Comparative Study On Classroom Social Interaction In Government And Private Preparatory Schools The Case Of Addis Ababa City Administration

The main objective of this study is to identify and compare the level of classroomrnsocial interaction in government and private preparatory schools of Addis Ababa cityrnAdministration. For the study the researcher took three government and threernprivate preparatory schools by simple random sampling and used 12 classrooms forrndata collection taking two sections at random from each setting. The observedrnclasses geography. history and Amharic classes are selected purposefully becausernthese subjects are non plasma sUbjects in both the settings. The method employed isrnmixed method (both quantitative and qualitative! and comparative study design wasrnused for the research. Data were collected by using observation, questionnaire andrninterview. The data was analysed by simple statistical methods (percentage and ratio!rnfor the quantitative datct and by categorizing in to their implications for thernqualitative data. The main out comes of the study ar~ teachers in the governmentrnschools have a better understanding of the contribution of classroom socialrninteraction for the teaching learning process, teachers dominates the classroom socialrninteraction in both settings but in terms of exercising the indirect teaching behaviour;rnfacilitating collaborative/active learning method and giving considerable time forrnstudents participation, teachers of government schools are better than teachers ofrnprivate schools. In genera~ the overall classroom social interaction in governmentrnschools is better than that of the private schools. The gender issue is also treated inrnthe study and the findings shows that in the government schools male studentsrninteract more than female students, whereas in the private schools female studentsrninteract more than male students. Moreover; in the stUdy the researcherrnrecommended that the concerned bodies,· to upgrade teachers by arranging trainingrnsessions, arranging experience sharing programme among teachers of the twornsettings and motivating educators to conduct researches on the issue of classroomrnsocial interaction.

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