Resource Integration for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Geography on Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Kaduna State
Rifkatu Dyaji Dickson
Department of Geography, Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Email: rifkatudyaji@gmail.com
Abstract
The objectives of the study was to evaluate the integration of resources in teaching and learning geography in Secondary Schools of Kaduna State, and determine the level of Student Engagement and Learning Outcome in geography in Secondary schools in Kaduna State, A reconnaissance survey of the study area will be used in sourcing for data from the study area. The study comprised of 88 randomly selected Geography teachers from 55 purposively selected schools across 11 systematically selected Local Government Areas in the State. Descriptive statistics namely; frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data. The findings of the study revealed that the major instructional resource available for the teaching geography in the Secondary Schools in the State is textbooks (mean score of 3.43). The study also revealed that most schools lack adequate geography resources, and the resource integration is limited with (67%) respondents attested to that. The study concludes that resource integration in geography leaning is inadequate and recommends increasing resource availability, there should be frequent Staff development opportunities such as workshops and conferences and regular monitoring and evaluation of geography resource integration.
Keywords
Geography Resource Integration, Secondary Schools, Enhancing Students performance
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