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Teacher Preparedness in Use of Instructional Media and the Quality of Learning Outcomes in Biology Theory in Public Secondary Schools in Mwala Sub- County, Machakos County, Kenya.
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Teacher Preparedness, Learning Outcomes and Instructional Media
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The study sought to explore the effect of teacher preparedness in use of instructional media on the quality of learning outcomes in Biology theory in public secondary schools in Mwala Sub- County. The study was guided by multimedia learning theory by Richard Mayer. The theory postulates that deeper learning can occur when information is presented in both text and graphics than graphics alone. It hinges on the presumption that there are two channels for learning: auditory and visual. The study adopted mixed method methodology and descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was all public secondary schools, all teachers of Biology, all heads of Science Department and all form two students in Mwala sub-county. Stratified Random Sampling was used to sample 6 schools; two extra county schools, two county schools, and 2 sub-county schools. Purposive sampling was used to select 6 Heads of Science Department from the 6 sampled schools. One form two stream was randomly sampled for schools with more than one stream. A total of 240 students were selected randomly to participate in the study. Questionnaires and interviews were used as data collection tools in the study. Data was analysed qualitatively and quantitatively with the help of the Statistical Package for Social sciences version 27. Results of the study indicate that teacher preparedness in the use of instructional media has an influence on the quality of learning outcomes in Biology theory. The study established that in Mwala sub-county secondary schools, Biology teachers were not well prepared in teaching using instructional media, and schools had challenges in acquiring these media due to resource constraints. The study recommends that the government should increase resource allocation to the public schools, and address inequalities experienced in access to resources to equalise resource allocation.
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Christopher Mbatha King ola, Prof. Henry Etende Embeywa, & Prof. Koech Peter Kibet (June-2024). Teacher Preparedness in Use of Instructional Media and the Quality of Learning Outcomes in Biology Theory in Public Secondary Schools in Mwala Sub- County, Machakos County, Kenya.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(6), b824-b833. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2406181.pdf
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Volume 9 Issue 6, June-2024
Pages : b824-b833
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