An assessment of feedback given by trained and untrained physical education teachers during practical physical education lessons in basic schools at the Hohoe District, Volta Region

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess how trained and untrained physical education teachers give feedback during practical physical education lessons in basic schools at the Hohoe District of Volta Region.Descriptive research design was uses for the study. The population was made of all physical education teachers in basic school at Hohoe District, Volta Region.The sample comprised thirty teachers, fifteen trained and fifteen untrained in physical education. The trained physical education teachers received their training in only two Universities in Ghana that offer physical education at the moment; thus University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and University of Cape Coast (UCC). The untrained teachers are pupil teachers and teachers from colleges of education. Purposive sampling was used to select trainedphysical educationteachers for the study because they were few. Random sampling was used to select untrained physical education teachers because of their large number. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. Questionnaire were distributed to the trained and untrained physical education teachers as a source of data. Means, standard deviations and percentages were employed in the data analysis.The instrument had face validity from the researcher‘s supervisor. The reliability value was 0.73 which showed a high level of consistency. The researcher administered the questionnaire to thirty (30) trained and untrained Physical Education teachers in the Hohoe District.Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 for windows 2007. The data were collated and coded using frequency counts and percentages. The data were then tabulated and discussed briefly.Findings showed that there was a difference between trained and untrained physical education teachers based on the mean, standard deviation and percentages University of Education,Winneba http://ir.uew.edu.gh xi obtained as far as feedback is concerned.Based on the findings the following recommendations were made. Teachers should provide positive, specific and concurrent feedbacks to create more stimulating learning environment for learners. Teachers should avoid insulting learners during practical physical education lessons as feedback as well as giving negative feedback. Physical education should be made a compulsory subject at the college of education throughout the course of the study. The number of periods on the teaching time table for physical education should be increased at the college of education so that, trainees will acquire more knowledge about how to teach physical education.