| dc.description.abstract | Geography provides opportunities for students to develop their general intellectual capacity for life-long
learning, skills such as critical thinking, communication, information processing, problem solving, and decision making. There has been lower performance in Geography compared to other subjects such as Religious Education
and History in National Examination in Rarieda Sub County.. The main purpose of the study was to explore the
relationship between the Geography Curriculum the teacher underwent and the students’ academic achievement.
Ex-post facto research design and a Conceptual framework were employed in the study. The target population was
76 Geography teachers, 44 heads of humanities department, 44 principals and 750 form 4 Geography students
from the 44 public secondary schools. The sample size was 276 respondents which constituted 23 Geography
teachers, 14 Principals and 14 Heads of Departments in Humanities and 225 form 4 Geography students. Cluster
sampling procedure was used to sample 14 schools for the actual study. Simple random sampling technique was
used to sample the respondents for the study. Questionnaires, interview schedules and document analysis were
employed to collect data. Validity of the instruments was ascertained by the research experts (supervisors).
Reliability of the instruments was established by piloting in 5 secondary schools using test –retest technique.
Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze quantitative data while qualitative data was done
through thematic analysis. The study found out that there was no relationship between the Geography curriculum
the teacher underwent and students’ academic achievement in Geography. It was concluded that Teacher
education and training affect the students ‘performance to a greater extent. The study recommended that the
ministry of education should incorporate new paradigm shift in the pre service training of the teachers. The
Teachers Service Commission to conduct mandatory sponsored Continuing Teacher Professional Development on
regular basis. A study on influence of teachers’ educational background on learners’ enrolment in Geography in
Kenya Certificate of secondary education examination would expound the current study. | en_US |
