CHAPTER ONE Proposal PDF
CHAPTER ONE Proposal PDF
CHAPTER ONE Proposal PDF
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Cheplelachbai Secondary School started in the year 2010 as an harambee school by the community
and ACK Church as the sponsor. Later it was taken over as a government school. The school is in
Nandi county, Nandi East sub-county, Nandi Hills constituency in lessos ward. It is situated 45km
along Eldoret –Lessos road and 3km from Lessos town .The school current population comprises of
175 students 5TSC teachers, 6BOM teachers and 5Non- teaching staff. It has produce great alumnis.
The following are projects that I can undertake in history and government:
i) Setting up a museum
ii) A clip chart on evolution of man
iii) A clip chart on human rights
I recommend doing a project on setting up a museum because it cuts across all the subjects hence a
learner can gain knowledge from the museum
1.4 JUSTIFICATION
The project will benefit the following stakeholders in the following ways:
1. Students
Enhances knowledge, appreciation, respect and sustainable utilization of the resources
2. Teachers
Generally speaking, museums collect objects of significance that comply with their mission
statement for conservation and display.
3. Community
Collecting, preserving, studying, documenting and presenting Kenya’s past and present cultural
and natural heritage.
This study is important because Museums are very important heritage and cultural
products yet they very little attention in the tourism industry. It assessed the products
offered and interpretation thereof to establish if museums are contributing to its low
number of visitors. The findings of this study provide information on the school Museum
products and services that other regional museums could use to develop new strategies
that would lead to a deliberate change and improvement in services delivery and
interpretation. The study provides an in-depth analysis of the existing facilities, products
and tourist environment of a typical Kenyan Museum, and suggests ways of improving,
adding new products and tourist support services to meet the diverse needs of tourists.
This proposal will be a reference for students, academicians and researchers undertaking
The study focused on investigating facility utilization of school museums by local tourists
and the challenges faced by these museums to meet the changing needs of tourists.
1.7 Assumptions of the study
ii. The information collected was true and accurately represented the views of all
iv. The visitors‘ satisfaction was influenced by the presentation and interpretation of
The study used the questionnaire survey which posed language challenges because all the
questionnaires were in English and some visitors could not understand English. This was
however addressed by the researcher through interpreting the questions for them in Kiswahili.
Some visitors instead of filling and handing in the questionnaires went away with them while
others returned them blank or partially filled. The researcher addressed this by giving out more
questionnaires to meet the targeted sample.
2.0 CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
This project is dependable on my effort whereby I will visit our nearest school library and study sources
of history and government whereby I will do a research basing on the sources of history and government
which are classified into three groups:
i) Written sources
ii) Unwritten sources
iii) Electronic sources
Through these categories I will be able to visit our school library, internet and application of a
questionnaire when I will be doing this research.
2.1 INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, a review of related literature is made with the discussions guided by the research
objectives. The review starts by looking at the origin and history of museums, the different types
of museums, role of museums and products offered describing how the museums have evolved
over time in different parts of the world and also in Kenya. Further, the chapter presents a review
of tourist needs and motive to travel, tourist expectations and satisfaction in a destination.
Besides, strategies used to meet the visitors needs were reviewed to enable the researcher
understand what has been done in other destination and what needs to be done to increase the
visitors level of satisfaction after they visit a destination. Lastly, the theoretical and conceptual
frameworks are presented .
and interprets material evidence and associated information for public benefit (Yale, 1998;
Kotler and Kotler, 1998). It is also defined as a non-profit making permanent institution in the
service of the society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves,
researches and communicates, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment; material and
Museums are organizations with diverse collections, missions and objectives leading to
formation of different types of museums. These include art, history, natural history and
community museums.
Art museums are museums or institutions that have collections on fine art, prints,
sculpture drawings, decorative art and craft, drawings, ceramics, metal work, architecture
and photography. They reflect artistic accomplishment, both historic and contemporary
which enhance visitor understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of art. Most regional
History museums are more popular compared to Art museums. These museums are
importance to understanding the present and anticipating the future. Historical museums
usually collect a wide range of objects such as fine art furniture, clothing, documents, and
other materials.
Science museums are educational centers and training grounds for skills building
supplementing limited resources in schools. Greg (1996) asserts that the increase in
museum attendance in the recent years reflects the strengthening of education in many
societies. These museums are dedicated to enhance public understanding of science and
scientific achievements.
Community and Ethnic Museums are museums that represent the local cultures in
positive ways to the society. They seek to enhance community ties by furnishing through
artifacts, artwork, ideas, and symbols that strengthen cultural identities. These museums
give its visitors the necessary cultural capital and appreciation (Bourdieu, 1984; Gregs,
1996). They may have few visitors but are variable tourist resources and attractions.
Museums are viewed as the first in the move towards sustainable tourism because over
the years they have been valued for the care and preservation of their rare collections,
traditions and heritage. Museums offer many benefits to their visitors, communities,
society countries and world at large. The museum‘s chief role is education and offering
public oriented services. Its programs and operations aims at inclusiveness, accessibility
and be of use to a broad and diverse range of people (Kotler and Kotler 1998). Musyoki
(2000) also views the museum‘s role as educational, besides performing visual art and
unparalleled opportunities for self directed learning and exploration by people of diverse
ages, interests, background and abilities. Bourdieu (1984) argues that education gives the
interpret and exhibit them for the purpose of public education and advancement of
knowledge. The materials can be acquired from the community and can include items
such as paintings, precious stones or sculptures, house hold and regalia. Sometimes
museums buy particular items to fill gaps in an exhibit. They are public gathering places
Cultural heritage is closely tied up to the identity and continuity of local communities and
the museum‘s collections. Museums are conventionally concerned with tangible cultural
heritage; and their raison is the communities they serve whose identities are bound up in
complex ways with the museum collections (UNESCO, 2003). Museums also provide
Museums have the capacity to reflect continuity, change, and preservation, protect
cultural and natural heritage as well as vividly illustrating the progression of human
Cultural presentation and interpretation is an art that combines many forms of art,
whether the cultural materials that are being presented are scie ntific, historical or
picture rather than a part, and must address itself to the whole picture rather than any
phase (Akama and Kemboi, 2000). Cultural presentation and interpretation therefore
should be based on the different tourist segments because each segment has its own
uniqueness and their needs and expectations of a destination are also different. Therefore
for the different tourist segments and will enrich satisfaction of its visitors.
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Introduction
This chapter explains step by step how the research was done. It discusses the study area,
research design, target population, sample and sampling techniques. This chapter also
describes the data collection methods, tools used, validity and reliability of research tools
Cheplelachbei Museum is located at the entry of Lessos. The school is on the left hand
side along Kapsabet – Lessos road .
Cheplelachbei has a tropical highland type of climate and therefore experiences cool
temperatures and high rainfall all year round. The surroundings are quiet due to its
proximity to the school which is some distant away from the town center.
MATERIALS
It is an arrangement of conditions for data collection and analysis of data in a manner that
aims to combine relevance with the research purpose. The study aimed at collecting
Target population is the group whom the researcher would like to generalize the results of
the study (Fredrvan and Fraenkel, 1984; Mugo, 2007). The target population for this
The study used both probability and non probability sampling techniques. For
probability, systematic random sampling was used to select visitors to the museum while
This study used both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data was collected
through interview schedule with the museum Library and administration of two sets of
questionnaires .The two sets of questionnaires were for visitors and the museum workers
and had open and close ended questions. The interview will be conducted using semi
data was obtained from the museum registry, newspapers, text books, journals as well as
the internet. Information from the library provided vital information on the trends of
visitors to the museums. During the study, some of the visitors were students from
Questionnaires and interview schedule will be used to collect information for the school
museum. These methods were found to be appropriate because the aim of the study was
to determine strategies that the Cheplelachbei museum use in offering products and
services that satisfy the needs of the people visiting the place.
CHAPTER FOUR
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4.1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The calendar of events is written to highlight the period through whivh the museum will
be set up. It stipulates the time and the schedule each activity to be done at a particular
time and by whom. The following is the calendar of events for the museum:-
3 Project proposal/writing
recommendation.
5.0 Introduction
In this chapter a critical analysis of the study findings presented while relating the
findings to other studies previously done and existing theories. Conclusions and
recommendations from these findings are drawn and made respectively. Finally
recommendations on the possible areas for further research are also made.