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close this bookPrimary Teacher Education in Action: A Peep into the TTC Classrooms at the National Teacher Training College, Lesotho (CIE, 2002, 42 p.)
close this folderChapter 1: Background and context
View the document1.1 Introduction
View the document1.2 Rationale
View the document1.3 Purpose of the Study
View the document1.4 Questions

1.4 Questions

1. The key question for this sub-study is: how does the curriculum as delivered compare with the curriculum as set out in the documents, in terms of aims and objectives, content, pedagogy, teaching/learning materials and assessment?

2. Other questions that the study seeks to answer include:

i. What sorts of teaching/learning processes are going on? Are these good models for primary teaching?

ii. What kinds of knowledge are being presented?

iii. What textbooks and/or teaching/learning materials are being used, and how?

iv. How are the lecturers checking the students' learning?

v. What are the lecturers' teaching styles?

vi. How does the content knowledge link to the primary school syllabus and/or teaching?