The Current Status of the Self-Contained Classroom Teaching in Primary Schools in Addis Ababa Administrative Region Abe Be Ahmed

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2000-06

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Addis Ababa University

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The purpose of this study was to find out the current status of the self-contained classroom teaching in the primary schools of Addis Ababa Region . To obtain a clear picture of the situation three data gathering instruments (observation, questionnaires and interviews) were employed, nine primary schools, One hundred and Sixty self-contained classroom teachers , fifteen Regional , Zonal & Woreda supervisors, nine primary school directors and thirty six self contained classroom fourth grade students were used as the subjects of the study. Percentage was employed to analyse all the data . Findings made suitable for the classrooms are not clear that the self-containeed wide enough for classroom environment is classroom teaching i . e. teachers and students to not the move from place to place for teaching learning activities, some windows and doors are broken and unable to be closed and opened easily as needed, there are no sufficient seats for students, drawers and cupboards for teachers and students are not available. The absence of substitute teachers, subject specialists, skilled teachers for non-ac~demic subjects makes it very difficult to make this system of teaching effective. The lack of orientation given to the teachers who are currently teaching in primary schools first cycle grades 1 to 4 is another problem facing the system . The inflexibility of the schedule is also a major setback . Finally , inorder to improve the existing unsatisfactory conditions, the following recommendations are suggested . The standard which was present during the tryout stage to be followed in the implementation program, to give orientation to teachers, to use team teaching, to reduce the class size to at most 50, to provide library periods, to assign expert teachers to non-academic subjects and to allocate financial and material resourcs for the preparation of instructional materials .

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Current Status of the Self-Contained Classroom Teaching

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