| dc.description.abstract | Emphasis on skills training for job creation is globally acknowledged today. The main
purpose of this study was to enhance the teaching learning processes of the Integrated
Production Skills (JPS) subject at Kibuli core primary teachers' college located in Makindye
Division, Kampala District. The study was guided by the following objectives: To examine
the existing teaching learning methods in the JPS programme at Kibuli CPTC, to lay
strategies for solving the major problem in the teaching-learning process of IPS, to
implement the strategies identified by the participants to solve the major problem in the
implementation process and to evaluate the impact of the implemented strategies adopted by
the IPS department. The study used an action research design. Data was collected using the
following methods; interviews, observation, document analysis. The following strategies
were identified and implemented by the participants in this study as measures for enhancing
practical learning in IPS by student teachers in Kibuli CPTC; allocating extra time for
practice, cost sharing, going for field trips and forming an JPS club. The evaluation findings
revealed that these interventions empowered students to gain skills in cake making, making
bans, entrepreneurial skills, and identifying wood according to its properties. It was
concluded that allocating extra time for practice, engaging in IPS club activities, cost sharing
and going for field trips is an effective means of enhancing the teaching learning processes in
the IPS subject for skills acquisition. Therefore, the study made the following
recommendations; PTC administrators to support and facilitate IPS activities for skills
development. Students should be engaged in IPS subject activities that are income generating
to make money for facilitating practice. | en_US |
