SURVEY ON EFFICACY OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION IN TEACHING CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMONG NCE STUDENTS IN KANO STATE-NIGERIA
SURVEY ON EFFICACY OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION IN TEACHING CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMONG NCE STUDENTS IN KANO STATE-NIGERIA
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2016-11
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DANMARI, Abdullahi Yusuf Nuruddeen
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The study is titled “Survey on Efficacy of Social Studies Education in Teaching Conflict Resolution among NCE Students in Kano State, Nigeria”. The study used survey research design and 372 out of total of 6244 Social Studies students of NCE from Federal College of Education, Kano and Sa‟adatu Rimi College of Education-Kumbotso, Kano participated as sample in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The study used structured questionnaire titled “Conflict Resolution through Social Studies Education Questionnaire (CRESSEQ). The instrument was duly validated. The reliability coefficient obtained after pilot testing is 0.847. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation are used in answering the questions raised by the study while t-test independent sample was used in testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study discovered that there is no significant difference between the views of NCEII and NCEIII students on the efficacy of Social Studies Education in teaching conflict resolution among NCE students in Kano state-Nigeria; it was also discovered that there is no significant difference between the views of male and female students on the efficacy of Social Studies Education in teaching conflict resolution among NCE students in Kano state-Nigeria. The study also found out that there is no significant difference between the views of SRCOE and FCEK students on the efficacy of Social Studies Education in teaching conflict resolution among NCE students in Kano state-Nigeria. The study in the light of the above recommends that the curriculum of social studies in Colleges of Education should be subjected to periodic review in order to take care of the emerging issues of national importance and make it more relevant to the socio-political, economic and educational need of contemporary Nigeria as demanded by the National Policy on Education and that Social studies education teachers should endeavour to attend seminars, workshops, conferences and in-service training.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA-NIGERIA
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SURVEY,, EFFICACY,, SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION,, TEACHING CONFLICT RESOLUTION,, NCE STUDENTS,, KANO STATE-NIGERIA,