Keywords
Education -- Kenya -- Case studies, Primary school teachers -- Kenya -- Case studies, Teachers -- Training of -- Kenya -- Case studies, Teaching -- Kenya -- Case studies
Abstract
The method of instruction and the formal curriculum within two Kenyan teacher training colleges were studied in order to discover which messages regarding pedagogical practice are internalized within novice Kenyan primary school teachers and then actualized within their classrooms. An educational connoisseurship approach was utilized to give descriptive, interpretive, evaluative, and thematic insight. Three data streams were collected through interview, observation, and design evaluation in order to establish structural corroboration and internal validity. The study found that the method of instruction by the teacher training college faculty was teacher-centered and utilized lower order cognitive methodology. Though the formal curriculum design was strong, it too promoted lower cognitive processes. These two messages, teacher-centered pedagogies and lower cognitive processes, are being internalized and applied by the novice teachers and maybe affecting the quality of education in Kenyan schools. The results of this study suggest that pedagogical skills promoting higher cognitive levels should be developed through in-service training in Kenyan training colleges and primary schools as a way to improve the quality of education in this country.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2011
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Biraimah, Karen
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0003883
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003883
Language
English
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Education, Education -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Kranz, Carol A., "A Qualitative Case Study Of Novice Kenyan Primary School Teachers What Messages Transmitted By The Teacher Training Colleges Are Internalized And Applied?" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1859.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1859