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
Abstract
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