Awareness, Attitude, and use of Indiginous Resources in Preschool Education in Shambu Town of the Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Oromia Regional State
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2021-11
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Abstract
Use of local resources such as local storytelling, plays and games, materials and aids and
languages is critical for the success of children‟s‟ learning in preschool years and even in upper
grades. The approach of teaching the children is expected to be indigenized so as to attain a more
planned and lasting positive effect on the children‟s learning. The aim of this paper was to
examine the level of use of local resources, attitudes and awareness of preschool teachers as well
as to identify the challenges hindering the practice of use of local resources in teaching the
preschool children. To achieve these objectives, the mixed method approach was used in the
study. Both primary and secondary data were collected through quantitative (questionnaire) and
qualitative (interview and FGD) tools from a sample of respondents taken from 3 government
preschools and private schools. The findings of the study showed that there was a gap between
what was expected and the actual practice of use of local resources in teaching the children in the
preschools. Furthermore, the attitude and awareness level of the preschool teachers was below
the expected level. The correlation coefficient obtained indicated that the low attitude level of the
teachers was strongly and negatively correlated with the use of local resources in the preschool.
However, the correlation between the level of awareness and use of local resource of the teachers
had moderate positive correlation. The overall finding was that the use of local resources in the
preschool was below the expected level and needs urgent improvement. Concerning bodies were
recommended to take their respective responsibilities to put in place a strong mechanism to
enforce the use of local resources in teaching the preschool children in the study area.
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Attitudes, Awareness, Children, Local, Practice, Preschools, Resource, teachers