ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to investigate the use of instructional materials in the teaching of Economics in secondary schools using Oredo Local Government Area in Edo State as case study. During the study, data were collected by means of questionnaire and it was detected that the place of instructional materials is very important in the teaching of economics in secondary schools. The researcher thereby stressed that instructional materials is very important and therefore should be in any school setting. Furthermore she also stressed that instructional materials will increase the interest of the students in learning, a development that will enable the child to become a useful person to the society. In conclusion, it was recommended that instructional materials should be used in every school in Edo State for effective teaching and learning process to take place
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background of the study
Purpose of the study
Research questions
Significance of the study
Scope of the study
Statement of the problem
Limitation of study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
The sample area
Population of study
Research instrument
Validity and reliability of research instrument
Data collection
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation and analysis
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Instructional materials according to Emma and Ajayi (2004) are those things which help teaching and learning process. It helps to promote understanding of the concept and generalization by making lesson practical and realistic. Any teacher who has the interest of the student at heart is bound to think of the ways and means he will employ to make his teaching and learning process moiré effective and more interesting to the student.
Health on the other hand, is been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2004) “as a state of complete, physical, mental and social well being not merely the absent of disease or infirmity.
According to Odue (2011), economics is a process of acquiring health information to make judgment on health behaviour and practices. Economics is sum of all experiences that will develop desirable attitudes, practices and knowledge of an individual, family of community health. The emphasis in economics also includes a teaching and learning transaction between the health teachers and the recipient or student. According to Adeniyi (2000), the use of instructional materials is to communicate more permanently, health related issues, and information is retained when supplemented with aid. Certainly instructional materials when carefully selected and skillfully used will make learning more effective. Therefore it becomes necessary to investigate the importance of instructional materials in teaching of economics . Using Oredo Local Government Area as the case study.
However, man and animal possess the necessary abilities for learning. In other words they are potential learners. Certain factors within and outside the learner determine how effectively each individual learn. They are internal when they lie within the individual and external when they lie outside the learner or individual as the case may be.
Instructional materials can be in different forms such as textual and non-textual, the visual the auditory and audio-visual. Witwoth and Benson (2003), indicate that there is a need for research on the use and effectiveness of instructional materials in economics classroom that would enhances its teaching. With these concerns in mind and the educational development in Oredo Areas of Edo State. The current study is carried out to address the issues of the use of instructional materials in economics teaching in the schools.