Abstract
This study examines the impact of dramatization and lecture methods on effective teaching of Yoruba Poetry in Secondary Schools in Lagos State. It finds out the effect of using dramatization and lecture methods in widening students understanding of poetry in Yoruba Language. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey research design. the study sampled 10 public secondary schools and 200 students offering the subject using simple random sapling technique. A self-designed achievement test tagged: “Yoruba Poetry Achievement Test (YPAT)” with a reliability coefficient (r) of 0.62 was used to assess the performance of students in order to establish effective teaching of Yoruba poetry. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r) and t-test were used to analyse the data. While the null hypotheses developed for the study were tested at .05 level of significance. The findings revealed significant relationship between dramatization method, lecture method, and students’ performance in Yoruba poetry. Also, there is significant difference in the performance of students taught Yoruba poetry using lecture method and dramatization method. The study recommended among others that teachers in various secondary schools should equip themselves with knowledge in use of different methods of teaching so as to enable them diversify their method of teaching as soon as they observe that the method in use does not benefit the student in the teaching process. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n3p161
Highlights
Teaching methods are the methods or the ways through which a teacher want to realize his teaching goals or objectives and a source through which a teacher implements his or her lesson note (Amoo, 2009)
Statement of the Problem This study examined the relationship between both dramatization and lecture methods and secondary school students’ performance in Yoruba Poetry in Lagos State
- Ho3: There is no significant difference in the performance of students taught Yoruba poetry using lecture method and dramatization method
Summary
Teaching methods are the methods or the ways through which a teacher want to realize his teaching goals or objectives and a source through which a teacher implements his or her lesson note (Amoo, 2009). The lecture method of teaching is an economic means of transmitting factual information to a larger audience even though there is no guarantee that effective learning will result. This method is characterized by one-way communication from the teacher to the class. Awoniyi (1997) views the concept of dramatization of real life situation by student Dramatization involves the use of acting to teach or learn This can be inform or dramatization as a tools of achieving the objectives of teaching and learning Yoruba poetry, would equip the learner’s with the right forms of values, skills to improve the standard and enhance other quality of life
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