IMPACT OF SOCIAL STUDIES AS CURRICULUM INSTRUMENT IN MINIMIZING VIOLENCE FOR ENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorOYEWALE, Felicia
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-21T07:47:49Z
dc.date.available2019-06-21T07:47:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.descriptionA DESERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research work was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of Social Studies as curriculum instrument in minimizing violence for enhancing academic performance of Junior Secondary School Students in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of three research questions and their corresponding null hypotheses were tested and answered at 0.05 level of significance. Survey method was adopted for the study of entire junior secondary school II and III Social Studies students totaling to 105, 248 population in Kaduna State. The sample size was 384 respondents who were randomly selected based on the basis of Krejcie and Morgan‟s (1970) sample selection. The instrument used for data collection for this research was self developed questionnaire titled „Minimizing Violence against Children Questionnaire (MVACQ), which was a 30 item modified 4 likert scale instrument. The instrument was validated by supervisors and team of experts. The instrument was pilot tested, the data collected was analyzed using Gronbarch statistics and index power of 0.73 was realized. The statistical package for social sciences was used to analyze the data. Frequencies and percentages were used for the demographic variables. Descriptive statistics of frequencies, mean and standard deviation to answer the three research questions, while the inferential statistics of independent sample t-test was used to test the research hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings of the research showed that no significant difference in the opinion of Male and Female, J S II, J S III and Urban and Rural respondents believed that, social studies content serves as an instrument for minimizing violence for an enhanced academic performance among junior secondary schools social studies students. The study recommended among others that government should organize public enlightenment campaign, through National Orientation Agency, NYSC Orientation camps, seminars and workshops on the ways of promoting national development and promoting values awareness in tackling dynamic problems in the society by identifying and solving social problems using problem solving techniques. Also, Social Studies curriculum should be reviewed and made more relevant and responsive on teaching the rights and privileges of children in the society. Hence, if pupils/students are fairly treated and protected against violence, a conducive atmosphere is created for high academic performance among them.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11779
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectIMPACT,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL STUDIES,en_US
dc.subjectCURRICULUM INSTRUMENT,en_US
dc.subjectMINIMIZING VIOLENCE,en_US
dc.subjectENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleIMPACT OF SOCIAL STUDIES AS CURRICULUM INSTRUMENT IN MINIMIZING VIOLENCE FOR ENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
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