Educational Space in a School in Kenya

• Authors: Tomasz Huk

Abstracts

EN

The article describes a primary school in Kenya, where the school’s educational space was analysed in two respects: a) safety and comfort; b) knowledge and skills development, as part of ethnographic research. The research results indicate that the school needs a change in physical space, teaching aids, and greater pedagogical awareness among the teachers. The new education system introduced in Kenya requires much more funding to ensure proper learning conditions and continuing education for teachers. If this demand is met, the quality of the education process may improve.

Keywords

EN

school in Kenya; educational space; safety; knowledge; skills

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 51-64

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Tomasz Huk

• University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000310825826

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2022.69.3.04

Biblioteka Nauki

2140587