ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS ATTITUDE TOWARDS INTERGRATION OF PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY IN NASARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE

This research assessed teacher's attitude towardintegration of practical activities in teaching chemistry in Nasarawa local government Area Kano state, Nigeria.The research design used for the study was survey design of the descriptive type of research. The sample size of (30) chemistry teachers were selected as respondents for the study from ten sixteen (16) secondary schools in Nasarawa local government Area of Kano State. The instrument for data collection for the study was a self-structured questionnaire. The reliability index obtained was 0.895.Three research question were formulated and responses were collected using Questionnaire. The findings of the study indicated that chemistry teachers in Nasarawa local government Kano state have positive attitudes toward integration of practical activities in teaching chemistry;it has been revealed that teachers have different level of extent when it comes to integrating practical activities. Where are some teachers to integrate practical activities always or occasionally whenever concept to teach encourage that,and some very rare in their teaching task. Based on the findings, appropriate recommendations were made.