THE IMPACT OF APPLICATION OF E-LEARNING TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF AGRICULTURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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ABSTRACT
Today’s education has embraced e-learning to make the learner’s studies more personalized/individualized. It has brought about changes that are very convenient and flexible for the learner, as well as assisting in the development of skills and competencies required in the twenty-first century to ensure that learners have the digital literacy skills required in their discipline.
To that end, the researcher decided to implement the e-learning method in four different secondary schools. A total of 148 SSI students from Lagos State were chosen and divided into two experimental and control groups. According to their performance, the students in each group were divided into three categories: above average, average, and below average.
As research instruments, a software package on two selected topics from their syllabus was developed and used, along with a traditional test. For both topics, a four-week lesson plan was created, and the experimental class was taught using the software package while the control class was taught using the traditional method.
To test the null hypothesis, the t-test and chi-square (x2) statistical packages were used. The experimented class outperformed the conventional class, with students who were in the below average category in the pre-test moving to the average and above average categories.
This has the potential to transform educational standards by providing teachers and students with unrestricted access to knowledge and information.
THE FIRST CHAPTER
THE STUDY’S BACKGROUND
I.1 FORMAL INTRODUCTION
Today’s society is undergoing significant change in all aspects of life, which has impacted our homes, businesses, and educational system. With our curriculum, technology has emerged to create a learning environment that allows students to become more responsible and individualized/personalized in their studies.
The constant societal changes indicated the need for the educational system to adapt to these changes. “Development in everyday language refers to qualitative improvement, which is a continuous activity among humans,” writes Igwe (2005).
Societal changes have had an impact on schools, teachers, students, and the disciplines or subjects taught in schools, resulting in an overall curriculum change. All of these changes have necessitated the adoption of new practices by educators and students in order to meet the demands of modern society. As a result, the educational system, as a change agent, should move in lockstep with the rest of the world.
Today, in order to function properly, one must have a basic understanding of computers. This has resulted in modernization of our educational system, with electronic learning being a component of this.
When the World Wide Web (www) was launched in 1999, it sparked a surge of interest in the possibilities of electronic learning (e-learning). “The use of the web as an educational medium was hailed as a major change in the educational sector,” writes Okeke (2007). It has given rise to a major mode of education delivery, as well as a combined approach with the old traditional method of classroom-based teaching.
E-learning is computer-assisted learning that includes online lectures, tutorials, and performance support system stimulations. It is a method of facilitating and improving learning through the use of computers and communication technology. Personal computers (PCs), CD Roms, televisions, MP3 players, and mobile phones are all used. The internet and e-mail discussions are made possible by communication technology.
Lee (2004) stated that with the growing use of internet-improved technologies and web-based applications, the use of e-learning in the educational sector has enormous benefits. According to Ajelabi (2005), it motivates students to use modern teaching equipment such as microcomputers and other teaching aids such as overhead and opaque projectors, slides, films, and so on.
After more than a decade, it is expected that the concept of e-learning will be well defined. Due to attitudinal issues in the use of e-learning for teaching and learning disciplines in the school curriculum, there is still no agreement on what it actually represents. It is critical that the methods of teaching and learning evolve in response to changing societal needs.
Based on the foregoing, the researcher’s task is to determine the impact of e-learning application on the teaching and learning of agricultural science among senior secondary school students in Okota Isolo / Oshodi Local Government Area and Ejigbo Development Area of Lagos State.
1.2 THE PROBLEM’S STATEMENT
The school curriculum must adapt to changing societal needs. Students must also adapt to these needs, and the effects are frequently seen in the performance of students who are typically the recipients.
Technology has made it necessary in today’s world to use various forms of computer-delivered instruction in teaching and learning. It is necessary to investigate the impact of e-learning on agricultural science teaching and learning.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The goal of this study is for the researcher to achieve the following objectives experimentally:
a. Evaluate the impact of using an e-learning method on students’ academic performance.
b. Demonstrate the viability of using an e-learning method to teach a topic in agricultural science.
c. Compare the effect of the e-learning method on student performance to that of the traditional method.
1.4THE STUDY’S SIGNIFICANCE
The study is significant because it provides insight into software package knowledge and its applicability in the educational system.
As a result, teachers will be more aware of the benefits of using an alternative method of teaching to achieve better results. It will raise the teacher’s and students’ awareness of the benefits of using an e-learning approach.
1.5 QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH
The study seeks to answer the following questions:
1. Does the method of instruction affect students’ academic performance?
2. Does the performance of students taught using e-learning differ from that of students taught using traditional methods?
3. Is there a difference in performance between boys and girls taught using the e-learning method?
1.6 THEORY OF HYPOTHESIS
For testing, the following hypotheses have been proposed:
1..H0I
There is no statistically significant difference in academic performance between students who are taught using e-learning facilities and those who are taught using the traditional method.
2. h2o
The method of instruction has no bearing on the academic performance of the students.
3.H03: There is no statistically significant difference in performance between boys and girls who were taught using the e-learning method.
1.7 THE STUDY’S OBJECTIVE
The scope of this research and successful application of the e-learning facilities is one hundred and forty-eight (148) SS1 students made up of forty (40) each from Ostra Heights school and Hopebay College, both in Okota, Isolo/ OShodi Local Government Area of Lagos State, thirty-five (35) students from Kings Palace school and thirty-three (33) students from Hill Crest college, both in Ejigbo Development Council.
1.8 THE STUDY’S LIMITATIONS
Finance was a constraint for the researcher, both in terms of transportation to the schools and the creation of the instructional package. In addition, there was a time constraint for the research.
THE IMPACT OF APPLICATION OF E-LEARNING TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF AGRICULTURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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