Practices of Integrated Functional Adult Education Program in Sewena Pastoral Community District, Bale Zone Oromia

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of integrated functional adult education program in Sewena pastoral community district, Bale Zone Oromia. Pragmatism was adapted as a philosophical assumption of this study. A mixed-methods research design with concurrent triangulation was used. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used to select participants from various groups. Samples of 115 participants consisting of 56 facilitators, eight IFAE experts, 10 CRC supervisors,14 school principals,24 adult learners, and three district adult education board members were selected. Thus, questionnaire was used for facilitators, IFAE experts, CRC supervisors, and school principals respectively. In depth interviews was conducted with district adult education board members and focus group discussion held with samples of 24 adult learners. Document analysis and classroom observation was employed. Validity and reliability were used to test the quality of instruments. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques were employed. More specifically, descriptive statistics like frequency distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation; inferential statistics one way ANOVA were used. Ethical issues would be confident from the beginning to the end. The result of data analyses revealed that the degree of the provision of the contents for learners was vary and provided in terms of theory than practices, adults were not much benefitted from the program as intended, facilitators used lecture method frequently, and did not used variety method, there were poor access of facilities and instructional material. Based on the findings, it is recommended that provision of contents of IFAL through integrating theory with practices of daily life of adult learner, trainings facilitators on andragogy skill and mobilization of resources and equipping centers with the necessary educational materials and facilities were suggested

Keywords: practices, integrated functional literacy, pastoral community.

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/12-12-02

Publication date:June 30^th 2022