An Investigation of History T aching In Ethiopian Senior Secondary School: Historical Perspectives and Current Status
| dc.contributor.advisor | Desta, Azeb(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fisseha, Abebe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-13T06:48:03Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T12:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-13T06:48:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T12:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Th udy was conducted to 1T1V tigate the teaching o:f his ory i th respect 0 :four d problems, viz., the bas1c reasoning:fo the place nt o:f his ory in the senior cond ry school curriculu, th pr ct c sand p ocesaes o:f yll u. develop en, he teaching strategies, hods and chn ques, and the eaching materials us d both in the pas and h pre n. To this nd both historic land descrip ive- urvey research techniques were employed. The historic 1 earch att mpted to 1nvest1gate what happen d nd hy it happened in a d :f n1te chronological period. It indicated trends, dev lop nts, phas , or perspectives o:f past hi tory teach1ng 1n Eth op1an senior condary chools. Main :findings o:f the historical study were: (i) The 1ncl usion o:f h1stor y in the en10r secondary school curriculum vas a conca i tant develop en with the beginning o:f secondary education in the country; (ii) At the earlier stage the h1story syllab1 were solely constructed by subJect specialists; (iii) Be:fore 1963 the teaching o:f history vas not a1 ed at enabling students to know so ething about their 0 n country; (iv) except the 1967 syllabus, all other yllabi re:fl cted the traditional vie o:f his ory te ching; the object1ves o:f the syllabi were the acquisi ion o:f knowledge; the view o:f history reckoned that tudents should learn h s ory to know about the past and history teaching e phasiz d on the transmission o:f 1n:formation. The descriptive-survey research atte pted to describe the present status o:f history teaching, with particular re:ference to the senior secondary schools o:f Addis Ababa. The :findings o:f this descr1ptiv study are mostly re:flective o:f he situat on in thes chools. The descriptive-survey del" ved data :fro a questionnaire, 1nterv1evs and a classroo observation. The deta obtained :from the quest onneire were tabulated and pre nted 1n tables expressed in nu bers and perc en ages. The views o:f he interviewee ere used to substantiate the int :cpretation, aTialy is and the discussion wherever deemed Tlecessar"y. The .~requ nci S o:f he categor1es embodied in the 0 servation chedule expressed as average les on percentages. To d r irl<:." v r"1at on among the obse:cv d t achers in us ng the e t gori a, to-way n ly is of ar anc (te cher by v1sit) e rri d out.. if) :findings of the descriptive-survey roh v :ce: i) School dministr tor nd princ1pal to n su ption th t anyon wto could d nd und rand i pr ented in th textbook could teach h1story; ) high level o:f di ati f c on among history te cher qu lity o:f h curl" n" ducational prov1B10ns; ii1) h t· ching h1gh y t x book orient d; 'v) h iz his 0 yes roo i :found to be big. A 1 rge group in with xpository ching s r tegy predo in tes th 0 cl Th r is no ~ gni:ficant di :f r nce ong t ch s xpo i ory t t gy (F = .48, 9 d:f, P < 0.001). | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Addis Ababa Univeristy | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/583 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | History Teaching | en_US |
| dc.title | An Investigation of History T aching In Ethiopian Senior Secondary School: Historical Perspectives and Current Status | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |