- Title
- Educators ‘Perceptions of The Implementation of The National Curriculum Statement in Mt Fletcher District of The Eastern Cape Province
- Creator
- Sikhunyana, Philiswa
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Masters theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2957
- Identifier
- vital:43114
- Description
- The National Department of Education has undergone drastically changes from 1994. This study is about teacher‘s perceptions of the implementation of NCS. This study seeks to reveal the perception, feelings and the beliefs of teachers towards the implementation of the New Curriculum Statement in Mount Fletcher District of Eastern Cape Province. A mixed mode approach was conducted in this study in a form of quantitative and qualitative methods. Stratified random sampling (schools) and purposive sampling was used to draw the participants (teachers) from different High schools in Mt Fletcher. Data was analyzed following this pattern of organizing, transcribing, coding, establishing themes or categories, structuring, findings which paved way for the recommendations of this study and conclusion. The findings of this study reveals that teachers are just shooting in the dark in the sense that few teachers are implementing NCS successfully using their own methods and strategies of teaching and learning with a very limited clear understanding of the policy documents related to NCS principles while most schools and teachers are implementing through trial and error method, policy documents are just ―blue print to them as they received no clarity of them. And above all, teachers are lamenting on systematic, pedagogical and societal challenges that hindering the process of thorough implementation of NCS. Based on the findings the researcher recommends that the National Department of Education must pay attention for the Systemic challenges e.g. thorough training of teachers on methods of teaching and learning so that they can be able to understand the policies and methods of teaching and learning. She also recommends that whenever the NDoE is introducing new reforms on education, advocacy and awareness must reach the level of implementers not the understanding of the delegates. The NDoE again must pay attention to overcrowded classrooms and classes that are not conducive for teaching and learning (poor infrastructure), lack of basic and appropriate learning materials; Societal challenges e.g. Lack of parental support and Pedagogical challenges e.g. inappropriate teaching methods as well as learning and teacher support material, unqualified and under-qualified teachers, inappropriate assessment procedures, lack of support for teachers. Key words: National Curriculum statement; Teachers; Department of Education; Implementation and Perception.
- Description
- Thesis (MMED) -- Faculty of Educational Sciences, 2013
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (136 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Walter Sisulu University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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