1.2
Statement of the Problem
Audio
Visual Aids inspite of their numerous advantages are now witnessing serious
neglect by both the teachers and educational administrators. This is not
limited to the government alone, but also private educational administrators
such as those who teach Home Economics, where such materials are provided, they
are grossly, inadequate, obsolete or totally out of use. Even the functional
ones are not put into proper use by the teachers in the classroom. It has been
observed that there is only display of such materials by various secondary
schools by the officials of the Ministry of Education in Akwa Ibom State.
The
effect of this neglect, mismanagement, poor maintenance and inadequate supply
of these Audio Visual Aidshas created the following problems to the teaching
and learning processes:
1) Students tend to learn slowly in class.
2) What
is learnt is not easily recalled.
3) Poor
academic performance of students in internal and external examinations.
4) Inability
of student to practicalize what is learnt especially, things having to do with
technical or vocational skills.
The
identified problems gave rise to the examination on appraising Audio Visual
Aidsas being used in secondary schools in UyoLocal Government Area of Akwa Ibom
State, Nigeria.
1.3
Objectives
The
objectives of this study were:
1. To find out whether there is any
relationship between teaching materials and teaching effectiveness among Home Economics teachers
in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State.
2. To examine the relationship between
adequacy/inadequacy of teaching materials and teaching effectiveness in public
schools in Akwa Ibom State.
3. To
assess the relationship between teaching methods and students’ performance in Akwa
Ibom State secondary schools.
4. To
find out whether the is any gender difference in the academic performance of students
due to the use of teaching materials in the public schools in Akwa Ibom State.
5. To investigate whether students’ academic
achievements depend on the teaching materials available in the public schools
in Akwa Ibom State.
1.4 Research Questions
Answers were sought to the
following research questions:
1. Is there any relationship between
teaching materials and teaching effectiveness among teachers in Akwa Ibom State
public schools?
2. Will there be any relationship between
the availability of teaching resources
and students’ performance in Akwa Ibom State public schools ?
3. Will there be any relationship between
the use of teaching materials and students’ academic performance in Akwa Ibom
State public schools?
4. Will there be any gender difference in
the academic perfprmance of students due to the use of teaching materials in Akwa
Ibom State public schools?
5. Will
there be any relationship between the teaching meth and students’ academic
performance in Akwa Ibom State public schools?
1.5 Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses were
tested for this study:
1. There will be no significant relationship
between teaching materials and teaching effectiveness among teachers in Akwa
Ibom State public schools.
2. There will be no relationship between the
availability of instructional resources and academic performance of students in
public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State.
3. There
will be no significant relationship between teaching methods and students’
academic performance in Akwa Ibom State public schools.
4. There
will be no significant gender in the academic performance of students due to
the use of teaching materials in Akwa Ibom State public schools.
1.6
The Significance of the Study
This
study is specially designed to educate the operational administrator both
public and private on the need to ensure adequate supply and utilization of
instructional material in the teaching / learning process.
Teachers
on their own part will have a better understanding of the roles played by Audio
Visual Aidsand therefore have a change of attitude towards the non-use of
instructional materials.
Student-teachers
having gone through this research work will realize the need for continuous use
of Audio Visual Aidswhen they actually become classroom teachers, when they
have left the schools.
The
society will also benefit from the findings of this study, as it will help them
to have an insight into the use of teaching aids in teaching and learning
processes in the school.
1.7
Scope of the Study
The
study covered the Impact Of Audio Visual Aids In Teaching Home Economics In
Secondary Schools (A Case Study Of Uyo Local Government Area Akwa Ibom State).
1.8 Definition of Terms
1) Curriculum:
A course of study offered in schools.
2) Audio Mats:
These are instructional resources that send out sound signal.
3) Visual Mats:
These are the resources that send out light signals in form of symbols and
light signs which can be received only through the sense of sight.
4) Audio Visual Aids:
Anything that assists teachers to teach well in the classroom. Also, those
things that help students to learn well in the classrooms.
5) Environment:
Surrounding, that is everything and everyone with whom the individual comes in
contact.