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    The Attitudes of Teachers and Students Towards Using Plasma Television for Instruction in the General Secondary Schools of Bahir Dar Special Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-03) Akal, Getnet; Baraki, Zenebe (PhD)
    The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of teachers and students towards using plasma television for instruction in the general secondary schools of Bahir Dar special zone. To realize the purpose of the study, the necessary data were secured from 66 teachers and 374 students using a descriptive survey approach. A forty-six item attitude questionnaires (twenty-six for teacher respondents and twenty for student respondents) based upon the Likert Scale were administered. The data obtained through open-ended questionnaires, interviews (with school principals and zone education office head) and observations have been included in the analysis of data as pertinent information. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. The data were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using frequency percentages and chisquare. The findings showed that in both teachers' and students' responses, there was no statistically significant attitudi nal difference between the respondents favoring rating levels for using plasma television for instruction. The identified attitudinal difference in terms of sex and school variations of the respondents was found to be statistically nonsignifi cant. Moreover, the findings showed that factors affecting the attitudes of respondents were centered around the mode of presentation of TV teachers and inadequacy of televised teaching learning faciliti es/aspects. It was thus suggested that factors affecting the respondents' attitude should be considered so as to fac ilitate televi sed teachinglearning process.
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    The Attitudes of Teachers and Students Towards Using Plasma Television For Instruction in the Generalsecondary Schools of Bahir Dar Special Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-03) Akal, Getnet; Baraki, Zenebe (PhD)
    The purpose of thi s study was to assess the attitudes of teac hers and s tud en ts towards usi ng plasma te levision for instr uction in th e general second ary sc ho o ls o r Bahir Dar special zo ne. To realize th e purpose of the study, the necessary data were secu red from 66 teachers and 374 students usi ng a descrip tive survey approach. A fo rty-six item att itud e questionnaires (twenty-six for teacher re sponden ts and twenty fo r student re spondents) based upo n the Likert Scale were administered. The data obtained through open-ended questionnaires, interviews (with schoo l principal s and zone education office head) and ob servat io ns have been in cluded in the analys is of data as pert inent information. Both qua li tative and quanti ta tive meth ods we re employed. The data were tabulated, ana lyzed a nd interp reted using frequency pe rcentages and chisq uare. The finding s showed th at in both teachers' and stud ents' responses, there was no statist icall y significant attitudinal difference between the respond ents favoring rating level s for us in g plasm a television for instruction. The id entifi ed attitudi nal difference in terms of sex and school variations of the respo nde nts was found to be statisti call y nonsignifi cant. Moreover, the fi nd ings showed that factors affecti ng the attitudes of re spond ent s were ce nt ered around the mode of presentation of TV teachers and inad equacy of televised teachi ng learning facilit ies/a spects. It was thu s suggested that factor s affecting the responde nts' attitude s houl d be considered so as to facilitate telev ised teachinglearnin g process.