PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS ON GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS KANO CENTRAL SENATORIAL ZONE, NIGERIA
PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS ON GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS KANO CENTRAL SENATORIAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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2014-09
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Ali, Beatrice Hauwa
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This study sets to investigate Perception of Social Studies Teachers on Girl/Child education in junior secondary schools in Kano Central Senatorial Zone. It considers three research questions and hypothesis on perception of specialized and non specialized Perception of Social Studies Teachers of male and female Perception of Social Studies Teachers of urban and rural Social Studies teachers on girl/child education, survey design was adopted for the work, the total population was 784, a sample of 196 was used which comprised of 132 male and 64 female social studies teachers. The instrument used was questionnaire. The instrument was based on 4 Likert modified type scale which required respondents to agree nor disagree. The researcher used Cronbach‘s reliability coefficient, reliability co-efficient of alpha level of 0.984 was obtained. The procedures of data collection, the researcher personally administered the questionnaire on spot, with the assistance of the research assistant, and after 3 days went back and retrieved completed copies of the questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics techniques were used in the analysis of data. Descriptive statistics involved the use of frequencies and percentages, mean, standard deviation for the bio-data and other variables, inferential statistics involved answering of research questions and testing of the postulated Null hypothesis. The analysis was done through the use of computer statistics package (SPSS) in the analysis of data and testing 4 hypotheses, hypothesis 1, 2 and 3 were analyse through the Pearson product moment correlation. The findings of the study reveal that there is no significant relationship between the specialized and non specialized social studies teachers on girl/child education, also perception of male and female, urban and rural social studies teachers and girl/child education. The whole Null hypothesis where accepted and one rejected. The work recommended that only specialized social studies teachers should be allowed to teach the subject at secondary schools. The curriculum of social studies should be reviewed to include inculcating positive value, such as honesty, integrity, hard work, fairness, justice, togetherness for the development of the nation through research. Social studies should stress the quality of girl/child and boy/child to foster and create man increasing awareness and understanding of girl/child education.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE OF EDUCATION (SOCIAL STUDIES),
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
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PERCEPTION,, GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION,, JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS KANO CENTRAL SENATORIAL ZONE,, NIGERIA,