The influence of instructional materials in teaching History in some selected secondary schools in the Buea municipality
Department: Educational
Psychology
No of Pages:
53
Project Code:
EPY3
References:
Yes
Cost:
5,000XAF Cameroonian
: $15 for International students
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
The chapter focuses on the influence of instructional
materials in the teaching ofhistoryin some selected secondary schools in the
Buea Municipality. This chapter is divided into the following sub-headings:
background to the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study,
objectives of the study, research questions, scope and delimitations of the
study and definition of key terms.
Background to the Study
In order to facilitate learning in classroom,
instructional materials must be displayed. The instructional materials should
be prepared before the class in order to have a good relationship and good
preparation and delivery of the lesson.
Instructional materials are the devices developed or
acquired to assist or facilitate teachers in transmitting knowledge, skills and
attitudes to the learners within an instructional situation (Nwachukwu,
2006) Individuals and the society have
seen education as the key to success in life.
In the past and present, education in most human
societies has been instructional or useful in impacting knowledge and skills in
order to make the individual a responsible and participatory member of the
society. The capacity of development in any country can be measured through a
properly planned and standard educational system.
Indeed instructional materials provide concepts like
computers and radios which help students to acquire skills, attitudes and the
ability to reason logically. Instructional materials are aids in teaching and
learning. It helps to raise learning
from verbalization to practical aspect of teaching and learning. Instructional
materials make teaching and learning interesting, easy and amusing. It makes
learning more effective, (Clark, 1997).
The use of instructional materials makes different
continents to shape their rules and regulations to accommodate the other. They
do this by providing them with socio-cultural and political differences and how
to adjust the traditional socio-cultural and political ways and accommodate
another. An instructional material makes use of the working model. It makes the
teacher’s task easier and more effective.
Ollardi (1990) has highlighted the impact of
instructional materials that teachers use to improve the students from
understanding and perception of the subject as an enhanced aid. It brings
clarity and creates recognition that allows them to have a realistic and total
knowledge of the subject. It enhances learning, improves the competence of
learners and makes learning more meaningful to students.
According to Iray (2008), instructional materials
stimulate the student’s desire to learn, it assist the learning process by
making assimilation and memorization easy. Also, it helps students to be
attentive and also enable them to acquire knowledgeand instructional
objectives.
Theoretically, the instructional theory by Benjamin Bloom (1956)
prescribes how to better help people learn. This theory identifies what
instruction or teaching should be like. It outlines strategies and materials
that teachers may use to achieve the learning objectives.
According to the instructional design theory by
Culalta (2010). Worries should be on how the student is going to learn and not
what the student is going to learn. This theory states that the most desirable
result will be determined by the type of instructional materials used.
Statement of
the Problem
After a long observation by the researcher on the
teaching of history in secondary schools and even higher institutions, there is
a poor preparation and delivery of the lesson in history to the learners.
Another problem is that some teachers don’t make use of instructional materials
because they are expensive and some are even ignorance about the availability
of these instructional materials.
Most teachers are not well grounded in the use of and
selection of viable instructional materials and as such the teaching and
learning of history has not been optimal. The poor performance of students in
history is evident in the overall results of students in such examinations as
the General Certificate of Education (GCE).
Most teachers are not vest with the knowledge of
information and communication technology. This calls for a major concern as the
world today is becoming a global village with diversity of student’s behavior.
Most students learn better through the use of devices like computers, radios,
which are not readily available to make learning very conducive and enjoyable.
It is for these setbacks that the researcher is out to
investigate how instructional materials influence the teaching of history in
some selected secondary schools in the Buea Municipality.
Research
Objectives
Main
Objective
The main objective of the study is to investigate how
instructional materials influence the teaching of history in some selected
Secondary Schools in Buea Municipality.
Specific
Objective
The study wishes to investigate the following;
- How teaching with illustrated charts influence the teaching of history in some selected Secondary Schools in the Buea Municipality
- How the teaching with video clips influence the teaching of history in Some Selected Secondary Schools in the Buea Municipality
- How the teaching with history textbook influence the teaching of history in some selected Secondary Schools in Buea Municipality.
Research questions
Main research question
How do instructional materials influence the teaching of History in some selected Secondary Schools in the Buea Municipality?
Specific research questions
- How can teaching with illustrated charts influence the teaching of History in some selected Secondary Schools in Buea Municipality?
- To what extend does teaching with video clips influence the teaching of History in some selected Secondary Schools in Buea Municipality?
- Will the use of History textbooks influence the teaching of History in some selected Secondary Schools in Buea Municipality?
