Assessment of Science Teachers' Level of Awareness on Laboratory Management Techniques at Secondary School Level in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Abstract

This paper assessed science teachers' level of awareness on laboratory management techniques in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senior secondary schools, Abuja. Survey research design was adopted for the study. a sample of 320 were selected from the population of 1,896 science teachers using simple random sampling technique. Three research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A structured questionnaire made up of 20 items was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by experts in science education and a reliability index of 0.96 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha. Finding of the study revealed that science teachers in FCT have high level of awareness on laboratory management techniques in the areas of ordering, stocking and maintenance of materials while they have low level of awareness on laboratory safety measure. it was also found that male science teachers have higher level of awareness than their female counterparts. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that science teachers should be exposed to conferences, workshops and seminars to enable them improve on their knowledge of laboratory management techniques.