The study focussed on Basic science teachers „awareness of online instructional resources for teaching basic science in the middle schools in Osun state, Nigeria. It investigated the extent of teachers‟ awareness and use of Online instructional resources in the Basic science classrooms and examined the challenges they faced in using Online instructional resources for teaching in Osun State public middle schools. These were with a view to determine science teachers‟ knowledge of online instructional materials that are available for teaching in the science classroom in Osun state public schools. The study adopted the descriptive survey research. The population for the study comprised of Basic science teachers in Osun State public middle schools. The study sample consisted of 72Basic science teachers selected randomly from public middle schools in Osun State. One research instrument was used to collect data for the study. This is a questionnaire titled “Teachers Awareness of Online Instructional Resources Questionnaire†(TAOIRQ) for teaching Basic science. The study lasted for six weeks. Data collected were analysed using frequency counts and percentages. The results showed that most(86.12 %) of Basic science teachers were not aware of online instructional resources for teaching. Result also revealed that majority of the Basic science teachers (93.06%) in the middle schools in Osun state have never visited any web- site on teaching resources. Also, most (97.22%) of the teachers have not used Online/Internet Instructional Resources for teaching in the classroom Result further revealed that most middle schools have no internet facilities. All the respondents (100%) agreed that they have no internet facilities in their schools. It was also revealed that most of the teachers (83.33%) had poor knowledge of the websites on Instructional resources for teaching basic science and that there was lack of seminar/workshop (83.33%) to inform teachers on the availability of online instructional resources in teaching and learning. Finally, all the respondents maintained that there was no Computer laboratory in their schools. The study concluded that Basic science teachers in Osun state middle school are not aware of online instructional resources and they have not been making use of them in the classrooms. Major challenge on this is unavailability of internet connections in the schools.
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Teachers’ awareness and use of online instructional resources in teaching basic science for sustainable development in Osun State, Nigeria
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Folorunso, Bamidele Emmanuel
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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies
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