This paper examines the role of Social Studies curriculum implementation in actualizing school safety in Nigeria. Safety is a social phenomenon that is desirable in society but has in recent times imposed challenge in Nigeria. Safety education is a concept in Social Studies learning. Safety is an environmental issue that affects man in its totality-physically, socially and morally among others. Social Studies as an integrated discipline is able to x-ray essential elements of child’s ...
Traditional Igbo political system is rooted in the very structure of Igbo society itself which exhibited democratic orientations, individualistic achievement, motivation, egalitarian tendencies and lack of hierarchical centralisation. With all, these the system has a high degree of coherence beneath the apparent anarchy and a high degree of solidarity and stability beneath the apparent picture of compartmentalizion. The Igbo socio-political system like other pre-colonial societie...
ABSTRACTIn the National Policy of Education (2004), emphasis is made on the need for laying a solid or sound basis for scientific effective thinking. This can only be achieved by the use of ICT in teaching and learning process. ICT is paving the way for a new pedagogical approach where students are expected to play a more active role than before. The study examined the effect of ICT on teaching and learning of Biology in Mokwa, Niger State. Four research questions were structured to guide the...
ABSTRACTThis study investigated the Influence of human resource development on job performance of teachers in secondary schools in Makurdi local government area of Benue State, Nigeria. Three objectives were formulated among which are to: examine the impact of in service training on the performance of teachers in secondary schools and ascertain the impact of induction on the performance of teachers in secondary schools. Three research questions and three hypotheses were also formulated ...
ABSTRACTThe aim of the study was to explore the effects of head teacher’s leadership styles on teachers’ job satisfaction of primary school teachers in Makurdi metropolis, Benue State. Despite measures taken to build capacity of head teachers in leadership and management, teachers have cried foul at the delivery of leadership styles by their head teachers. The question stands as to what effects the head teachers’ leadership styles have on their teachers’ job satisfaction in primary sc...
ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to determine problems of teaching practical skills in building construction in vocational and technical colleges in Bauchi State. Survey research design was used for the study, the population for the study comprised both teachers and students from seven technical colleges in Bauchi State. A total of 285 respondents (30 teachers and 255 students) were used for the study. A Structure questionnaire was used as instruments for data collection, three research ques...
Abstract- The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of gender discrimination on the academic achievement of female student; the study was carried out using five senior secondary schools in Karu LGA, Nasarawa State as case study ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Finding revealed that by overall performance, male students performed much better as compared to their female counterparts. Results shows, teacher’s negative attitudes and behaviors and, time wasti...
Repetition and dropout is like a canker worm that has eaten deep into the fabric of our educational system. Over the years, educational planners, school administrators and educational agencies are concerned about how to reduce this state of educational system inefficiency. This research work determined repetition and dropout rates in public secondary schools in Atiba local government area. Descriptive research design was used and eight out of sixteen public secondary schools in the local gove...
ABSTRACTThe study examined the pedagogical prospects of folksongs in reviving and teaching authentic African moral values. This study explicates that every action is a product of moral values. Moral values as defined by the study, means a standard on which people judge right actions from wrong ones. Moral values therefore are likely to vary from one society to another, just as cultures vary. The African culture or moral philosophy was examined from the standpoint of different scholars ...
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the StudyConflict is very often, the result of the interaction of political, economic and social instability,frequently stemming from bad governance, failed economic policies and inappropriatedevelopment programmes which have exacerbated ethnic or religious difference (EC, 1996). The upsurge of terrorism engineered by Boko Haram poses grave secur...
Topic: A Comparative Study of Affixation Processes in Swahili and Hausa Languages, is a research project compiled by Usamatu Suleiman Maiyama a student from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria.The research is at aiming to findout the possible distinctions, relationship and similarities there present in both languages (Swahili and Hausa) which are the Major languages in Africa.
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ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determine the effects of electronic media on moral development of students in Obafemi Owode. Ogun State. The researcher used random sample technique for the study. The total population for the study were 150 respondents. It comprised both the students and the teachers. The study was guided by the following four research questions1. There is no significant relationship between sec...
ABSTRACTThe research was carried out in assessing the proper use of improvised instructional facilities for teaching business studies in junior secondary school in Bauchi metropolis. Three research questions were formulated to guide the researcher in carrying out the study. Cross sectional survey research design was used, sample of twelve Junior Secondary Schools in Bauchi Metropolis were used for the research. The instrument of data collection was a structured questionnaire and a check list....
This paper presents a compendium of the influence of Social Studies on society. It provides a review of the impacts of Social Studies education in Nigeria. It stresses that Social Studies is the education that distinctively addresses societal issues affecting various strata of the society. The question that guides the study is: Does Social Studies education have any relevance to the Nigeria society? It seeks to determine whether Social Studies can be used to solve societal problems....