ATTITUDE OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS TOWARD IMPROVISATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ETCHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the attitude of Biology teachers toward improvisation of instructional materials in secondary schools in Etche Local Government Area. Four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was the entire 25 Biology teachers from 22 public schools in Etche Local Government Area. Due to manageable size of the group, census (total was adopted at the sample size (25). The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled Attitude of Biology Teachers toward Improvisation of Instructional Materials Questionnaire (ABTTIIMQ). Reliability co-efficient of 0.74 was obtained using Cronbach’s Alpha. Research questions were answered with mean and standard deviation. The findings showed that Biology teachers have negative attitude towards improvisation of instructional materials, they do not utilize improvised instructional materials, and it was also revealed that there are numerous benefits of using improvised instructional material in teaching and learning Biology, the findings also showed that there are problems faced by Biology teachers toward improvisation of instructional materials in teaching and learning of Biology in secondary schools. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that teachers should develop the right attitude toward the improvisation of instructional materials and not overlook its importance in Biology teaching and learning process.