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Parental Perceptions of the Competence-based Secondary School Curriculum and Support for Schools in Uganda: Participatory Approaches (87615)
Session: On Demand
Room: Virtual Video Presentation
Presentation Type: Virtual Presentation
Among the reforms introduced to enhance skills development in Uganda’s secondary school graduates, is the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). This approach to learning emphasizes demonstration and other experiential methods in developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and applying them to real life situations. Emphasis is on learning in the communities for ownership and responsibility, thus, enlisting stakeholder support for supervision and providing feedback to the teaching and learning processes. Implemented in the year 2000, the first cohort of students will sit for ordinary level examinations in October 2024. However, concerns have been raised by stakeholders about the curriculum. This paper presents findings of a study that aimed to ascertain how parental perceptions and understanding of the revised curriculum impacts support to schools. Conducted in three secondary schools, the study adopted the pragmatic learning theory (Dewey 1948) that focus on how children learn, are socialized at home, school and in surrounding environments. Central is that children learn through experience, and that parents, teachers and the school are systems in which education functions. A qualitative study involved 31 participants: 10 parents, 10 students, 8 teachers, and 3 administrators. Findings showed that majority of the parents were unfamiliar with the curriculum. Concern was that media information on what children learn and the modes of assessment was distorted, conflicting and unreliable. Further, it explains how joint engagement with parents and other stakeholders as co-researchers through action research initiative of ‘community conferencing’ in local languages raised awareness, subsequently, enhanced understanding of parental roles in support for schools.
Authors:
Alice Wabule, Cavendish University Uganda, Uganda
About the Presenter(s)
Dr ALICE WABULE is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Cavendish University Uganda in Uganda
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