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A Survey Of Educational And Counselling Needs Of Deaf Students
[A CASE STUDY OF KWARA STATE SCHOOL FOR THE HANDICAPPED, ILORIN] -
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CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHOD
Introduction
This chapter presents the method adopted in carrying out the study. It includes research design, population for the study, sample and sampling techniques, validation, reliability, process for data collection and data analysis.
Research Design
According to Adegboye (2000), A survey research is a form of descriptive research which describes systematically a situation or an area of interest factually and accurately. This method in which a researcher engages in a careful and methodological observation of events in the outside world aimed at making decisions on the observed outcome of the data. It therefore makes use of questionnaire and interview in order to determine the opinions, attitudes etc of persons of interest to the researcher.
Population for the Study
According to N.C.C.E (2000), A population in research refers to the universe or the entire group of persons, objects or events whose characteristics are being studied. Population may refer to objects or things. So the target population for the study consists of all deaf students in the Kwara State school for the handicapped, Ilorin.
The population of the deaf students in the school presently is fifteen (15), but the total number of handicapped children in the school is 80.
Sample and Sampling Techniques
Sample is a portion of the population that shares all the general characteristics of the population, while
Sampling refers to a process of taking any portion of a population or universe as representative of that population or universe. Sample used in this study includes all the deaf students in the school for the handicapped, Ilorin were picked and interviewed. They were fifteen (15) in number. This method is adopted so as to enable the researcher collect data from all the available sample.
Instrument of the study
The instrument for this research work was a questionnaire tagged “Counselling Needs of the Deaf Students Questionnaireâ€. Questionnaire (C.N.O.D.S.Q). It is constructed by the researcher form the survey o the related literature. It is divided into two sections – A and B.
Section A – elicits personal information such as sex, age, religion and parents education.
Section B – seeks information on the counselling need of deaf. The responses and scoring are of 4, using the adopted four – likert-scale, that is: - strongly agreed (SA), Agreed (A), Disagreed (D), and Strongly Disagreed (SD).
They were to tick (√) the appropriate response to the item of the questionnaire. Marks were also allotted accordingly: - i.e. SA (4 points), A (3 points), D (2 points) and SD (1 point).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT This work is about The Learning Problems of The Deaf (Handicapped) Children in the Kwara State School for the Handicapped, Ilorin. A questionnaire titled Counselling Needs of Deaf Questionnaire was administered to fifteen deaf students of the institution and another ten students who are (non-deaf) normal students, four hypothesis were drawn and the t-test method was used to analyse the data. It was discovered that deaf problems that are not discovered at early stage ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIXUNIVERSITY OF ADO-EKITI IN QAFFILIATION WITH KWARA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ILORIN COUNSELLING NEEDS OF DEAF QUESTIONNAIRE (C.N.O.F.Q)Dear Students, The Questionnaire is designed to seek for opinion on the problems confronting deaf students in your school, it is only for research purpose please, reply faithfully to all the items. Section A: Personal Data Please mark by ticking the appropriate answerSex: Male ( ) Female ( ) Age: 11 – 14years ( ) ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Analysis of the relationship between the learning problems of male and female deaf students Table 2: Analysis of the difference in the learning capabilities of deaf students who come from literate homes and those from illiterate homes Table 3: Showing the analysis of the differences of the difference in the learning problems of deaf students at the tender age and those at the adult ageable 4: Analysis of the learning problems of Christian deaf ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Statement of the problems Purpose of the Study General Questions Research Questions Research Hypothesis Significance of the study Delimitation of the study Operational definitions of terms CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE RELA ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is to investigate the counselling needs of deaf students in the Kwara State school for the handicap. The study also seeks to establish whether: - (1) There is any difference in the counselling needs of male and female deaf students in the school for the handicap. (2) There is any difference in the counselling needs of young and old deaf students in the school for the handicap. (3) There is any difference in the cou ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Types of Impairment According to Onaolapo (2003), there are five main types of hearing impairement, these include the followings: - 1. Conductive hearing Impairement: - This impairement affects the outer and middle ear. In this type, sound waves are not conducted adequately to the inner ear and may be muddled up or not heard at all. 2. Sensori-neutral or Nerve hearing impairement: - This type of deafness affects the inner ear, sound vibration reaching th ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]H02: There is no significant difference in the learning problems of deaf students who have literate parents.The above table shows that the value (2.064) is less than the calculated value (3.315), hence the null hypothesis is not accepted. This then means that there is substantial difference in the learning capabilities of dead students who parents are literate and those whose parents are illiterate. H03: There is no significant difference in the learning problems of those who ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS This chapter deals with the summary of the study, the conclusions and recommendations of the study. The details of the above mentioned are as follows: - Summary This research work is designed to find the learning problems of handicapped children, especially the deaf in Kwara State School for the handicapped, Ilorin. In the course of the work therefore, attempts were made to answer such questions as: What is generally being handicap ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCES Adima, E.C., Ladipo O.O: Abosi C.O. (1981) Introduction to Special Education, Ibadan Heinmann. Akuju, O.D. (1989) Special Education: An important Component Education. Education Today journal of Federal Ministry of Education, 2 (70) 1-2. Augustine Nwoye (1988). The task and demands counselling the disabled persons in Nigeria. Jos. Fab, Anie (Nig) Ltd. Bukoye, R.O. (2005) Introduction to Special Education and needs for exceptional children.Denmark, J.C. (1993). The education of deaf c ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT This work is about The Learning Problems of The Deaf (Handicapped) Children in the Kwara State School for the Handicapped, Ilorin. A questionnaire titled Counselling Needs of Deaf Questionnaire was administered to fifteen deaf students of the institution and another ten students who are (non-deaf) normal students, four hypothesis were drawn and the t-test method was used to analyse the data. It was discovered that deaf problems that are not discovered at early stage ... Continue reading---