ASSESSMENT OF THE GENDER FACTOR IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.

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dc.contributor.authorBALARABE, HAFSAT Musa
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-27T10:15:34Z
dc.date.available2015-10-27T10:15:34Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.descriptionBEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research work aimed at assessing the gender factor in the employment of social studies teachers in Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to find out the differences in the views of male and female social studies teachers on the assessment of gender factor in the employment of social studies teachers in junior secondary schools of Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study examined the background of the study, statement of research problems, objectives of the study, research questions and hypothesis. The total number of objectives used was three (3) so also research question and hypotheses. The method used to gather information on the stated topic was survey research design which helped in studying larger population. The Population of the study was thirty two (32) public junior secondary schools in Kaduna state and the total population of the study was Two hundred and twelve (212) while the sample size of the population was one hundred and sixty eight (168) using Krejice and Morgan table (1971). The data of the study was collected by using questionnaire with the Cronbach‘s reliability coefficient of 0.811, by means of likert four (4) point‘s scale, the responses of the variables, i.e. Male, Female, Urban, Rural, and School administrators and Teachers, were collected and analyzed. Frequencies and percentages were used for the analysis of bio-data variables. Mean statistics was used to answer the three (3) research questions. The parametric independent t-Test was used to test the three (3) null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance in which all the three hypotheses were accepted and retained. The findings of this research is that both urban and rural teachers believed that male folk are more efficient in the workforce compared to the females and that both teachers and administrators are of the belief that men see women as inferior to their traditional dominance not as partners in progress. The study recommended that employment of social studies teachers should be based on merit and not on sex status and that female teachers‘ should try hard in other to correct the impression that they are weaker sex in terms of service delivery.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7067
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectGENDER FACTOR,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL STUDIESen_US
dc.subjectTEACHERS,en_US
dc.subjectJUNIOR SECONDARY,en_US
dc.subjectSCHOOLS IN ZARIA,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE GENDER FACTOR IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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