Effect of Integration of Photographic Album Teaching Strategy on Students’ Performance in Environmental Education

This study investigated the effects of integration of photographic album on students’ performance in Environmental Education in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated for the study. The quasi-experimental research design was adopted for the study. Two junior secondary schools were selected for the study. Intact classes of thirty (30) students from each sampled school were used for the study. Environmental Education Performance Test (EEPT) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics of Mean (x), median, mode, standard deviation and variance were used for data analysis and answering of research questions; while the t-test statistics was used for testing the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed significant effect of photographic album on students’ academic performance in Environmental Education without gender-related difference. Based on the findings of the study, the following were recommended: integration of photographic album teaching strategy as method of teaching in schools especially for teaching and learning of environmental education, training and retraining of teachers in development and utilization of photographic album teaching strategy for teaching and learning of subjects at various levels of educational programmes in Nigeria.

Key words:Environmental Education, Integration, Photographic Album, Performance.