Browsing by Author "Ssentongo, Joseph"

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    Community related factors and the development of education curriculum in Kampala District, Uganda
    (Kampala International University, College of Education, Open & Distance Learning, 2010-09) Ssentongo, Joseph
    The research was conducted under the topic: Community Related Factors and the Development of Education Curriculum in Kampala district. The major question which the researcher attempted to answer was: “Could the community be taken as a laboratory for the development of the education curriculum?” The methodology the researcher used in answering this question was a description of the community’s upheld values and needs and how all education stakeholders can work together to develop education curriculum (descriptive survey design). The data obtained was subjected to a strict scrutiny using data tabulation technique based on closed-ended questionnaire survey attempting to predict, find cause-and effect and the influence which community related factors can make to the development of education curriculum. The findings indicated that a good working relationship between all education stakeholders could result into a wonderful education curriculum and that if education curriculum is not based on community needs, it would be anemic and unreal. The researcher concluded that curriculum developers should study the communities, find out their real problems, the resources endowed with the communities, the labour market requirements and then develop a more relevant education curriculum based on community needs and curriculum reviews be based on an informed mind about the community needs. The researcher recommended that education curriculum development should be based on what goes on in communities. Communities are formed by human beings whose life styles constantly change and this means that communities’ expectations too change constantly and rapidly calling for an equal rapid response of change in the education curriculum.
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    The impact of school-community on curriculum development: (case study in Kampala District)
    (Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning, 2010-05) Ssentongo, Joseph; Ba
    This research was taken up, following a problem in Uganda which is the continuous search for obs by new graduates; yet there is a lot of work to be done in the villages from where these People hail. This problem reflects an irrelevancy of the education system in the country which Prepares people for white- collar jobs which are not readily available instead of producing job makers.The research profited from the Social Cognitive Theory of N.E.Miller and J.Dollard (1941), which treats the problem; “how do people’s experiences, environments, and behaviors affect how they learn?” The research investigated into the ways in which school-community relationship can help in the development of a relevant education curriculum so that once a new graduate leaves ~ils/her school, he could at once go to his place of origin and use the knowledge from the school ~o improve the livelihoods at home. The research concentrated its efforts within Kampala district among the ten (10) schools which perform better according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). Kampala district was chosen by the researcher because it has most of the educational offices like the Ministry Of Education and Sports and also the Curriculum Development Center.To get the best information out of the research population, the researcher employed the use of research questionnaire and research interview guide tools.