Pedagogical Approaches and Effective Teaching in Biology Education: A Review of Teacher’s Roles and Responsibilities

Muniratu Shehu Mamman, Adamu Abubakar Misau, Mulikat Agboola

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Effective teaching methodology is one way of ensuring learner’s performance as far as content delivery is concern. Therefore Biology education as a course of study which is geared towards promoting understanding of man’s relationship with his environment by establishing the interrelationship between living and non-living as they exist within common surrounding. Critical observation of a phenomenon, identifying the problems, communicating and asking questions, formulation of hypothesis, analyzing and making inference as well as making prediction are skills needed by students studying Biology. Therefore, effective content delivery is required by every Biology teacher using relevant pedagogical approaches. In view of this, the present paper tries to review various pedagogical approaches for effective teaching of Biology, describe who an effective Biology teacher is, as well as identifies factors militating against teaching efficiency: the paper offer some key recommendations for teachers’ implementation and to government for necessary action.


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