Early Childhood Education Teachers' Perceptions on the Use of Play as a Teaching Technique in Afadjato South District of the Volta Region, Ghana
Journal Title: Education Quarterly Reviews - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The study investigated the perception of early childhood educators on the use of play as a teaching technique in the Afadjato South District. The study was a cross-sectional descriptive design using concurrent triangulation mixed method approach. A sample of 120 participants was used comprising100 kindergarten teachers, 10 basic school heads and 10 school supervisors. Purposive, simple random and convenience sampling techniques were used to select the participants. Questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data while thematic analysis was used for the qualitative data. The findings showed that early childhood teachers in Afadjato South District had positive perception on the use of play as a teaching technique. Kindergarten teachers’ perception positively influenced their use of play as a teaching technique. Among other factors such as availability of play materials, the kind of motivation teachers received as teachers influenced the use of play as a technique of teaching. Teaching experiences were the most influential factors to kindergarten teachers’ use of play as a teaching technique. It was concluded that early childhood teachers in Afadjato South District had good intentions on the use of play as a teaching technique. Also, kindergarten teachers’ could use play as a teaching technique depending on their perception towards play. Moreover, factors that contributed to kindergarten teachers’ use of play as a teaching technique were: availability of play materials, the kind of motivation teachers receive and their teaching experiences. It was recommended that through in-service training, head teachers should encourage early childhood teachers in Afadjato South District to continuously have positive perception towards play as a teaching technique. Also, personnel in charge of supervision at the Afadjato South District Education Directorate should educate kindergarten teachers to use play as a teaching technique.
Authors and Affiliations
Divine Koku Kekesi, Simon Kormla Donkor, Moses Torkonyo
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP645244
- DOI 10.31014/aior.1993.02.03.83
- Views 35
- Downloads 0
Display for Theme of Color and Geometry in the Art Sultanate Hunt and Sultan Hussein Bayaqra’s Party in Garden
This article contains and expresses (analysis of Kamaleddin Behzad Herawi’s two arts) including Sultanate hunt (Kingdom’s Hunt) and Sultan Hussein Bayaqra’s party in garden. The aim is to enrich public awareness and soci...
Strengthening the Quality of Graduates in Dealing with the Asian Economic Community and Demographic Bonuses
The purpose of this article is to describe the learning outcomes that graduates needed to face AEC and demographic bonuses. The data used in this article from the research result held in the Department of Anthropology Ed...
English Collocations with Afghanistanian Persian Dialect Equivalents: A Comparative Study
This study investigates the English collocations with Afghanistan Persian dialect equivalents words in the Afghanistanian context. This study aims to bring out the variations between English and Afghanistanian Persian di...
Rural Banditry, Regional Security and Integration in West Africa
Rural banditry is increasingly becoming one of the worst forms of domestic insurgencies affecting West African sub-region. The prevalence and severity of rural banditry has contributed to the rising increase of regional...
Environmental Education through Art: A Creative Teaching Approach
The present study describes a creative teaching approach utilizing two works of art in environmental education teaching, making the teaching of material recycling and reuse more experiential, participatory, and original....