BIOLOGY TEACHER’S ATTITUDES TO IMPROVISATION OF MATERIALS FOR TEACHING BIOLOGY IN THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ILORIN.

Olusegun Adeniyi Ogundeji

Department of Science Education

Nana Aishat Memorial College of Education Ilorin Alagbdo

Email: segunadeniyi83@gmail.com

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify and explain the attitudes of biology teachers to improvisation of instructional materials in the secondary schools located in Ilorin town. In specific terms, the objectives of the study were to: (i) ascertain the level of improvisation achieved by biology teachers; (ii) establish the nature of teachers attitudes to improvisation of learning materials; (iii) find out whether sex and experience of the teachers, as well as ownership and age of the school are important determinants of the attitudes of biology teachers to improvisation. After a broad background review of the related literature, a descriptive a research design with the survey method was adopted for the study. A researcher designed questionnaire was administered on the nineteen biology teachers were purposively selected from a random or ten senior secondary schools. Their responses were used to answer the five research questions and test the four null hypotheses raised in chapter one. Findings from the study included the following: (i) the level of improvisation of instructional materials among biology teachers in the senior secondary schools in Ilorin town was just average though the female teachers had a higher level of improvisation; (ii) Both the male and female biology teachers had a higher level of improvisation; (iii) Biology teachers in the private schools; those in the old schools and those with more experience had positive attitude to improvisation of instructional materials.