EFFECT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION AMONG TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF UPPER BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorPETER, Roseangela Ijeoma
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-20T07:29:49Z
dc.date.available2014-11-20T07:29:49Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA JUNE 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to examine the effect of social studies education on national integration of teachers and students of upper basic education level in Zaria Educational Zone of Kaduna State. The study was focused to finding out the extent to which social studies education, which is regarded as a problem solving discipline has imparted on learners and Teachers from diverse ethnic group in Nigeria in terms of national integration in Nigeria, by developing in the learners critical thinking and positive attitudes towards citizens from other ethnic and religious groups, with the aim of uniting and developing the nation. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated. One of the objectives is to find out how social studies education serves as effective tool for national integration among the teachers and students of upper basic education level in Zaria educational zone of Kaduna state. One of the research questions is to what extent can social studies education serve as effective tool for national integration among teachers and students of upper basic education level in Zaria educational zone of Kaduna state? One of the hypotheses is there is no significant difference between the opinion of teachers and students towards social studies education as an effective tool for national integration among the teachers and students in Zaria educational zone of Kaduna state . The study employed survey research and sampled 358 respondents from 6 schools, where 344 were upper basic education level 3 student and 14 social studies teachers, out of 358 questionnaires, 354 were returned. The study was carried out with the use of the structured questionnaire which was divided into sections A, B, C, D. Section A covered the bio data of the respondents while the other sections contained questions on social studies objectives, social studies teaching and national integration, social studies teaching and learning process. The data collected were analyzed using the t-test statistics in order to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that there is no significant difference between the opinion of the teachers and students, and between the upper basic2 and upper basic3 teachers of social studies towards social studies education as tool for national integration. Hypothesis 2 showed that there is a significant difference between the opinions of the male and female respondents on social studies education as a tool for national integration. In the light of the findings, some recommendations were made; they include periodic review of the social studies curriculum so as to meet the needs of the changing society, organization of seminar and workshops, the use of instructional materials and effective teaching method. The teachers were advised to serve as role model for their students. Finally recommendations were made for further studies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5625
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEDUCATION,en_US
dc.subjectINTEGRATION,en_US
dc.subjectUPPER BASIC EDUCATIONen_US
dc.titleEFFECT OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION AMONG TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF UPPER BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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