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Title: EXAMINING THE USE OF TRANSFORMATIVE PEDAGOGY IN TEACHING OF
CIVIC EDUCATION IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NCHELENGE
DISTRICT, ZAMBIA |
Authors: Katebe Kasongo C ,Katongo Stephen Mwansa and Daniel Katongo Chola ,Zambia |
Abstract: This study examined the use of transformative pedagogy in Civic Education in selected secondary
schools in Nchelenge district of Luapula Province focusing on teacher competency. The study was
purely qualitative in which phenomenological research design was adopted. During data
collection, individual interviews and focus group discussions were used as data collection
instruments. Data was collected from three secondary schools in which a homogenous purposive
sampling technique was employed to select 6 civic education teachers and 3 heads of Departments
(HODs) for social sciences. When selecting 30 pupils that were taking Civic Education, convenient
sampling techniques were employed. Individual interviews were conducted with teachers and
HODs while focused group discussions were administered with pupils. All interviews were
transcribed and were coded for themes.
Analysis of the findings established that participants failed to link transformative pedagogy to civic
education. Analysis showed that teachers were not competent enough in the use of transformative
pedagogy implying that the practical part was left out during teaching and learning processes. In
other words, hands-on was poor. The study established that despite being familiar with active
methods that are learner-centred approaches, teachers still use traditional methods that fail to
transform learners into socially analytical people instead widens the gap between school and
community. The researcher recommends that reflective and objective teaching has to be
implemented and emphasized, simply put the need for a change of teaching role from a teachingcantered to leaner-cantered’ active learning approach. Secondly, there is a need to develop teacher
assessment capacity in a competency-based approach for transformative pedagogy.
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