Geography Teachers Execution of Field Project in High Schools

From the time field project was introduced in the geography syllabus in Zambian High schools,it has continued to face challenges. A study conducted by Mundende (2007) pointed out that most teachers who were conducting field project were not trained and in some cases field project was undertaken without proper guidelines. The government introduced field project in high schools before students who were being trained in this component from UNZA could graduate. Therefore,most of the already practising teachers had not been trained in this component. Although Mundende's (2007) study pointed out on this challenge, the study did not indicate the performance of those trained geography teachers. Therefore, in order to be conclusive on the matter, this book provides information from a study that was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of UNZA trained geography teachers in executing the field project. Respondents were selected from Zambian High schools of Lusaka and Kafue districts. The book, in certain instances provides information on a comparision that was done between the trained geography teachers and the untrained geography teachers in their execution of this geography component.