Effect of Community Resources on Junior Secondary Schools’ Performance in Basic Technology in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

Community resources refer to the various learning situations through which both teachers and students come into first hand contact with the resource persons, places and materials that would benefit the teaching and learning process. It includes visiting organizations, institutions, and neighborhoods or reigns of the community. The main purpose of this study was to find out the effect of community resources on Junior Secondary Schools Students’ Performance in Basic Technology, in Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the differences in the performance of students taught using expository method and those taught using community resources. .   An intact class of Junior Secondary School two in each of the two schools selected was involved in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two schools involved in the study. The two sampled Junior Secondary Schools comprised 70 students who were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups respectively. Two research instruments were used to gather the relevant data for this study; Instructional Strategy on Practical Skills (Treatment) ISPS and Basic Technology Achievement Test (BTAT). The findings indicated that the students taught using community resources performed significantly better than their counterparts taught using expository. Finally, it was recommended that, teachers should expose students to community resources which will promote and encourage social interaction, active engagement in learning, self motivation, discovery learning, learning by doing and learning by experience, Basic Technology teachers should be trained on the effective use of community resources. Moreover, community resources are strongly recommended for developing practical skills among Junior Secondary students.