Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head
This qualitative study focuses on early childhood education implementation in a rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Adopting the case study research design, the article explores, through a semi-structured interview, a school head's perceptions of a rural primary school'...
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| author | Mangwaya, Ezron Sylvan, Blignaut Shervani, Pillay |
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| description | This qualitative study focuses on early childhood education implementation in a rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Adopting the case study research design, the article
explores, through a semi-structured interview, a school head's perceptions of a rural primary school's state of readiness for the implementation of early childhood education. The study established that the school head was not prepared (inducted) for the introduction and implementation of early childhood education, early childhood education was taught by paraprofessionals and early childhood education was implemented with little or no resources. Consequently, the teaching of early childhood education left a lot to be desired. The study recommends interventions that curriculum policy planners can utilize in order to create conditions that enable rural primary schools to be ready for installing, implementing and institutionalising early childhood education. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-10432022-06-27T13:49:06Z Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head Mangwaya, Ezron Sylvan, Blignaut Shervani, Pillay School head, State of readiness, Implementation, Paraprofessionals, Rural primary school This qualitative study focuses on early childhood education implementation in a rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Adopting the case study research design, the article explores, through a semi-structured interview, a school head's perceptions of a rural primary school's state of readiness for the implementation of early childhood education. The study established that the school head was not prepared (inducted) for the introduction and implementation of early childhood education, early childhood education was taught by paraprofessionals and early childhood education was implemented with little or no resources. Consequently, the teaching of early childhood education left a lot to be desired. The study recommends interventions that curriculum policy planners can utilize in order to create conditions that enable rural primary schools to be ready for installing, implementing and institutionalising early childhood education. 2016-04-26T10:43:17Z 2016-04-26T10:43:17Z 2013-05 Article 2141-5161 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1043 en Educational Research;Vol. 4, No. 5: 452-459 open International Research Journals |
| spellingShingle | School head, State of readiness, Implementation, Paraprofessionals, Rural primary school Mangwaya, Ezron Sylvan, Blignaut Shervani, Pillay Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title | Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title_full | Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title_fullStr | Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title_short | Implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| title_sort | implementing early childhood education rural primary school in the gweru district of zimbabwe. a view from the school head |
| topic | School head, State of readiness, Implementation, Paraprofessionals, Rural primary school |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1043 |
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