Perception of Higher Secondary Level Teachers on Discovery Technique in Teaching Grammar

Abstract

The thesis entitled Perception of Higher Secondary Level Teachers on Discovery Technique in Teaching Grammar attempt to find out the perception of higher secondary level teachers in teaching grammar. The main aim of this study was to find out whether higher secondary level teachers take the application of Discovery Technique positively or not, how do they feel using Discovery Technique while teaching grammar i. e, easy or difficult? It further aimed at analyzing the role of Discovery Technique, materials, role of teachers and learners while teaching grammar. Survey research design was employed for carrying out this research work. To meet the objectives of the study twenty teachers of higher secondary level teachers teaching in twenty different schools from Rupandehi district, were selected to fill up thequestionnaire to obtain the data. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted descriptively by using different tools such as percentage, figures etc. The findings of this study showed that 87% of higher secondary level teachers positively perceived the application of Discovery Technique for teaching grammar. However, 13% of teachers yet think that DiscoveryTechnique is not needed for teaching grammar or they feel difficulty. This thesis is divided into five chapters: The first chapter deals with background, statement of the problem, rationale of the study, objectives of thestudy, significance of the study, delimitations of the study, and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter presents the review of related literature, implications of the review for the study and the theoretical conceptual framework. The third chapter includes the design of the study,population and sample of the study, sampling procedure, data collection tools,data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedure. The fourth chapter is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the obtained data from the field. The last chapter has the summary, conclusions of the studyin which some pedagogical implications have been recommended to better the findings of this study as well as to strengthen such further studies.