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Article type :

Original article

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77-87

Abstract :

This research intends to explore the training strategies used by competence-based curriculum trainers during the training of future primary school teachers, teacher training college (TTC) tutors, and TTC demonstration schools’ teachers that took place from December 2018 to January 2019 in Rwanda. The researchers visited two training sites and observed different trainers’ practices for two weeks. The analysis of results found out that the trainers have different training strategies and practices. Some of them such as role-playing, learning at the circle, interactive trainers were observed to be good training strategies as when trainers used them, trainees were motivated and provided good feedback. On the other hand, some of the training strategies such as lecture, group work and one to one trainer have shown a little interest in trainees. Therefore, this research recommends the training organisers to think of encouraging trainers to use effective training strategies as the present study revealed.

Keywords :

competence-based curriculum, training strategies, future primary school teachers, general observation protocol, Rwanda Education Board

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Kizito, N., Leon, M. R., Edwin, B., & Telesphore, H. H. (2019). Homeschooling in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Švietimas: politika, vadyba, kokybė / Education Policy, Management and Quality, 11(2), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/19.11.77