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