Assessment of Instructional Resources in Teaching Social Studies in Selected Secondary Schools in the Eastern Senatorial District of Kogi State, Nigeria
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The study is on the assessment of instructional resources in the teaching of Social Studies in selected secondary schools in the eastern senatorial district of Kogi state, Nigeria. Instructional resources refer to all material and human resources which can be employed by teachers to facilitate teaching and learning. The study was guided by five research questions which came from the five objectives of the study. Cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted in obtaining data from 26 Social Studies teachers from ten public secondary schools randomly selected from the area. The study employed an instrument titled assessment of instructional resources in teaching Social Studies questionnaire which was personally administered to the respondents. The data were analysed with the use of percentage and the findings revealed that most instructional resources were not available, and the most commonly used ones include textbooks, charts and maps. Most teachers don’t engage the service of resource persons despite the potential benefit inherent in the use of resource persons and other resources due to some challenges identified by the respondents. The study therefore recommended that there is need for retraining of Social Studies teachers on the use of instructional resources, teachers should be encouraged to source for locally made resources and the government and PTA should be actively involved in the provision of instructional resources, among others. Keywords: Assessment, Instructional resources, Teaching, Social Studies, Secondary Schools.
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Omale ,, Ameh ,
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