Maseno Youth Polytechnics Curriculum in Kenya
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CURRICULUM OFFERING AT MASENO YOUTH POLYTECHNIC,EMUHAYA DISTRICT OF WESTERN PROVINCE.
BY
CHRIS PHELIX OKOTH
ED/MPHIL/7017/09
SUPERVISOR- CIM 898
DR. ANN KISILU
A research thesis submitted in partial, fulfillment for the requirement of the award of Master of Philosophy Degree in Curriculum Development: Department of Curriculum Instructional and Educational Media, School Of Education; Moi University.
AUGUST 2010
ABSTRACT.
The purpose of this study was to establish the extend to which Tyler rationale (1949) theory of curriculum development is observed in the curriculum offering at a special institution in a course in the study of Master of Philosophy Degree in Curriculum Development in this case Maseno youth polytechnic selected purposively and conveniently due to cost and time effectiveness to the researchers’ circumstances. The study involved choosing one of the special institutions in the education sector including visually challenged, hearing impaired, physically challenged and technical institutions. There are about 44 such youth polytechnics in the country. The objectives were to establish the aims, goals and objectives of the youth polytechnics; to find out the criteria used in selecting the learning experiences (content),organization of the learning experiences(methodologies) and finally looking at evaluation of not only the end product of the processes of learning but also the processes themselves. The study was based on Tyler’s objective model of curriculum development as its theoretical framework of. The research design and methodology took the descriptive survey approach and involved collecting quantitative data from students sample (N=60) and sampling frame of all the students in the institution; teachers sample of (N=15) from a sample frame of all the teachers in the school. The figures were slightly high from the thresh hold of 30% of the population for sampling representativeness to take care of missing data. Interview
BY
CHRIS PHELIX OKOTH
ED/MPHIL/7017/09
SUPERVISOR- CIM 898
DR. ANN KISILU
A research thesis submitted in partial, fulfillment for the requirement of the award of Master of Philosophy Degree in Curriculum Development: Department of Curriculum Instructional and Educational Media, School Of Education; Moi University.
AUGUST 2010
ABSTRACT.
The purpose of this study was to establish the extend to which Tyler rationale (1949) theory of curriculum development is observed in the curriculum offering at a special institution in a course in the study of Master of Philosophy Degree in Curriculum Development in this case Maseno youth polytechnic selected purposively and conveniently due to cost and time effectiveness to the researchers’ circumstances. The study involved choosing one of the special institutions in the education sector including visually challenged, hearing impaired, physically challenged and technical institutions. There are about 44 such youth polytechnics in the country. The objectives were to establish the aims, goals and objectives of the youth polytechnics; to find out the criteria used in selecting the learning experiences (content),organization of the learning experiences(methodologies) and finally looking at evaluation of not only the end product of the processes of learning but also the processes themselves. The study was based on Tyler’s objective model of curriculum development as its theoretical framework of. The research design and methodology took the descriptive survey approach and involved collecting quantitative data from students sample (N=60) and sampling frame of all the students in the institution; teachers sample of (N=15) from a sample frame of all the teachers in the school. The figures were slightly high from the thresh hold of 30% of the population for sampling representativeness to take care of missing data. Interview
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