UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF VIDEO AIDS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION STUDIES AS A MEANS FOR BUILDING STANDARD MORAL FOUNDATION IN THE SOCIETY

Abstract

Education is an instrument for effecting positive change in behaviour as well as for the development of intellectual and moral behaviour of people for national sustainable development. The process of teaching and learning requires an understanding, appreciation and use of effective learning styles. This study examined the role of video symbols dissemination aid in teaching and learning of Chris-tian religion studies as a means for building standard moral foundation in the society. The descrip-tive survey design was adopted. Ten CRS teachers from secondary schools within Billiri metropolis were randomly selected. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview schedule were designed as instruments for the collection of data. Data collected form questionnaire were analysed using de-scriptive statistics, while content analysis was used for data generated from the interview conducted. The result of data collected show that students that are taught by using video symbols dissemination aids perform better in their observational examination than those that are taught without the use of the video technics. The study further revealed that other teachers has understanding on the use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning process, but have limited knowledge and skills in the use of video symbols dissemination aids which became the reason for lack of affective knowledge of the biblical teachings in our schools. Recommendation are made at the end of the study on how teacher can utilize video symbols dissemination aids in teaching and learning process effectively.