Teachers’ Pedagogical Preparedness for the Implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum in Public Secondary Schools in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
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Date
2022
Authors
Muchiri, Mohamed, Moses
Rosana, Ondigi, Samson
Kiio, Mueni, Ngungui
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IOSR-JRME
Abstract
The study addresses the issue of teachers’ pedagogical preparedness for the implementation of the CompetencyBased Curriculum (CBC) in Secondary Education Level (SEL). It adopted descriptive survey design where the
target population was limited to; 24 secondary schools, 24 head teachers and 100 geography teachers.
Purposive sampling was used to select the sample, which comprised of: 40 respondents; 30 geography teachers
and 10 head teachers. Piloting: validity and reliability of research instruments was conducted in two schools;
one from a Sub-County school and the other from a day secondary school to pre-test and adjust the instruments.
Validity was ensured by face, construct, and content validity while test re-test technique ensured instruments’
reliability. Data was collected using: questionnaires; for geography teachers, and interview guides; for head
teachers. The findings were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative data was analysed
using measures of central tendency to determine the mode and mean. Measures of spread were used to
determine the standard deviation. Qualitative data was processed by first sorting and discussing responses for
each item according to the objectives before editing, coding and reporting through descriptive narrative of the
views, experiences and opinions of both geography teachers and head teachers. From the findings of the study,
majority of the respondents had not attended in-service training and therefore, were not conversant with the
concept of the CBC. It was therefore, concluded that, a good number of them were struggling with the concept
of the CBC and lacked the capacity demanded by the CBC framework. It was established that teachers should be
subjected to in- service training to be equipped with core competencies. Early preparedness would encourage
them to be proactive in initiating subject dialogue in order to increase their experience hence enhancing the
implementation of the CBC.
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Keywords
Competency Based Curriculum, Concept, Competencies Readiness, Digital literacy, In-service
Citation
Mohamed, M. M., Ondigi, S. R., & Mueni, N. K. Teachers’ Pedagogical Preparedness for the Implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum in Public Secondary Schools in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.
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