Student’s Perception Of Character Education And Social Values For Greater Productivity In Social Studies Education

Abstract

The essence of education is to help impart, preserve and

understand values in teaching and learning under the guide

of instructional best practices in schools. Hence, there is the

need to implement and promote character education and

social values as formal school-based programs. The paper

examined students’ perception of character education and

social values for greater productivity in social studies

education. The study adopted descriptive survey design and

the population for the study comprised all the NCE 2 – 3

students from four (4) Colleges of Education in Lagos State.

The sample for the study comprised 300 students from the

four colleges of education. The instrument for data collection

was a constructed questionnaire titled, Students Perception

of Character Education and Social Values for Greater

Productivity in Social Studies Education Student’s

Questionnaire (CESVGPSSEQ). The instrument for the study

was validated by the experts and the data collected was

analysed using the inferential statistics of Pearson Product

Moment Correlation Coefficient to test the null hypotheses stated. The findings show that a significant relationship

exists between character education and the promotion of

greater productivity in social studies education, a significant

relationship exist between receiving character education in

rural and urban schools and a significant relationship exists

between character education and social values in social

studies. It was recommended that Government should make

character education an imposing challenge on parents and

educators, to instill in the children the needed social values

of the society by means of orientation; curriculum experts

should include character education to in social studies

curriculum at all levels since the school is seen as a place

where students feel a sense of closeness and connection to

others; conferences, seminars and workshops should be

organized regularly to train teachers adequately on how to

impart these needed knowledge to the students.