Assessment of Instructional Materials and Pedagogies in The Implementation of Early Childhood Education Curriculum in Pre-Primary in Zamfara State

Abstract

This study assessed the Instructional materials and Teaching Pedagogies on implementation of ECE curriculum in public pre-primary schools in Zamfara State. Two specific objectives guided the study among which is to: examine the adequacy of instructional materials for implementing the ECE curriculum in public pre-primary schools in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted with a population of 2,545 comprising 457 headteachers, 2,033 ECE teachers and 55 quality assurance officers. The sample size for the study was 333 respondents, multi-stage sampling technique was used. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to test hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that (88%) of the respondents agreed that instructional materials were not adequate for the implementation of the ECE curriculum in public per-primary schools in Zamfara State. The study concluded that, implementation of ECE curriculum was generally low and most public pre-primary schools lack instructional materials. It was therefore recommended that; Stakeholders should ensure that ECE centres are provided with adequate and qualitative instructional materials that would support science and mathematical learning such as manipulative, toys, seashells, balance scales, attributes blocks, coloured beads and colours.