THE BARRIERS TO THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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BARRIERS TO THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY
SCHOOL IN OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
The project is written and designed
to identify the problem affecting the effective teaching of social studies in
some selected secondary schools in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo
State. To this effect, the following questions were posed.
1.
Are instructional materials available adequately used by teachers?
2.
Do the teachers in the discipline recognize the relevance of instructional
materials in effective teaching and learning of social studies?
Questionnaires was used to collect data
from the identified respondents in view of the aforementioned, some
recommendations are given in the study to tackle the identified prevalent
problems of teaching and learning of social studies.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter
one
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Statement
of the problems
1.3
Purpose
of the study
1.4
Significance
of the study
1.5
Research
question
1.6
Scope
of the study
1.7
Definition
of terms
2.0
Chapter
Two
2.1
literature review
3.0
Chapter
Three
3.1 Research
population
3.2
Population of study
3.3 Sample
area
3.4 Research
instrument
3.5
Administration of instrument
3.6 method
of data analysis
4.0
Chapter
Four
4.1 analysis
and interpretation of result
5.0
Chapter
Five
5.1 Summary
5.2 Finding
5.3
Conclusion
5.4
Recommendation
References
Questionnaire
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Education is a process of acquiring desirable changes in ones behaviour or
character. The school is a formal institution set up primarily to inculcate the
desirable character in children and improve their knowledge in order to be
useful to themselves and the society at large.
Social studies is one of the subject in the curriculum that help in achieving
the aims and goals of education. The comparative educational study and
adaptation centres (CESAC) 1968, defined social studies as “the study of man
and his society with his interplay between him, his environment and effect of
science and technology. He went on to state that the usefulness of social
studies is enhanced when it is seen as a way of looking at the society in order
to understand social problems and thereby help to seek solution to
them.
Aderalegbe (1975) also described social studies as “a study of how man
influence and has in turn influenced by his environment, in terms of physical,
social, political religious, economic, psychological, cultural, scientific and
technological environment. He went on to refer to social studies as a way of
life”. Social studies is relatively a new subject through out the world. The
idea of social studies first sprang up ion the United State of America and
later in Europe. By the early 1960 the teaching of social studies has spread to
all parts of the United State of America and Europe and later the subject
started having impact in developing countries.
Social studies offer us important opportunities to know what is happen in,
where, when and how, making our understanding positive value, social studies
help in promoting, travelling experience and clearly show the
inter-relationship and interdependence between man and places above all, it is
clearly shown the world is dynamic rather than a static, social studies as a
subject seek to solve the problems of the society and give clear insight into
the problems of man and his environment. Social studies was introduced to
Nigeria schools in 1963 in view of satisfying the urge of children who are
always curious and want to know where, when of various events takes place in
their environment, since the introduction of the social studies into Nigeria
education system several questions has been raised about the teaching and
learning of social studies. They ask such questions as what a learner who is
exposed to social studies sought to find out.
This project sought to find out the problems associated with the teaching of
social studies in secondary schools using Iguobazuwa Grammar School , Udo Mixed
School, Siluko Grammar School, Gbelebu Secondary School, and also Ofienamas
School all in Ovia South West Local Government Area.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
The teaching of social studies in selected secondary schools in Ovia South West
Local Government Area of Edo State is associated with some of the following
problems:
1.
Lack of instructional materials affects the teaching of social studies
2.
Lack of conducive environment affect the teaching of social studies.
3.
Lack of appropriate method of teaching affect the teaching of social studies
4.
Lack of incentive/regular payment of salary to teachers affects the teaching of
social studies.
5.
Lack of sufficient lesson periods allotted social studies affect the teaching
of social studies.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems facing the teaching of
social studies in selected secondary schools in Benin City. Teachers, parents
and community and how well social studies programme could be designed to meet
the expectation of these bodies. It is also hoped that the study will reduce
the negative attitude of each of the above mentioned problems.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study will enlighten parents and the general public, and also help the
government to recognize the problems affecting the effective teaching of social
studies in Junior Secondary Schools. It will also help in the identification of
those problems, and in no small measure help both the teacher and education
planners to rejuvenate the present standard of schools in these areas.
This will also guide policy makers on how to tackle problems facing the
teaching of social studies in Junior Secondary Schools. And it will help
enhance students understanding of social studies and thereby improve their
performances in social studies examinations.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.
Does the shortage of manpower (social studies teachers) in Ovia South West
Local Government Area adversely affect student’s performance?
2.
Does shortage of teaching resources and other equipment affect the performance
of students?
3.
Is the wide scope of social studies responsible for students lack of interest
in the subject?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study is limited to five secondary schools namely:
Iguobazuwa Grammar School , Udo
Mixed School, Siluko Grammar School, Gbelebu Secondary School, and also Uhaza
Secondary School all in Ovia South West Local Government Area.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Problems – Something difficult to
deal with or understand. Some thing to be solves or dealt with.
Effective – Achieving the intended
result
Teaching – Giving instruction by a
teacher to a lecturer.
Curriculum – This is the sum total
of what the learner learn at school and what the teacher do to make the
learners learn from their first day in school to when they graduate.
Society – An ordered community, a
particular system of ordering the community.
Influence – Exercise power over
something, people have effect upon person or something.
Interdependence – To depend on each
other.
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