ABSTRACT Basic Science is a useful subject for developing scientific knowledge and technological skills in young learners. However, students’ achievement in the subject is dwindling at the junior secondary school level. Numerous efforts made to resolve the problems notwithstanding, little success has been achieved. As part of the sustained efforts in finding new ways of boosting students’ achievement, this study investigated the use of two conceptual change strategies (Simplex and Cognit...
ABSTRACT Most public secondary school students in South-west Nigeria are faced with inadequate emotional, financial and social supports in the home and among peers. Most times, such students are without adequate learning materials, a condition which is not favourable for effective learning and that could hamper academic performance. Despite these challenges, these disadvantaged students still demonstrate willingness and desire to succeed in their academic endeavours. However, factors attribu...
ABSTRACT Basic Science is a core subject at the basic education level in Nigeria. It is taught to lay foundation for future subjects, such as Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Evidence abound that students dislike, fear and therefore fail the senior secondary science subjects due to inadequate exposure to practical works and skills at the basic education level. Previous studies largely focused on factors affecting teaching and learning of Basic Science practical without emphasis on interventio...
Abstract This study assess the impact of home based HIV counselling and testing in expanding access to HIV voluntary counselling and testing in rural Nigeria. The participants of the study were 1, 200 drawn from five constituent wards in Saki town in four streets, in 12 households using multistage sampling techniques. The participants aged 15 – 55 years. The instrument used for data collection was HIV counselling and testing client intake form. The design adopted for this study was pre-post...
ABSTRACT Television, a typical mass medium strives to update viewers on happenings around them with the hope of influencing change in actions, attitudes, opinions or belief. This is done through different types of programmes and messages being disseminated, including specialised Christian broadcastings. The Christian broadcasting industry has become a big industry, notwithstanding the degenerating moral state of the society. Corruption, greed, selfishness, dishonesty and immorality have beco...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the strategies employed by the Directorate for Social Mobilisation (MAMSER) for its Political Education Programme in Nigeria between 1987 and 1992. This was with a view to determining the best strategies for political education within the context of Nigerian environment. Chapter One is the Introduction to the study. A brief Historical Background of Nigerian Politics which resulted in the setting up of an agency for political education was reviewed. The chapter al...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the differential views of SHS teacher factors that affect students‟ performance in biology in two districts of Eastern Region, Ghana. The research was guided by five research objectives. The study sought to establish the effect of certain factors such as teachers‟ motivation, qualifications, instructional approaches, professional experience and job satisfaction on students‟ performance in biology in two selected Districts of Eastern Region. The st...
ABSTRACT This study employed a descriptive survey to determine the effect of using integration technology, group work and practical demonstration on the pedagogical skills of basic school teachers as they participated in some carefully designed instructional activities that try to elicit their misconceptions in some selected science topics. A sample size of forty - five (45) teachers was used for the study: 33 (73%) Science teachers and 12 (27%) ICT teachers from the eight Junior High ...
ABSTRACT The wood industry contributes about 11% of the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) in most developing countries. However, woodworkers suffer from predicable but preventable health problems as a result of their work. This study therefore assessed the willingness and awareness to use health and safety practices among small scale woodworkers. The study adopteddescriptivesurvey design involving the administration of questionnaire to 50 small scale woodworkers. Data collected was analyse...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate into the nutritional status of the elderly, the nutritional challenges they faced, the challenges of the caregivers and the relationship between the challenges of the caregivers and the nutritional status of the elderly in Dambai. The study was based on the needs and family theory. Using survey design, data were collected from a hundred elderly with functional limitations and a hundred caregivers. Multiple methods of data collection were adopted f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to find out the need for improvisation and identify the problem associated with the teaching of physical education especially in the face of dwindling resource mobilization in terms of equipment. The descriptive survey research method was used. Twenty-five (25) teachers in both Nabulo and Wallembelle circuits were randomly selected as sample for the study. A structured questionnaire which was face validated by my supervisor ( Dr J. A. Baba )...
ABSTRACT Differentiated Instruction is an approach to teaching that meets the diverse academic needs of students by considering learner readiness, interest and learning styles. The approach is grounded in the socio-cultural, multiple intelligence and constructivist theories. The study sought to explore Junior High School (JHS) mathematics teachers‟ knowledge and practice of differentiated instruction in Tano South district of Ghana. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, an explana...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate gender differences in pre-service teachers‟ Van Hiele‟s geometric reasoning levels and their attitude towards geometry under the following variables (usefulness of learning geometry, confidence in learning of geometry and enjoyment of learning geometry) of Northern Region Colleges of Education. Also, the purpose was to investigate whether there is relationship between Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs‟) Van Hiele‟s Geometry Test (VHGT) a...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at improving on 48 teacher-trainees‟ concepts in an introductory inorganic chemistry course through practical micro chemistry equipment (MCE) activities and curriculum materials. These materials were validated through scrutiny by experts in Chemistry Education, trials in a comparable institution and KuderRichardson‟s formula, KR-20. Some of the topics which were covered in the study were the nature of solutions, chemical stoichiometry, balancing of equat...
ABSTRACT The significance of land for building is undisputable. The concept of property right and the nature of rights prevailing on a particular piece of land and land development issues are the core of the study. The purpose of study is to investigate the challenges associated with land tenure and development issues in Ghana. Using a survey and case study research design, simple random sampling, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion and observation as the...