Influence Of Dualism On Implementation Of Islamic Integrated Curriculum In Muslim Pre-Schools In Nairobi County
Abstract
The most crucial crisis faced by the contemporary Muslim world is rooted from the
problem of educational dualism i.e. the existence of two systems of education,
namely the national, modern secular system and the traditional, Islamic religious
system .Both systems of education have considerably failed to produce an integrated
Islamic personality. Moreover, there is a misconception in almost all contemporary
Islamic Integrated Schools which offer Islamic studies, Arabic and Quran alongside
secular studies and they claim it is an integrated education. Therefore, this study
investigated the influence of dualism on implementation of Islamic Integrated
Curriculum in Muslim Preschools in Nairobi County. Four research questions were
formulated to guide the study. The objectives included establishing the influence of
content in dual curriculum on implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum ,
examining the influence of teachers‟ professional qualifications in dual curriculum on
implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum , determining how the availability
of teaching learning resources in dual curriculum influence implementation of Islamic
Integrated Curriculum and assessing the effects of dual curriculum on preschool
children in the implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum. The study adopted
the descriptive survey design and a census was used for the sample which comprised
of 40 head teachers and 120 preschool teachers. Thus, a total number of 160
respondents participated in the study. The main instruments of data collection were
questionnaires and observation checklists. Data was analyzed by use of qualitative
and quantitative techniques. Findings revealed that content in dual curriculum has a
negative influence on implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum, teachers‟
professional qualifications in dual curriculum negatively influence implementation of
Islamic Integrated curriculum , availability of teaching learning resources in dual
curriculum has a negative influence on implementation of Islamic Integrated
Curriculum .For example, the availability of separate secular and separate Islamic
materials hinders production of Islamic integrated materials which synthesize both.
The study also revealed that dual curriculum negatively influences preschool children
in the implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum. For example, the overloaded
curriculum exhausts the children. The study therefore, concluded that: content in dual
curriculum, teachers‟ professional qualifications in dual curriculum, availability of
teaching learning resources in dual curriculum have negative influence in
implementation of Islamic Integrated Curriculum. The study recommended that the
dual curriculum to be abolished and hence implement the Islamic Integrated
Curriculum. This does not indicate that we do away with the secular subjects; it only
means to fuse Islamic concepts in the secular subjects. For this to be effective, a
uniform Islamic Integrated Curriculum to be developed. The training of teachers to be
based on Islamic Integrated Curriculum, more Muslims to be encouraged to join the
teaching profession as the implementation of the Islamic Integrated Curriculum will
always remain a dream if we do not have Muslim teachers on the ground, Islamic
Integrated teaching materials to be developed and Some Islamic subjects and secular
subjects to be fused together in order to eliminate the overloaded curriculum
Publisher
University Of Nairobi
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