The Contribution of Extracurricular Activities to The Students' Learning Behavior in the Classroom: A Case of Bokoji Preparatory and Secondary School
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study was conducted mainly to assess the contribution of extracurricular activities to
the students ' learning behavior in the classroom in Bokoji PreparatOlY and SecondOlY
School (BPSS). fnline with this, it attempted to identify available eXlracurricular
activities and its objectives, to examine how the activities were organized, to describe the
responsible bodies to the proper jill1ctioning of the activities and to identify factors
hindering the practice of extracurricular activities in the school. To this effect,
descriptive survey method was employed. As source of information, Principal, viceprincipal,
teachers and students of BPSS were selected though the Principal did not
participate. From the student population, grade ten and grade /welve students were
selected through purposive sampling and table of random numbers was used to choose
200 students (! 57 grade 10 and 43 grade 12) though only 193 of them participated in the
sludy. Besides, 8 club coordinators and 7c1ub facilitator teachers, the principal and VP
were selected based on purposive sampling and 10ttelY method was employed to select
additional jive teachers. To collect data Fom the sources, questionnaire with open-ended
and close-ended ilems, interview, Focus Group Discussion and document inventory were
employed. in order to validate the instrument for the study, different capable persons
including the researcher and the assigned academic advisor examined it and pretest was
conducted for the questionnaires; as a result, the necessOlY measures were wken. Then
afier, the data collected through questionnaire (close-ended items) and document
inventory were computed in percentage, presented in table and followed by discussion.
The results of open-ended items of the questionnaire, focus group discussion and
interview were presented through descriptive statement. The study showed that though
most of 17 extracurricular activities available in BPSS planned to develop the students '
learning behavior in the classroom, the contribution is low. Lack of students '
understanding on the purpose of the activities, absence of teachers ' commitmel~_and
interest, absence of initiation and significant allel7lion .Fom the school administration,
teachers' time constraint, lack of integration among club coordinators and failure of
parents to play their ro.le in extracurricular aClivities were attached with the result.
Ther~fore, it was concluded that confluence factors that are associated with the school
administration, teachers, students and parents resulted in low contribution of
extracurricular activities in the school. Finally, it was recommended that all these
concerned bodies should work jointly in such a way to solve the problems observed in the
practice of extracurricular activities in BPSS
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Contribution of Extracurricular, Activities to The Students' Learning Behavior