Determination of Compatibility of Lecture Method as an Instructional Strategy for Online Teaching to Prospective Teachers in Pakistani TEIs

Abstract

This research study aims to examine the compatibility of the lecture method as an instructional strategy for teaching prospective teachers effectively in online classes at Teacher Education Institutions in Sindh. The researcher framed the objectives first to fulfill the purpose of the study and then framed four hypotheses based on the objectives to collect the perceptions of teacher educators of the public sector teacher education institutions in considering the selected variables in order to measure the practices of the lecture method used in the online classes for teaching the prospective teachers.  The nature of the research was descriptive to explore and determine the degree of effectiveness of the lecture method in online classes. The effectiveness helps in determining the compatibility of the method with the online teaching approach.   He adopted a survey research design. The researcher selected a quantitative approach. He developed a five-point Likert Scale for collecting the data. It was a close-ended questionnaire. The obtained coefficient of reliability of the instrument was 0.89 and the obtained coefficient of validity was 0.921.  The population of the study was teacher educators working in the TEIs in Karachi. He adopted a simple random sampling technique for selecting the sample; one of the probability techniques. The sample size was 597 teacher educators as respondents. One-sample t-tests were used to analyze the hypotheses statistically using SPSS-22. The null hypotheses were rejected and proved that the lecture method was compatible with the online approach, and proved its efficacy for teaching adults in their online classes.