In Kenya, stigma directly or indirectly continues to play a major role in spreading HIV/AIDS. Negative attitudes, perceptions, and discrimination toward people who are HIV positive or have AIDS can adversely affect their ... -
Effective Intensive Language Programs: The Case Study of a Kiswahili STARTALK Program Model.
(National Council of less Commonly Taught Languages, 2023)The article presents a case study of a non-residential Kiswahili language and culture STARTALK program conducted in the summer of 2019 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. The study participants comprised 22-novice ... -
Equality in Programming for Girls and Boys: Adolescents' Shared Experiences From an After-School Support Program in Urban Nairobi
(Walden University, 2024)There has been marked progress in access to education, representation of women in leadership, sexual reproductive health, and gender-based violence as a result of gender equality initiatives. However, there is still a ... -
Implementing Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) In Kenya: Challenges and Lessons from Korea and USA.
(Education Resources Information CenterResearchGate, 2023)This research examines the nature, enactment, and assessment of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) models in the United States and South Korea to highlight lessons and strategies that Kenya can utilize to improve CBC ... -
Improving Early Childhood Development in the Context of the Nurturing Care Framework in Kenya: A Policy Review and Qualitative Exploration of Emerging Issues With Policy Makers
(National Library of MedicineFrontiers, 2022)Introduction: The Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) describes "nurturing care" as the ability of nations and communities to support caregivers and provide an environment that ensures children's good health and nutrition, ... -
Inclusive Education in The Global South: Can We Turn Promises into Actions?
(ResearchGateUCL DiscoveryDgs Journal, 2023)The aim of this special issue was to bring together researchers, academics, practitioners, advocates and activists and to open up a safe space for critical reflection. In putting this special issue together, we wanted to ... -
Language Skills and Labour Market Earnings in Rwanda.
(Taylor & FrancisResearchGate, 2022)This paper investigates the extent to which proficiency in English and French as a form of human capital individually determine earnings in Rwanda's labour market and whether it still pays to be bilingual. Using data from ... -
Long-Term Impacts of a Cash Plus Program on Marriage, Fertility, and Education After Six Years in Pastoralist Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Trial
(PubMed CentralScience Direct, 2024)Preventing early marriage by increasing girls education has shown promise. We assessed the effects of a two-year cash plus program on marriage and fertility in a pastoralist setting in Northeastern Kenya, six years after ... -
Maternal Stimulation and Early Child Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Kenya And Zambia
(BMC Public HealthUthabiti AfricaResearchGateNational Institutes of Health, 2023)Despite major improvements in child survival over the past decade, many children in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain at risk of not reaching their developmental potential due to malnutrition, poor health, and ... -
Navigating Secondary School: What Cushioned Adolescents in An Education Intervention in Urban Kenya
(Walden UniversityResearchGateERIC, 2023)This paper explains sustained effects and what worked for students in the Advancing Learning Outcomes and Transformational (ALOT Change III) program. Data comes from qualitative narratives from the baseline survey of the ... -
Nurturing Care Practices for Children With Developmental Disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol
(PLOSPubMed Central, 2024)The majority of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). NDDs are a public health concern in countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nurturing care has been ... -
Optimising Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Within Higher Education: Insights from Student Collaboration on Take-Home Group Tasks in Uganda
(Africa Journals OnlineResearchGateKyambogo University, 2023)The growth in computer-supported Collaborative learning (CSCL), especially in higher education, has attracted many research studies. However, there remains a paucity of empirical studies on how it can be taken up within ... -
Parent and Implementer Attitudes on Gender-Equal Caregiving in Theory and Practice: Perspectives on the Impact of a Community-Led Parenting Empowerment Program in Rural Kenya and Zambia
(National Library of MedicineBMC Psychology, 2022)Background: Fathers are often perceived to be mainly responsible for the provision of the family's economic needs. However, past studies have demonstrated that fathers' involvement in parenting has great significance for ...
