THESIS PROPOSAL ONE
THESIS PROPOSAL
By
MR
SAMSON BASIL MAGARA
ID
L 2000503293B
Degree Program:
Master of Arts in Curriculum
and Instruction
Module
One:
Project one: The Proposal
CURRICULUM
CHANGES IMPLEMENTATION IN KENYA Kenya
SAMSON BASIL MAGARA
DIR (I.S.L.E. India)
DLW (I S. L.E. India)
B.A (Agra , India
A proposal for a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment
of the
requirements of the
Degree of
Master
in Education curriculum and Instruction
Of
(University of Liverpool
November 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
Introduction
II.The Problem
a) Rationale,
significance or need for the study
b) Theoretical
framework for the proposed study
c) Statement of
the problem
d)
Hypothesis/Theories
e)
Delimitations and Limitations of the study
f) Defining terms
III. Literature Review
a)
Historical overview of the theory and research
literature
b)
The theory and research literature specific to the
Dissertation
IV. Research methodology
a) Research
population or sample
b) Data
collection
c) Data
analysis
d) Ethical
issues
V. Conclusions
VI.
Bibliography
I.
Introduction
As part of the curriculum
development in Kenya
But each time the implementation of
the changes has not been successful. These have always led to an outcry from
other stakeholders like the teachers, pupils and the parents.
The main aim of
this study is to highlight and reveal the problems, which have always led to
the poor implementation of curriculum changes in Kenya
Also it will give recommendations that will be open to the
Ministry of Education,
Schools and other
stakeholders in Education
11.The Problem
Rationale,
significance or need for the study
Education is a key factor to
development of any country. High standards of Education are likely to
contribute to the economic and political development of the people. Each
country should be prepared for innovations, and be ready to implement the
changes in curriculum to have a relevant curriculum which will gear all its
resources to match the level of economic development. Because of all these
there is a strong need for proper implementation of Educational curriculum in
schools.
Theoretical
framework for the proposed study
The information needed for this
study will be derived from the following sources;
- Kenya Education commission Reports since independence in 1963
- The
- Prof. Ratemo Michieka’s report on poor performance, which covered Greater Kisii Districts
- Newspapers, The nation, the East African standard, The people
5. Head teachers
6. Library research.
Statement
of the problem
Since independence, there have been
many educational commissions instituted by the Kenya Kenya
Hypothesis/Theories
1. Lack of basic facilities is the
major cause of poor implementation of educational curriculum
2. Are the teachers to blame for
the poor implementation?
3. Parents and students are non -
committal to the proper implementation of the curriculum
4. The government does not give
enough funds for implementation
5. central government dominance in
curriculum development and implementation has a role to play in poor curriculum
implementation in Kenya
Delimitations and
Limitations of the study
Limitations
1.The school managers may not be
free to give all the information.
2.The District Education office may
not give details of the inspection reports
3.Government, bodies/managers may
not reveal the problems associated with poor curriculum implementation in Kenya
Delimitations
1.The number of institutions
involved in the study. Getting information from the ministry of Education.
2.Comparing
information from school and what is given by the D.E.OS (triangulation).
Defining
terms
KNEC- a body,
which sets, marks and publishes examination results at year eight and year
twelve in Kenya
TSC – A body
that employs Teachers in Kenya
KNUT- A Teachers Union
in Kenya
D.E.O- District
Education office
D.I.S- District
Inspector of Schools
III. Literature Review
Information from
the following areas will be used in the dissertation;
1.Newspapers-
education reports from The Nation, The East African Standard, The Kenya Times,
The People
2.Inspection
Reports about Schools
3 KNEC about
performance
4 Professor
Michieka's report on performance of schools
5 .TSC –
Teachers Service commission
6.Questionnaires
filled by principal of schools
7. Internet
8.Different
authors on the same topic
9.D.E.O’s
reports
10.Library
11.Education
Review Reports
IV. Research Design
Research
methodology
Questionnaire method will be used
to collect information during the research.
Research
population or sample
The research population will comprise
of schools in Barabu Division of Kisii North District in Nyanza province Kenya
Data
collection
a) Information from schools
and The District Education Offices will involve the mailing of the
questionnaires to Kenya Kenya
1.Mrs Bathseba Nyaboke Magara
2.MR.Nyakundi Angwenyi
b) Information a bout
Inspection, and the General running of the schools will be got from the D.E.OS
Office at Nyamira (The District Headquarter.)
c). Information from the
Examination Council can be got from Kenya Library Services at Kisii Town by Mrs
Yapok and send for interpretation and analysis.
Data analysis
Collected data will be interpreted
and analysed by using tables and summary of findings.
Ethical issues
Confidentiality will be ensured as
data is collected from the Education Offices and schools.
V. CONLUSIONS
Threads of the research will be drawn together to arrive at some
general conclusion and suggest some way forward.
VI. Bibliography
Birch, w and
March, (1998), Guide to Successful thesis and dissertation, New York
Cohen, Land
Manion, (ed) (1989), Research Methods in Education, London
Creswell, J.W.
(1984) Research Design, London
Coombes, H
(2001), Research Using I.T
Walter, R
(1985), Doing Research
Fink, A, and
Kosecoff (1998), How to conduct Research Surveys
Czaja, R and
Blair, T. (1996), Designing Surveys
Zaja, R and
Blair, T. (1996), Designing Surveys