The State of Teachers' Participation in the Process of Primary School Curriculum Development in Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples' Region

Endeshaw, Amde Michael (2003) The State of Teachers' Participation in the Process of Primary School Curriculum Development in Southern Nations and Nationalities and Peoples' Region. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between nine categorized possible curriculum development areas for teachers involvement and the extent of present and desired participation on 40 item decisional statements, as well as education officials' practice of encouraging collaborative and particpative curriculum development activities . In addition, the existence of practical involvement of primary school ' teachers was also examined . Further , respondents' biographical characteristic variables such as qualification, experience nationality language acquisition were also correlated with the present and desired levels of participation. To achieve the objective of the study, 3 Zones and 2 Special Woredas ; 8 woredas ( 2 from each Zones ) and 20 primary governmental schools were selected as a sample . A questionnaire mainly made - up of close - ended with five - stage rating scale , and an average rate of participation three ( 3.00) other alternatives and open-ended items were developed to collect first hand data required to answer the basic questions raised in the chapter of this paper . It was distributed to 32 educational officers; 20 school principals and 240 teachers. A total collection of usable questionnaires were 242 in number. The major findings were : (i) teachers desire of participation in all areas of curriculum development practices was significantly higher than the actually experienced , (ii) the concern given by educational official for encouraging teachers ' participation in curriculum development activities was at significantly lower level , (iii) female experienced and desire more participation at instructional or classroom level than males , who actually experienced and desire more participation at policy formulation, curriculum designing and planning (iv) low level of academic qualification was found to hinder teachers' participation , (v) academic qualification, work experience, and acquisition of nationality languages, lack of resource materials , were found to influence to be low teachers' participation.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
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: Selom Ghislain
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2018 09:50
Last Modified: 22 Jun 2018 09:50
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/4147

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