EFFICACY OF FLIP CHART IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HUMAN SKELETAL SYSTEM IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
One of the major problems of learning within the conventional setting is the emphasis on verbalism as the sole mode of communication between the teacher and the learners Bolick (2002). In the word of Maduabum (2000), words simply make learning abstract and inactive as it address only one of the many senses of human understanding and communication in fact in some cases such as the hearing impaired (i.e. people whose ear do not function normally)verbalism has no place in their programmes Ema,(2001).
Hence, the need to adopt a better strategy which will encompass the use of audio visual materials, to ensure that students have the best possible opportunity to retain the information being given to them. One way of achieving this is through the use of instructional materials. Instructional materials according to Faurant (1995) are materials used by a teacher or that enable students assimilate what is being put across to them. Instructional materials represent fundamental resources for school for enhancing instruction, furthering the pursuit of knowledge and providing experiences of educational significance for class groups or for individual students.
Teachers need instructional materials in every aspect of teaching. They need materials for background information on the subject they are teaching. Teachers often use instructional materials for lesson planning. These materials are also needed by teachers to assess the knowledge of their student (Sotayo2001).
One of such instructional materials is a “flip chart”. A flip chart is a stationery item consisting of a pad of large paper sheets, supported on a tripod or four legged easel. It is typically fixed to the upper edge of a white board, such charts are commonly used for presentation. A flip chat is thought to have been unvented by “Peter Kent” who built one to help him in a presentation. He went on to find the visual communication group Nobo pic.
