THE INFLUENCE OF AUDIO VISUAL TEACHING MATERIALS ON LEARNING IN PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the influence of audio visualteaching materials on learning in some pre-primary schools inOdeda LocalGovernment Area of Ogun State. It is a descriptive study in which the survey research design was adopted. The sample consisted of 100 teachers from 5 preprimary schools randomly selected from Odeda Local Government in Ogun State. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The study identified that there is a great influence of audio visual teaching materials on learning in pre-primary school pupils which has aected positively the use of audio visual in teaching in the selected schools. It is therefore recommended that audio visual materials should be used for teaching in the pre-primary schools.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Teaching according to Oladapo and Ayeni (2000), involves bringing about or at least facilitating desirable changes in learners. However, eective teaching requires the teacher to step out of the realm of personal experience and step into the world of learners. It is the learner who must be engaged for learning to occur. The learner is the one who must make the commitment to learner. Research evidence shows that the major problem in pre-primary schools is the method of impacting knowledge. To this Adepoju (2006) revealed that the difficulties pupils encounter when they are receiving instruction is basically linked to poor usage of audio visual aids. This is also confirmed as the study carried out by Rasual (2011) which revealed that the method employed in using audio visual tools in most of our public pre-primary schools in inadequate Audio Visual aids help to relate the general concept to actual reality. Words are oen inadequate in communicating information or images of things of which the pupils have no direct experience. Whatsoever the content of the curriculum, a model, picture or a sketch can make the concept clearly understandable. Audio visual aids are used in class rooms to enhance the teaching –learning process, making it easier and interesting. Audio visual aids are the best tools for making teaching effective and the best for dissemination of knowledge when it comes to pre- primary education (Rasaula,Buklishb, and Batoo,2011).

Research on teaching, teaching methods, teaching materials, audio visual aid and learning by the pupils has for long been of interest to educationists. Some studies (Adufe, 2008; Adepoju, 2006), have been carried out on certain aspects of the use of audio-visuals in teaching but have not investigated on how it influences the academic performance of pupils being taught. Hence, there is the need to investigate the influence of teachers use of audio visual media on pupils academic performance.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

For a long time now, few researches have been undertaken to investigate the availability, use and effects of teaching learning resources. Most of the information on these few studies available are on the importance of teaching learning aids and not whether or not these leaning resources when used in teaching, make impact on the performance of these pupils academically. This gap has le little information for other researches and key stake holders in education to work with. This study therefore examines the influence of audio-visual teaching materials on learning in selected pre-primary schools.