Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025
Utilising an edutainment approach in instruction to determine gender issues, students’ interests and attitudinal factors in Biology in secondary school
Olaide Alabi &Olufunke Afeni
Abstract
Edutainment combines education and entertainment to make learning
enjoyable, it aims at helping students achieve academic goals effortlessly. The
study explored how edutainment could enhance students’ interest and attitudes
toward Biology by transforming abstract concepts into engaging activities.
This could improve the learning of Biology since studies show that there is
declining interest in science subjects stems from their abstract and complex
nature. The study involved 60 Senior Secondary II students from two intact
classes in a private school in Lagos State, selected via purposive sampling. A
quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. Data were collected
through the Biology Achievement Test (BAT), consisting of 20 past WAEC
questions on digestion, and a student opinion questionnaire. Analysis tools
included mean, standard deviation, percentage, and ANOVA. The test re-test’s
reliability coefficient was 0.96. With the edutainment method, results revealed
no significant difference in male and female students' academic performance.
The study concluded that edutainment fosters active participation across
genders and encourages students to pursue science subjects. It recommended
integrating edutainment into teaching to create engaging instructional methods
that enhance interest and performance in science.
Keywords
Edutainment, inequality, gender, interest and attitudinal
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