First Cycle Primary School Teachers' Conception and Practice of Activelearning Methods in Awl Administra Tive Zone
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2009-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how active learning method of
teaching has been conceived by primary school teachers and looking in to
its current practice in Awi administrative zone. To accomplish the study
descriptive survey method was employed. Three sample woredas were
selected randomly from a total of ten woredas. The subjects in this study
were teachers and principals in the first cycle primary schools. Using
availability and purposive sampling techniques, teachers and principals
were taken respectively from nine government first cycle primary schools.
As a method of data gathering tools, questionnaire, observation, focus
group discussion and interview were employed. To analyze the collected
data, both quantitative (frequency, percentage, mean) and qualitative
methods were on use. The result of the study revealed that teachers have
relatively high understanding of active-learning method, even though, the
magnitude of practicing active-learning approach is low for many
problems, such as large class size, inadequacy of instructional materials,
lack of school facilities and too much contents of the text books etc. The
study also disclosed that teachers did not employ a variety of activelearning
techniques except group work and the woreda education offices
did not provide necessary support for the implementation of the method. It
was then concluded that active-learning method has not be properly
implemented in the sample schools, even though a considerable number of
teachers do have the required understanding of the innovation. To
overcome this, it is recommended that provision of sufficient instructional
materials, reduction of the class size, improvement of school facilities,
reduction of contents of those text books, which are bulky, provis ion of
necessary support and reduction of the work load of teachers for effective
implementation of active-learning for the concerned bodies to solve the
problems, which are being obstacles in the implementation of activelearning
method.
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Practice of Activelearning Methods