Social Studies Teachers’ Attitude towards the Implementation of New Curriculum at Grade 11 and 12

Abstract

This study analysed the attitudes of Social Studies teachers towards the implementation of the new curriculum in grade 11 and 12. For this study, he developed a survey questionnaire as a research tool. Similarly, he selected 15 Social Studies teachers form 10 secondary schools in the Darchula district. The findings of the study were interpreted under four themes like Social Studies teachers’ attitudes towards school administration, teacher training, technology for obtaining curriculum information and the contents in the new curriculum. The study revealed that the teachers were found not so positive towards the school administration and concerned bodies because of their unsupportiveness and unmanaged workloads. Furthermore, it’s found that the inadequate internet access and lack of technical knowledge and skills in teacher became challenging in the implementation of the curriculum. Similarly, it further showed the importance of teacher training for implementing the new curriculum in a proper way. It was also revealed in the study that the relevance of contents, distribution of weightage of the working hour for those contents and incorporation of recent trends and approaches in teaching and learning were taken positively by teachers.