| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of students centered teaching approaches on
competence acquisition with specific reference to Aria Senior Secondary School in Arua District.
The researcher used future workshop approach with the stake holders to identify and delimit the
areas of the study. The stakeholders included the Board of Governors (BOG), the Parents
Teachers Association (PTA) executive, members of the school administration, the teaching staff
and the students. During the FGD, the following challenges were identified; Use of teaching
approach with limited activities, poor lesson attendance by both teachers and students,
inadequate supervision of teaching process by administration, poor study skills of learners,
failure to form discussion groups, poor motivation· of teachers, inadequate preparation of
teachers, law coverage of syllabus, miss use of ICT facilities by students, idleness among
students, limited instructional materials, boy girl relationship and few practical lessons.
In the utopian phase of the future workshop solutions to the challenges were identified. In the
reality phase of the future workshop implementable strategies for enhancing student centered
teaching approach were identified as follows; Use of teacher's daily arrival book and students'
lesson attendance book to address the cha I lenge of teachers missing lessons, marking of students
register during lessoi1s by teachers to address the challenge of students missing lessons, approval
of teachers schemes of work and lesson plans by head teacher to address the challenge of
inadequate preparation by teachers and formation of students discussion groups to promote
substantive discussion of ideas.
The above strategies were implemented and evaluated. Conclusions were drawn and
recommendations were made basing on the study findings. It was greed that Suggested strategies
to challenges by stake holders which were not implemented should be implemented and these
include; Motivation of teachers through staff performance appraisal, professional development of
the staff, award of certificates for teachers whose subjects are well performed, verbal and
material appreciation. | en_US |
