An Assessment of Educa Tlonal Television in Promoting Teaching - Learning in Selected Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The ultimate purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors that facilitate or
impede Educational Television programs in promoting teaching-learning with particular
reference to secondary schools of Addis Ababa. Keeping in view the nature and
requirement of the present study, "descnjJtive survey method" was adopted to explore and
assess the educational television programs watched and its effect in the teaching and
learning process in the selected secondary schools of Addis Ababa. Accordingly, to collect
the necessCllY data related literature was collected, reviewed and discussed. Pilot study was
carried out to help improve the validity and reliability of students' questionnaire.
Subsequently, students' and teachers' questionnaires, principals and educational media
personnel interview and classroom observation were designed and administered as the
instrument of the study. To this effect. 300 students, J 00 teachers, five school principals
and five media personnel were randomly selected Fom the randomly selected 8 secondary
schools and Department of JeT so as to give their responses on designed questionnaires
and interview. Questionnaire was the ,rwin instrument used to collect data, on the other
hand interview and classroom observation were administered as second instruments for the
study. The responses were tabulated, discussed and analyzed by employing percentage
frequency distribution and were advanced using different data analyzing tools like mean,
graphs. histogram etc. This research appraised the interest as well as attitude of students
and teachers towards Television education, on top of this it reviewed factors that facilitate
or impede television education and factor that trim down teacher's role in television
classroom. Furthermore it appraised the differences in motivation and achievement of
television users and nonusers in public and private schools. From the findings Pace of the
television program presenters, problem in understanding the lesson and Language
problems were considered major hindering factors for the follow up of students as evident.
From the study it was concluded that pace and language problem abridged the means for
effective communication and transcription, students were not fully interested in educational
television programs. The understandability of the plasma television is questioned. Limited
share of classroom teacher's time did not allow playing the roles and techniques employed
in plasma television teaching-learning. The recommendations given were that the television
programs have to be revised to meet the pace; relevance and language level of the students.
Language development at early level and early English television programs are required to
assist students to follow the Education Television programs.
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Educa Tlonal Television, in Promoting Teaching - Learning