Effects of Communication Involved in Play in Developing Interpersonal Skills: A Case of Selected Standard Seven Pupils in Six Primary Schools in Lang‟Ata Constituency, Nairobi County
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2017-07
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School of communication, Daystar University
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the communication involved in play on standard seven children‟s interpersonal communication skills development in six selected primary schools in Lang‟ata Constituency in Nairobi County. The study utilized a descriptive research design and was guided by two-way theory of communication. The target population comprised 6 head teachers, 44 teachers and 690 children in six selected primary schools in Lang‟ata Constituency. The head teachers were purposively sampled making number remain at six, whole representation of teachers was used leaving the sample size at 44 but 10% was used on the children making sample size 69. Questionnaires containing open and close-ended questions were administered to the head teachers and teachers of the schools while interview guide and observation were used to collect data from the children which was later analyzed and presented with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The major findings of the study were that 94% of the children agreed that they played in school making play an effective tool for this study. Various forms of communication were evident in play including verbal, aural, non-verbal written and visual. Key interpersonal communication skills including negotiation, problem solving, leadership, listening, verbal communication, decision making, assertiveness and non-verbal skills were very apparent during the communication that was taking place as children played. The study also found out that the interpersonal communication skills that children developed as they played were very relevant in their professional and personal relationships thereby presenting a solution to the problem of most people lacking interpersonal communication skills by showing how play can help children learn these skills at a young age. Schools should find other ways that children could gain interpersonal skills other than play.
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Developing Interpersonal Skills, Lang'ata Constituency, Standard seven children, Primary schools
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Oburu, Redempta (2017) Effects of Communication Involved in Play in Developing Interpersonal Skills: A Case of Selected Standard Seven Pupils in Six Primary Schools in Lang'ata Constituency, Nairobi County. School of communication, Daystar University: Thesis