Abstract
The inclusion of and emphasis of history and policy of education in the national minimum standard for colleges of education was born out of its usefulness to the learners in one hand and society on the other hand. In spite of the numerous roles, the teaching of history and policy of education plays, the national minimum standard for colleges of education which became operational 2014/2015 academic session reduced the number of the credit units to one. In view of this, the current study investigated instructional media and effective teaching and learning of history and policy of education. The study population was all students in colleges of education in Ogun State. Five schools were selected from each of the two public colleges of education in Ogun state. Fifteen students were randomly selected as respondents from each of the ten (10) schools. The total number of the respondent is one hundred and fifty (150). Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 significant levels. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study revealed that there is significant influence between instructional media and effective teaching andlearning of history and policy of education. The study also found that there is significant influence between availability of instructional media and effective teaching and learning of history and policy of education. The study was concluded that instructional media should adequately made available to teach history and policy of education so as to help the students in grounding their thought, interest, value and feelings. The study recommended that the adequate attention in terms of policy statement should be given to the course of the study, teachers should be allowed to attend seminars and workshops on the appropriate usage of instructional media, teachers should also be sensitised on the need to improvise instructional media when standardised ones are unavailable.
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