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Availability Of Instructional Materials For Effective Teaching And Learning Of Computer Science
[A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IFELODUN GOVERNMENT AREA KWARA STATE]
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Science is a
great enterprise which nations depend on, in-order to advance
technologically. Science therefore, is receiving much emphasis in
education because of its significance and relevance to life and society
.Science has been regarded as the bedrock of modern day technological
breakthrough is built. Nowadays, countries all over the world,
especially the developing ones like Nigeria, are striving hard to
develop technologically and scientifically, since the world is turning.
According to Ogunleye (2002), Science is a dynamic human activity
concerned with understanding the workings of our world. This
understanding helps man to know more about the universe which is why
science subject like computer science, biology, agriculture, physics and
chemistry are taught in secondary schools.
Importantly, effective
teaching of any subject will not only stimulates student’s interest in
the subject but also enhance their achievement in the examination. To
achieve effective teaching and learning process, there is the need for
use of instructional materials. Instructional materials are the
different teachi9ng aids or apparatus which a classroom teacher employs
to facilitate his or her teaching for the achievement of the stated
objective. Agun (1992) defined instructional materials as those
materials which are helpful to the teachers and students and which
maximize learning in various areas.
Instructional materials range
from home made devices to sophisticated machines and also people who
assist the teacher in disseminating knowledge and information to help
learners learn meaningfully (Ololobou, 2008). Since the sense organs of
pupils are gateways to learning, materials provide learners the
opportunity to become actively involved intellectually, perceptually and
physically in the instructional process (Jekayinfa, 2005). The National
Teachers Institute (NTI) teacher training manual quoted in Ololobou
(2008), categorized instructional materials into print materials,
audio-materials, audio-visuals, static/displays and electronic
materials. The materials are derived from various sources, including
collection of items from the community, improvised materials by teachers
and pupils, distribution of materials by government and
non-governmental organizations, donations from various agencies and
creation of resource centres. Any effective utilization of instructional
materials, requires the instructional process to be organized with a
combination of people, materials, facilities and equipment for the
realization of stated learning objectives.
Statement of the problem
In
spite of the desire for technological development, couple with the fact
that Computer Science is a very vital subject for technological
development, the poor performance of students in secondary schools in
Kwara State education has become a source of worry to stakeholders in
education. Some scholars has attributed this ugly scenario to so many
factors including poor facilities, inadequate and poor quality teachers
and non availability of instructional materials amongst other as the use
of instructional materials in secondary schools is not encouraging
particularly in Ifelodun Local government Area. As a result, this makes
the morale and interest of the students in biological science low. This
is because teachers adopt the verbalistic and theoretical method as a
way of teaching and learning the subject, mainly due to non-
availability of instructional material in schools. Although there are
scatterd literature on instructional aid and effective teaching and
learning on other science subject like Biology, Chemistry none has
focused on Computer Science. Thus it is upon this premise that study
seeks to examine the availability of instructional materials for
effective teaching and learning of computer science in secondary schools
in Ifelodun Government Area Kwara State
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The broad objective of this study bothers on the availability of
instructional materials for effective teaching and learning of computer
science in secondary schools using Ifelodun Local Government Area in
Kwara State as case study. Survey research design was adopted for the
study and with the aid of convenient sampling method, the researcher
selected One hundred and fifty (150) participant from selected secondary
schools in Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State as the
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