FACTORS AFFECTING ATTITUDES OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS TOWARDS IMPROVISATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN DUTSIN-MA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

📄 Project Abstract

This study was conducted to examine and evaluate factors affecting attitudes of biology teachers towards improvisation of instructional materials in Dutsin-ma local government. Descriptive research approach was used with simple sampling method. The population of the study consisted of 55 randomly selected SSII senior secondary school teachers and students. The questionnaires had 20 major items for each, which fall into four categories namely: teachers training and skills to improvise; time available for improvisation; extent of support teachers get from the school authority to improvised materials; and readiness of teachers to improvise when readymade materials are not available or scarce. Questionnaires were administered to collect data and analyzed using frequency and percentage. The result revealed that: not all biology teachers are professionally trained teachers, although they have positive perceptions towards improvisation. Also a lot of obstacles confronted teachers from impro...