AN INVESTIGATION INTO SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS AND EVALUATION IN SELECTED TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN ANAMBRA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorNDUBISI, NGOZI CAROLINE
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-24T11:53:55Z
dc.date.available2014-02-24T11:53:55Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.descriptionSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Education. Department of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 1983en_US
dc.description.abstractThis roseqrch was designed to find out the methods of teaching used in social studies, the evaluation techniques used in assessing social studies outcomes, and the attitude of teachers toward social studies. The study attempted to answer six research questions. These are: 1. What methods of teaching do teachers use in social studies? 2. What techniques are used in assessing the outcomes of social studies learning? 3. Do teachers evaluate both the cognitive and affective outcomes of social studies? 4. Do social studies1 teachers specialise in the subject? 5. Do social studies teachers have long periods of teaching experience? 6. What attitudes do the present teachers have toward social studies? A total of forty-eight social studies teachers were involved in the study. The main instrument used in collecting relevant data was written questionnaire. The data collected was analysed by converting responses into percentages. The findings of the study showed that expository and lecture methods were mostly used in teaching social studies. Teachers evaluated only the cognitive outcomes and neglected the affective outcomes of learning. Most of the teachers who taught social studies specialised in Geography, History and Sociology. A majority of the teachers had taught social studies for three years. Almost all the teachers supported the introduction of social studies in the school curriculum. Having considered the results of this study, the researcher recommends that all the Colleges of Education in Anambra State should introduce the teaching of social studies as a minor or major subject in the College Curriculum. Any University in the state which has a Department of Education should establish study programmes in social studies leading to higher degrees. Workshops, seminars, refresher courses and conferences on social studies should be constantly organized. Social studies should be taught not only by expository and lecture methods but also by role-playing, project, inquiry, simulation, induction and deduction methods. While the practice of evaluating social studies through paper and pencil test is appropriate, there is need to lay more emphasis on the evaluation of the affective objectives. It is therefore necessary that the following evaluation devices should be constantly used by teachers of social studies. These are Observation, Rating scale, Check lists, Records and Questionnaire.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2408
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectINVESTIGATION,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL STUDIES,en_US
dc.subjectMETHODS,en_US
dc.subjectEVALUATION,en_US
dc.subjectSELECTED,en_US
dc.subjectTEACHER,en_US
dc.subjectTRAINING COLLEGES,en_US
dc.subjectANAMBRA STATEen_US
dc.titleAN INVESTIGATION INTO SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS AND EVALUATION IN SELECTED TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN ANAMBRA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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