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The New Curriculum of Education in Kenya: a Linguistic and Education Paradigm Shift
Available from: eRepository at University of Nairobi, Kenya
Publication: International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1
Date: 2018
Pages: 15-27
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract/Notes: The current system of education in Kenya is the 8-4-4 structure, where children study for eight years of Basic (primary) education, four years of Secondary education and four years of University education. This system was introduced in 1985 to promote man-power capable of performing blue collar jobs, as compared to the former 7-6-3 system that targeted developing a local workforce to replace the British workforce who largely held white collar jobs in the new, independent Kenya. However, over the years, the 8-4-4 curriculum has been widely criticised for a myriad of reasons. The criticisms against this curriculum are that it is too heavily loaded with content, purely examinations-oriented, and generally violating the Rights of the Child by placing undue physical and psychological pressure on learners. In order to address this problem therefore, a new curriculum was hastily crafted and taken through a rushed pilot drive in April 2017 and is expected to replace the current 8-4-4 system by January 2018. Admittedly, this new education system addresses some of the weaknesses of the current 8-4-4 education system, since it is competency-based and focuses more on skills acquisition as opposed to a purely knowledge-based acquisition system. The issues addressed in this paper is how this new and hurriedly crafted curriculum (as well as the introduction of Free Secondary School Education) will be implemented by teachers who are yet to come to terms with the new paradigm shift of teaching and learning. The second issue addressed is whether the crafters of this system took into consideration children’s rights, or whether at all, the system was crafted from a child-centred perspective. The concerns are that apart from the manner in which this syllabus was been crafted and planned for implementation, if not reviewed comprehensively may not only violate the rights of future generations of children, but also enhance negative ethnicity from a linguistic perspective
Language: English
ISSN: 2394-9686
Article
Philosophical Bases of the Experience Curriculum
Publication: Harvard Educational Review, vol. 26
Date: 1956
Pages: 263-275
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Language: English
ISSN: 0017-8055, 1943-5045
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The Montessori Human Relations Curriculum: The Basic Needs Of Humans
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 11, no. 4
Date: Fall 1984
Pages: 20, 28-29
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
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Music and the Montessori Curriculum
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Spring 1977
Pages: 8–9
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Doctoral Dissertation
A Comparison of the Theories of Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget in Relation to the Bases of Curriculum, Methodology, and the Role of the Teacher
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Language: English
Published: New York, New York, 1969
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The Montessori Peace Curriculum: It Begins with the Teacher's Attitude
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 4, no. 4
Date: Summer 1992
Pages: 21
Peace education, Public Montessori
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Retreat Will Reconsider Elementary Curriculum [AMS]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 2
Date: Winter 1995
Pages: 30
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Un-AMIable: 'Alexandria' Curriculum Provides Rare Window on AMI Internal Debate
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 3
Date: Spring 1995
Pages: 14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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It's Elementary: Seattle Retreat May Signal Renewed Interest in Curriculum
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 8, no. 4
Date: Summer 1996
Pages: 18
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Rethinking Math: A Modern Framework for Elementary Math Curriculum
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 8, no. 2
Date: Winter 1996
Pages: 20-21
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246