TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN CLASSROOM TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

This study is an evaluation of teachers’ perception of the role of media in Oyo State of Nigeria. A total of 150 secondary school teachers of Oyo State participated in the study: 110 trained and 40 untrained teachers randomly selected from ten secondary schools at two gender level (70 females and 80 males). Two media roles were selected for the study: media used to supplement the teacher by enhancing his effectiveness in the classroom and media used to substitute the teacher through instructional media system. The research tested three hypotheses. The findings revealed that there were significant differences in the perceptions of teachers about each of the two roles of media identified for the study. In addition there was significant difference found between the perceptions of trained and untrained teachers. However, the teachers’ gender was not significant. The article discusses the findings and makes some recommendations.

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