IJCISS Vol.03 Issue-06, (June, 2016) ISSN: 2394-5702 International Journal in Commerce, IT & Social Sciences (Impact Factor: 3.455) CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION AND THE TEACHER: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD Nnabuike E.K Department of Educational Foundation Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu Aneke M.C Department of Educational … 0000000596 00000 n
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Obstacles to the curriculum implementation are identified, including the nature of official curriculum documents, teacher content knowledge, the nature of the topic, differences between teachers’ beliefs and the underlying ideology of the proposed curriculum, learner and parental expectations, institutional arrangements, and time restrictions. teacher training on curriculum, in adequate time allocation, and insufficient teaching and learning materials on the subject impacted negatively on the implementation of curriculum. Curriculum is a political agreement; it outlines the government’s national agenda (IBE, 2013). <<89709EA6F555904E9A24C627A9AEC5CE>]>>
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These included lack of resources, inadequate training and heavy workloads. The skill, training of teachers, planning and the way in which inclusive education is implemented has a … In the light of these findings it was recommended that teachers should be given opportunities for their participation in formulation and/or review of curriculum. Education is an important aspect of economic development. They make a number of decisions with respect to the implementation of any given curriculum and to reach these decisions, they need to take into account the learning abilities of their students, the curriculum documents, resources available and their own strengths. Index TermsIssues, Challenges, Implementation, Early - Childhood, Education and Nigeria. The aim of this study was to investigate the challenges that teachers face with regard to the implementation of inclusive education in the Maseru district of Lesotho. cz{��"!+�?��T�����ՇXN�X.,��攣�J��%b��Z&�FP��v�?�&Ē����L��d%�i
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Africa Education Review: Vol. Challenges in Curriculum Implementation . district education office were also included in the study. 502 Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | Vol 50 | Issue 3 | Jul-Sep, 2016 www.ijper.org Challenges and Opportunities in Integrated Curriculum of Health Professions Education – A Critical View Peraman Ramalingam1*, Ramprasad Muthukrishnan2, Subish Palaian3, Subramani Parasuraman4 and Zakirul Islam Md5 1Centre for Pharmaceutical Research (CPR), Raghavendra … Curriculum change presents teachers, schools and boards of management with a unique opportunity to engage in professional development, improve learning outcomes, and prepare children for the challenges and opportunities of the future. Teachers training through in-service BEST (2008) recommended that on its statistics, the numbers of community secondary schools has increased with 91 government secondary schools and 2948 community secondary schools while the %%EOF
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Parents will be more involved in their children’s education process, and ministries of education will have a much clearer understanding of the gaps and challenges (in connectivity, hardware, integration of digital tools in the curriculum, teacher’s readiness) that exist in using technology effectively and act upon that. By Evans Muranganwa. 0000022976 00000 n
Specifically the study was designed to: • find out the extent to which the curriculum of preprimary education was implemented in the primary school classrooms. CHALLENGES FACED BY CURRICULUM DESIGNERS 2 Challenges faced by Curriculum Designers Curriculum implementation as defined by Kagoire and Okello (1996:124) is a network involving various activities in the translation of curriculum designs into classroom activities with an aim of changing people’s attitude to participate and to accept the activities involved. xref
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Curriculum implementation-related challenges included inadequate weight given to CSE when integrated into other subjects, insufficient adaptation of the curriculum to local contexts, and limited stakeholder participation in curriculum development. Curriculum Implementation and the Effective Teacher Challenges of the Teacher as a Curriculum Implementer Recommendations The Concept of Curriculum Curriculum as viewed by Alebiosu (2005) is an instrument that dictates the affairs of every educational system. (2020). The social, economic and political needs of the citizens in a country may be met through the curriculum, however curriculum face challenges in its implementation. (News Of The South) - A teachers union has revealed that the new education curriculum is posing challenges to teachers. Challenges at all levels in education, impact on the successful education of children and the future of young adults who must as equal members of society enter a fast changing global economy. hÞmkÛ0ÿ`_6X§7[²¡¸YmIXÆJ?¨æ;Øj×þûé$+uF¶¦ÃH:Ýt§{ÌIJA¤Q*A`ƨd Dà iDê4%QD¤Ñt~óì=¾ÒÕ£=wñÓNúó5\Ö«f]Ö
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