Prevailing Methods of Teaching Daily Living and Socialization Skills to Students with Intellectual Disability in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State

Abstract

Despite the inclusion of students with intellectual disability into the mainstream education, these sets of learners are still not having access to education like other Nigerian children without disability. This is partially attributed to lack of adequate management from their teachers and care-givers. This study, therefore examined teachers' methods of teaching daily living and socialization skills of students with intellectual disability in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara state. Descriptive survey research was used. Simple random sampling technique was used to select fifty (50) teachers. A structured twenty item questionnaire tiled methods used in teaching daily living and socialization skills to students with intellectual disabilities was used in collecting data (r=0.79). Percentage, frequency and mean were used to analyse the data collected. The findings of the study indicated that interactive teaching methods; cooperative teaching methods, teacher-direct approach and team-teaching methods are teaching methods used by teachers to teach daily living and socialization skills to students with intellectual disability. Furthermore, inadequate teaching/learning materials, lack of facility to enhance teaching and learning and lack of fund are the major challenges experienced. Pictorial charts, modeling and video devices are teaching materials that can enhance the teaching of daily living and socialization skills to students with intellectual disabilities. Thus, school managers and experts in special education should encourage and mobilize for parental support through seminar, conferences and public education to ensure continued training of daily living and socialization skills at home.