AN EVALUATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENT IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN KADUNA STATE
AN EVALUATION OF SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENT IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN KADUNA STATE
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1991-12
Authors
ABOKI, MAIMUNATU
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Abstract
The rationale for this study has been as a result of the
increasing concern people seem to have in the alarming number of
illiterate adults despite concerted efforts by governments,
educational institutions and individuals to wipe out adult
illiteracy from our society.
Many problems have been identified as militating against the
achievement of this noble objectives and the solutions have
yielded little success. As a result, the researcher found it
interesting to deliver and evaluate a developed programme of
Social Studies for Post Literacy learners in Adult Education in
order to determine its effectiveness and whether the objectives
of the programme were being achieved or not. Also, to determine
the suitability of programme contents, the learning activities,
the evaluation techniques employed for evaluating the teachinglearning
process of these adults, the availability of teachinglearning
materials and at general performances of these adults at
this level.
The population of the study consisted of one thousand five
hundred (1,500) adult learners. The sample of the study consisted
of five hundred (500) adult learners.
The following instruments were employed for the study:
Questionnaire for adult learners, questionnaire for instructors,
oral interview schedule for instructors and observation.
The results obtained from the analysis of the data collected
concerning opinions of both instructors and adult learners were
tabulated.
In the response, the instructors and adult learners gave
favourable position to Social Studies as a component of Adult
Education programme. They all resolved that the Agency for Mass
Literacy employ permanent and qualified instructors to teach the
adults. The objectives were achieved and the contents suitable.
Effective citizenship, easier problems solving and decision
making were the major strengths of Social Studies for adult
learners. While production of materials both for the the
instructors and the learners in terms of textbooks were the major
problems facing Social Studies for these categories of learners.
It was thus recommended that, Social Studies should be
included in Adult Education programme and self-evaluation
techniques should supplement formal evaluation techniques
employed for evaluating adult learners performances. Similar
programme should be developed reflecting other areas and levels
of Adult Education, Basic, Post and Secondary Literacy levels.
Studies of various dimensions of adults learning is needed so as
to come up with suitable tools and procedual models of
evaluation.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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EVALUATION,, SOCIAL STUDIES,, COMPONENT,, ADULT EDUCATION,, PROGRAMME,, KADUNA STATE