Abstract

• The purpose of this research was to study the teaching styles of trained and untrained primary assistant teachers. The participants of this research were primary assistant teachers from Yedashe Township. The researcher classified sample teachers into two groups, (150) trained teachers and (150) untrained teachers. The questionnaires consisted of (40) items of five points Likert-scale. The teaching style questionnaires for teachers were based on Anthony F. Grasha’s teaching style inventory (1996). It includes five types of styles. They are expert style, formal authority style, personal model style, facilitator style and delegator style. A quantitative research method was used to analyze the teaching styles of teachers. The independence samples t- test and comparison of means were employed for the analysis of quantitative data. According to the research finding, there was a significant difference between trained and untrained teachers on personal model and facilitator teaching style. Moreover, untrained teachers preferred in formal authority teaching style and trained teachers preferred expert, personal model, facilitator and delegator teaching style. This showed that training is necessary for all teachers. This study has a positive contribution not only for teachers to be effective in their teaching but also for the improvement of education.