Examining the challenges of using student-centred teaching strategies in secondary schools: A qualitative approach.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the challenges that are associated with using student-centred teaching strategies in the classroom. This study focuses on history education teaching at Sebeta town government secondary schools. The aim is also to investigate the challenges that teachers encounter when applying student-centred teaching strategies in history education at Sebeta town government secondary schools. Student-centred learning is a teaching strategy that involves 21st century skills and abilities like collaborative learning, problem solving, creativity, self-directed learning, critical thinking skills, communication, digital, and technology literacy. However, the concept is poorly understood and not implement so efficiently. Different determinant factors have an impact on student-centred teaching and learning strategies. Interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis are used to collect data for this study, which is then presented, analyzed, and interpreted following the study's objectives. The outcomes of this study indicated that the implementation of a student-centred learning technique in history instruction at Sebeta town government secondary school is not appropriate. The findings also revealed that factors influencing student-centred teaching method implementation included a large number of students in a classroom, traditional classroom seating arrangements, insufficient teaching materials, lack of time allocated for history education subjects, and teachers' perceptions of the use of student-centred teaching strategies. It is recommended that concerned bodies work on improving teachers' awareness through training, fulfilling learning materials, revisiting the time allocated for each subject, continuing training for teachers on how to implement the student-centred method, and balancing the number of students in a classroom to apply the student-centred method in history education class successfully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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