Awareness of Science Teachers in Science and Technical Schools about Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in F.C.T Abuja.

Abstract

The growing and rapid advancement in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have led to the integration of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology courses in colleges or secondary schools, institutes and university curricula all over the world. However, in Nigeria it was only recently introduced in into secondary schools’ science curriculum. This study seeks to explore the awareness of science teachers in science and technical schools in Abuja about Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NSNT). A survey research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population consisted of 224 science teachers (136 Males and 88 Females) from five sciences and technical schools’ in Abuja. Simple percentage and frequency counts were used to analysis data questions while Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis. The findings from this study revealed that, science teachers in science and technical schools are not aware of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NSNT). The study recommended that all stakeholders in the education sector should organize programs to train science teachers in secondary schools and science and technical colleges on NSNT and how to teach NSNT and its fundamental ideas in the classroom.