دورية أكاديمية
The Challenges and Problems of Implementing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements: School Managers' Perspectives and Experiences
| العنوان: | The Challenges and Problems of Implementing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements: School Managers' Perspectives and Experiences |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Pinkie Mabunda |
| المصدر: | Perspectives in Education. 2023 41(4):65-81. |
| الإتاحة: | University of the Free State Faculty of Education. P.O. Box 339, Bioemfontein 9300, South Africa. Tel: +27-51-401-2368; e-mail: PiE@ufs.ac.za; Web site: https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/index |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2023 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, School Administration |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | South Africa |
| DOI: | 10.38140/pie.v41i4.6702 |
| تدمد: | 0258-2236 2519-593X |
| مستخلص: | Worldwide, national educational authorities set curricular guidelines for schools to ensure implementation. Despite these measures, the translation of policies into school or classroom activities is rarely a smooth or complete process. South Africa has made significant and much-needed positive curriculum changes. However, effective curriculum implementation requires a sound understanding of the curriculum policy, adequate and varied resources and greater attention to contextual factors. Using the interpretivist paradigm and qualitative research design, the study explored the perspectives and experiences of school managers regarding the challenges and problems of implementing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements in the Intermediate Phase within the South African curriculum reform context. For the first research question, the thematically analysed data generated the findings which highlight a generally good understanding and positive outlook of the revised curriculum policy by the participants. In contrast, the findings for the second research question confirmed that inadequate resources such as a shortage of teachers and textbooks, overcrowded classrooms and other learning support materials impact teaching and learning and the process of curriculum implementation negatively. The study contributes to the important topic of curriculum reforms and curriculum implementation challenges and problems. The study recommends, among others, strategies needed for monitoring the implementation of the CAPS, placing individual school managers as change agents and adopting the three constructs of the theory of curriculum implementation for strengthening implementation. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ1413950 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 0258-2236 2519-593X |
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| DOI: | 10.38140/pie.v41i4.6702 |