ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between Total Quality Management (as measured by the level of compliance of management of Colleges of Education with the NCCE minimum standards for NCE teachers) and educational outcomes in Colleges of Education in south west, Nigeria. Eight research questions and eight hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of 612 lecturers (out of which 192 were manageme...
ABSTRACT The implementation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) in education has become a debated trend on whether or not the certification is appropriate for the Education sector. Some scholars consider its adoption as a strategic decision by educational institutions to ensure delivery of quality service therein while others do not. Complaints by some academic staff and students in public universities in Kenya on the impact of ISO...
ABSTRACT The literature shows that many studies on the problem of drug abuse have not only been carried out among Nigerian Secondary school students but also among undergraduates in Nigerian Universities. Uen studies, however, focussed mainly on the magnitude or the epidemiological nature of the problem and paid little attention to the relationship between drug abuse and students learning. The present study investigated the prevalence of drug abuse and its relationship to academic motivation ...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the professional aspiration and success anxiety of teachers, nurses, lawyers and medical doctors. Some available literature were reviewed and ten hypotheses formulated. They are as follows: (1) There is a significant difference in the (a) success anxiety (b) Professional aspiration (c) Self concept of female teachers, nurses, lawyers and medical doctors (2) Female lawyers and medical doctors would attribute their success more to effort and ability th...
ABSTRACT The Kenya’s Basic Education Act 2013 empowers religious sponsors to participate in appointment of principals, provision, of instructional, financial and infrastructural resources to the schools they sponsor. In Kisii Central Sub-County, the Catholic Church participates in management of 29(39.7%) secondary schools. However, queries were being raised on the current contribution of the church as it had come to the fore that most sponsored schools were experiencing crises that had tend...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of preretirement counselling and retirement Stress perceptions of selected Secondary School teachers in Lagos. A quasi experimental pre-test post-test control group design was adopted for the study. Six research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Four of the hypotheses were accepted while two were rejected. One hundred and fifty (150) teachers from Education District IV made up of Apapa, Mainland and Surulere in Lagos State public schools we...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of intervention programmes on emotional intelligence skills and academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria. Emotional intelligence skills in this study are interpersonal, leadership, self-management and intrapersonal skills. The intervention programmes are Emotional Learning System (ELS) and Peer Mentoring (PM). A quasi-experimental pre-test/ post-test, control group design was adopted for the study. The initial sa...
ABSTRACT The march towards progress and modern development is of first priority to most countries of the underdeveloped world. Consequently, it is imperative that inhabitants of these areas begin the search for solutions to this problems based on empirical findings regarding its approach and content. The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of a communication workshop (CW) on attitudes conducive to modern development. Modern development here is limited to individual psychological ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relative effectiveness of Family Counselling Therapy and the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in reduce burnout among married working nursing mothers. The moderating effects of participants‘ personality type, childrearing styles and spousal communication on burnout of married working nursing mothers were also investigated. The study also sought to determine if participants‘ family size, gender of children, age at and length of marriage, educational qual...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to examine the relevance and appropriateness of the dual management structure of medical education in Nigeria with a view to identifying the issues within the structure which affect organizational efficiency in the medical school. The study population comprised the 26 federal and state government owned medical schools in Nigeria. A total of 512 respondents made up of 422 academic staff from the rank of Senior Lecturers and 90 administrative/technical staff w...
ABSTRACT The need to identify the ‗real‘ gifted children in Nigeria for proper placement into gifted schools and the operationalization of giftedness concept prompted the development and validation of the Giftedness Assessment Instrument (GAI). Following the process of item construction, GAI comprises three components derived from several sources in a manner that retains the merits and eliminates the demerits of the sources, hence it is said to be integrated. The three components are: Ab...
ABSTRACT The present study is concerned with the cross-cultural differences in selective attention among the ethnic groups of the ibo and Yoruba catholic adolescents of Nigeria. The general hypothesis that the Yoruba adolescents are more likely than the ibos to possess audio-visual skill in selective attention was proposed. A group of two hundred 16 year old adolescent boys and girls for this study were randomly drawn from four catholic secondary schools. Six experiments in selective attenti...
ABSTRACT This study investigated childhood experiences and adolescent delinquent behaviour among remand home inmates in Lagos, Nigeria. It hence sought to ascertain the contributions of; corporal punishment, parental use of invectives, parental abandonment and parental deprivation to adolescent delinquency.
Abstract This study investigated the assessment and remediation of some perceived difficult concepts in mathematics among selected students in some Lagos State Senior Secondary Schools.
ABSTRACT The study undertook an assessment and management of commitment and conflict experienced by educated stay-at-home mothers in Lagos state, Nigeria. It is pertinent to note that conflict refers to low self-esteem, lack of effective family relationship, loss in terms of identity and financial independence. A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, control group design was adopted for the study. The initial sample consisted of 150 educated mothers comprising 75 working mothers and 75 sta...