An Analysis of The Work-Qriented Character of The Ethiopian Primary Schcx)L Curriculum
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1994-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
Th purpose of thi tudy is to analyse whether the
Ethiopian Curriculum of primary school is work-oriented or
not. To achiev this aim, textbook con n analysis and
ques ionnaires have been used as data collection instruments.
Four steps have been followed in analysing he content
of the textbooks. The fir t step is concerned with text book
selection. The second step involves defining the research
problems in terms of categories in relation to the thesis
basic questions. The third step deals with identifying the
technique of measurement or unit of content. The last step
identifies the system of enumeration. Then. data obtained
from text b01k analysi and questionnairp are in erpreted and
summarized.
The rpslll s of thp ana 1 ys i S sh090 tat hi rty-seven
percpn of the contents are wnrk-referpn ed . Of these wo rkrpfprpnce
p~ragraphs, hirty-thr e perren are plue-collar
refer nced and four perrent are whi te-co llar-90nrk-referenced.
The qUE''':; n find ou he <; uden SOC'! a~io nal aspi r a i')ns
has re 'ealed that contrary 0 the cnn::"' ... s n
. heir 0(' upational aspi ration is incline
categorie<; of occupa tions.
he "xtbooL .
o whi te-collar
On the basis of the resul ts. it is concluded that, in
most aspects, the present content of the Ethiopian elementary
school textbooks do not contain a balanced proportion of
contents which reflect work orientatio. Though the few
work-orient d paragraphs reflected a lue-collar categ ry of
work bias, they fail to develop on tud en.s po i ive attitude
towards manual work
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The Ethiopian Primary Schcx)L Curriculum