1.   Intended Competences in Primary Education Curriculum: Are we Jumping or Pushed?
Wilberforce E Meena

2. Outline 2. Some Critical aspects
1. Proposed competencies for I-VI
2. Some Critical aspects
Address Teacher Ownership of Competence-based Curriculum
Align Textbooks with Intended Competences
Address Parents Involvement in the Context of Fee Free Education
Explore Teacher Workload Models Appropriate for Change of Teaching and Assessment Practices:
Address Teachers Curriculum Autonomy
3. Final thoughts

3. Intended Competences Standard I and II Standard III-VI Reading Writing
Arithmetic
Problem-solving
Communication
Cooperation
Self-directed learning
Critical thinking
Citizenship
Social responsibility
Creative skills

4. Teacher Ownership of Competence-based Curriculum
Adequate sense of how the curriculum works for the purpose of making practical decisions
Top-down curriculum innovation meets resistance from teacher
Curriculum Orientation for teacher

5. Align Textbooks with Intended Competences
Curriculum change requires changes of teaching materials
Teachers consider the textbook as an authoritative knowledge
Textbook has to serve multiple purposes and allow the teacher to integrate learning in an exciting and enriching way.
Teacher needs to be educated on how to use textbooks

6. Address Parents Involvement in the Context of Fee Free Education
Parents are more concern with the grade or assessment.
Support parent to shift from knowledge- based thinking to activities or competence
Develop curriculum handbook for parents.

7. Explore Teacher Workload
Change the teaching and learning process and assessment systems
Learner-centered teaching methodology and alternative assessment
Sufficient number of trained teachers is very important in the implementation of competence-based curriculum
National assessment suggests more emphasis on formal assessment and learning.

8. Address Teachers Curriculum Autonomy
Tanzania is having a centralized system of education.
Curriculum autonomy is a means of empowering individual schools with regards to curriculum implementation.
Curriculum should not only reflect common features at the national level but also the differences across districts and schools.
Curriculum provides teachers with autonomy in planning for teaching and learning.
Are the teachers prepared enough to exercise freedom given to them?

9. Are we Jumping or Pushed?
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