| dc.description.abstract | This is a critical review of teacher preparedness investigating the origin of teacher preparedness, the
concept of teacher preparedness, academic achievement, and its effect on students’ academic
achievement, the theoretical framework and any gaps through desk research. In most of the studies
examined for the purpose of this paper, teacher preparedness was used as an independent variable
and academic achievement as dependent variable. It was identified that though studies have been
done on effect of teacher preparedness on students’ academic achievement on different subjects none
has been done on Kiswahili subject. Therefore the researchers will intend to study the effect of
teacher preparedness on students’ academic achievement in Kiswahili language and find out if the
findings on the other subjects in Kiswahili language. The theories which will be used to back the
research include Teacher Efficacy and Walberg theories | en_US |
