NWANI PIUS OKORIE
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IKWO.
Abstract.
The study is centered on the need for media utilization for enhancement of teaching and learning chemistry in Ebonyi State Secondary Schools. The study discusses; the concept of media, types of media, the influence of media in teaching and learning, the use of media in teaching and learning chemistry and the importance of media utilization in teaching chemistry. The work revealed that, the use of media would provide us with an exposure to the outside, world media have brought out easy ways of interaction and provided us with easily accessible means to reach different people. The study also showed that, the effectiveness and relevance of media towards teaching and learning of chemistry, lie in its ability to carry out its information, socialization, mobilization, functions and responsibility which in the case of Nigeria and other countries include the emancipation of the rural communities. The study recommends among other things that; media personnel should be properly trained to enable them handle all it would take in application of media utilization in teaching chemistry, and there should be provision of media in our secondary schools for utilization for effective and proper teaching and learning.
Keywords: Media, Utilization, Teaching and Learning.
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