Assessment Of The Availability And Adequacy Of Audio-Visual Resources In Teaching Biology Education

This study was carried out to examine the availability and adequacy of audio visual resources in teaching biology education at the senior secondary schools in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State. The study was carried out to find out whether audio-visual aids have a significant effect on the teaching/learning of biology in secondary schools, find out whether audio-visual aids are adequately provided for the teaching/learning of biology in secondary schools, find out whether the extent of the availability of audio-visual aids significantly influences the teaching/learning of biology in secondary schools, ascertain how adequate the available audio-visual aids are during the teaching and learning of biology in secondary schools, find out whether audio-visual aids are accessible during the teaching/learning of biology in secondary schools, and examine the attitudes of biology teachers towards the use of audio-visual aids in teaching and learning of biology in secondary schools. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of biology teachers and students of some selected senior secondary schools in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 200 respondents and 150 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Correlation statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals audio-visual aids have a significant effect on the teaching/learning of biology in secondary schools.The study also revealed that the attitude of biology teachers towards the use of audio-visual aids in teaching and learning of biology in secondary schools is positive. Therefore, it is recommended that Heads of schools, academic masters/ mistresses and heads of subjects’ departments should ensure that the visual aids available at schools are effectively used by teachers in teaching and are well stored after use. To mention but a few.