ABSTRACT
Television and education in the classroom are often thought to be two things that don't mix all that well. Children enjoy watching television, and no matter how studious they are; children will still prefer watching television than spending hours reading textbooks and studying. But what people who are too quick to make this assumption might fail to realize is that, the content of the television have large variety of educational programs that are aimed at children in school and children who are generally interested in a particular topic area. The power of television in the classroom could potentially be bound to allow pupils to relate to their studies easier, and have a more enjoyable time doing it.
The researcher used 78 respondents of this research. The respondents are two grade four sections in Coliat E/S. There is no sampling use in this research. The study used the descriptive method of research in order to gather information to test hypothesis and to answer questions concerning the objectives of the study. This study used questionnaire to attain the objectives of the researchers. The design of this research follows three phases namely the input, process and output. The input includes the perceptions of the respondents on the effective utilization of LED TV inside the classroom and their perceived academic skills on using LED TV. The process phase includes research questionnaire and statistical treatment, such as weighted mean and t- test. Finally, the output phase includes propose activities on proper utilization of LED TV inside the classroom.
Based from the findings of the study, showing pictures using LED TV is the only evident as seen by the pupils. Utilization of LED inside the classroom is weak to support the development of the pupils. Only listening skill was develop in utilization of LED TV. There is no significant difference between the respondent’s perception on utilization of LED TV and the perceived academic skill in using LED TV.
I. Content and Rationale
Television and education in the classroom are often thought to be two things that don't mix all that well. Television has long been associated with sitting down and not technically doing anything - hence suggesting that people who watch television are not productive, and will not be productive if they are spending their time watching on the screen. Children enjoy watching television, and no matter how studious they are; children will still prefer watching television than spending hours reading textbooks and studying.
But what people who are too quick to make this assumption might fail to realize, is that it is the content of the television often says whether the person watching television is being productive or not. Sriram and Viswanathan (2008) reported that the expansion and greater utilization of existing Radio, Television and Internet facilities could provide further opportunities towards sustaining education among the students who are educationally and technologically disadvantaged in many parts of India and in many countries all over the world. Desmond (2001) reported that TV watching is inversely related to school progress or achievement. The same trend was also reported by Bala (2004), “Language is the power of media. Nevertheless, the function of TV news language is to capture the interest of the viewers, because words and the ways they are spoken can have much greater effect than pictures on a screen. Page and Crawley (2001) found higher secondary teachers saying that cognitive abilities of their students are seriously affected by TV viewing. According to Shejwal (2005), light viewers were found to be better than heavy viewers in the cognitive skills of analytical thinking, figure evaluation, similarity exploration and verbal facility.
There are large variety of content on the television like fictional dramas, soap operas, documentaries, news and lifestyle programs and then of course an educational programs that are aimed at children in school and children who are generally interested in a particular topic area. The power of television in the classroom could potentially be bound to allow pupils to relate to their studies easier, and have a more enjoyable time doing it. Along with other activities, both independent and in groups, teachers could benefit from keeping students interested through the means of educational and thought-provoking television in the classroom.
With the advancements of technology, teaching strategies are changing every day. Teachers are regularly trying to figure out the best way to utilize technology in their classroom. Coliat Elementary School understand the importance of using technology in teaching to be a 21st century teacher. As a partner of the Department of Education, Coliat Elementary School provides an LED TV in each classroom to be use as instructional material in teaching. This LED TV project will not be possible with the help of PTA officers of each classroom together with the principal, teachers and parents. The school understand that television is very popular in provoking the interest of the learner that will lead to more learnings. Also, it attracts the attention of the pupils to listen to the lesson.
On the other hand, some teachers and parents worry that it actually distracts pupils if the television if it is not properly used as instructional material; instead, it is used as entertainment and enjoyment. Television is often considered something you do when you want to relax, and if this will not use properly, this will affect the pupil academic performance later.
The researchers conduct this analysis to test the utilization of the LED Television as instructional materials at Coliat Elementary School. The findings of this research will be use for the proposed activities to improve their teaching techniques and strategies in utilization of LED TV. This research will serve as a guide to improve the teacher's understanding of how television could be more effective into the learning situation.
II. Innovative, Intervention, and Strategy
Teachers sense the need to grow to be even to new generation of pupils. It is a big challenge to adapt to new set of learners that are well equip with technologies. Teachers must keep pace to new technologies in order not to leave behind in new trends of teaching today. Using LED TV in classroom could be an entertainment; this is the danger of using television to the pupils. Some teachers use television as an exception to teach.
This research aims to rate the effectiveness of using LED TV as instructional materials at Coliat Elementary School, as view by the pupils. In this research, the pupils view how effective LED TV is use inside the classroom. A propose planned activities in utilization of LED TV will be the output of this research. The planned activities that will be propose will be beneficial to the teachers, to improve their teaching skill in using LED TV and to the pupils, to develop more academic skills.
III. Action Research Questions
The researchers aim to determine the pupil’s view on utilization of LED TV in the classroom.
Specially, the researcher would like to answer the following research questions.
- What are the pupil’s perceptions on the effectiveness of LED TV utilization inside the classroom?
- What are the perceived academic skills of pupils in using LED TV inside the classroom
- Is there any significant difference between the pupil’s perceptions on utilization of LED TV to the perceived academic skills of the pupils?
- What planned activities may be propose to develop proper utilization of LED TV inside the classroom?
Hypothesis
There is no significant difference between the perceptions of the pupil’s on utilization of LED TV inside the classroom to each perceived academic skills.
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