Attitude of kindergarten teachers towards the use of play as a teaching technique in Sagnerigu Municipal in the Northern Region

Abstract

This study sought to examine pre-school teachers’ use of play as a teaching strategy in Sagnerigu Municipality, in the northern part of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of identified factors on use of play as a teaching strategy. A case study design was employed with independent variables. The instruments used in the study included questionnaire and interview. The simple random sampling technique was used to select schools with all the teachers in the sampled schools forming the study sample. The data collected was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics computed included frequencies and percentages. The main findings were majority of the teachers used play as a teaching strategy whereas others did not use play as a teaching strategy indicating that about half of the respondents did not use play as a teaching strategy. The study found out that teachers’ level of motivation and availability of play materials emerged as factors which influenced teachers’ use of play as a teaching strategy. The recommendations were that when teachers are motivated and provided with a wide range of play materials, they are more likely to use play as a teaching strategy. To improve the use of play as a teaching strategy in pre-primary schools, capacity building and sensitization seminars for school managers, pre-primary school teachers and other stakeholders should be encouraged