Practice of Curriculum Development for Primary Education in Oromia Regional State

Dibisa, Shiferaw Geneti (2010) Practice of Curriculum Development for Primary Education in Oromia Regional State. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of curriculum development for primary Education in Oromia Regional State since 1995. To achieve this objective, department of curriculum and evaluation work process in Oromia Regional Education Bureau was selected as the main study area. To conduct the study, qualitative case study was employed. Purposive sampling was used to select for curriculum experts and one curriculum coordinator from curriculum development sub process of Oromia Regional Education Bureau. In addition to this, one curriculum coordinator was selected from curriculum Materials Development and Distribution process of Federal Ministry of Education. Interview, document analysis and observation checklist were used as instruments in data collection. The data were examined looking for common and distinctive ideas. Common issues were identified to form themes and interpretational analysis method was used in analyzing the data. The finding revealed that most of curriculum experts in Oromia Education Bureau who played major role in the curriculum work are not specialized for curriculum development. Stages of curriculum development for primary education in Oromia Regional state seem that it passes through the steps of curriculum planning and development in Ethiopia as indicated in ICDR (1999:32). The Model used for curriculum development was not clearly indicated and stated. An encouraging attempt has been made to involve the stakeholders who should be involved in the process of curriculum development for primary education. The curriculum development process was entangled with lack of material resources, reference materials in the library and financial support. Therefore, unless the prevailing problems are resolved, it would be difficult to develop a curriculum that reflects the needs of the social forces existing in society. Finally, for further improvement on the practice of curriculum development for primary education in Oromia Regional State, specializing the curriculum experts in the area of curriculum development process, facilitating the task of curriculum work with the necessary materials, transferring the library from Saris to the present location of Oromia Regional Education Bureau with better facility and making conducive the working space of curriculum experts are some suggestions forwarded by the researcher.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Vincent Mpoza
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2018 09:22
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2018 09:22
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7577

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