N ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING
BIRTH TRAUMA AND ITS DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BULAWAYO AND MATABELELAND REGIONS.
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Title
N ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING
BIRTH TRAUMA AND ITS DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BULAWAYO AND MATABELELAND REGIONS.
BIRTH TRAUMA AND ITS DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BULAWAYO AND MATABELELAND REGIONS.
Creator
NTOMBIYENDABA MUCHUCHUTI
Description
This qualitative case study involved an assessment of neuropsychological development
following birth trauma and its didactic implications. The aim was to evaluate how brain
injuries occurring before, during and after birth affect the children’s mental ability. In the
study, 20 purposively selected children born at Mpilo Central Hospital, United Bulawayo
Hospitals, Gwanda Provincial and Tsholotsho District Hospital Maternity centres were used
as the research participants. Their parents, the school heads, class teachers, the school
psychologists, the nurses and doctors were used as information sources for the required data.
Document analysis of medical and school records and Standardised non-verbal tests
triangulated the data sources. Major findings were that: Children with Traumatic Birth
Injuries (TBI) were among learners in mainstream schools and some of them were not
benefiting from the teaching methodologies and curricula in schools. The children had
challenges in cognitive and behavioural domains which manifested in memory, mastery, poor
performance in Mathematics and English and they had behavioural problems. Most of them
set in the bottom 10 of the class. Most teachers had problems with teaching children with
TBI. The study made the following recommendations: revision of policies and statutory
instruments governing medical practise; resuscitation of maternal health systems in the
country; mainstreaming inclusion in teacher-education; improvement of teaching and learning
conditions; and observing reasonable teacher-pupil ratio. Collaboration of multi-sectoral
alliances in the education of children with TBI is encouraged if the traumatised children are to
benefit from time in school. Further research should focus on collaborative research in mental
health and effective schooling of children with TB
following birth trauma and its didactic implications. The aim was to evaluate how brain
injuries occurring before, during and after birth affect the children’s mental ability. In the
study, 20 purposively selected children born at Mpilo Central Hospital, United Bulawayo
Hospitals, Gwanda Provincial and Tsholotsho District Hospital Maternity centres were used
as the research participants. Their parents, the school heads, class teachers, the school
psychologists, the nurses and doctors were used as information sources for the required data.
Document analysis of medical and school records and Standardised non-verbal tests
triangulated the data sources. Major findings were that: Children with Traumatic Birth
Injuries (TBI) were among learners in mainstream schools and some of them were not
benefiting from the teaching methodologies and curricula in schools. The children had
challenges in cognitive and behavioural domains which manifested in memory, mastery, poor
performance in Mathematics and English and they had behavioural problems. Most of them
set in the bottom 10 of the class. Most teachers had problems with teaching children with
TBI. The study made the following recommendations: revision of policies and statutory
instruments governing medical practise; resuscitation of maternal health systems in the
country; mainstreaming inclusion in teacher-education; improvement of teaching and learning
conditions; and observing reasonable teacher-pupil ratio. Collaboration of multi-sectoral
alliances in the education of children with TBI is encouraged if the traumatised children are to
benefit from time in school. Further research should focus on collaborative research in mental
health and effective schooling of children with TB
Publisher
ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Date
2013
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Citation
NTOMBIYENDABA MUCHUCHUTI, “N ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING
BIRTH TRAUMA AND ITS DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BULAWAYO AND MATABELELAND REGIONS.,” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/307.
BIRTH TRAUMA AND ITS DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BULAWAYO AND MATABELELAND REGIONS.,” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/307.
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