UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF TEAM TEACHING ON THEIR INTEREST IN BIOLOGY COURSES IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study analyzed undergraduate students’ perception of the influence of team teaching on their interest in biology courses in Anambra State utilizing survey research design. The population of the study was made up of 4, 176 second year regular undergraduate students in Physical Sciences and Science Education that offered Biology courses in the two public universities for the 2023/24 academic session. The participants of the study consisted of 420 (220 males and 200 females) second year regular undergraduate students drawn through simple random sampling technique and accidental sampling technique. 12-item validated questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Cronbach Alpha method was used to ascertain the reliability of the questionnaire to obtain reliability co-efficient value of 0.81. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings of the study revealed that undergraduate students perceive that team teaching positively influenced their interest in Biology courses. Furthermore, a significant difference existed in male and female undergraduate students’ interest in Biology on exposure to team teaching as perceived by them in favour of males. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that university authorities should ensure that Biology lecturers sustain their use of team teaching technique so as to sustain their students’ interest in Biology courses.