THE EXTENT OF USE OF AUDIO VISUAL AIDS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OYO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
Abstract
The study was designed to investigate the extent of use of audio visual aids in teaching and learning Agricultural Science in Secondary Schools in Oyo West Local Government Area. This study is a descriptive research design therefore the researcher makes use of close ended structured questionnaire to collect information for this study. The instrument was sub-divided into two major sections A and B. Section A comprises of personal data of the respondents while section B deals with various statement developed for the purpose of this study. Respondents were required to respond to the statements based on the option of SA – Strongly Agree (4), A – Agree (3), D – Disagree (2), and SD – Strongly Disagree (1) respectively. Responses of the respondents were analyzed using arithmetical mean statistical analysis. A mean rating scale of below 2.5 were taken as disagree while above 2.5 were taken as agreed. However, the outcome of this research finding revealed that there is high extent of use of audio visual aids in teaching and learning Agricultural Science in Secondary Schools in Oyo West Local Government Area. It was discovered from the findings of this study that basic level of use of audio visual aids contribute to enhance students understanding of Agricultural Science. More so, audio visual aids improve student's retention of information. Also, audio visual help promotes active learning among Agricultural Science students.However, students engagement in teaching learning gets improve through the use of audio-visual aids in Agricultural Science and that audio visual aids abstract concepts are easily understood in Agricultural teachings. The researcher recommended that teachers should carefully select relevant audio-visual and engaging visual aids for teaching Agricultural Science as this will help improve the teaching learning outcome.
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