International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue II, February 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

Improvisation of Instructional Materials Involving Colours for Effective Teaching in Fine and Applied Arts

BABATUNDE, Christopher Femi¹, AGUEMEKA, Chinyere^2
1Teacher Service Board, Sokoto, Nigeria
²Biga College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract: – The paper examines the improvisation of instructional materials involving colours for effective teaching in fine and Applied Art. It visualized the concept of improvisation as a supplement to real made materials with the conceptual framework. The paper also talked about why improvisation is used in classroom. E.g. for classroom friendly, engages learners, and increase motivation. Improvised instructional materials are those teaching and learning materials produced using locally available resources with the help of experts. Some proven contributions of instructional materials to learning were listed. The importance of colours in improvised materials in Fine Art and it categories were spelt out, the effect of colour in teaching and learning and how these colours were sourced for were also discussed. Furthermore, the source of this paper was secondary; books, journals, articles and internet browsing were consulted. Training and re-training of Fine and Applied Art teachers should be done inform of workshops, seminar training programme on how to produce and use instructional materials were part of the suggestions given in this paper.

Keywords: Improvisation, Instructional Materials, Colour, Fine and Applied Art.

I. INTRODUCTION

One major reason for poor performance among learners is the abstract manner in which the fine and applied art are taught. Aina (2013) and Adeyemo (2010) are of the view that the absence of instructional materials such as pictures, models or real object makes it difficult for learners to understand communicating information. The learners usually lack the ability to assimilate concepts abstractly making it imperative to adopt the use of interactive instructional materials. Instructional materials can be defined as all the resources a teacher uses to help him/her explain or elucidate the topic/content/subject to the learner so that the learner is able to comprehend the topic fully. (Tukur, 2012).