FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN UNIVERSITY OF BENIN

ABSTRACT

This research study investigated the factors militating against the effective teaching and learning of Religious Studies in university of Benin.

During the course of the research study, three research questions were raised to guide the study. The research method that was used for this research study is the descriptive survey research technique. Tables and percentages were used to organise and present the data that was collected during the course of the research. The purpose of this study is to fight against the factors that militate against the effective teaching and learning of Religious Studies and also bring about an effective teaching and learning process of Religion in the University of Benin. For the research problems to be gotten and solved, various methodology was used such as sample and sampling techniques and the population of the study. The research instrument used in collecting data were a two structured questionnaire, Section A and Section B. The first section was organised to obtain the personal data from the respondents while the second section was organised to get the information of the of the topic being investigated. The instrument was reviewed and validated by the project supervisor and other experts in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City.

From the findings gotten from the research questions, we can see that even though the learning of Religious Studies is very important to the daily lives of the students, they are usually not interested in studying the course. We also found out why studying Religious Studies is difficult as a course of study by the students of the University of Benin. Recommendations were made on how to make it better and easier for students to learn and understand Religious Studies easily, including the different concepts  and arguments of Religion. This is important as it will help students to think critically and also learn their religion that will become relevant in their daily life.