Students Awareness and Utilization of Educational Broadcasts to Learn in Ogbomoso, Oyo State

Year 2018, Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 182 - 192, 18.07.2018

Charles Olubode Olumorın Musiliu Adekola Aderoju Amos Ochayi Onojah

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.445122

Cited By: 4

Abstract

Radio and Television are broadcast media meant to disseminate audio and video signal, messages, information or programs to wide range of audience. Radio and television are already playing a role in educating the populace non-formally through various educational channels and programs, but there is significant potential to capitalize on their ability to enhance development and learning curriculum content among secondary school students. This study: 1) Find out the awareness of educational radio and television programs by secondary school students in Ogbomoso 2) Investigate secondary school students access to educational radio and television programs in Ogbomoso and 3) Investigate problems militating against students’ use of educational radio and television programs for learning. Questionnaire was used as instrument to elicit responses from 100 secondary school students on their awareness-on and access to seven educational radio and television programs. The findings revealed that the students were not aware of the educational radio and television programs even though they have access to it. The study recommends that teachers in secondary schools should include educational broadcasts as forms of stimulus variation that they could apply to their classes and educational programs producers on both radio and television should create enough awareness about the programs to enable students follow the programs at appropriate time.

Keywords

Educational radio and television programs, Multichoice (DSTV), Startimes, educational broadcasts

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