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Influence of Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes Towards Performance in Shorthand in Technical Training
Silvia Kanyaa Vundi, Joseph W. Nasongo and Eunice Majanga
Corresponding Author: Joseph Wamocha Nasongo
Submitted: 2010 November, 11
Accepted: 2011 March, 08
Published: 2011 March, 30 |
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Scholastic achievement is the goal of any training. The trainee’s attitude to a subject greatly
influences the outcome. This study sought to look at the influence of the learner’s attitude towards shorthand
subject on one’s performance in the subject by examining the ‘self’ and the ‘significant other’ variables namely
subject teachers and course peers. The case study method was used where all the 40 students and 6 teachers
in the Secretarial Section of Thika Technical Training Institute, made the study population. The results are a
significant basis for effective policy making on shorthand subject in Tertiary Level Institutions in Kenya. Both
qualitative and quantitative data was elicited through questionnaires, interview schedules and document
analysis. Data was developed by use of the SPSS text editor. The findings indicated that labeling the subject
as ‘difficult’ through peer influence had resulted in the ‘self-fulfilling prophesy’ of incapability in the subject.
Further, majority find the subject obsolete in today’s technologically automated world of a secretary. The
curriculum developers need to review the place of shorthand in the secretarial career today because cultivating
a positive self-concept in a subject is not just about the ‘significant others’ influence but also springs from
appreciating its normative dimension.
Key words: Attitudes, performance, self concept, shorthand, , ,
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Silvia Kanyaa Vundi, Joseph W. Nasongo and Eunice Majanga, . Influence of Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes Towards Performance in Shorthand in Technical Training. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): 59-65.
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