Abstract

This study evaluates the Availability and Utilization of Audio Visual Aids in teaching and

learning of agricultural science in Imo State junior secondary schools. It adopted a

descriptive survey design and was carried out in one Educational Zone of Imo state. Two

research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were posited and tested at

0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was made up of 312 Agricultural

Science teachers and 15 IO Agricultural Science students of the selected Second my

Schools. Based on Robert and Morgan's (1970) formular for determining sample size

from a known/finite population, a sample of 46 Agricultural Science teachers· and 224

students were used for the study given a total of 270 teachers and students. This sample

was drawn from one zone out of three educational zones in Imo state 11sing a multi-stage

sampling techniq11e and proportionate stratified random sampling. The instrument used

for data collection was questionnaire called Evaluation of the Availability and

Utilization of Audio Visual Aids in Teaching and Learning of Agricultural Science"

(EAUAUATLAS) made up of JO items using 4-points modified likert scale and validated

by three experts in the department of Science Education, Michael Okpara University of

Agriculture, Umudike. The test-retest method <?f" reliability of the instrument was used

and the data obtained were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation

coefficient and yielded a correlation coefficient <?f 0.83. All the research questions were

analyzed using mean and standard deviation while t-test statistic was employed in testing

hypotheses. The results revealed that there are low extents of availability of audio-visual

aids and low extent of audio-visual aids utilization in agricultural science teaching and

learning. It was recommended that Training of Agricultural Science teacher should he

reviewed to emphasize knowledge and skills related to use of audio-visual aids for

teaching and learning of agricultural Sciences in secondary schools.

Keywords: Agricultural Science, Teaching/Learning, Audio-Visual-Aids, Availability,

Utilization