TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES IN ADDRESSING POVERTY IN SABON GARI AND ZARIA LGA’S KADUNA STATE
TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES IN ADDRESSING POVERTY IN SABON GARI AND ZARIA LGA’S KADUNA STATE
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2014-02
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AMADIKWA, Ijeoma
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The objective of the study was to find out the Teachers’ and Students’ Perception of Junior
Secondary Social Studies in Addressing Poverty in Sabon Gari and Zaria Local
Government Areas Kaduna State. The study examined the background of the study,
statement of the problems, objective of the study research questions, hypothesis, significance
of the study scope and delimitation of the study were all clearly specified. The respondents
are students and teachers of government secondary schools in Zaria and Sabon Gari Local
Government Area of Kaduna state. A review of various related relevance literature’s were
made following the objective, research questions, hypothesis of the study of the work. All
were intended to provide theoretical basis for methodology to be used for the study. It
determined the research type which is descriptive survey research method, research design,
population, sample and sampling procedure, instrumentation, validity of study, reliability
of the study, pilot study procedure for data collection, data for statistical analysis. The data
for the study was collected by using questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 830 by
means of modified likert four point scale, the responses of the two variables that is students
and teachers collected and analyzed the hypothesis were tested at 0.05 with level of
significance df of 508. Non of the hypotheses were rejected in the study. Some of the major
findings are that poverty usually relates to poor education background and that lack of good
education and good occupation makes the people of Sabon Gari and Zaria to live in poverty.
Also one of the major finding is that social studies education teaches the learners on how to
acquire knowledge, skill attitudes and actions important in human relationships in the
society that help to solve the problem of poverty among the people. Also based on findings
of the study, the following recommendation are suggested that will go a long way in the
use of social studies as a solution to the problem of poverty in Sabon Gari and Zaria Local
Government of Kaduna State. The importance of social studies education in minimizing
poverty should be taught in all classes of secondary schools, social studies can be used in
achieving the objective of poverty alleviation programs through organizing public lectures
for civil servants by social studies experts; discrimination against some tribes not
considered as origin of the two local governments should be discourage to encourage
positive contribution to the alleviation of poverty in the local government areas.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
FEBRUARY, 2014
Keywords
TEACHERS’,, PERCEPTION,, JUNIOR SECONDARY,, SOCIAL STUDIES,, ADDRESSING,, POVERTY