Browsing by Author "Kisilu Kitainge"

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    Monitoring of Educational Technology Progress to Enhance the Quality of Graduate Teachers From The Kenyan Universities
    (European Scientific Journal, 2024-12-23) Benjamin Kyalo Wambua; Marcella Mwaka; Anne Syomwene; Kisilu Kitainge
    It makes sense for a teacher education university to keep a close watch on its environments and adapt to any changes so that it can develop contingency plans and actions which reduce the response time needed to address an environmental opportunity or threat. The close watch helps identify the needs, changes, and challenges characteristic of the environment in which the graduate teacher will work, and understand how the impact of these affects a university’s teacher preparation strategy. Accurate and timely information about critical aspects of the environment related to educational technology are crucial to the quality of graduate teachers. The purpose of this study was to establish how progress in educational technology is monitored to enhance the quality of graduate teachers from Kenyan universities. The study was guided by the General Systems Theory by Bertalanffy (1975) and adopted a descriptive survey research design. Four universities selected from ten Kenyan universities engaged in teacher preparation programs participated in the study. Data was collected from forty lecturers from the selected universities using the questionnaire. This study established that there are low interaction levels between lecturers and head teachers. The flow of information on changes in the schools to lecturers’ profession was found to be slow. The study recommends that universities develop and promote research in teacher education in order to encourage evidence-based decision-making in all aspects of teacher development. Universities also need to establish communication structures that connect all relevant stakeholders in teacher education, which will consequently enable them to identify challenges relating to use of educational technology for both students and lecturers and deal with them.
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    Support Systems As Antecedents For Self-Employment Among TVET Graduate In Kenya
    (IJIRAS, 2024-07-19) Titus Kiptoo Murgor; Kisilu Kitainge; Ahnmed Ferej
    This paper assesses the effect of the following support systems as antecedents of self-employment among TVET graduates: The study adopted both explanatory and descriptive survey design .The study followed mixed method approach and employed both qualitative and quantitative technique. The study targeted 527 technician graduates from TVET institutions in Nakuru county Kenya. Simple random was used to select 320 sample size. Findings from Multiple Regression analysis indicated that entrepreneurship education, career guidance provision, tracking of graduates, links to professional networks and business incubation had significant and positive effect of self-employment. The findings have showed that the TVET institutions in Kenya have poor support systems although such systems have been shown to have positive effect on self-employment among the graduates. Furthermore, in order to have TVET institutions that are well equipped to meet the needs of the industry, additional funding should be channelled to these institutions with the aim of establishing adequately resourced institutions financially, asset and equipment and human capital.