ABSTRACT In both the United States of America and the United Kingdom, Social Studies emerged towards the turn of the century in response to the problems created by industrialisation. Faced with similar prospects, Nigeria introduced Social Studies into the curricula of her educational institutions in the early 1970s. Up till now, however, the objectives, context and methods of the subject have not been clearly defined in the Nigerian context, and the extent of its diffusion down the educationa...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the status of administrative use of computers in secondary schools in South-West Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was used carry out the assessment. The study sample consists of 24 four public schools and 16 private schools in Lagos State, and 44 public schools and 15 private schools in Ogun State selected randomly. Ten basic administrative duties and eight selected school characteristics were used as the basis for the assessment. A model was proposed...
ABSTRACT The shortcomings in students' performances in the literature examination at the West African School Certificate level have been found to be underlined by teaching deficiencies. These deficiencies could, in turn, be remedied by certain basic strategies for teaching. The study has postulated that a combination of Stylistic Analysis and Literary Criticism be adopted as a frame of reference for developing teaching plans for literature. It is also believed that if the teachers were to con...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the teacher's role perception and the expectation of this role by the teacher and his reference groups in selected secondary schools in Ondo State. A Questionnaire called STRES probed respondents' expectations regarding instructional, social/civic, guidance/counselling, management and personality roles of the teacher. It was hypothesised that there would be no significant differences in teachers' role perceptions and the expectations of such rol...
ABSTRACT The study examined resource quality and service delivery in four universities in South East Nigeria by ascertaining their accreditation status as well as the teacher-student ratios by various programmes taught in those institutions. It also examined the availability and adequacy of classroom communication materials; physical facilities as well as the number of lecturers in relation to teaching effectiveness. Furthermore, the study also ascertained how lecturers’ professional devel...
ABSTRACT In first-language and second language acquisition, the training of oracy skills before literacy skills ensures a natural, efficient learning process. The development of oracy skills should embrace the formal and informal varieties of English. The present study attempts to identify clusters of stylistic features of Register in Oral Discourse by native-English students on the one hand and second language speakers of English on the other hand, It discovers that native-English students i...
ABSTRACT The study examined the psycho-socioeconomic factors that motivate women's participation in NGO's non-formal education programmes in Lagos state of Nigeria. In view of this, the study identified the various non-formal education programmes organized by NGOs in which women participate in Lagos State as well as the psychological, social and economic factors which motivated the women to participate in such programmes. In addition, the study investigated the demographic characteristics of ...
Abstract Positive discipline has become a global initiative in the educational sectors, particularly in early childhood education and primary and secondary education. In Zimbabwe, there has been a call by the Ministry of Education, imploring teachers to use positive discipline practices in the teaching and learning process. Teachers are expected and required to manage student behavior through the implementation of a well-designed classroom management plan. However, learners’ disruptions th...
ABSTRACT The reason for carrying out this study was to investigate the perception of educators on the new competence-based curriculum‟s two assessment procedures of formative and summative in four secondary school of Muzarabani District of Mashonaland Central Province. Four schools were selected from the district through random sampling and this saw about forty educators being involved. A descriptive survey method was also applied .Furthermore the questionnaire was used for data collectio...
Table of Contents DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………ii ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..iii LIST ...
Abstract Aggressive behaviour problems are common in the early years of most children’s lives. However, children who are not raised by their biological parents are believed to be a greater risk of developing aggressive behaviour problems than those raised by their biological parents. This study was carried out to establish the causes and solutions to aggressive behaviour problems exhibited by orphans in ECD B at a primary school. In an effort to establish the causes and solutions to this pr...
ABSTRACT Nurses in the hospital setting are the frontline staff caring for patients. Despite the high incidents of violence directed at the mental health and casualty nurses while on duty, there is limited qualitative data that explores the lived experience of returning to the workplace after an assaultive incident. This phenomenological study sought to explore and analyze the phenomenon of registered nurses who are employed in high risk settings at Gweru provincial Hospital. The research que...
ABSTRACT Motivation is a necessity so that learning becomes a continuing, productive, interesting and enjoyable process. However it has been observed that ECE learners lack motivation and drive towards their school work and as such they suffer academic performance lags. Many reasons can be attributed to this; teachers have therefore tried to come up with measures to ensure that the levels of motivation are improved; however some of these measures have met limited success. This research projec...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors which influence performance of Biology students in Gweru District Secondary Schools. The study also aimed at finding out strategies which can be used to improve performance of students in Biology. Data was collected from three schools through questionnaires and interviews. A descriptive survey design was used during the study. This study comprised a sample of 15 participants and a total of 3 secondary schools in Gweru Urban Di...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the state of parental involvement in the education of ECD learners in the DISOSI schools cluster of Tsholotsho District. The study was aimed at investigating the forms in which parents are involved, the structures that enhance parental involvement in the cluster, challenges faced as a result of parental involvement and the strategies that enhance parental involvement. Data were collected through the use of interviews for parents and questionnaires for ECD teac...