Acquiring Scientific Literacy via E-Learning in Secondary Schools in Ekiti-State, Nigeria

Department Of Curriculum Studies, Faculty Of Education. Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti Corresponding Author: Ajayi, Peter O _______________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The acquisition of scientific literacy via e-learning is an integral part of digital literacy. But the level of awareness and usage of e-learning in Nigeria seems very low and require investigation. On this basis, this survey research was out to investigate how some secondary school students in a part of Nigeria are exposed to scientific instructions using e-learning facilities and also to determine the availability or otherwise of e-learning facilities in Nigerian schools. Four research questions were raised to elicit information from respondents about the usefulness of internet facilities on learners’ acquisition of effective scientific skills needed to communicate intelligently in the scientific community. One hundred secondary school students and twenty science teachers participated as research subjects. A 20 item questionnaire validated with a reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was used as the research instrument. Descriptive analysis of Frequency counts and percentage were used to analyze the data collected for the study. The result showed that the internet has been of tremendous assistance to students, who are privileged to have access to internet facilities, in carrying out instructional objectives. It was therefore recommended that internet facilities should be provided for learners in every school in Nigeria to facilitate scientific instructions. This recommendation will help in enhancing the literacy level of Nigerian students through e-learning __________________________________________________________________________________________