Public Pre-Primary School Teachers’ Use of Play as a Classroom Teaching Strategy: A Case of Bunyala, Busia County, Kenya
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2022
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Journal of Research Innovation and Implications in Education,
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Learner’s classroom participation can be gauged by; confidence levels turn-taking, numeracy skills, manipulative
competencies and task completion. However, over time, adequate inculcation of play as a strategy in early childhood
classrooms is yet to be achieved. Bunyala sub-county notwithstanding. This underscored the need of this study. The study
assessed public pre-primary school teachers’ use of play as a classroom teaching strategy: a case of Bunyala- Busia County,
Kenya. The guide objective was: to explore public pre-primary school teachers’ preparedness in using play as a strategy on
pre-schoolers’ classroom participation. A mixed methodology with descriptive survey design was adopted. Research targeted
a population of 27 public pre-primary centres. Of this, 2 were used in piloting while in 25 actual study was conducted with a
sample of 25 heads, 50 teachers and 100 pre-schoolers. The sampling techniques adopted were purposive and simple random.
Data was collected using questionnaires and an observation guide. Reliability and validity of the instruments were addressed
through piloting and test retest. Descriptive statistics for measures of central tendencies were applied. For qualitative data,
content analysis was adopted. The study found that public pre-school teachers were not adequately armed with the necessary
skills on play and that majority of them had general training on ECD matters but very minimal additional professional
knowledge on play. The study recommended that ECDE teachers and care givers should be adequately prepared in terms of
training, planning and organization in order for them to maximize their content delivery to the young ones.
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Okello, Z. A., Kirimi, J., & Ong’ang’a, H. O. (2022). Public pre-primary school teachers’ use of play as a classroom teaching strategy: A case of Bunyala, Busia County, Kenya. Journal of Early Childhood and Educational Research, 6(1), 359–369:https://jriiejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JRIIE-6-1-035.pdf