Social studies is a social science subject, it is a subject taught at all levels of education. Most of the times, teachers use conventional methods like storytelling and lecture method in teaching the subject; As a result, students find it difficult in understanding the subject. This might be the reason for seemingly poor performance in junior secondary III external examination. To make the subject more meaningful and understandable to the learner, teachers are expected to use teaching resources in
Teaching resource also known as instructional materials are those tools and equipment that are used in the classroom by the teacher in order to make the lesson or topic clear and more understandable to the student (Ukwu,2004). Teaching and learning of subjects in the secondary schools and social studies in particular with these resources appeal to the sense organs which create room for more lasting impression in the students. Adeyemo (1998) opined that teaching resource are the materials or objects which help the teachers to make a lesson explicit to the students. These instructional materials transmit ideals, notes, messages and disseminate information to the students in such a way that will modify their aptitudes, habits and practice. However, in spite of the benefits of teaching resources for effective curriculum delivery, not only for social studies but also other subjects it is regrettable that some teachers are yet to come to terms with the use of instructional materials in either lesson delivery.
Social studies which is one of the important subjects offered in the junior secondary school is very important because it deals with the study of man and his environment. Ukwu (2004) stated that social studies simple means the study of man in relation to his social and physical environment.
Odedele and Egotanwa (1999) in their nature and scope of social studies wrote that man does not live in isolation but lives among other human beings in the society.’ Society simply means a group of people living in a particular place or area. Because man lives among other people, he relates with his fellow men or other human beings as well as interacts with the environment in which he lives. He influences these environment and the environments influence him also. For a man to survive in his physical and social environments workable arrangements must be made between him and his environments. So, that when faced with new physical conditions, he either accepts the conditions in which he finds himself or modifies or control those conditions. Social studies deals with man in his social and physical environments as well as examines the effects of science and technology on both environments. Every day, problems arise in our different societies but with knowledge of social studies we are able to overcome these problems. Social studies enable us understand our society, identity its problems and help us find solution to the problems.
Statement of the Problem
Expectedly there are problems associated with the use of instructional materials in the teaching of social studies in secondary schools in Abeokuta South L.G.A of Ogun state. These problems, no doubt are many and various in nature. Teaching resource cause a lot of money to acquire and in most cases outside the school budget, the results of this that either the teacher has not helped the students to understand the lesson at hand. In addition to this some social studies teachers in Government Secondary School Abeokuta South Ogun State find it unwise to incorporate teaching materials in their teaching. Many of them might claim that even without teaching resource one can still understand his subject but this is at variance with modern educational demands. Also, there is the problem of storage facilities for the materials purchased by the school or supplied by the government or donor agency. The implication of this is that students themselves damage the materials and steal them. In most cases, these materials become unusable due to their exposure to the students who measure them. The problem still stands in question form, what are the effects of teaching resources on the academic performance of Junior Secondary school students in social studies in Abeokuta South of Ogun state. To answer this question the need, for this study become imperative.
Purpose of the Study
The General purpose of this study is to examine the impact of teaching resources and students performance in secondary schools in Abeokuta South L.G.A of Ogun state. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to;
1. Find out the Teaching resources available for effective teaching and learning in Secondary schools.
2. Ascertain whether to use teaching resource affect learning in schools.
3. Find out whether the inadequate of teaching resource affect the teaching social studies in classroom.
4. Find out whether teaching resource enhance student academic performance in social studies.
Significance of the study
Apparently, a study of this nature will be of immense benefit to following individual; students, teachers, principals, researcher number of ways. In the first place, the finding of this study will be very beneficial to teachers in the sense that it will help them appreciate the deep need of using relevant teaching resources in teaching and learning, it will help to educate the teacher on the necessary skill required of them to make a success of using teaching resources in teaching. Many teachers erroneously view the used of instructional materials as unnecessary waste of time, so the avoid incorporating it during the lesson delivery, through this study, they will see that it is to their own advantage to use teaching recourses as the materials help to enhance explanation facilitates student’s understanding of the lesson and help the teacher to cover more within the shortest possible time, because a picture tells us more than a thousand words. Moreover, as a result of this study, these principals and proprietors of secondary schools who do not include teaching resource in their annual budget will start doing so, since no lesson can be successfully delivered without providing for the necessary tools to work with. It is generally know that students learn faster when they see and touch instructional resource because it helps the student to recall what he was taught while reading. The student benefit from it because good use of instructional resource facilitate learning.
Scope of the study
The study focused on examining teaching resources and students’ performances in Social Studies in secondary schools in Abeokuta South L.G.A of Ogun State.
Research Questions
For the researcher to be properly guided throughout this study, the following research questions were formulated.
1. What are the teaching resources available for teaching social studies in junior secondary school in Abeokuta south local governme
nt area of Ogun state?
2. What is the effect of teaching resources on the academic performance of junior secondary school student in social studies?
3. How does an inadequate teaching resource affect the academic performance of junior secondary school students in social studies?
4. What ways can teaching resources enhance student academic performance on social studies in junior secondary school in Abeokuta South of Ogun State?
Be the first to comment