EDU 3204: TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN

BIOLOGY:

Credit units: 2
Contact hours: 30 Hrs
Course Description:
In this course, student teachers will learn how to develop and use teaching and learning resources
in Biology. The course emphasizes the use of hands-on approach and project activities. It
includes laboratory teaching, the use of the environment, peer teaching and the development of
resources for the teaching and learning of Biology.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
Construct and use different teaching and learning aids to teach Biology.
Utilize different teaching-learning aids to teach Biology.
Describe an appropriate layout of a secondary school Biology laboratory.
Describe the procedures involved in the effective management of secondary school
Biology laboratory.
Demonstrate various safety measures in Biology laboratories.
Explain the duties of different staff members in a Biology Department.
Utilize the environment of effectively teach secondary school Biology.
Prepare school Biology practical work.
Supervise school Biology practical work.

Mode of Delivery: Lectures, Discussion guided by instructor/lecturer, Presentation/micro-

teaching by individual students.
Expectations:
There are high expectations of students on:
Quality, completion and timely submission of assignment.
Outside personal reading.
Library research.
Group discussions.
Designing learning aids for teaching-learning Biology.
Requirements:
Students are required of:
Regular attendance of lectures 75% minimum.
Coursework assignment, tests 30% of final mark.
Final examinations 70% of final mark.
A pass mark of 50%.
Detailed Course Content:

1
Week Topic/Sub-Topic Hours
1. Laboratory location and design 4
2 Organization, management and laboratory safety 4
3 Use of the environment in the teaching of secondary school Biology 4
4 Teaching and learning resources development in Biology 4
5 Improvisation in Biology 4
6 Practical work in Biology 4
7 Preparation and supervision of practical work in Biology, including 2
field work.
8 Use of computers in the teaching of secondary school Biology. 4
Total Contact Hours 30

Suggested reading list:

Boud, D., Dunn, J. & Hegarty-Hezel, E. (1986). Teaching in Laboratories, London, UK,
SRHE & NFER-NELSON Publishers.
Wood, C. G. (1991). Safety in School Labs, London: J. Weston Walch Publishers.
Everett, K. & Jenkins, E. W. (1991). A Safety Handbook for Science Teachers, 4th
Edition. London, UK. JOHN MURRY Publishers.
Archenhold, W. F., Jenkins, E. W. & Wood-Robinson, C. (1978). School Science
Laboratories; A Handbook of Design, Management and Organization. London, UK.
John Murray.