Abstract:
The study sought to investigate teachers’ perception, knowledge and readiness for the
implementation of the new standard base curriculum in Ablekuma South Municipality
of the Greater Accra Region. The study was anchored on the positivist research
paradigm and directed by the quantitative approach. The study employed quantitative
descriptive survey research design. A sample size of 135 basic school teachers was
selected from a population of 210 teachers using a simple multiple sampling
techniques comprising purposive and simple random sampling. The study also used
questionnaire to collect data from teachers. The reliability coefficient of the
questionnaire was 0.81 indicating a good strength on internal consistency. Data were
analyzed descriptively using frequencies, percentages and standard deviations. The
study findings revealed that, the teachers have good perception about the standard
based curriculum. Also, the findings revealed that, teachers are well imbued with
adequate knowledge of the new standard curriculum. Finally, the findings from the
study showed that teachers are ready to implement the new standard curriculum.
Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that policymakers should make
more effort to get a consensus from teachers on the importance of curricular changes,
effective in-service training and timing of training prior to the initiation and the
implementation of future curricular.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Educational Foundations,
Faculty of Educational Studies submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Post Graduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
