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Exploring Challenges Confronted By Zimbabwean Primary Schools in Implementing Multicultural Education: The Case of Zaka District
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Clyton, Dekeza Kundai, Jane. |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Zimbabwe is a multicultural society based on various factors such as gender, ethnicity, age to mention just but a few. Educational institutions have a mandate to cater for the cultures and interests of various sub-cultural groups in society hence the nexus between multiculturalism and education warrants interrogation. The aim of this study is to explore challenges faced by Zimbabwean primary schools in implementing multicultural education with a view to recommending strategies to deal with existential challenges. A qualitative approach was adopted in which a case study research design was used. A sample of twenty (20) participants was conveniently drawn comprising 16 primary and secondary school teachers as well as 4 primary and secondary school heads. Interviews, focus group discussions and observation were used to collect data in this study. Data was presented and analysed based on themes generated from the collected data. The study established that both primary and secondary schools encounter similar challenges in implementing a multicultural curriculum such as, lack of bilingual teachers to teach learners form different cultural set ups in indigenous languages, lack of infrastructure to cater for learners with different disabilities and negative attitudes of teachers and learners towards traditional games. To go round the identified challenges the researchers recommend that the Ministry of primary and secondary education should deploy teachers competent to teach learners in indigenous languages and conduct workshops to conscientise teachers on the tenets of multicultural education. Another recommendation made is that the government should provide adequate funding to schools to construct physical infrastructure that cater for learners of different disabilities. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.%2024%20Issue9/Series-5/H2409054147.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
