Assessment of Availability and Utilization of Textbooks for Teaching And Learning English Language In Senior Secondary Schools In Kaduna State 

Assessment of Availability and Utilization of Textbooks for Teaching And Learning English Language In Senior Secondary Schools In Kaduna State 

ABSTRACT  

This study employs a survey design in the assessment of availability and utilisation of textbooks in teaching and learning English language in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State.

The objectives of the study were to ascertain the availability and utilisation of textbooks, determine the extent to which English language teachers are utilising textbooks, determine problems associated with their utilisation in teaching and learning.

A 23 items questionnaire were used to collect data and in answering the research questions that guided this study.

A total population of 265 English language teachers were used for the study. A pilot testing was conducted with 20 English language teachers to test the reliability of the instrument.

A split-half method and Spearman Rank Correlation was used to analyse and determine the correlation co-efficient. A r=0.75 correlation co-efficient was determined for the reliability.

The instrument was subjected to research experts, colleagues and the research supervisors for validation.

Simple descriptive statistics in form of frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data to answer the three research questions. 

INTRODUCTION  

Education has been defined differently by several scholars. The new Encyclopedia Britanica (1974) defined Education as “the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of the society”.

It is then designed to guide an individual into learning a culture, moulding his/her behaviour towards adulthood and eventual positive role in society.

Education is a process of developing individual potentials through exposure to and acquisition of experience in form of knowledge, skills and values.

The essence is to transform behaviour and make such an individual acceptable and useful member of his/her society (Anaza, 2008).

The United Nation Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) affirm that education is the passing of culture from one generation to the other.

The passing culture is the much of the wisdom that pass from one generation to other through different means of imparting knowledge, skills, attitude and values assisted by deliberate or accidental learning.

Education should be adopted to the mentality, aptitudes, occupations and traditions of the various peoples to enable them to conserve all sound elements in local tradition and social organization while at the same time, functioning as an instrument of progress and evolution (Ogunlade, 2007).

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