Effects of Edutainment on Students Attitude to Learning in Christian Religious Studies

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine the effect of edutainment on students’ attitude in learning. Edutainment can be defined as a combination of education and entertainment. A total of 120 students was selected from a population of 4,550 students in 60 secondary schools in the study area. The non-randomized pre-test post-test experiment control group design was employed in the study. Edutainment Attitude Questionnaire (EAAQ) were used to collect data from the sample. The instrument was validated by experts in CRK and Measurement and Evaluation Departments of Ahmadu Bello University and University of Jos. The reliability indices of EAAQ were determine at 0.6 by Kuder Richardson formula. The experimental group was taught, ten selected CRK themes (e.g. fairness and love) using edutainment method while the control group was taught the same themes sing the traditional lecture method. The teaching lasted for six weeks. The hypothesis was tested using Mann-Whitney test at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that the experimental group had higher attitudes than the control group. Thus it was concluded that edutainment method enhanced students’ attitudes towards CRK. It was therefore recommended that teachers should incorporate edutainment method in CRK classroom to improve students’ attitudes towards Christian Religious Studies.