E-Learning In Primary Schools: A Comparative Study Of Selected Primary Schools In Kisumu Municipality And Muhoroni Sub County, Kenya

Abstract

The use of computer based activities to support collaborative teaching provide children with direct teaching of speaking and listening skills which prepare them for talking. The child in primary school is supposed to get ready to expand his/her language skills since it is the medium of instruction. There has been urgent need to improve knowledge dissemination procedures so as to enhance students’ undertakings. In order to achieve good results in the performance, integration of electronically motivated learning with the traditional ones is necessary. However, there have been big disparities in performance of languages in the KCPE results between schools from Kisumu Municipality and Muhoroni Sub. The purpose of the study was to compare the e-learning resources, usage and challenges in instruction and student performance among primary schools in Kisumu Municipality and Muhoroni Sub County. The study objectives were to compare the difference in e-learning resources, to determine the difference in e-learning usage, and to compare the challenges facing the use of ICT’s for instruction among primary schools in Kisumu Municipality and Muhoroni Sub County. A causal comparative research design was used on a population of 104 and 50 pupils, teachers, and head teachers from Kisumu Municipality and Muhoroni Sub County, respectively, on whom three separate questionnaires were used for data collection. Purposive sampling method was used to select 10 primary schools from the two regions, where 10 pupils, two teachers and one head-teacher were randomly selected to participate in the study. Hypotheses were used to test statistical difference in resource usage, and challenges, using the t- test at alpha level of significance. Construct and content validity was done to ensure the instruments were adequate and the content required was covered respectively. The findings were that teachers and pupils in Kisumu Municipality had a higher rate of access to ICTs, although this did not contribute to performance in KCPE. Due to the above, the study recommends that appropriate infrastructure be established to support e-learning equipment.

Keywords: E-Learning; Resource; Usage; Challenges; Performance