Enhancing teaching-learning processes in the Integrated production skills programme at kibuli Core primary teachers' college

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.