INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCE ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT IN KANO STATE

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2014-02
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BELLO, Hauwa
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The study was carried out to determine the Influence of teacher’s attitude and experience on primary school pupils in social studies Education achievement in Kano state. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were raised. The population of primary six social studies teachers stood at 94 and that of primary six pupils stood at 5622 while the sample size was 76 teachers and 756 pupils. Stratified proportionate sampling technique was adopted for the study. The ttest Statistics for independent sample was used for data analysis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The instrument used was developed by the researcher known as SSTAEPAQ. The result showed that there was no significant difference between the achievements of primary school pupils taught by Social Studies Education teachers with positive attitude and those taught by teachers with negative attitude towards the subject, and also those taught by highly experienced teachers and those taught by inexperienced teachers. The two null hypotheses were retained, this implies that the two factors teachers attitude and teachers experience have no effect on pupils achievement in social studies. In view of the findings, the researcher recommends that federal and state governments and all other stakeholders in education to improve the welfare of teachers and teaching condition so as to facilitate its end result
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DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA FEBRUARY 2014
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INFLUENCE,, TEACHERS’,, ATTITUDES,, EXPERIENCE,, PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT,, KANO STATE
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