Emmanuel Dominic FABEKU

This study examined the factors influencing teaching and learningofmathematics in senior secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine theextentto which :the perception of teachers, the methodology of teachers ,shortageof instructional material, and shortage of qualified teachers influencedtheteaching and learning of Mathematics secondary school. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Thepopulation of study comprised of all the 565 (five hundred and sixtyfive)Mathematics teachers in the sixteen (16) public secondary school inOredoLocal Government Area The study adopted the simple randomsamplingtechnique in selecting 28 (twenty eight) Mathematics teachers fromfiverandomly selected schools. A structured questionnaire titled: Factorsinfluencing the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Questionnaire(MAFTQ) was used for data collection. To analyze the data collected, theresearch questions were answered using descriptive statistics suchas simplemean and standard deviation. The results indicated that the perceptionof theteachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics, teachers’Methodology influences the teaching and learn of Mathematics, InadequacyInstructional Facilities affects the teaching and learning of Mathematics, Inadequacy of qualified teachers influences the teaching and learningofMathematics in secondary schools. Based on the results of this study, it was
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recommended that: There should be adoption of learner centred methodsbyteachers to accelerate the stimulation and retention of learners interest intheteaching and learning process thereby enhancing students comprehensionofconcept taught in class, There is need for government and other stakeholdersin the education industry to regularly and periodically organize in-serviceseminars for teachers to be adequately equipped with skills toimpartknowledge to students to assimilate Mathematics topics, Government shouldincrease her annual budgetary allocation to secondary school educationtofacilitate the procurement of instructional resources in the teachingofMathematics in secondary schools. There should be regular and periodic training of Mathematicsteachers to adequately equip them and to keep abreast withmoderninstructional strategies in the teaching of the subject as it would facilitateanenhancement in the quality of the instructional delivery inherent inthesubject.

This study examined the factors influencing teaching and learning of
mathematics in senior secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which :the perception of teachers, the methodology of teachers shortage of instructional material, and shortage of qualified teachers, influenced the teaching and learning of Mathematics secondary school. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of study comprised of all the 565 (five hundred and sixty five) Mathematics teachers in the sixteen (16) public secondary school in Oredo Local Government Area The study adopted the simple random sampling technique in selecting 28 (twenty eight) Mathematics teachers from five randomly selected schools. A structured questionnaire titled: Factors influencing the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Questionnaire (MAFTQ) was used for data collection. To analyze the data collected, the research questions were answered using descriptive statistics such as simple mean and standard deviation. The results indicated that the perception of the teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics, teachers’ Methodology influences the teaching and learn of Mathematics, Inadequacy Instructional Facilities affects the teaching and learning of Mathematics, Inadequacy of qualified teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics in secondary schools. Based on the results of this study, it was recommended that: There should be adoption of learner centered methods by teachers to accelerate the stimulation and retention of learners interest in the teaching and learning process thereby enhancing students comprehension of concept taught in class, There is need for government and other stakeholders in the education industry to regularly and periodically organize in-service seminars for teachers to be adequately equipped with skills to impart knowledge to students to assimilate Mathematics topics, Government should increase her annual budgetary allocation to secondary school education to facilitate the procurement of instructional resources in the teaching of Mathematics in secondary schools. There should be regular and periodic training of Mathematics teachers to adequately equip them and to keep abreast with modern instructional strategies in the teaching of the subject as it would facilitate an enhancement in the quality of the instructional delivery inherent in the subject.