IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY TEACHERS FOR CCA CURRICULUM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO MUSIC EDUCATION

Ugoo-Okonkwo Iruoma Amaka

Abstract


Laudable educational proposals do not necessarily in themselves lead to laudable educational achievements. The lumping together of Fine Arts, Music and Drama into one subject called Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) comes with a lot of challenges. In the face of these challenges, this study examined the implementation strategies employed by upper basic education teachers in handling the introduced CCAinAnambra State and its implications to music education. The major instrument used for the study was a structured questionnaire containing test items arranged under competence, material, attitude, managerial and methodology factors. The analytical tools applied were frequency, percentage and chi-square statistical inference technique on the sample of the study. In summary, 20% of the strategies were positively affecting music education, 16% were insignificant while a whopping 64% were negatively affecting music education. Hence, an urgent and comprehensive review of the curriculum is therefore solicited. Otherwise, the objectives of redeeming our rich cultural heritage, creativity and making or producing self-reliant job creators of Nigerian youths through this introduced curriculum will be a mirage.

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