The use of ICT in teaching and learning Kiswahili plays in selected secondary schools in Eldoret West sub-County, Kenya

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to investigate the use of ICT in teaching and learning Kiswahili plays in secondary schools as a way of cultivating interest and positive attitude towards drama at an early age. The objectives of the study were: To determine the availability of ICT facilities for use in teaching Kiswahili plays, to ascertain whether teachers of Kiswahili play have ICT skills for teaching Kiswahili plays, to examine attitude of teachers of Kiswahili towards integration of ICT in teaching Kiswahili plays and to examine the student’s attitude on use of ICT in teaching and learning Kiswahili play in secondary schools. The study used social learning theory by Bandura and the functionalism theory by John Dewey. The study also used a conceptual framework developed by the author showing the usefulness of the ICT in facilitating teaching and learning of literature plays, the study also employed a descriptive survey design to answer the research questions. Stratified sampling was used to categorize schools in to boys, girls, mixed schools, day and boarding schools. Simple random sampling was applied to select 275 students from a total of 918 form three students in Eldoret West district representing 30% of the study population. Saturated sampling was used to select 26 form three Kiswahili teachers and 7 Head teachers in Eldoret West district. A total of 308 respondents will be selected for the study. The study used focus group discussion, questionnaires for teachers and students to collect data and interviews to provide further information on the teacher’s attitude on the use of ICT in teaching Kiswahili play and observation. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Descriptive statistics involves comparison of means, use of tables, pie charts and bar graphs. The chi-square (x2) test was used to measure relationship between independent variables and the dependent variables. The data were entered into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) for data analysis. The study showed limited use of ICT in teaching and learning of Kiswahili play and it adds up into the pool of existing knowledge and is beneficial to teachers since it gives suggestion on the best combination to motivate and arouse interest of teaching and also to the teacher training institutions in preparing teachers to adequately use ICT in instruction in classroom level and also to the curriculum developers.