LITERATURE CURRICULUM IN NON-DEGREE PROGRAMMES
LITERATURE CURRICULUM IN NON-DEGREE PROGRAMMES
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2011-07
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GALADIMA, MOSES PYEFA
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Abstract
This study focuses on literary pedagogy and it examines the nature, validity and scope of the teaching of
literature in non-degree programmes in Nigeria. It reappraises the teaching of literature in the technical
and teacher education sectors of the Nigerian school system with Federal College of Chemical and
Leather Technology (CHELTECH) Zaria and Federal College of Education (F.C.E.) Zaria as case
studies. The dissertation is premised on the argument that as a prominent subject in the Nigerian school
system, literary studies is undertaken in line with policy stipulations enshrined in the National Policy on
Education (N.P.E.) and the ensuing curricular developed by relevant supervisory bodies. However, the
study discovers that the teaching of literature in some of the sectors of education and institutions is
bedeviled by discrepancies that a reconsideration of the literary studies content is required. Using
functional theory, the study examines literary pedagogy in relation to the educational philosophy
enshrined in the National Policy on Education. This research reveals the fact that there are
contradictions between educational objectives and syllabus design. The teaching of the literature
programmes studied, for example, does not link literature to the technical orientation of the students and
fails to illustrate literature’s profundity in inculcating the affinity between the humane values, which it
embodies, and technological culture. This research therefore, proposes the redesign of the literature
syllabus in line with the concept of “literature for Specific Purposes” in order for the literature
programme to meet the needs of trainees.
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A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA , IN
PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY (LITERATURE)
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
FACULTY OF ARTS
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
AUGUST 2011
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LITERATURE,, CURRICULUM,, NON-DEGREE,, PROGRAMMES: