ABSTRACT
This study examined the influence of teachers' methodology on student's learning chemistry in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The study emphasized on the effects of lecture and demonstration method on students learning chemistry, advantages of demonstration method of teaching chemistry, disavantages, approaches for effective teaching of Chemistry and problem solving approach. This study will be of immense help to curriculum planners, chemistry teachers, public and government in their quest to upgrade the nation education standard.
This study adopted a survey research design sampling technique. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, twenty research questions were raised. The sample for the study consists of sixty (60) respondents which were selected using the simple random sampling method. Data was collected with the aid of questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the instrument were ascertained using the exert judgment and split half method. Simple percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the collected data.
This study reveals that chemistry instructional materials are adequately available in secondary schools in Oredo local government areas; chemistry students perceived their teachers to be of good qualities with respect to their personality and relationships. However, majority of the teachers still use lecture method of teaching instead of the recommended guided demonstration method. Also, the findings indicate that teaching and learning of chemistry in most schools sampled are limited with challenges of inadequate laboratory equipment, lack of modern chemistry textbook, poor funding of chemistry projects and lack of incentives for chemistry teachers. It is recommended among others that government should ensure adequate provision of facilities for all government secondary schools in the state while teachers should adopt modern instructional materials and teaching methods.
