THE GIRL CHILD ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STUDY OF SCIENCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

The art of knowing as human is more or less synonymous with research and constitute an integral part of a modern way of life in which research is the daily task by specialized individuals alone or group usually in laboratories. Bearing this mind the study will take a artificial look at the girl child’s attitude towards the study of science in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It is generally recognized that the level of socio economic development of the scientific technological advancement in the country. Similarly, the level of general well being and security endorsed by the population id the result of the creative scientific and technological inventions or activities going on among the people Fafunwa (1968) a great educationist who contributed a lot to the field of science education made an important statement “in world today science and technology have become a predominant cultural factor and any nation that is not alive to it is diseased on dying”. In other words, advancing technologically and economically could be achieved through the teaching of science I our schools. Scientific knowledge is continually be defined through research based scientific methods, which entails national theory, science is that aspect of knowledge that comes to play a vital role in our daily activities or in directly finds explanation in the field of science. Almost every area of study needs that knowledge of science, doctors, engineers, farmer’s tailors, carpenters, house wives, technologist and so on find science inevitable.

Fafunwa (1969) speaking on the premature specialization in science education as a device to developing nations his this to sat on the in table nature of science in optional development. But, it is almost impossible today to live a full and satisfactory life with little or no knowledge of science, we of the under develop resource to solve our economic problems we need to improve our diets transport system and develop our mineral and control soil erosion we must introduce modern scientific farming control cattle disease improve our health programme. The study of science subject requires abilities fro the technical languages and analytical processes involved in science. If this is the case, then the research could consider it very necessary to conclude a thorough investigation into the various girls child attitude particular and students in general into scientific operation study of science in secondary school. There are the claims that boys are more scientifically involved more than girls and some of these people even says that that whenever attitude they held in influences by sex and sex has a lot to do with their scientific experience behavour etc. It is however pertinent to say the interest of the researcher was stimulated by teaching practice exercise in Golden Touch High School in Egor local government area of Edo State. It was found that one of the commended complaint by a senior science teachers was the relative lack of interest shown by girls in science which they taught rightly belong to the area of machine studies.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The studies is aimed at finding out those factors responsible for the girl child attitude towards the learning and study of science school in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State and also find out the reason why girls show negative attitudes to science subjects. The variables include secondary females’ students’ attitude to science. Major problems of this study would attempts to answer questions about girls negative attitude to science and if their perceptions lead to achievement in science.