FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING
OF BIOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI
STATE
PRESENTED BY
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A RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITYABAKALIKI
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc. ED)
DEGREE IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION
NOVEMBER, 2012
APPROVAL PAGE
This research work has been read and
approved as having met the requirements of the Department of Science Education,
Faculty of Education, Ebonyi
State University,
Abakaliki under the supervision of:
____________________ _______________
Dr
(Mrs) C.E. Nwafor Date
(Project
Supervisor)
____________________ _______________
(Head of Department) Date
____________________ _______________
(Dean, Faculty of Education) Date
____________________ _______________
External
Examiner Date
DEDICATION
This research work is dedicated to
God Almighty for his devine grace and blessings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I most sincerely appreciate the Most
High God for his guidance, protection and favour granted me through out the
period that I started my academic pursuit.
I am indeed grateful to my project
supervisor Dr (Mrs) C.E. Nwafor for painstakingly reading through this work,
making the necessary corrections and her wonderful advices that lead to the
successful completion of this work.
My gratitude also goes to Prof.
Abonyi, Dr. S.O Ugama, Dr. Omiko, Dr. Nnachi, Dr. (Mrs) Omebe, Dr. Mrs M.N.
Anugwu, Prof. Sr. B. Ezeliora, Mrs Nweke and all the lecturers who taught me
from my 1st year. I pray that God should reward them.
I am greatly indebted to my wife Mrs.
Ifeyinwa Ota, and my parents Mr and Mrs Ota Nwite and my brother Inspector
Moses Nwanchor for their encouragement, prayers and support.
May I also thank the following Mr.
Chibunna Offia, Mr. Cosmas Igbo, Mr. Sunday Mgbogo, Mrs. Mbam Helen, Mr.
Egbedike Chibueze and others too numerous to mention for their role in
actualizing my educational dream.
Finally, I acknowledge and appreciate
all the authors whose work I cited in this research work.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i
Approval
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------ii
Dedication---------------------------------------------------------------------------------iii
Acknowledgment------------------------------------------------------------------------iv
Table of
contents-----------------------------------------------------------------------v-vi
List of
table-------------------------------------------------------------------------------vii
Abstract----------------------------------------------------------------------------------viii
CHAPTR ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of the
study---------------------------------------------------------------1-5
Statement of the
problem----------------------------------------------------------------5
Purpose of the
study----------------------------------------------------------------------6
Significance of the
study--------------------------------------------------------------6-7
Scope of the
study-------------------------------------------------------------------------7
Research
questions------------------------------------------------------------------------7
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Biology Education in Nigeria-------------------------------------------------------8-11
Lack of qualified and motivated
biology teachers------------------------------11-15
Non use of proper teaching methods
and techniques --------------------------15-19
Lack of adequately equipped biology
laboratories -----------------------------19-21
Infrequent and in-efficient biology
practical classes ---------------------------21-22
Inadequate provision of
Infrastructural facilities in schools-------------------22-24
Summary of literature review
---------------------------------------------------------24
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research
Design-------------------------------------------------------------------------25
Area of
Study----------------------------------------------------------------------------25
Population of
Study---------------------------------------------------------------------26
Sample and sampling
techniques------------------------------------------------------26
Instrument for data
collection------------------------------------------------------26-27
Validation of research instrument
----------------------------------------------------27
Method of data
collection----------------------------------------------------------27-28
Method of data
analysis-----------------------------------------------------------------28
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS:
Research question
1-----------------------------------------------------------------29-31
Research question
2-----------------------------------------------------------------31-32
Research question 3-----------------------------------------------------------------32-33
Research question
4-----------------------------------------------------------------33-35
Research question
5---------------------------------------------------------------------36
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS,
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY,
SUGGESTIONS AND SUMMARY
Discussion of
findings--------------------------------------------------------------37-41
Conclusions-------------------------------------------------------------------------41-42
Educational
implications-----------------------------------------------------------42-43
Recommendations-------------------------------------------------------------------43-44
Limitations of the study-------------------------------------------------------------44-45
Suggestions for further
study----------------------------------------------------------45
Summary------------------------------------------------------------------------------45-46
References----------------------------------------------------------------------------47-48
Appendix
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------49
Appendix
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------50-54
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Distribution and collection of
questionnaire ------------------------28
Table 2 Ways
in which the lack of qualified and motivated teachers affect the teaching of
biology in the secondary schools.-------------------30
Table 3 Conformity
of teaching method and techniques in teaching biology in secondary school to
what is required. -----------------------------31
Table 4 Status
of biology laboratory in secondary school.------------------32
Table 5 Frequency
and efficiency of biology practical classes-------------34
Table 6 How
well are the schools provided with infrastructural facilities. 36
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