An investigation of the roles of Teachers and Learning in relation to the introdaction of new fershman English Matrials
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1996-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of
teachers and learners in relation to the introduction of the new
Freshman English materials. The study involved 180 students and
19 teachers from two campuses. Of the 19 sections chosen by the
project committee for the piloting of the new materials 6
sections were involved in this study: three from Sidist Kilo and
three from Arat Kilo campuses. All the 19 teachers who were
teaching the new materials were involved in the study.
The major instruments used in this study were
questionnaires and an interview. One questionnaire which
attempted to find out students' previous perceptions of a
teacher's role, students' preferences for ways of learning,
students' assessment of the new modes of organization and the
tasks in the new materials, was designed for and administered to
students in the study sample. Another questionnaire that
attempted to find out teachers' perceptions of their roles,
teachers' perceptions of how students perceived the roles of
teachers teaching the new materials and teachers' perceptions of
teaching materials, was designed for and administered to
teachers. To consolidate or refute the information obtained
through the questionnaire, an interview was also conducted with
the,. students in the study sample. Classroom observations were
also employed to get some insights into how the teachers and
learners made use of the tasks in the new materials.
The study showed that the students were very optimistic
about the tasks, the new modes of organization and their new
roles implied by the new materials. The study also showed that
the teachers assessed more positively their roles in the more
recent approaches than their roles In the traditional
approaches.
As a whole, the study showed that both the teachers and the
students demonstrated a gradual shift from the perceptions of
their more traditional roles as teachers and learners.
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roles of Teachers and Learning