The Role of Teachers in Developing School Geography Curriculum

Curriculum as conceptualized in this paper goes beyond the document that contains what should be taught and how it should be taught. In line with Chipeta (1999) it is all planned within-class and out-of-class experiences, in a course of study for the purpose of enabling students to attain the specified objectives. The curriculum therefore includes the document that often varies in specification as well as the teaching-learning situation, which is its implementation. It should be noted that in some curriculum documents contain only the Preamble, objectives (general or specific) and topics. This is often referred to as Teaching Syllabus. Others are elaborate in varying degrees, giving details of themes, topics, objectives (specific), content, learning experiences, teaching materials and evaluation guide.