Play-Based Pedagogy for Oral Communication in Early Grade and Preschool Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Ekeh, Martin C.; Venketsamy, Roy; Thuketana, Nkhensani S.; Joubert, Ina
Titel	Play-Based Pedagogy for Oral Communication in Early Grade and Preschool Classrooms
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Childhood Education, 12 (2022) 1, Artikel 981 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ekeh, Martin C.) ORCID (Venketsamy, Roy) ORCID (Thuketana, Nkhensani S.) ORCID (Joubert, Ina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2223-7674
Schlagwörter	Play; Teaching Methods; Speech Communication; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Prior Learning; Teacher Competencies; Faculty Development; Communication Skills; Foreign Countries; Oral Language; Vocabulary Development; Teacher Workshops; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorkenntnisse; Lehrkunst; Kommunikationsstil; Ausland; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	Background: Teachers are responsible for developing and enhancing communication skills amongst young learners. Unfortunately, the overly structured pedagogy which many teachers adopt inhibits the optimal development of oral communication skills. Hence, the researchers investigated ways of strengthening group-work play-based pedagogy to stimulate oral communication. Aim: This research aimed to find out (1) what prior knowledge, skills and classroom practice teachers have and how they demonstrate their competence in implementing group play-based pedagogy; and (2) how a professional development programme assists teachers to implement play-based group pedagogy to develop oral communication skills in young learners. Setting: The study took place in the Owerri Education Zone in the eastern part of Nigeria. Methods: The researchers implemented a participatory action research (PAR) design. Nine participants were purposively selected from a cohort of teachers who taught the 5-9-year age group. Teacher participants responded to the semistructured interviews and observational schedules used as tools for data collection. The researchers used inductive thematic data analysis techniques to make sense of the data. This was performed in three phases: sorting the data and organising them in data sets, after which the analysis process commenced. Results: Findings from the study showed that although the participants had a fair understanding of play-based pedagogy, they did not know how to operationalise their understanding of play-based pedagogy directed at oral communication Conclusion: The participants gained expert knowledge of play pedagogies that require children to increase oral language use in interaction with each other, using vocabulary and phrases introduced by the teacher as scaffolding for their communication. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01