Effect of Qualification and Experience of Biology Teachers on the Status of EcologyTeaching in Kwara State
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2017
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Ilorin Journal of Education. Published by Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin
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This study examined the effect of qualification and experience of Biology teachers on the status of ecology teaching in Kwara State.The study sample included one hundred and forty-two (142) Secondary Schools selected by random sampling technique. The researcher designed teachers' questionnaire which was administered to four hundred in the fifty (450) teachers selected from 142 senior secondary schools in eight (8) Local Government Areas of Kwara State. Researcher-designed validated questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents on the status of ecology teaching. Three research questions were raised and two hypotheses formulated. Frequency counts and chi-square statistical tools were used to analysis the data collected. The findings of this study revealed that 68% of Biology teachers agreed with the status of the contents while 32% disagreed. However, both qualified and unqualified teachers viewed ecology teaching the same way that is ecology teaching was not properly done due to the fact that some Biology teachers skip certain areas of the syllabus that they find difficult to teach. Similarly, experienced and less experienced teachers had the same views about status of ecology teaching in Kwara State.Based on the findings, the following recommendations
were made: biology teachers be encourage to be making used of natural resources to teach ecology and practicals should be carried out satisfactorily in the schools.; teachers
should be sponsored to seminars and workshops specifically on Ecology teaching.
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Qualification, Experience, Biology teachers, Ecology teaching
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Qualification,Experience,Biology teachers,Ecology teaching