scholarly journals Examining Teachers’ Role in the Development and Implementation of Curriculum Support Materials in Secondary School Curricula in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Dr Lydia Kanake Kobiah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Delivery ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
School Curricula

This study's purpose was to establish teachers’ views towards their involvement in the choice and development of curriculum support materials and implementation of the secondary school curriculum in Kenya. The study involved 342 secondary school teachers and employed a descriptive survey research design. Data from principals and teachers was collected using an interview schedule and questionnaires, respectively. Analysis of the collected data was carried out using inferential and descriptive statistics. The study's findings showed that there existed a statically significant relationship between teachers’ views on their involvement in the choice and development of curriculum support materials for secondary school curriculum. However, teachers’ voice in the process of developing curriculum support materials was at the minimum: to a small extent (M=1.97). The study recommends that teachers who are key curriculum implementers should be engaged in planning and developing the curriculum in all stages for effective curriculum delivery in schools. KICD (Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development) should lay better strategies to involve teachers in the curriculum development process. The findings of this study will, hopefully, supplement government efforts directed towards the improvement of curriculum delivery in Kenyan secondary schools.

scholarly journals Teacher’s Voices Crying in the School Wilderness: Involvement of Secondary School Teachers in Curriculum Development in Zambia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Innocent Mutale Mulenga ◽  
Christine Mwanza
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Embedded Design ◽  
Significant Patterns

In Zambia, curriculum development for primary and secondary schools is done centrally. The CurriculumDevelopment Centre (CDC), the institution placed with the responsibility of facilitating curriculum development,claims that the Zambian school curriculum is developed through a consultative and participatory approach throughcourse and subject panels where teachers and other stakeholders are represented. However, there has been noempirical evidence to suggest the roles that teachers, who are the major implementers of the same curricular, arerequired to play in the development process. This study therefore, sought to establish perceptions of secondaryschool teachers on their role in the curriculum development process in Zambia. The concurrent embedded design ofthe mixed methods approach was employed with the qualitative approach dominating the study while the quantitativewas used to add detail. Data from secondary school teachers was collected using questionnaires while interviewguides were used for Head teachers. Raw data collected from interviews and questionnaires was analyzed usingthemes and descriptive statistics and then arranged into significant patterns so as to easily interpret and understandthe essence of the data. The findings of the study clearly suggested that the majority of secondary school teachers inLusaka were willing to participate in the curriculum development process, especially in situational analysis, in theformulation of educational objectives, in setting up the curriculum project, and in the writing of curriculum materialssuch as textbooks. From the study it was concluded that teachers were aware of some of the roles that they couldplay in the curriculum development but were not adequately involved in the development process.

scholarly journals The Reality of Education on Global Citizenship in Jordanian Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Mohammad Saleem AlZboon ◽  
Sarra AbdelHalim AlSleibi ◽  
Nisreen Abdalhafed Alofishat ◽  
Alaa Ahmad Harahsheh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
The Difference ◽  
School Curricula

The study aimed at identifying the reality of education on international citizenship in Jordanian schools from the point of view of the secondary school teachers in Jordan and knowing that there are statistically significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) in the sample of the study due to gender, specialization and years of experience. The study consisted of (33) items divided into (3) areas (school administration, school curriculum and teacher), and the sample of the study consisted of (516) teachers and teachers of secondary school in Balqa Governorate. the tool. The results showed that the reality of education on global citizenship in Jordanian schools from the point of view of teachers came to a medium degree of the tool as a whole, and where the order of areas as follows: teacher, school administration, school curriculum. The results also showed that there were significant differences in (α = 0.05) in the field of school administration due to the gender variable and for the benefit of males, and there were no statistically significant differences in the school curriculum, teacher and the tool as a whole due to gender variable. (1 to 5 years), and there were no statistically significant differences in the school curricula, school administration, and the whole instrument due to the difference in specialization. For the variable of experience of the recommendations in the light of the results reached by the need to rehabilitate and train teachers and school administrations on how to achieve education on global citizenship by subjecting them to multiple training programs before and during the service and the need to include values, knowledge and skills of education on global citizenship in the school curriculum more clearly and accurately. Which is based on critical thinking, problem solving, cooperative work and work through projects.

The evaluation in the physical sciences in the Moroccan secondary school curriculum: the case of experimental skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
El Hassan Touli ◽  
Mohammed Talbi ◽  
Mohamed Radid
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Adequate Education ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Experimental Skills

Evaluation is a task of great importance in the service of the teaching/learning that allows us to check whether or not specific educational objectives have been achieved.Currently, with the emergence of active pedagogies, according to several points of view, new challenges have emerged other than simply assessment.   As far as Moroccan education is concerned, assessment focuses on the level of mastery of specific skills on the part of learners at the beginning, during and at the end of the year, as well as at the end of each period of learning.Our present research is interested in the taking into consideration the evaluation of experimental skills in the physical sciences as part of the Moroccan educational system.To be able to check the hypotheses that have been advanced in our study, we developed a questionnaire that was distributed to a sample of physics-chemistry secondary school teachers in Morocco.The majority of the teachers in our sample have reported several constraints, including a lack of material necessary to plan and implement the work practices needed to provide an adequate education in terms of experimental activity in the field of physics-chemistry.   Keywords: Evaluation, teaching–learning, skills, physics and chemistry

Problems in presenting non-Euclidean geometries to high school teachers

1960 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Louis O. Kattsoff
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum

What is the place of non-Euclidean geometries and miniature systems in the secondary school curriculum, and in the curriculum for prospective secondary school teachers of mathematics?

scholarly journals Correlation between Curriculum and Employing Testing for Secondary School Teachers in Home Economics Subjects

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
EunYoung Lee ◽  
Jisu Kim ◽  
Youngjoo Na
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Certification Examination ◽  
Test Items ◽  
School Year ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum

This study analyzes the teacher certification examination from 2014 to 2019. The research methods are summarized as follows. First, the questionnaire on tests conducted from 2014 to 2019 was divided into ‘Teacher Eligibility Criteria’, ‘Assessment Area’, and ‘Evaluation Content Elements‘ for detailed analysis. Second, the examination for the 2019 school year from the 2014 school year compared the 2009 curriculum with the yearly question items in order to examine the correlation between the secondary school curriculum and test items. Third, this study examined the home economics department reflected in the curriculum of the five national universities. The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, according to the results of the questionnaire survey conducted from 2014 to 2019, the field of Home Economics education showed the highest rate of 25% or more in all years. Second, in order to examine the correlation between secondary school curriculum and Home Economics test items, this study compared the results of the 2014 - 2019 school year examination with the 2009 curriculum. Third, as a result of analyzing the curriculum of the five universities of the National College of Education, the basic courses were properly established at all colleges of education. As a result, the correlation was high overall, even within subcategories, the rate of exams was high only incertain attendants and the frequency of exams was low at some attendants.

scholarly journals Ilmastonmuutos lukion opetussuunnitelmissa ja maantieteen oppikirjoissa

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-24
Author(s):  
Sirpa Tani ◽  
Markus Hilander ◽  
Julia Leivo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Near Future ◽  
School Curricula

Oppikirjan merkitys suomalaisessa koulussa on perinteisesti ollut – ja yhä edelleen usein on – suuri: se, millaisia sisältöjä ja millaisia painotuksia oppikirjoissa esitetään, vaikuttaa vahvasti opetuksen etenemiseen. Tästä huolimatta oppikirjojen asiasisältöjä on tutkittu verrattain vähän. Ilmastonmuutoksen vakavuus on tunnustettu viime vuosina kansainvälisesti, ja tämä huoli on välittynyt myös koulutuksen ja kasvatuksen kentälle. On pohdittu sitä, mitä ilmastonmuutoksesta tulisi tietää, ja kenen vastuulla ilmastonmuutokseen liittyvien aiheiden opettaminen on. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelemme, miten ilmastonmuutosta käsitellään kahdessa suomalaisessa lukion pakollisen maantieteen kurssin oppikirjassa (GEOS ja Manner). Tulosten mukaan oppikirjat eroavat selvästi siinä, millaista tietoa ilmastonmuutoksesta ne sisältävät, millaisia havainnollistamisen keinoja niissä käytetään ja millaisen painoarvon ne antavat yksilölle ja yhteiskunnalle ilmastonmuutoksen hillinnässä ja sopeutumisessa. Oppikirjojen yksi suurimmista puutteista on se, että ne eivät esittele riittävästi helposti toteutettavia ilmastonmuutoksen hillitsemisen keinoja. Tulevissa lukion opetussuunnitelman perusteissa (2019) ilmastonmuutos mainitaan lähes kuusinkertaisesti aiempaan opetussuunnitelmaan (2015) verrattuna. Tämä voi vaikuttaa lukion maantieteen pakollisen kurssin oppikirjojen sisältöihin lähitulevaisuudessa.   Climate change in upper secondary school curricula and geography textbooks Abstract The role of textbooks has traditionally been – and still very often is – very important in the Finnish education system: the content of textbooks and the emphasis put on them strongly influence the progress of teaching. Nonetheless, relatively little research has been conducted about the content of Finnish textbooks and especially about how climate change is presented in textbooks. In recent years, the seriousness of climate change has been recognized internationally and this concern has also been transmitted to the field of education. Questions such as what is needed to know about climate change and who is responsible for teaching the topics of climate change have already been asked. In this article, we therefore examine how climate change is presented in two Finnish upper secondary school geography textbooks (GEOS and Manner). According to the results, the textbooks clearly differ in the types of information they contain on climate change, the ways that are used to illustrate climate change, and the importance they place on individuals and society in mitigating and adapting to climate change. One of the major shortcomings of the textbooks is that they do not provide enough easy-to-implement ways of mitigating climate change. On the other hand, climate change is mentioned six times more in the forthcoming upper secondary school curriculum (2019) compared to the previous curriculum (2015). This may affect the content of textbooks for the mandatory upper secondary school geography in the near future. Keywords: climate change, upper secondary school geography, curriculum, textbook  

scholarly journals Incorporating nanoscale science and technology into secondary school curriculum: Views of nano-trained science teachers

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Laherto
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Nanoscale Science ◽  
School Curricula

The growing societal significance of nanoscience and nanotechnology (NST) entails needs for addressing these topics in school curricula. This study lays groundwork for responding to those needs in Finland. The purpose was to analyse the appropriateness of NST for secondary school curriculum contents. First, a week-long in-service teacher training course was arranged on content knowledge of NST. After attending the course, 23 experienced science teachers were surveyed regarding their views on the educational significance of these issues, and on prospects for including them into the curriculum. A questionnaire with open-ended questions was used. Qualitative content analysis of the responses revealed that the respondents considered NST as desirable contents for secondary school, but arranging instruction is problematic. The teachers emphasised the educational significance of many applications, scientific principles and ethical issues related to NST. The outcomes are discussed with reference to recent studies on teachers’ barriers and educational concerns regarding NST.

Projects: The Connected Geometry Project

1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (7) ◽  
pp. 612-614
Author(s):  
Sharon Stenglein
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Education Development ◽  
National Science ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Development Center

Connected Geometry is a secondary school curriculum development project funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts.

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