Teachers Knowledge and Development of Instructional Materials in Pre-Schools in Transmara East District, Narok County, Kenya

ABSTRACT 

The study looked at the teacher’s knowledge on the development of instructional materials in pre-schools in Transmara East District, Narok County, Kenya. The purpose of the study was to investigate if there is a significance relationship of the teachers knowledge and the development of instructional materials. The objective of the study was to determine the profile of the school teachers and to investigate if their knowledge influences the development of instructional materials. The study applied a descriptive and correlational survey designs. The target respondents were all the nursery school teachers of Transmara East district. Out of the population of 124 nursery school teachers a sample of 95 teachers were obtained. To obtain the data, the researcher employed the questionnaires to collect data on profile information, independent and dependent variables. To analyze the data, the researcher used the frequency and percentage on profile of respondent and the mean on the level of independent and dependent variable. The researcher found out that there is gender imbalance in the teaching of the schools. A small percentage of male teachers indicate that teaching of pre-schools do not attract them as to their female counterparts. The female teachers constitute 79.66% while 20.34% are male. Also some teachers are untrained and others have very low education and indication that there is need for the teachers to train to provide the necessary education. In the recommendation, the researcher advised the government to train teachers, employ teachers and design a body that pay and employ them in order to attract teachers with better qualifications.

TABLE OF CONTENT

DEDICATION

DECLARATION A

DECLARATION B

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENT v

ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background 1

1.1.1 Historical Perspective 1

1.1.2 Theoretical Perspective 3

1.1.3 Conceptual Perspective 4

1.1.4 Contextual Perspective 5

1.2 Statement of the problem 6

1.3 Purpose of the study 7

1.4 Research Objectives 7

General Objective 7

Specific Objectives 7

1.5 Research Questions 8

1.6 Hypothesis 8

1.7 Scope 8

Geographical scope 8

Content scope 8

Time scope 10

1.8 Significance of the study 10

1.9 Operational Definition of Terms 11

CHAPTER TWO 12

LITERATURE REVIEW 12

2.1 Theoretical Review 12

2.2 Conceptual Framework 15

2.3 Related Literature 16

CHAPTER THREE 25

METHODOLOGY 25

3.0 Introduction 25

3.1 Research design 25

3.2 Research Population 25

3.3 Sample size 26

3.4 Sampling procedure 26

3.5 Research instrument 27

3.6 Instrument validity and reliability 27

3.7 Data gathering procedure 28

3.8 Data analysis 28

3.9 ethical consideration 29

3.10 Limitation of the study 29

CHAPTER FOUR 30

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 30

4.1 Introduction 30

CHAPTER FIVE 40

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 40

5i. Introduction

5~3 Conclusion 41

5~4 Recommendation 43

REFERENCES 45

APPENDIX A 50

TRANSMITTAL LETTER FROM SPGSR 50

APPENDIX I 8 51

TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR THE RESPONDENTS 51

APPENDIX II 52

INFORMED CONSENT 52

APPENDIX IVA 53

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC OF THE RESPONDENTS 53

APPENDIX IVB 54

TO DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 54

APPENDIX IVC 56

TO DETERMINE TEACHER’ S KNOWLEDGE 56

APPENDIX V 58

PROPOSED DATA PRESENTATION THROUGH TABLES 58

APPENDIX VI 64

PROPOSED BUDGET 64

APPENDIX VII 65

TIME FRAME 65