Speaker
Description
Jamo, B. M.
Yusuf Bala Usman College of Education and Legal Studies Daura, Katsina State
bellomjamo@gmail.com
Track: AI, Emerging Technologies and Future Learning
This study investigated the impact of artificial intelligence in the teaching and learning of Social Studies education in junior secondary Schools in Katsina State, Nigeria. Two objectives and two corresponding research questions guided the study. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 55 social studies teachers of seven (7) public junior secondary schools in Jibia LGA. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 35 Social Studies teachers from four (4) urban public junior secondary schools. Data for the main study was collected using a Poripo (2025) adapted 30 items structured questionnaire entitled: Benefits and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (BACAI) in Teaching and Learning Social Studies was adapted and used as data collection instrument. The instrument was validated by three experts from education department of Yusuf Bala College of General Studies, Daura, in terms of face, content and construct validities in which a reliability coefficient of 0.84 was established, indicated that the instrument was reliable. The data gathered were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, any items with the mean rating of 2.50 and above were regarded as accepted, while any item with the mean ratings less than 2.50 were rejected. The results from the study revealed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beneficial to junior secondary school’s students. Also, the study revealed that there were challenges associated with the integration of AI in junior secondary schools in Katsina State. Therefore, the researcher concluded that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is of grate befitting to both teachers and students especial in teaching and learning of social studies at junior secondary schools. Based on the findings from the study, it was recommended among others that free teachers capacity building on AI learning resources, procurement and distribution of smart/tablet phones to teachers, personal computers, installment of solar power generation and internets services should be adequately provided for schools, to bridge the gap and improve teaching and learning in junior secondary schools.