Activity-based Curriculum: How do Primary School Teachers Respond to it?
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Activity-based curriculum, primary school, Pakistan, curriculum reforms, text-book boardAbstract
Activity based learning is a set of modern strategies which help learners as well as teachers to achieve learning outcomes accordingly. Observing modern techniques of curriculum, activity-based course components have been included in all level textbooks in Punjab by PTB (Punjab Textbook Board). The present research is a stance to investigate teachers’ attitudes towards activity-based course components at the primary level in Punjab, Pakistan. Teachers’ attitude related to their understandings, participations and perceptions about activity-based curriculum was investigated through this study. For this purpose, a quantitative survey has been conducted and a Likert scale questionnaire has been used as a tool for data collection. Through random sampling data for this research were collected from public primary schools of District Okara in the province of Panjab, Pakistan. The data were analyzed through different SPSS tests and percentage and it was found that majority of teachers practicing at primary level in Punjab were highly educated and experienced so they had a sufficient awareness about components of activity based curriculum and they participated actively in different activities while they perceive that there were some factors which effected the implementations of some activities consequently it has been suggested that paying attention to the issue these factors could be removed. Furthermore, this research could be helpful for curriculum developers, teachers, executive bodies, administrations and learners as well.
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