Teachers’ Perspectives on Effectiveness of Activity-Based Learning for Boosting Students’ Motivation

Abstract

A teacher initiates activity-based learning as a process to enable understanding of students through activity-based engagement and motivation. The key purpose of this study was to understand teachers' views about Activity-Based Learning's implementation process in primary schools. The researchers have selected quantitative research as their method for this particular study. Seventy six primary school teachers were selected for the research sample that was collected through convenient random sampling. The data measurement tool was created using a five-point Likert scale.  The descriptive analytical techniques involved frequency and percentage to examine data. Research findings showed that teaching through activities positively affected students’ motivation. Most of the surveyed female teachers actively supported teaching-learning strategy implementation in activity based learning at higher rates than their male counterparts. This study recommended that workshops with seminars need to be organized for teacher training programs that focus on implementing activity-based learning in primary classrooms.

Key Words: Activity-based learning, primary school teacher, teaching learning strategies, teachers’ perceptions, implementation and students’ motivation, primary school level.