An Analysis of the Work-oriented Character of the Ethiopian Primary School Curriculum
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1994-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpo se of thi s study is t o analyse wh e ther the
Ethiopian Curri culum of primary schoo l i s work-oriented or
no t. To ach i eve thi s a im, t e xtbook co nt en t analysis and
qu e st i onnai res have b een used as data co llect ion instruments.
Four s t eps have been f o ll owed i n ana ly s ing t he conten t
of th e t ex tbooks . Th e first step i s concerned wi th text book
selection. Th e second step involves defining the research
prob l ems in t e rm s o f categoriE's in relation t o the thE'sis
bas i c qUE'st i ons. Th e th ird s t ep deals with ide n tif y ing the
t ec hnique of mea surement or uni t o f content. The last step
identifies th e system o f enum e rati o n. Th en . da t a obta ined
from text bo ok ana lysi s and questi onnaire are int e rpreted and
summari zed.
The results of the analysis show th a t thirty- seven
p e rcpnt of thp co nt ents are work - rpf ere nced. Of th ese wo rkfc,
fer"nced paragra ph s , thirty - ti1r f'E' percent are hIlle - c o llar
refe r enced and four per cent are ,.- h i te - co l l ar - l'io r k-referenced,
TIle quest t o find n llt thp students ocrupational aspirations
has r evealed that con t rary t o th e cnntpn t s of the t ex t books,
their occupational aspira tion is i ncl ined to wh ite-c o llar
categ o ri es o f occupat i o n s .
On th e basis of the results. it is co n c luded that, in
mos t aspects, th e present content of th e Ethiopian e lementary
sc ho o l t ex tbooks do n o t co nt ai n a ba lan ced pr opo rtion o f
co ntents which r e fl ec t wo rk orientation . Thoug h the f e ..work-
or i en t ed paragraphs re f l ected a blue-collar ca t ego r y of
" ork b ia s , th ey fail t o develop on s tu de nt s pos i tive att itude
t oward s ma nual work,
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Work-oriented, Character of the Ethiopian