IMPACT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON CAMPUS STABILITY AS PERCEIVED BY LECTURERS AND STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

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The study focused on impact of social studies on campus stability as perceived by lecturers and students in Colleges of Education in Jigawa State.” In order to achieve this four Hypotheses and four research questions were formulated. The research work adopted survey descriptive research design due to the number of population involved. The population of the study consisted of 35 lecturers and 1400 students however the sampled of the study comprised 35 lecturers and 140 students considering the Roesco formula, that is 10 percent of the size population. The instrument used for the data collection was a questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to reliability test which was found worthy to test what it is intended to measure. A pilot test was conducted where the instrument was verified at 0.75 reliability co-efficient level. For the data analysis, a descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were carried out and the result was presented in Tables. In testing the null Hypotheses, independent t-test analysis was carried and result is presented in table at P value ≤0.05. However all formulated Null hypotheses were rejected. The researcher arrived at the following findings: Both male and female social studies students believed that parental attitude is of significance in predicting students‟ behavior in College of Education in Jigawa State. Both NCE III and NCE II students believed that through social studies students discover the existing problems and solutions to that problems and how to develop functional approaches to it; Both social studies lecturers with M.Ed and B.Ed degrees believed that maintenance of law and order through the experience of citizenship education aid a better academic achievement to male and female students in Colleges of Education. Also the following recommendation were made that: Social studies subject should be made compulsory to every student at all academic levels, as the subject has all ingredients to overcome all the social problems that lead to instability in the school. Dress viii code should be emphasized in Colleges of Education and sanctions should be imposed on any student who violates it. Parent should develop positive attitude towards their children‟s general behavior, so as to guide them properly.
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DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA
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IMPACT,, SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION,, CAMPUS STABILITY,, PERCEIVED,, LECTURERS AND STUDENTS,, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION,, JIGAWA STATE,, NIGERIA
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