The Role of Child Centred Behavioural Objective in an Inclusive Classroom Setting: Model for Primary School Teachers

Abstract

Inclusive education is about involving children with different abilities to learn together and help each other during teaching and learning process. Approaches that best match with the way that children learns are one ’s which puts children, especially young children, and the way they learn at the center of teaching and learning process. This paper examines the concept of behavioral objectives and its perception by primary school teachers as well as child centered behavioral objectives (CCBO) and its application in teaching/learning process. It also takes into cognizance how CCBO help identify the teacher's and pupils’ roles in an inclusive classroom situation. It also identify the challenges faced by the primary school teacher ’s in adopting CCBO as the back—bone of teaching and learning process,‘ which includes effective classroom management, writing a workable CCBO, timing, identify and support children with different abilities during lesson activities and lesson evaluation among others.