The Impact of the Faculty of Education in Preparing its Graduates for the Implementation of the New School Curriculum

Abstract

The implementation of the curriculum is expected to give a push to an increasing quality of managing and processing educational efforts towards betterments at every unit of learning and education. Applying a new curriculum, namely implementation of 2017 Curriculum at schools in Kosova has been commenced in September 2017. This study examined the impact of the Faculty of Education in preparing its graduates for the implementation of the new school curriculum with reference to University “Kadri Zeka” in Gjilan, Kosova. The purpose of this study is to investigate the graduate students’ preparedness to implement the new school curriculum. The quantitative method has been employed for this research. A questionnaire for graduate students has been used to collect data. 81 graduate students filled out the online questionnaire. The results from this research indicate that the graduates of the University “Kadri Zeka”, respectively the graduates who were prepared in primary and preschool programs felt significantly prepared across most dimensions of teaching. However, there is room for improvement regarding the new school curriculum implementation.

Keywords

• “Kadri Zeka” University
• the New Curriculum
• Teaching
• Implementation
• Preparedness
• Graduate Students’ Responses.

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