Abstract: Quality of education depends on various factors among which are good preparations of student-teacher education programmes. Student-teacher preparation has a crucial significance in implementing competence based curriculum. The main stakeholders in implementing competence based curriculum are teachers, thus the professional competence of teachers can endow learner’s competent knowledge in their profession which promotes national and global development. Soon after her independence in 1961, Tanzania, like many other African countries, adopted a content based curriculum. However, in 2005, Tanzania introduced a curriculum which led to the development of competence based curriculum for learning and assessments in education. This study investigated issues surrounding the implementation of competence based curriculum in student-teacher education programmes. Specifically, the study focused on the resources, instructional strategies and assessment procedures in implementing competence based curriculum. In view of the findings, it seemed that the implementation of competence based curriculum in student-teacher education programmes schools was quite effective. Thus, it was recommended that effective programmes and regular training for student-teachers should be conducted in order to enable them acquire up-to-date teaching skills as required by the changes introduced in the education curricula.
Keywords: Competence Based Curriculum, Student-teacher, Education, Tanzania.
Title: COMPETENCE BASED CURRICULUM IN STUDENT-TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TANZANIA: RESOURCES, STRATEGIES AND ASSESSMENT
Author: Jasmin Omary Chunga
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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