ABSTRACT
This research work was aimed at identifying the challenges of the implementation of the new Igbo language curriculum in secondary schools in Enugu state, Nigeria. The study identified problems in the implementation of the new curriculum in the areas of objectives, methodology, instructional materials and evaluation techniques used by teachers. Five research questions and four hypotheses were posited to guide the researcher in the study. four hundred and fifty secondary school Igbo language teachers selected from one hundred and fifty secondary schools in three education zones of Enugu state constituted the sample for the study. Instruments for data collection were the questionnaire, checklist and observation schedule designed to elicit information from teachers. The data collected were analyzed based on mean scores, percentages and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The information collected indicated that the objectives of teaching the new Igbo language curriculum were being achieved even though most of the resource materials are not available in schools and instructional materials were not adequately used by teachers. The information also indicated that apart from field trip, all the other methodologies namely, lecture, Discovery, project, play and dramatization were being effectively used by teachers. It also indicated that all the evaluative techniques were being used. The ANOVA analysis indicated that the extent of achievement of objectives, adoption of the methodology use of instructional materials and evaluative techniques were independent of teacher qualification. Based on these findings, recommendations were made which included that, teachers should be resourceful. In other words they should improvise the teaching aids to make their lessons interesting to provide motivation for the learners. Teachers should attend workshops, seminars and in-service training to equip them with modern techniques of teaching. Government should provide money to school to purchase the materials that teachers cannot improvise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Table of contents
List of table
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCITON
Background of the study
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Scope of the study
Research questions
Hypotheses
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Conceptual framework
• Concept of Language
• Overall objectives of the Nigerian language curriculum/language policy
• Igbo language teaching and learning
• Factors militating Against Effective teaching and learning of Igbo language
• Curriculum implementation
Theoretical framework
Socio cultural theory of learning
Review of Empirical studies
Summary of literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODS
Research design
Area of study
Population of study
Sample and sampling Techniques
Instrument for Data collection
Reliability of the instrument
Validation of the instruments
Method of Dada collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION OF RESULT
Research Questions
Hypotheses
Summary of results
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Discussion of result
Conclusion
Implications
Recommendations
Limitations of the study
Suggestions for further study
Summary of the study
References
APPENDICES
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
The teaching and learning of Igbo language both as L1 and L2 has been bedeviled with a lot of problems. One of the major problems is the non availability of trained teachers in this area. Some schools do not even have the teachers at all and so do not offer the subject. Lack of necessary encouragement from school authorities is another problem as teachers complain that the periods allocated to the subject is few and that lessons are fixed at odd times. This fact and the negative attitude of both the parents and students to the language do not make some of the teachers to have the zeal and enthusiasm that can make the teaching/learning of Igbo language interesting. Lack of adequate teaching materials and language laboratory also constitute a major problem to the teaching and learning of the subject.
It is an accepted belief that education holds the key to peace and progress of any society. Indeed, the National Policy on Education, (FRN, 2004) categorically stated that Education is an instrument “per excellence” for national development and that efforts should be made to relate education to overall community needs. In general terms, the curriculum is a systematically organized body of knowledge through which the goals of education can be achieved for the fulfillment of the needs and aspirations of any given society (Igbokwe & Eze, 2009).
In Nigeria, the government planned that progress along the educational cycle will be based on achievements made on specific subjects at the various levels towards the attainment of the overall objective of education is outlined in the National Policy on Education. One of the specific subjects studied at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels include Igbo language and others. Igbo language is one of the core subjects at the primary and secondary
The issue of the teaching and learning of the Nigerian languages has received much attention from language scholars and educationists in the country. These efforts include the production of learning and instructional materials for major Nigerian languages. A worthwhile curriculum is never static, it is dynamic, the curriculum embraces purposeful experiences provided and directed by educational institutions to achieve pre-determined goals. When analyzed, the intended objectives, the learning experiences, the methods of instruction, the methods of evaluation, all parts of or steps in curriculum development have continued to change.
The idea of adding or removing items in the curriculum implies revision or renewal. To renew a curriculum is to revise or modify an existing curriculum with the hope of providing a better programme. Curriculum revision may originate at any step of the curriculum process. For instance, when there are new aims of education arising from changes in cultural beliefs, values, ideas, philosophy of the society like our new economic agenda, the learning objectives change. Subsequently, changes in content and methods also occur.
In line with government reforms in education, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) was directed by the National Council on Education (NCE) to review and realign the existing senior secondary school curriculum in Igbo language and
The exercise was completed and the new curriculum was introduced into the schools in 2009, the critical target of NEEDS are value re-orientation, poverty eradication, job creation, wealth generation and using education to empower the people. Whenever any change occurs in any stage of the curriculum process or in the entire curriculum, and when the learning experiences that the pupils are exposed to is affected, we conclude that new life has been given to the existing curriculum. These changes will pose challenges to the implementation. The challenges experienced by teachers in the achievement of the objectives of the new Igbo language curriculum is one of the aims of the study.
Government has laudable policies for the teaching of Igbo language in the nation’s secondary schools. The success of the policy in teaching of Igbo language in schools depends on the availability of both human and material resources among other social-cultural problems. The policy makers highlighted the important role of teachers in the implementation of curriculum by stating that no education system can rise above the quality of its teachers. Good teachers adopt suitable methods and use appropriate instructional materials and evaluation techniques to achieve curriculum objectives. However, in the Implementation of Curriculum, teachers face some challenges.
Statement of the Problem
Curriculum implementation is a very important aspect of the curriculum process. It is the stage at which teachers set up learning opportunities aimed at enabling learners acquire the desired knowledge, skills and values and ascertain whether the objectives identified in the planning stage are being achieved in schools. If the curriculum is evaluated after so many years of implementation, which is usually the case presently in our system, the result of such....
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