Inbuilt Self-Regulating Social Mechanisms of Behaviour Management in Kamuratanet among the Kalenjin, Kenya
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 12
Abstract
African cultural practices and traditions provided individuals with socially mediated contexts of behaviour adaptation and learning. With Westernization most children today have few structures to learn social self-regulating. The role of cultural structures, such as Circumcision (Yatitaet in Kalenjin) was explored for its potential educational value and how it provided initiates with contexts for self-regulating behaviour management. The main purpose of this study was to carry out a qualitative research into Kamuratanet as an Educational self-regulating social mechanism of behaviour management among the Kalenjin and derive a conceptual model based on the findings. The specific objective of the study was to describe the inbuilt selfregulating mechanisms of behaviour management deployed in Kamuratanet. The theoretical foundation of this study hinges on three premises: Functionalist perspective originated by Emile Durkheim; Social Cultural Theory by Lev Vygotsky; and the Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura. The study was qualitative, informed by Interpretivist paradigm and guided by Ethnographic research design. Purposive and Snowball sampling procedures were used to get participants with experience, deep knowledge and an understanding of the Kalenjin cultural systems of socialization. Twelve participants informed the research where data was generated through intensive face to face semi-structured oral interviews. Consequently, a multi-method approach was used in data analysis in order to enhance findings. The findings of the study determined existence of educational selfregulating social mechanisms of behaviour management embedded in Kamuratanet.
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Dr. Charles J. Chemitei
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