The Use of Community Resources in the Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in Some Selected Junior Secondary School in Bungudu East Zamfara State

ABSTRACT This study is on “The Use of Community Resources in Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in some Selected Junior Secondary School in Bungudu East, Zamfara State”. The use of Community resources in our Secondary Schools have became a problem nowadays. Most of the teachers in the School either found it difficult to use or improvise it for effective teaching learning to take place. This is what tantamount this study. To this effect, five randomly selected secondary schools in Bungudu,East area of Zamfara State were used for this study. A total number of 150 students, 30 from each School. Also a total number of 10 teachers, 2 from each school were selected, making a total number of 160 respondents. The method of data collection and analysis is based on questionnaire, frequencies and simple percentages were used. The study found out that, the schools selected for this study do not have enough instructional materials for social studies teaching and learning. The little materials available in those schools were generally not in good quality. Similarly, the percentage of those schools which are in good qualities is below 40%. Teachers and students used these resources occasionally. Teachers have skills in using these materials appropriately in terms of content, objective and characteristics of the students. The act of improvising instructional materials in the schools covered in this study of about nothing to write home about. In light of the research findings on the Use of Community Resources in the teaching and Leaning of Social Studies in some selected Junior Secondary Schools in Bungudu East Zamfara State in particular. The study therefore recommends the following. Both state and federal school should increase their budgetary allocations for education and a large proportion of this should be devoted to educational technology so that greater number of instructional materials can be supplied to various schools. There should be a conducive room for keeping instructional resources such that the original quality is kept for a long period of time. Seminars and workshops should be organized for social studies teachers so as to inculcate in the habit of using instructional resources on their own. Workshops and seminars should also be organized for social studies teachers to easily use available materials in the environment to improvise in the absence of the original materials. There should also be a centre for producing instructional materials at a very low cost by using local materials in every locality.