FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN ART EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF FOUR SELECTED HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE NOTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA BY NKOM, ROSE
FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN ART EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF FOUR SELECTED HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE NOTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA BY NKOM, ROSE
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2006-07
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AYAKA, NKOM ROSE
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ABSTRACT
The study is an analysis of female participation in art education: a
survey of four selected higher institutions in the Northern States of
Nigeria. The four Higher Institutions selected were, two Colleges of
Education and two Universities. It is a comparative analysis of views of
students and lecturers on reasons of poor female enrolment in art
related course. Responses received from respondents revealed some of
the reasons why few women participate in art education. These reasons
included cultural practice, time factor, restrictions based on gender and
sex roles in society, domestic chores, raising of children and so on.
Also, the study discovered that in order to improve on women
participation in art education certain motivational strategies were
suggested by respondents. These included motivations such as award
of special scholarship to women, art as a compulsory subject at junior
secondary school levels. This is to say that despite the inclusion of art in
the curriculum, many junior secondary schools students are not given
the opportunity to study art. This signals the need to re-examine the
lukewarm behaviours as exhibited by government, school
administrators, parents/guardians and the general public towards art as
an area of study among others. Therefore, art should be made available
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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA.
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FEMALE,, PARTICIPATION,, ART,, EDUCATION,, SURVEY,, SELECTED, HIGHER,, INSTITUTIONS,, NOTHERN,, STATES, NIGERIA.