Teachers’ Attitudes and Perceptions towards 1:5 Students’grouping As Teaching Strategy: The Case in Nefas-Silk-Lafto Sub-City, Second Cycle (5-8) Primary Schools
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to identify teachers‘ Attitudes and perceptions towards one –to- five (1:5) students group form teaching strategy and to investigate the reason why teachers have negative/positive attitudes and perceptions towards this teaching strategy in second cycle (grade 5-8) primary schools. The study used mixed method that QUAN→qual(explanatory sequential design). The study used lottery method to select six (6) primary schools from 20 primary schools that were found in Nefas –Slik-Lafto sub – city. By using stratified sampling and random sampling techniques 210 second cycle primary school teachers were selected for the sample of the study. From these 210 teachers, 198 teachers were selected for quantitative part and 12 were selected for qualitative part. In the first phase of the quantitative part, 163 teachers participated (return rate was 82.3%) by filling in the questionnaire .The collected data was analyzed by frequency distribution, weighted Mean and percentage. Additionally, t- test of independent samples test of significance was used to identify, if in case, there is difference between male and female teachers‘ attitudes and perceptions towards one-to-five teaching strategy. The findings of this study revealed that teachers have negative attitudes and perceptions towards one-to-five student group form teaching strategy. The test of significance result also revealed that there is statistically significance difference between male and female teachers‘ attitudes and perceptions towards 1:5 student group teaching strategy. In the second phase, qualitative data was collected through interview based on the findings of first phase (i.e. the reason why teachers have negative attitude and perception towards 1:5 students group form).The collected data analyzed qualitatively and triangulated with the first result. It indicated ―the inconsistency of 1:5 teaching strategy with teachers‘ beliefs of teaching, teachers were not trained in it as teaching method in teachers‘ training institution, but 1:5 grouping was recommended by government for all government sectors, farmers, women, for unemployed ,..,and also attempt to use it as teaching method ,not research based and recommendation from university lead teachers to perceive it as more political than teaching strategy ‖ were the reasons for their negative attitudes and perceptions. The researcher suggests here that teachers need to be trained on the theoretical background and principles of 1:5 group at teacher training higher institutions and the issue of methodological aspects with respect to the new teaching innovation ―what, why and how teachers have to use it in instructional strategy‖ would be more successfully and effectively implemented and if it would be addressed to teachers by higher institution than politicians.
Key words: one-to-five student group, perception, attitude.
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one-to-five student group, perception, attitude