ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATION OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATION OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2019-12
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YUSUF, Audi Bala
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This research study assessed the Application of Conflict Management Techniques in
Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six (6) objectives were raised to guide the study which
include to assess the application of accommodation technique between teachers and students
in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State and toexamine the application of competition
technique among teachers in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six research questions and
six research hypotheses were also formulated which were in line with the stated objectives.
Descriptive survey design was used for the study.The population of the study was 8,270
respondents which consists of 7, 634 senior secondary school teachers, 407 principals and
229 school supervisors in Kaduna State. The sample of the study was 365 respondents which
consists of 299 teachers, 36 principals and 30 school supervisors. Questionnaire was used to
collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisors and
experts in the field of Measurement and Evaluation and the reliability index of the instrument
stood at 0.79 using Cronbach’s Alpha Formula.Frequency counts and simple percentage
were used to analyze the bio-data of the respondents while One Way Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA) was used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. All the six
(6) null hypotheses formulated were retained. The findings of the study revealed that the
application of accommodation technique such as establishing good interpersonal relationship
and mutual respect helps to reduce conflict between teachers and students in secondary
schools in Kaduna State. It also revealed that the application of competition technique such
as establishing healthy rivalry in school and commensurate work habit with reward reduces
conflict among teachers in secondary schools in Kaduna State. The study
recommendedamong others that secondary school teachers should be a good role model to
the students by exhibiting good moral conduct, treat every student equally, accommodate and
easily accessible to students for academic and moral guidance and making their teaching
interesting. This will not only help on effective classrooms management but will also help to
reduce conflict between teachers and students in secondary schools.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF EDUCATION (M.Ed.) DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA – NIGERIA