Attitude of Biology Teachers towards Teaching of Socio- Scientific Issues in Senior Secondary Schools of Bauchi State

Mahmoud Jamila Bako, Mohammed Ibrahim, Adamu Gagdi Jibrin

Abstract


This study investigated the attitude of biology teachers on teaching of Socio- Scientific Issues (SSI) in senior secondary schools of Bauchi state. The design of the study was a descriptive design of survey type. The area of the study was three (3) educational zones of Bauchi state. The population of the study comprises of all the 614 biology teachers from 210 government senior secondary schools in Bauchi state from three senatorial zones of the state, Yamane’s formula was used to draw the sample size of 147 used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire called Biology Teachers’ Attitude for Teaching SSI Questionnaire (BTATSSIQ). The instrument ware validated by two (2) senior lectures from department of science education, faculty of technology education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi and 2 senior secondary school biology teachers with minimum of B.Sc.Ed that have taught for more than 10years to ensure the face and content validity of all the instrument, Cronbach alpha was used to calculate the reliability at r= 0.81 Data was collected by the researchers and with the help of research assistants.. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question. The finding revealed that biology teachers’ attitudes toward teaching SSI is very low and not encouraging. The study recommends that workshop should be organized to enhance biology teachers attitude for teaching socio- scientific issues.


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