Effectiveness of Indigenous Cartoon on Physical Skill of School Children in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State

Abstract

To establish the benefits and drawbacks of using indigenous cartoons to promote physical skill among school children in both rural and urban, therefore, this study was conducted to investigate effectiveness of indigenous cartoon on physical skill of school children in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. This study adopted quasi experimental research design with pre-test, post-test, and non-equivalent control group. Purposive sampling technique was used to select four pre-primary schools because of certain characteristics (Public and Private) which are relevant to the conduct of this study. The school were stratified into public and private from each stratum simple random sampling technique was used to select two public schools and two private schools with total number of 293 participants. Children’s Physical Skill Rating Scales (CPSRS) was used to obtain pretest and posttest scores. The instrument was validated by three lecturers in the department of Early Childhood and primary Education. Items therein were established using inter-rater method of reliability. Therefore, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to establish the reliability coefficient of the instruments at 0.78. Data gathered was analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed that There was a significant effect of indigenous cartoon on physical skill acquisition of school children (F (1; 276) = 14.377, P< 0.05). It was concluded that, indigenous cartoon is effective in enhancing children's physical skills acquisition, surpassing traditional instructional methods. It was suggested among other that the effectiveness of indigenous cartoons in enhancing the acquisition of physical skills has been established. Consequently, teachers should be educated on the efficacy of using indigenous cartoons as a teaching tool for school children through well-organised seminars and workshops. Keywords: Indigenous cartoons, Physical skills, and school children