IMPACT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE
IMPACT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE
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2011-11
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OTUENU, Esther
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ABSTRACT
Nigeria is currently facing the problem of religious conflicts and the wave of
intolerance is on the increase. The nation is gradually polarized along religious lines;
the need to seek approaches to the solutions of religious conflict is becoming
necessary. In view of the failure of religious dialogue, seminars and workshops to
attain the desired peace needed for national development, it is necessary to seek other
reliable means of solving religious conflict among students and the nation at large. It
is against this backdrop that this study considers the use of social studies education as
a means by which students of colleges of education in Kaduna state can attain
religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Four research objectives, questions and
hypotheses were raised for the study. Respondents were drawn from the NCE2 and
NCE3 students of Federal College of Education Zaria and College of Education,
Gidan Waya in Kaduna state. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the
sample for this study. The data for the study was collected using a researcherdesigned
questionnaire. The design adopted for this study was descriptive survey
design. The total number of students used for this study was two hundred and thirty
(230). Respondents responded to a set of questions, in which they indicated the level
of their awareness on social studies concepts, knowledge on religious conflicts and the
importance of social studies in solving religious conflicts. The data gathered were
analyzed using T-test for independent samples at 95% (P < 0.05) significance level.
The findings in this study highlighted the critical importance of using social studies
education to solve the present and future occurrences of religious conflicts in Nigeria.
The study concluded that the more education is given priority in the nation, especially
social studies, the less intolerant to religion people will become and the more tolerant
teachers can be in face of divergent beliefs and religious practices the more tolerant
students will become in the face of diversity.
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DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA.
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IMPACTS,, SOCIAL,, STUDIES,, EDUCATION,, ACHIEVEMENT,, RELIGIOUS,, TOLERANCE,, PEACEFUL,, COEXISTENCE,, AMONG,, STUDENTS,, COLLEGES,, EDUCATION,, KADUNA,, STATE.