IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL USING MUSIC

Abstract

The goal of every teacher is to produce students with very impressive and outstanding performances at the end of teaching and learning exercise. Sometimes, it seems as if the efforts of teachers are not productive. This may be traced boredom, loss of interest in learning and low attention span found in learners especially lower primary pupils. Looking at this challenge, this study seeks to investigate how music can be used to improve teaching and learning experience pupils, get them actively involved in lessons and reduce low attention span. Using two classes of Eternal Excellence Christian Academy Lugbe Abuja, an experimental group and control group was created. A total number of thirty (30) pupils were used. Fifteen (15) pupils made up the experimental group and fifteen (15) made up the control group. Active learning built on the theory of constructivism was adopted for the study. This theory postulates that learners who are actively involved in learning come out with excellent performance. The result showed that the experimental group‟s performance was high and impressive than the control group. Based on this finding, the work concluded by suggesting that simple short melodies should be incorporated in classroom so as to help break down concept and facilitate easy transition from board to the minds of the pupils. Provisions such as training and workshop for teacher on the effect of music towards learning should be made.