Influence of Teachers’ Quality on The Effective Utilization of Instructional Materials for Implementation of Social Studies Curriculum in Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of teachers’ academic qualification on the effective utilization of instructional materials for the implementation of social studies curriculum in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It is a descriptive research design of the survey type. The population of the study is teachers teaching Social Studies in Junior Secondary Schools in Ekiti State. Instrument for this study was a researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Utilization of Instructional Materials in Social Studies Questionnaire (UIMSSQ)" which was used for data collection. In establishing the face and content validity of the instrument, the draft copy of the instrument was given to two lecturers in Department of Social Sciences Education, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti to ascertain its validity. The reliability of the instrument was determined through the test-retest method. Teachers who did not participate in the study were involved. This took place within two weeks interval of the first and second administrations of the instrument. The data collected in the two administrations were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation co-efficient formula to ascertain its reliability. The reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained and this was considered appropriate for this study. Three research questions and one hypothesis were raised and formulated for this study respectively. The findings of the study that many instructional materials were available at different percentages for teaching Social Studies, Social Studies teachers use some instructional materials in the teaching of Social Studies and the quality of teachers’ teaching Social Studies is high. It was therefore recommended that school administrators should boost the morale of teachers by providing necessary instructional materials needed to achieve their aims and objectives, government should also put in place adequate facilities and equipment which will make learning encouraging, and enabling environment should be provided for both teachers and learners and teacher should also be resourceful since that could motivate students to learn and perform better academically.

Keywords

• teachers
• quality
• utilization
• instructional materials
• implementation
• social studies and curriculum