By Ogboji, Bernadine Anene
'I'liis study sought to idcntily tlic teachers' ad studcnts' pcrccption of the
strategies lo cnliancc sludcnls' i~ilcl-csl in Art Icarning ill Nsukka 1,ocal
C;overrlmcnl Area of 13nugu Stalc. 111 carlying out thc sludy, the rcscarchcr
forrnulatcd Iivc (5) rcscarcli qucstions. 'l'lic inslrunicnt for this rcscarcli was
il rcscarclicr-dcvclo~)cclq ucstionnaire, which has two parts.
1':u.t one sought personal inCormation aboul the tcacticr. Part two coniprisctl
thirty-three-itcrn qucstions in fivc clr~stcrsf ocusing on Manipulative Skills.
I~istructio~ialJ ?csourcc Available, 13~~1 Methods oS 'I'cacliitig and
Motivnliorial Stralcgics lhnl can cnlmcc sludcrils' irilcrcsl in Art. 'I'licrc was
also an invcstigalio~ii nto tlic ('actors tliiil inhibit students' interest in Art
Icaming. 'I'hc qucstion~iaircw as administcrcd to 40 Art teachers arid 240
students ra~idornlys amplcd liw the study in Nsukka 1,ocal Govc~~mcAntre a.
Mew scorcs wcre used lo answer tlic flvc-research qucslions.
Part of tlic fi tidings rcvcalcd that. ~iud~~aclqtus ire skills liw a nuriibcr of' art
works sdia s clcsignir~g of book covcrs, poster-s, coslumc and lcxlilcs.
Otlicr sltills acquir-ccl by studcnts include siniplc carving and moulding.
'I'hc studcnts learn bcttcr when they arc in contact with ~iiatcrialsu ticlcr
tnodcratc niolivaliot~. I