AVAILABILITY OF LABORATORIES AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMPUTER AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL
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OF LABORATORIES AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF
COMPUTER AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Abstract
This study
was undertaken to ascertain the extent of availability of laboratories and
qualified teacher for effective teaching and learning of Computer and Integrated
Science in Udi Local Government Area in Enugu State. Three research questions
were used as guide, the literature was reviewed under thee subheadings which
include:
1. The concept of science laboratory
2. Effect of teacher’s qualification or
on the teaching and learning of computer and integrated science in our
secondary schools.
3. Important of equipment and materials
in science laboratory and the need for adequate utilization of equipment and
materials.
This study
adapted a linked scale design. It was carried out in Udi LGA of Enugu state.
The population of the study was all the secondary school students and teachers
in the field of integrated science computer science out of 19 secondary school
in Udi Local, Government Area, 6 schools were randomly selected sixty students
and twelve teachers from each school which gave as a total of 60 students and
12 teachers. Were used as the sample for the study. Structured questionnaire
was used for collection of data which was constructed in accordance with the
research questions. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard
deviation. The interpretation of the data was based on real limit number of
mean score. From the analysis of data, the following findings were made:
1. Students developed fear in the study
of computer and integrated science because of the stories from the older
students that integrated science as a subject is difficult to learn.
2. Procedures involved in the teaching
and learning of computer and integrated science makes the students to feel
tired of the subjects.
3. There are no adequate computer and
integrated science laboratories in our secondary schools in Udi Local
Government in Enugu State.
4. It was discovered that there are no
adequate utilization of the available integrated science laboratories equipment
in the secondary schools in Udi Local Government Area in Enugu State.
5. It was also discovered that teachers
with other science qualifications are allowed to teach computer and integrated
science in our secondary schools thereby making the student to loss interest in
learning because other science teachers without integrated and computer science
qualification are not master of the subjects and cannot deposit what they do
not have.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
Title
page
i
Approval
page ii
Certification
iii
Dedication
iv
Acknowledgement
v
Abstract
vi
Table of
content
viii
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background
of the study
1
Statement of
problem
6
Purpose of
the study 7
Significance
of the study
8
Scope of the
study
9
CHAPTER TWO
The review
of related literature
10
Summary
23
CHAPTER
THREE
Research
methodology
26
Research
design
26
Area of
study
27
Population
of the study
27
Sample and
sampling techniques 28
Instrument
for data collection
28
Validation
of the instrument
29
Method of
data collection
29
Method of
data analysis
30
Decision
rule
30
CHAPTER FOUR
Data Analysis
and Presentation 31
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary,
Discussion of Findings and Recommendation 39
Summary
39
Discussion
of findings
40
Recommendations
43
References
45
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Science
according to Attiji (2008) is a dynamic human activity concerned with
understanding of working of our world. Ali (2000) believes that the word
science stands for a variety of information, abilities and operations about the
natural environment. He believes that science is more concerned with various
investigative processes and activities with regards to developing acquiring and
controlling knowledge, skills, acceptability, attitudes about the natural
factors of the environment. Science is an intellectual activity through which
ma seeks to understand nature. This definition emphasizes external sociology of
science rather than seeing science from the academic or archival persecution, it
views science as a human calling that has relevance to technology. This science
is worth the study and efforts for the simple fact that it would ultimately
serve economic, politically sociological and moderitizing purpose.
During the
32nd ministerial council meeting of the material council on education in 2002,
the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to introduce computer Educations into
National secondary schools system. This was followed by the migration of the
National committee on computer Education the same year. The function of the
committee include “planning for a dynamic policy on computer Education and
literacy in Nigeria as well as devising clear strategies and terminologies to be used by the federal and state
governments in introducing computer education” [Nigeria Tribuna, April 11,
2004] The general objective of the policy include:
1. Bring about a computer literate society in
Nigeria by the mid 1990s.
2. Enable present secondary school children
to appreciate and use the computer in various aspects employment (Report on
National committee education 2000) According to the National computer Policy
(2000), the first objective is to ensure that the general populace appreciate
the import of information and computer technology onto days society, the
importance of its effective use and technologies that process, manages and
communicate the information. Secondary general objective is to ensure that the
people of Nigeria will know how the use and program computers develop software
packages, understand the structure operation of the computers and their history
and appreciate the comic, social ad psychological impact of computer. The
modalities and the strategies fracturing the state objective include:
1. Training teachers and associated personnel
2. Hard ware
3. Curriculum development
Integrated
science on the other hand came into Nigeria in 1968, the West African
Examination Council (WAEC) asked (STAN) Science Teachers Association of Nigeria
to review and improve science syllabus. The written workshop was done at
university of Ibadan on 1970 with laboratories and teacher guides produced and
introduced into the secondary schools with this, the integrated science
curriculum was introduced in 1968. Okoli (2000) stated that integrated science
program evolved as a rescues operation to replace associate and uninteresting
general science
A laboratory
is an individual or group activity involving a two-way approach, namely the
exercise approach and experimental approach. Both approaches are used in the
teaching of science for a number of reasons. According to caste (2000)
laboratory equipments are sued in secondary schools to give meaning to verbal
description of components of computer and circulatory system, Nwobu (2002).
Laboratory equipment and materials offers students the opportunity to develop
scientific attitude such as critical thinking and objectivity. Through
laboratory student learns to handles apparatus and other instruments thereby
developing manipulative skills, it also reinforce theoretical learning through
reality. Therefore, for effective teaching and understanding, equipment and
materials should be available in the laboratory for conceptual thinking and
meaningful teaching by the science teacher.
According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia (2000) Laboratory refers to a room
where tools and equipments are kept for practical purpose mentor (2001)Added
that practical work has an important
role to play as it essentials for it gives students a feel for the
problematic of measurement and an appreciation of the ever presence of
uncertainty .Laboratory equipment refers to the various tools and equipment
used by scientists working in a laboratory .
Hopkin
(2001) in his study on the importance of quality of teacher said that ,the most
important factor in any science course of study is the teacher. Hence, students
response to computer and integrated science also depends on the teacher’s
qualification. Thomson (2001)Said that, we must be concerned about the high
proportion of teachers serving in our schools who are inadequately qualified
academically. Uzor (2004) In his study on effect of teachers qualification in
teaching and learning of computer and integrated science in secondary schools
in Enugu State discovered that the qualification of teachers influence the
interest of the students negatively, that learning becomes ineffective and
consequently leads to problem facing the teaching and learning of integrated
and computer science. Soyibo (2004) Pointed out that before a science teacher
could function efficiently, he must ,among other attributes, possess fairly
sound academic and professional knowledge of the subject .It is very necessary
that teachers of integrated and computer science should have a sound knowledge
of what computer and integrated science is and how the different subjects area
should be well integrated, when this is not done, it constitutes lot of
problems in the learning of computer and integrated science in most schools
were qualified computer and integrated science teachers are lacking.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
For the fact
that science is a core subject in secondary school which is designed to equip
students with the knowledge of relevant concepts and scientific skills. The
main center for the study of science in the secondary schools is science
laboratory exist in name only.
Bellolowal (2009)Added that students do not even know the names of equipments
used in the laboratory as the generally used as ordinary classroom. The reason
is due to lack of facilities for science laboratory in the secondary
school or in schools in general Similary
Offiah (2007)noted that many students
perform poorly in practical related subject not only because of lack of
laboratory equipment and materials but also poor usage of laboratory by science
teacher. This study there fore intent to examine the availability of laboratory
and qualified teacher for effective teaching and learning of computer and
integrated science in secondary school in Udi Local Government Area in Eungu
state
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The main
purpose of this study is to find out about the Availability of laboratory and
qualified teachers for effective teaching and learning of computer and
integrated science in secondary schools. This study will examine to find out
whether
1. There are adequate qualified teacher of
computer and integrated science in our schools.
2. There are adequate computer and integrated science
laboratory and equipment.
3. Whether the students in our secondary schools
are interested in learning computer and integrated science in the class.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study is very essential to the
extent that it will help to identify most suggestion for improving the teaching
and learning of computer and integrated science in our secondary schools. The
results of this research will be of benefit to the following groups of people.
1. It will enable the government to know the
qualifications of teachers teaching computer and integrated science in
secondary schools.
2. Parents will from the result of this study
know the importance of science laboratory in the academic life of their
children.
3. The result will also help the management and
teacher of secondary schools to know and understand that science laboratory
should be the bed rock of students that study computer and integrated science
and therefore attaché importance in science laboratory.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study will be restricted to the
problem facing the teaching and learning of computer and integrated science in
our secondary schools, in Udi Local, Government Area of Enugu State.
1.6 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
1. Are there adequate qualified teacher teaching
computer and integrated science in
our secondary schools?
2. Are
students in our secondary schools interested in learning computer and integrated science in the
class room?
3. Are there
adequate computer and integrated laboratory in our secondary schools?
4. Are there adequate materials and equipment
in the laboratories for teaching of computer and integrated science in
secondary schools?
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