Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate on the influence of type of
school in the use of history and government instructional resources in
Kenya a case of secondary schools in Nakuru County. The objectives
of study were to; Investigate on the nature of the teachers teaching the
subject; ways of obtaining the instructional resources; the difference on
the two types of school on the availability and use of instructional
resources. This study adopted a survey design in which public and
private secondary schools in Nakuru County were involved. The target
population was 1153.Stratified sampling was used to categorize schools
into public and private. 102 History and Government students and 19
history and government teachers were randomly sampled from the two
categories of schools. Data was collected using questionnaires,
observation and document analysis. The data collected was analyzed
using descriptive statistics and presented using frequency tables, graphs
and pie charts. From the study it was found out that, that some teachers
in private schools teaching the subject were untrained while some were
overloaded with lessons as compared to those in public schools more so
public schools had more instructional resources and were used more
often than private schools. It was recommended that schools should
employ trained teachers on the subject to teach, in-service courses be
organized to equip the teachers with more pedagogical skills on use
making and use of instructional resources and the Quality Assurance
and Standard Officers should ensure proper supervision in schools on
use of resources. It is hoped that the findings of this study will form a
basis for formulation of policies on strategies for effective use of
instructional resources in secondary schools and provide solutions to
the challenges being faced.