Improvisation in Teaching and Learning Biology in Senior Secondary Schools: Prospects and Challenges

Sallau Ahmad Ibrahim¹ , Abdul Ibrahim² , Sani Ya’u³ , Sabo Ado Abdullahi⁴

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.11 , pp.33-36, Nov-2019

Online published on Nov 30, 2019

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Abstract :
The teaching of Biology cannot be done effectively without interaction between the teacher, students and the environmental resources. Instructional materials use for teaching and learning by teachers usually stimulate self-activity on the part of the students. Due to the inadequate instructional materials in most of the senior secondary schools, there is needs to bring new innovative ways of providing available materials for effective teaching and learning. These issue bring about the idea of improvisation which is the art of using materials or equipment obtained from local environment or produced by the teacher and with the assistance of the local personnel to enhance instruction. This paper discussed on the conceptual meaning of biology, the importance as well as challenges during teaching and learning biology. It highlight the meaning of instructional materials and improvisation. The significance of improvisation and the factors militating the effective use of improvised materials were mentioned. This paper made some recommendations

Key-Words / Index Term :
Biology, improvisation, improvised materials, teaching and learning

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