Email this article Ethnoscientific Instructional Resources and Practices for Basic Science in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State
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The study investigated the Ethnoscientific resources and practices available for the instruction of Basic Science concept of Sound energy in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. The design for this study was descriptive survey design. The population for the study consists of all the 17 Basic Science teachers in the twelve (12) public and three (3) Private Junior Secondary Schools in the Local Government Area. Census technique was used to select all the seventeen (17) Basic Science teachers for the study. The research instrument was a validated researcher-constructed questionnaire titled 'Ethnoscientific Resources and Practices Questionnaire’. Cronbach alpha was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.70 was obtained for the instrument. Mean was used to analyze the data. The study identified ethnoscientific resources and practices for the teaching of sound energy in the study area, such as the use of traditional musical instruments at cultural ceremonies and festivals, as well as the loud sound produced from the gong (Ugelu) to give a signal to people within and outside the community (such as fishing port and farm) when there is emergency or danger. The study thus recommended that teachers should be resourceful and creative enough to identify and take advantage of the ethnoscientific resources and practices in the culture and tradition of the learners for the teaching of science subjects.
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