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| Title: | Qualitative implications of school expansion: a case study of two primary schools in Kisii: a paper presented at the Bureau of Educational Research - McGill University workshop on schooling, cognition and work, Kisumu, May 1987 |
| Authors: | Eisemon, Thomas O. Eshiwani, George S. Rajwani, Farida |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Issue: | 14 |
| Pages: | 43 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SCR |
| City of publisher: | Nairobi |
| Publisher: | Bureau of Educational Research, Kenyatta University |
| Geographic term: | Kenya |
| Subject: | primary education |
| Abstract: | This study surveys and analyses the qualitative implication of school expansion in Kenya. It is a case study based on two primary schools in Kisii. Later the study was extended to Kwale District. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, observation and through the analysis of school textbooks to assess the cognitive outcomes of schooling. The study reveals that school expansion in Kenya has occurred with little attention being focused on instructional issues. More weight has been placed on schools to accommodate growth, to undertake major changes in the organization and content of schooling and to obtain at least some of the resources needed. The nature of instructions given do not generally further the understanding of the texts. Teachers face problems in coping with crowding, with the lack of learning resources, especially school texts, and with the pressures from parents, educational authorities and politicians for better results in the school leaving examination and drill instruction. Experiences of drill instruction for the period of primary education may have long-term consequences, socially and cognitively. |