CAREGIVERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS IMPROVISATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Caregivers’ attitude, Improvisation of instructional materialsAbstract
The unavailability and unaffordable nature of imported instructional materials make the improvisation of instructional materials necessary. The study examined caregiver’s attitude towards improvisation of instructional materials in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. One research question was raised and four hypotheses formulated to guide the study. One hundred and seventy caregivers were randomly selected from Seventeen pre-primary schools in Ilorin Last Local Government Area of Kwara state. Researchers designed questionnaire was used for data gathering. Test-retest method was used to establish the reliability of the instrument and the reliability coefficient was 0.80. Descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentage and mean were used to answer the research question while t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that pre-primary school caregivers in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State had negative attitude towards improvisation of instructional material. The findings of the study were that gender, teaching experience, educational qualification and school type had no significant influence on caregivers’ attitude towards improvisation of instructional materials. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government and private school owners should organize and encourage caregivers to attend workshop on improvisation of instructional materials.
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