The use of community resources among social studies teachers in senior high school Tamale Metropolis

Abstract

The study sought to find out the use of community resources among Social Studies teachers in Senior High School Tamale Metropolis. Three research questions were made, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive and correlation designs were employed to carry out this study. One hundred and twenty nine Social Studies teacher’s in all the twenty five senior high schools in Tamale Metropolis were used as respondents for the study. A questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was used to collect data from Social Studies teachers. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Movement Correlation and t-test were used to analyses the data. The study showed that majority of the teachers of Social Studies do not use community resources to enhance the teaching and learning of the subject. It also showed that lack of necessary pedagogical skills, funds, administrative support, inadequate time among others were some of the constraints against the effective use of community resources. The study revealed a negative correlation between the student and teachers in the use of community resources to teach or recall Social Studies. Finally, the study revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in the use of community resources between qualified and unqualified Social Studies teacher. It was therefore, recommended that Social Studies teachers should try as much as possible to integrate the use of community resources in teaching of Social Studies content.