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The study ascertained Teachers’ Perception on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching and learning of social studies in secondary schools in Igbo- eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised 33 junior secondary Social studies teachers in Igbo- eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State. No sampling was done since all the 33 social studies teachers in the local government were used for the study. The reason for involving all the social studies teachers was based on the fact that the number of social studies teachers in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area is manageable. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire developed by the researchers. The instrument was subjected to face validation by two experts and the reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.96 using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research questions. The result showed that most of the social studies teachers in secondary school in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area were not proficient in the use of ICT resources to teach, research and assess students. It was revealed also that social studies secondary school teachers in the area of study perceived ICTs as very useful in their teaching specifically in improving and enhancing the quality of their teaching. Also that ICT resources like computer, data projectors, were not available in teaching and learning of social studies in secondary schools in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that there is a need for government, ministry of education and other education stakeholders to provide ICT infrastructure in all secondary schools across the country so as to encourage teachers to utilize them in their teaching. The government, ministry of education and the managements of secondary schools should collaborate and ensure that computer laboratories are provided with adequate computer hardwares and softwares among others.
Agbo, C. N.; Ekere A. U. and Ugwu O. S. (2023)
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The study aimed at investigating the effect of cooperative learning with focus on Jigsaw model on secondary school students’ academic achievement in chemistry in Jalingo Education Zone, Taraba State, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental design was used for the study. The population consisted of all Secondary School II (SSII) students. A total of 151 students were sampled using multiple stage sampling technique. Two intact classes were randomly selected and assigned to the experimental and control groups. Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) was used for data collection with the reliability index of 0.82. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The finding showed that there is a significant difference between the mean achievements scores of students taught chemistry with Jigsaw II model than those taught with lecture method. There is no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught chemistry with Jigsaw II model. Based on the findings, it is evident to conclude that the use of Jigsaw II model enhances performance of students in chemistry than the Lecture method. Therefore, it is recommended amongst others that classroom enabling environment should be provided so as to enable easy adoption of cooperative learning (Jigsaw II model) during Chemistry lessons
Gladys U. J. and Jinadu G. Y. (2023)
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This study looked into ways to boost innovation and global competitiveness among undergraduates in colleges of education. The innovative educational activities
necessary for global competitiveness and various school infrastructural requirements for promoting innovation and global competitiveness among undergraduates in federal and state colleges of education were compared. The study was guided by four research questions and two hypotheses tested at the 0.05 level of significance based on a descriptive survey research approach. The participants in this study were Economics education students in the two colleges of education in Anambra state. No sampling was done because the research population was manageable. The census sampling technique was used in selecting 150 students that was used for the study. Data was collected using a questionnaire produced by the researchers. Three professionals independently validated the instrument. Cronbach alpha was employed to examine the internal consistency of the instrument, and reliability values of 0.88 was obtained. The responses were analysed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation scores, and the null hypotheses were tested using a t-test statistic. The results showed that insufficient funding of education hinders promotion of innovation and global competitiveness. Also, there is no significant difference in the innovative educational activities necessary
Mbonu, V. C. and Okonkwo, E. C. (2023)
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The main purpose of this study was to ascertain the strategies for boosting staff morale and management of economic resources for global competitiveness in Nigerian economy. The sample comprised 40 respondents which include 32 academic staff and 8 administrative staff of four tertiary education institutions in plateau state. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design involving a quantitative approach where a survey method was utilized to collect the relevant data from the respondents. A 14- item questionnaire developed by the researchers were used for data collection. The questionnaire has a 4-point scale of Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed and Strongly Disagreed. It was validated by three experts: one from educational measurement and evaluation and two from Economics education to determine the internal consistency of the instrument, Cronbach’s alpha reliability was used which yielded 0.87. Mean was used to answer the two research questions that were raised in the study. Any item with mean value of 2.50 and above were considered as an agreed while those less were considered as disagreed mean responses. The results revealed among others that there was high need for boosting of staff morale, staff empowerment, team building and
management of economic resources for global competitiveness. It was recommended among others that effort should be made by government and managers of public sectors to continue boosting staff moral by providing conducive environment for exchange of ideas across the globe while proper management of economic resources should be a priority.
Mangkut, Z.; Abdulmutalib, M. B. and Bakshak, Y. S. (2023)
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This study investigated Economics Students’ Perception of the Influence of Social Development Strategies on Academic Performance for global competiveness in Secondary Schools of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta state, Nigeria. The study was designed to find out effective social development strategies on academic performance of students’. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. The study made use of a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised 4,800 students from 10 public secondary schools in the area. A sample of 6 secondary schools comprising 480 students was selected as participants using both stratified and simple random sampling techniques. While the questionnaire instrument titled: Economics Students Perception of the Influence of Social Development Strategies on Academic Performance in Secondary Schools (ESPISDSAPSS) was used to obtain information. Face and content validity of the instrument was done by three experts. Two from the Department of Social Science Education, and one from the department of Measurement and Evaluation respectively, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.84 was established. Data collected were analyzed using mean and rank order statistics. Findings from the study revealed that there are viable social development strategies designed to accelerate academic improvement in educational institutions, and their consistent implementation influence students’ academic performance along with quality and productive educational outcome. Furthermore, the perceived influence of social development strategies on academic performance of Economics students’ was very high. Accordingly, the researchers recommended that the educational administrators including the instructors, charitable organizations, agencies and all educational stakeholders should make joint efforts to ensure effective implementation of the social development strategies. Similarly, budgetary provisions necessary for social development strategies and activities should be increased in a bid to improve students’ academic performance vis-à-vis the achievement of educational goals.
Eruvbedede, F. E.; Ochiaja, N. O.; Anisiudo M. N.; Asiuwhu O. G. and Ejikeme, E. L (2023)
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The study investigated the impact of Nigerian economic crisis on students and lecturers of tertiary institution and their survival strategies. Five research questions guided the study. The study is a descriptive survey design with a population of 2270 students and 345 lectures using of faculty of education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The sample consists of 150 students sampled proportionately and 50 lectures randomly sampled from 5 department out of the 7 departments that make up the Faculty of Education, UNN. Data were collected using a 55-item questionnaire grouped into five research questions. The study revealed that the perceptions of students and lecturers on the cause(s) of economic crisis in Nigeria include poor economic planning, inadequate implementation of economic policies, increased prices of commodities, conflicting of economic policies, petroleum subsidy removal, corruption, and low productivity. The impacts of the Nigeria economic crisis on students in UNN includes drop out, inability to purchase learning materials, poor feeding, stress and anxiety due to high cost of welfare, increased poverty, among several others, the impacts of the Nigerian economic crisis on lecturers in UNN are high cost of prices of foodstuff, hunger, low research turn-out, frustration, high rate of debt, among others. The survival strategies employed by students and lecturers were prudent spending, adopting scale of preferences in spending, minimized spending, adopting scale of preferences, positive saving attitude, practicing the culture of home gardening, alternatives sources of income to support their family, engagement in entrepreneurial outfits, engagement in multiple job activities, living a moderate and non-luxurious lifestyle and reorienting families with
Eneogu, N. D. ; Chukwu, C. L. Obiora, N. J.; and Ede, N.C. (2023)
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