Effectiveness of Learner Centered Methods on Enhancing Teaching and Learning Process in Public Secondary Schools Moshi District, Tanzania

Abstract

The study was to investigate the effectiveness of learner centre methods on enhancing the teaching and learning processin public secondary schools in Moshi District Council, Tanzania. The problem of the study was answered by two (2) research questions. The researcher adopted a mixed-methods approach under which a convergent design was used. The study sampled 8 heads of schools, 8 academic teachers, 48 teachers and 160 form four students from 8 secondary schools and 1 district education officer, making a total number of 217 respondents. Information for this study was collected using questionnaires, interview guide and observation guide. Data were analyzed by the computer software that is a statistical package for social science (SPSS). The study found that learner centred teaching methods were applied at public secondary schools in the Moshi district. The study found that the majority of teachers applied learner centred teachingmethodson enhancing the teaching and learning process. Based on the findings, it was concluded that teachers used presentation, group discussion, questions and answers during the teaching and learning process. The study recommended that the government through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MOEST) should allocate enough funds to secondary schools for buying teaching and learning material that supported the application of learner centred teaching methods.