Television as an Instructional Tool for Concept Analysis

Abstract

This is a study of the perception of teachers on the use of television for concept analysis in the classroom. Thepopulation of the study is all the 9,784 Secondary School teachers in Bayelsa State of Nigeria out of which 110teachers were randomly selected using the proportional sampling method. The instrument is a questionnaire designedby the researcher but validated by experts in test and evaluation and tested for reliability using the Pearson ProductMoment Correlation Coefficient. It was established at 0.87 which shows that the instrument is reliable. Onehypothesis was designed for the study and the data was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U-test statistical analysis.The findings of the study reveals that there is no significant difference in the perceptions of male and femalesecondary school teachers on the use of television as an instructional tool for concept analysis in the SecondarySchools. It was therefore recommended that the use of television should be an accepted innovation and should beencouraged to broaden and encourage learning activities in schools.