Ellen Rombouts, Liesl Leenen, Bea Maes, Inge Zink
Gesture-speech integration is related to vocabulary skills in children with developmental language disorder, Williams syndrome and typical development
International journal of language & communication disorders
good health decisions depend ones ability think critically health claims make informed health choices young people learn skills schoolbased interventions learning resources need lowcost built around lessons fit existing curricula first step developing evaluating digital learning resources feasible use kenyan secondary schools conducted context analysis explore interest critical thinking health map critical thinking health best fits curriculum explore conditions introducing new learning resources describe information communication technology ict infrastructure available teaching learning employed qualitative descriptive approach interviewed 15 key informants carried two focus group discussions observed ict conditions five secondary schools reviewed seven documents conducted online catalog ict infrastructure schools n250 kisumu county participants included national curriculum developers national ict officers teachers national examiners used framework analysis approach analyze data report findings although critical thinking core competence curriculum critical thinking health currently taught kenyan secondary schools teachers health officials curriculum developers recognized importance teaching critical thinking health secondary schools stakeholders agreed informed health choices learning resources could embedded nine subjects national institute curriculum development regulates resources learning development new resources requires collaboration approval body schools use ict teaching use limited implementation kenyas ict policy framework schools faces several challenges include inadequate ict infrastructure poor internet connectivity teachers lack training experience teaching critical thinking health possible within current kenyan lower secondary school curriculum learning resources need designed inclusion across existing subjects national ict plan vision 2030 provides opportunity scaleup integration technology teaching learning environments enable future use digital resources schools however given current ict condition schools country digital learning resources designed function limited ict infrastructure unstable internet access use teachers low levels experience using digital technology