Early childhood is the foundation of primary education and beyond, it is with this concern that proper implementation of the ECDE curriculum has to take place through provision of adequate and necessary support to pre-school ...

The indigenous communities in Africa, specifically Kenya, which is the focus of this article, had their own well-developed motivational systems that positively enhanced teaching and learning programmes in the community. ...

In 2006, Kenya government introduced the Early Childhood Development (ECD) policy to be implemented by the Ministry of Education. A mixed method approach is applied to study the implementation. Data were collected through ...

Curriculum implementation entails putting into practice the officially prescribed courses of study. Effective curriculum implementation results in both short and long term benefits to children. The study was designed to ...

This qualitative study sought to prompt a critical and reflective discourse on the dismal use of mother tongue in Kenyan early childhood education (ECE) institutions in an attempt to detect existence of xenocentrism. ...

The Pre-primary curriculum design has been developed to embrace the competence based learning approach as stipulated in the basic education curriculum frame-work (BECF). The curriculum design is available in two volumes ...

The school is the most important institution where teachers promote maximum development of the learners. According to Quist (2000), the school influences the pupils' social outlook, attitudes, knowledge of the world, ...

Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) programme for years has not been part of the mainstream education services, with the programme provision left to various stakeholders in a totally uncoordinated manner. ...

Despite many research studies showing the effectiveness of teacher application of child-centered learning in different educational settings, few studies have focused on teaching and learning activities in Pre-Schools. This ...

Early childhood musical development has gained research prominence in recent years. Educational curriculum development is a shared responsibility amongst parents and teachers, especially in ECDE, where both must work very ...