A Study of the Factors that Affect the Teaching and Learning of Primary School Art/Crafts and Agriculture as Prevocational Subjects in Hamisi Division of Kakamega District Subjects in Hamisi Division of Kakamega District

Mse, Godfrey S. (1986) A Study of the Factors that Affect the Teaching and Learning of Primary School Art/Crafts and Agriculture as Prevocational Subjects in Hamisi Division of Kakamega District Subjects in Hamisi Division of Kakamega District. Masters thesis, Kenyatta University.

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Abstract

This study was conducted in Hamisi division of Kakamega District in the Republic of Kenya. The research design of the study was a single elementsurvey.The purpose of this study was to try and find out the problems that teachers and pupils encounter(ed) in the teaching and learning of the newly emphasized prevocational subjects - with special emphasis to Art/Crafts and Agriculture - in the division's primary schools. It was envisaged by the researcher that such factors fell into two broad categories:- ( i) physical factors (i i) psychological (mental) factors. In view of the historical "down - grading" of these subjects in primary schools by leading educationists (Ominde, 1964), the examining bodies and subsequently by teachers, pupils and parents,the researcher tried to find out whether the attitudes had changed with the new emphasis placed on the subject such that they are now examinable in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination. It was also the aim of the researcher to find out whether any lagging negative attitudes, if any, among the teachers and pupils did affect the teaching andlearning of these subjects. The researcher also sought to establish the effects of such physical factors as lack of (or inadequate) classrooms, workshops, textbooks, writing materials etc. on the teaching and learning of these subjects. The researcher collected the information required by means of observation, oral discussions/interviews and administration of questionnaires to the headteachers, the teacher teaching Art/Crafts and Agriculture in standards 7 and 8 and the pupils in the two classes. He then analysed and reported his findings and made appropriate recommendations on the subject.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Mr Michael Otieno
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2017 14:30
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2017 14:30
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/1901

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