Influence Of School Enviorment On The Learning Experience Of Stutterers In Inclusive Education In Owerri

Abstract

This study investigated influence of school environment on learners with stuttering in an inclusive school in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Using a descriptive research design the study adopted simple random sampling technique to select 115 identified learners with stuttering from across. questionnaire on influence of environment on learners with stuttering from 10 schools with inclusive education program, (boys 62 and girls 53). The ten itemed questionnaire was administered to the respondents, data obtained from the respondents was analyzed using independent T-test and mean statistical tools at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that impact of stuttering influences negatively on learners with stuttering. With the result showing a composite mean value of 3.12 indicating a much higher outcome than the benchmark score of 2.50 expected of learners generally. Also, there was significant mean score difference in the learning experience of male and female learners who are stutterers as male students are much more affected by stuttering disorder than female learners in the studied schools. Therefore, it was recommended that students who are stutterers should endeavour to participate fully in classroom teaching and learning experience and practice their reading repeatedly so as to develop the capacity to master the pronunciations of words, sounds and syllables.