EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING BIOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IBARAPA REGION OF OYO STATE

Abstract

This paper examined the effective utilization of available instructional resources for teaching Biology in the secondary schools in Ibarapa Region of Oyo State. Survey research design was adopted. Twenty (20) Biology teachers participated in the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the research. The instrument used was teachers’ questionnaire (QTEUIR). Tables and mean scores were used in analyzing the research questions, while t-test at 0.05 level of significance was used to analyze the hypotheses. The findings revealed that there were insufficient instructional resources for impacting Biology concepts in the secondary schools in Ibarapa Region of Oyo State. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in the effective utilization of instructional materials between professionally qualified and unqualified biology teachers and as well between experienced and less experienced teachers. Therefore, it is recommended that Biology teachers should develop creativity of improvisation of instructional resources to minimize teaching in abstract.