PHYSICS TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED CONSTRAINTS IN THE IMPROVISATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ QUALITY TEACHING DELIVERY IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY – ABUJA

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate senior secondary school physics teachers’ perceived constraints in improvising instructional materials in federal capital territory in Abuja.This is with a view to addressing issues related to acute shortage of instructional materials in teaching of physics. A descriptive research survey design was adopted. The population of the study comprised senior secondary school physics teachers in 6 Area Councils in Abuja while the sample consisted of 90 physics teachers from three the councils. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three university of Abuja lectures from the faculty of education. The instrument had a reliability index of a 0 .79 using Cronbah Alpa technique. Results obtained revealed that physics teachers’ are of the view that they do not sufficiently have enough time, inaccessibility to fabrication tools, shortage of qualify physics teachers , lack of opportunity to for self development among others. Recommendations include provisions of qualifies physics teacher, access to fabrication tools, sponsorship to seminars, and conferences and workshop on improvisation techniques.