This study examined the strategies used by government teachers in catering for students’ inequality in the teaching and learning of government in Senior Secondary Schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area. The descriptive survey research design was used in this study. In all, 90government students and 3government teachers from three schools formed the sample size for the study. The instruments used to collect data were questionnaire and interview guide. The study found that teachers used discussion, question and answer, brainstorming, discovery, field trip and lecture methods as methods of teaching in catering for students’ inequality. In addition, the study discovered that teachers used intrinsic motivation as well as awards like certificate which is extrinsic as a motivational technique in catering for students’ inequality. Again, the study discovered that teachers used all the various assessment techniques thus traditional, authentic, performance and alternative assessment as a strategy in catering for students’ inequality. Also, with regard to the resources used in catering to students’ inequality, it was discovered that the government textbooks and syllabus dominate the government classrooms with a slight use of visual materials in catering inequality.
It is recommended that government teachers should not solely depend on the government textbooks and syllabus. Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) should organize Seminars and workshop for teachers where they will be taught the kind of resource to use for a precise topic in the government syllabus in order to
cater to students’ inequality.
TABLE OF CONTENT Pages
CERTIFICATION 1
DEDICATION 2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
LIST OF TABLES 5
LIST OF APPENDIXES 5
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study 5
Statement of the Problem 6
Purposes of the Study 7
Research Questions 8Scope and Delimitation of the Study 9
Operational Definition of Terms 10Significance of the Study 11
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Conceptual Review of Literature Meaning and Types of Inequality 13
Teaching Methods used in Catering for Students’inequality 14iv
Motivation Techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 15
Assessment techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 16
Teaching and learning resources used in Catering for Students’inequality 17
Empirical Review of Literature Teaching Methods used in Catering for Students’inequality
Motivation Techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 19
Assessment Techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 20
Teaching and learning resources used in Catering for Students’inequality 21
Summary of Literature Review
22CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design 23
Population 24
Sample and Sampling Technique 25
Instrumentation 26Procedure for Data Collection 26
Data AnalysisTechniques 27
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Introduction 28
Background Data of Respondents 29
Teaching Methods used in Catering for Students’inequality 30
Motivation Techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 31
Assessment Techniques used in Catering for Students’inequality 32
Teaching and learning resources used in Catering for Students’inequality 33
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Summary 34
Conclusions 35
Recommendations 35
Suggestions for Further Research 36
REFERENCES 37
LIST OF TABLES
Table Page1. Gender of Students 39
2. AgeofRespondents 39
3. Students’ Responses on the Methods used inteachingdiverse 41Students in Government classrooms.4. Students’ Responses on the Motivational Techniquesusedby 46Government Teachers in catering for students’inequality.5. Students’ Responses on Assessment Strategies usedbyGovernment 50Teachers in catering for students’inequality6. Students’ Responses on Teachers’ use of TeachingandLearning 54Resources in catering for students’inequality.vii
