An investigation into the classroom behaviours of trained and untrained physical education teachers in Ho Municipality

Abstract

Behaviour is defined as the action or activities of an organism that is anything that an organism does, including physical action, internal physiological and emotional processes and implicit mental activity. Teaching can in fact, be defined as conscious behaviour that makes learning more probable and more efficient than it would have been without that behaviour. Teaching behaviour can range from a simple smile or part that encourages the learner to a superbly designed, programmed presentation of a complex process that results in predictable, efficient and effective learning. Teacher behaviour and learner behaviour, it is obvious that a complex interaction occurs in teaching. The decisions and actions of a teacher affect the learning process. The purpose of the study was to find out how trained and untrained teachers behave during physical education lessons and to investigate their display of some critical value which fosters learning. The study was conducted insome selected senior high schools in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region.The sample comprised thirty teachers; fifteen trained and fifteen untrained physical education teachers.Purposive sampling was used for the study because they were the targeted group. Questionnaire was distributed to the trained and untrained physical education teachers to answer. The study was purely descriptive where percentage and frequency was employed in the data analysis. The reliability test was also conducted using Cronbach‘s Alpha with a value of 0.995 indicating that 99.5% variables were reliably piloted for the study. Findings show that there was a significant difference between trained and untrained physical education teachers based on behaviours.On the basis of the findings appropriate recommendations were made.