dr-wanjohi-githinji


Position: Lecturer
Department: Early Childhood Studies
Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844 - 00100 Nairobi
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Area of Specialization

  • Language Policy And Practice In Education

  • Early Childhood Education

  • Qualitative Research

  • Project Design And Management

Publications

  • Mshelbila E. D., Kamau- Kang’ethe R. W. & Wanjohi Githinji, Influence of Parents’ Support on Pupils’ Transition From PrePrimary Schools to Lower Primary Schools In Jimeta, Adamawa State, Nigeria, International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce Vol. 3 No. 1, January-2018

  • 2016- African Urban Youth Languages International Conference; Presented a Paper on Influence of Sheng’ in Education in an International Conference Organized by the Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University

  • 2014: Institute of African Studies Conference; A paper on Mother Tongue Policy Implementation and Language of Instruction Practices in Lower Primary School Classes; A Case of Nyeri County, Kenya Published in the Journal Centre for Advanced African Societies (CASAS). 

  • 2014: A chapter on Philosophical, Sociological and Historical Foundations of ECDE in the Revision book by Longhorn Publishers Ltd

  • 2013: Published a Book on Vocabulary Spurt in Early Childhood Development, A Case of 18-24 Months Old Rural Children in Kenya, Lambert Academic Publishing 

  • 2009: ECDE Course book titled Language Development in Early Childhood Development, by Longhorn Publishers.

  • 2009: ECDE Course book titled Philosophical, Sociological and Historical Development of Early Childhood Education in Kenya, by Longhorn Publishers.

Research

  • December, 2014: Research on Policy vs Practice in Language in Education in Lower Primary Schools in Kenya; For a Ph.D Thesis Supervised by Dr. Gladwel Wambiri and Dr Racheal Kamau-Kang’ethe.

  • December, 2007: Research on Factors Contributing to Vocabulary Spurt in Kenyan Children Aged 18-24 Months;A Case of Nyeri County. M.Ed. Thesis supervised by Dr. Barbra Koech and Dr. Eunice Nyamasyo

  • May, 2007: Carried out a Needs Analysis for International Research Institute Centre on Effects of Poverty Levels on literacy achievement of vulnerable children in Kenya

  • FEBRUARY, 2008: Written a successful Project Proposal for expansion and equipping of DICECE Literacy Resource Center in Kenya.

  • September, 2009 : Carried out a Baseline Survey sponsored by local NGOs in the area on school preparedness of Children aged below 5 years in the ASAL regions of Nyeri, Kenya