AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING BIOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ORUMBA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE

Onyinyechukwu Maryrose Edeh, Uchechukwu Maryjane Nnabuife

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The study examined the availability and accessibility of instructional material in teaching and learning of biology in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.  Descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted of all 13 principals and 25 biology teachers within the 13 public secondary school in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, therefore, there was no sampling.  Structured questionnaire and checklist were used, which were face and content validated by two experts in test and measurement, and one specialist in Science Education Department of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s alpha (a) and coefficient reliability of 0.88 was obtained. The questionnaires and checklist were administered to the principals and biology teachers and were collected by the researcher. Data collected were analyzed using frequency percentages.  The findings therefore revealed that, the availability of instructional materials in these schools is poor.  It also revealed that biology teachers do not have much access to the available instructional material.


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Availability, Accessibility, Instructional Material, Teaching, Learning

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