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Department of Educational Psychology,
Kenyatta University, Kenya
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Department of Educational Psychology, Kenyatta University
P.O. Box 43844
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254-2-810 901
Fax: +254-2-811 242
E-mail:[email protected]
Professor Frederick Moses Okatcha
Director
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– Health interventions and the development of children
– Cultural influences on the locus of control among children
– Rural children’s medical knowledge
– Drug abuse
– Children under difficult circumstances
– Individual members of staff also carry out research in areas of their
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Academic staff
2 full professors
2 associate professors
9 senior lecturers
13 lecturers
2 tutorial fellows
1 graduate assistant
Disciplines
– Educational psychology
– Developmental psychology
– Social psychology
– Clinical psychology
– Guidance and counselling
– Experimental psychology
– Statistics
– Tests and measurements
– Research methods
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Centres attached to the Department:
– Early Childhood Education Centre
– Special Education Centre
– Neuropsychology Assessment and Research Centre
– Guidance and Counselling Centre
The Department collaborates with:
– Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory (DBL)
– Danish National Institute for Educational Research (DPI)
– Niilo Maki Institute, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
– Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi (Kenya)
– Kenya Ministry of Health
– Kenya Medical Research Centre
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Last updated: 14 September 1998