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A pilot study  \nAlicia Ndegwa1 and Mar Gutiérrez-Colón2*  \n1Laureate School, Nairobi, Kenya.  \n2 Department of English and German Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Catalunya, 5. 43001 , Tarragona, Spain.  \nAccepted 24 April, 2019  \n\n| ABSTRACT\u003Cbr>Kenya has traditionally adopted a teacher-centred teaching methodology and is now aiming to make improvements by replacing this approach with an education system that is more child focused. The purpose of this study is to examine the Kenyan teaching system . It is an exploratory pilot study, which tries to establish whether governmental directions match the real experience of teachers and students and discusses whether student perceptions of teaching practices match those of the teachers. Personal experience raised a need to answer the research questions and the study does not pretend to be a thorough examination of the topic, rather, given the lack of previous studies, it seeks to establish a basis for future in depth research. The study used a non-experimental approach, based on the perceptions of students and teachers obtained through a structured questionnaire. The data for this study was obtained from: 10 students, 5 males and 5 females, aged between 11 and 13 years in classes 7 and 8 attending a boarding school in Kiambu on the outskirts of Nairobi. Three teachers responsible for teaching at the school attended by the student participants: two male teachers responsible for upper primary students aged 12-13, and a female teacher responsible for lower primary students aged 7-10. The questionnaires used in this study were created for both students and teachers and were designed to elicit their opinions regarding the methods of teaching and learning. They were validated before being provided to the participants.\u003Cbr>Keywords: Education, Kenya, school curriculum, qualitative study, student-centres’ education, teaching methodology. |\n| --- |\n| *Corresponding [author. E-mail: mar.gutierrezcolon@urv.cat. Tel:](author. E-mail: mar.gutierrezcolon@urv.cat. Tel:) +34 656286145. |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nKenya has been working to improve its education standards by benchmarking with global standards and targets. The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, adopted in July 1990 at the 6th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, was signed and ratified by Kenya in 2000 (Sifuna and Otiende, 1994) . In a continued effort to improve education standards, during the World Education Forum held in Dakar (Senegal) in 2000, Kenya adopted, along with 160 other countries, the Dakar Framework for Action  \n– re-affirming the commitment to achieve education for all by the year 2015 and identifying six key measurable education goals to meet the learning needs of all children, youths and adults. In 2001 the Kenyan Parliament enacted the Children Act , which provides that every child is entitled to education, and that the responsibility for that education lies with the government and with parents. Subsequently and significantly, Kenya introduced free primary education in 2003.  \nDespite these efforts, it is clear that there appear to be serious barriers preventing the achievement of the  \nNdegwa and Gutiérrez-Colón 41  \neducation goals set out in the Dakar Framework for Action. In particular, the quality of education has emerged as a problem area (UNESCO , 2011) . UNICEF presented a meta-analysis of the research literature relating to the quality of education during the World Education Forum (UNICEF , 2000) . This analysis demonstrated that quality education requires the involvement of different actors: learners, content, processes, environments and outcomes. In this report, emphasis is placed on the importance of the teaching process","cbCaicZO8abG1XR4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicZO8abG1XR4","pdf",76584,"English","# Introduction\n## Background on education reform and global benchmarks\n## Barriers to achieving education goals\n## Assessment initiatives and evidence of learning crises\n# Study Purpose and Approach\n## Research aim and exploratory design\n## Data collection through structured questionnaires","[{\"question\":\"What is the study’s main purpose?\",\"answer\":\"To examine whether the Kenyan teaching system is ready for change by checking alignment between governmental directions and the lived experiences of teachers and students.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"It used an exploratory, non-experimental pilot design based on perceptions collected through structured questionnaires for both students and teachers.\"},{\"question\":\"Who participated in the pilot study and how was the data collected?\",\"answer\":\"The study involved 10 students aged 11–13 in classes 7–8 at a boarding school in Kiambu and three teachers responsible for those students’ learning; questionnaires were validated before being administered.\"}]","Is the Kenyan education system ready for change? 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