A comparative study of teaching with radio by trained and untrained teachers through pupil achievement

Abstract

The study attempted to compare the effectiveness of trained and untrained teachers on the utilization of instructional radio in the teaching of Health Education to Kenyan Rural Primary Schools. The effectiveness of the teachers was determined through the achievement of the pupils. Seven teachers were randomly selected into the sample together with their 395 pupils. A pretest was administered to ascertain the starting level of the participating pupils. This was followed by eight weeks of teaching with taped materials. A posttest was finally administered on the pupils to determine the impact (if any) of teaching with the materials. Statistical analysis revealed that whereas pupil characteristics and teacher's sex did not affect achievement, the training did, with the untrained teachers outperforming the trained teachers. Environnent, subject matter and level were fixed through the design of the study.