A Comparative Study Between the Socratic Method and the CBC Curriculum: Towards a CBC Philosophical Theory.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Education is an essential aspect of human life, that should shape the lives of everyone in society.The Kenyan 8-4-4 system has been shaped by competition and acquiring the content of knowledge without giving more space for the learners to meditate on their studies and to relate them with their ordinary life.The purpose of education has been to pass the exams in the competition-based system.The introduction of the CBC is salvation because it makes a paradigm shift from the teacher's content centered model to a model based on learners so that they develop from within the competencies they have and so instead of focusing on competition, they focus on learning, and owning what they learn, and then applying it in life.The stages of development, however, do not require some haste within the CBC system.The giving birth of the competencies is expected early in CBC than should be.The Socratic method, which proceeds similarly to the CBC system, is a key tool to make the CBC system better from the good it is, although with consideration of some reconstitution in the curriculum.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411280745