A survey of teaching aids used by teachers in teaching home science in primary schools in Northern Division of Nairobi District
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Date
2014-04-07
Authors
Karingithi, Grace Gathoni
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Abstract
This research was a survey of teaching aids used
by Home Science teachers in teaching Home Science, in
six primary schools of Northern Division in Nairobi
District. Noting that teaching aids enhance understanding
and retention of content, the researcher wanted to
investigate the available teaching aids and their use.
The major objectives were to find out (1) The
teaching aids used (2) The acquisition, improvisation and
storage of these teaching aids (3) The problems
teachers face in acquiring and using the various teaching
aids.
The sample was randomly selected so that two
schools were taken from schedule A (the pre-Independence
schedules) two from schedule B, one from schedule C
and one from assisted schools. Home Science teachers of
standard 4, 5, 6. 7 and 8 were respondents both to the
questionnaires and the interviews administered by the
researcher.
The results of the study were that:
1) The major teaching aids used in teaching Home
Science were books which were both the officially
recommended by Kenya Institute of Education and not
officially recommended by Kenya Institute of Education
or any other authorised body. The other teaching
aids used were charts and realia such as
foodstuffs, pieces of materials and household
utensils.
2) Majority of the materials used are bought
although a few were made jointly by teachers and
pupils.
3) About ninety two percent of the materials are
stored in the classroom cupboards which all classes
had, although there were other storage systems
such as staffroom and Horne Science room.
4) Problems encountered were many, but the major ones
were lack of time, lack of funds and lack of
proper guidance from Kenya Institute of Education,
for example on which resource people to invite.
All these implied that with the wide syllabus, the
use of intensive teaching aids, as Kenya Institute of
Education intended, would affect the syllabus coverage
negatively.
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Department of Educational Communication and Technology, 87p. The TX 269 .K4K6 1988
Keywords
Home economics --Study and teaching(primary) --Kenya --Nairobi