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UP4S kidsgear
P.O Box 1078 Masaka
Overview of hours
monday till friday from 08.30-13.00 (for us)
Comparing of school practice: The Netherlands - host country
In Uganda teachers teach a certain subject, for example mathematics and physics. They teach different classes in their own subject, so every class has different teacher for different subjects.
There are not enough books for the pupils, all the exercises are written on the chalkboard and the pupils have to write them down in their books. The lessons are very frontal and the children have to repeat a lot of times what the teachers says . Children don’t learn to think by themselves. There is just one way, one rule and you have to know that one way, that one rule, to solve something. They don’t have to understand why it’s like this they just need to know the rule, there is no other way.
In Uganda its seems a little bit like; the more the better. The days on school are very long. They start at 07:00 in the morning and sometimes they go on to 19:00 in the evening. On Saturday they stop at 12:00 in the afternoon. So don’t be surprised if you see somebody fall asleep in class, even teachers ;) A teachers has a lot of status. Children kneel for them if they ask them something.
There is no child following system like here in Holland. If a kid gets low grates it’s because he didn’t studied hard enough or just because he’s not smart enough. There is no attention for kids who stay behind. During our internship we worked as remedial teachers. We helped six children from p.2 till p.7 with their English and mathematics. The teachers from these classes picked out six children who needed help with one of the subjects. But like I said before, there is no following system and it was quiet difficult to find out what the kids exactly needed. Because of that and some other things we decided to do it our own way and taught the kids we thought what was important. We tried to keep up with the chapters and took the most important goals to create our lessons.
The way of teaching is very different from ours. Even though they try to put some Dutch elements in their way of teaching. A few times I’ve seen teachers using some cooperation elements in their lessons and I’ve also seen a teacher using inside circle outside circle. I talked to the school inspector and she told me that they really wanted teachers from Holland to educate the teachers from Uganda, because they want to change the way of teaching. They have followed courses for cooperative learning but if nobody is there to keep them up to date, they fall back in their old pattern.
Teaching materials:
There are only books for the teachers, in the expertise centre there are some more books. All the kids have their own exercise book. There are pens and pencils, some kids have rulers and gums.
Lesson plans:
The teachers use a syllabus to prepare their lessons. In the syllabus is written which goals belong to the exercises in the exercise book. They prepare their lessons very well and let them check by the headmaster. There are no such things as methods where is told how to teach.
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