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Abstract This study was on the effects of teaching methods on students’ academic performance in social studies. Three objectives were raised which included: analyze the influence of teaching methods on students’ academic performance in social studies, determine if there is any relationship between teaching methods and students attitude to learning and ascertain if the teacher’s level of experience significantly affects students’ performance in social studies. The study adopted a survey ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS   Title Page                                          -                            -                  i Certification                                                -                            -                  ii Dedication                                         -                            -                  iii Acknowledgement                                      -                            -                  iv Table of Contents                             -                            -                  v Abstract                                            -                            -                  vii CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION Background of the Study                            -                            -                  1 Statement of the Problem                           -                            -                  8 Research Questions                           -                            -                  9 Hypotheses                                       -                            -                  9 Purpose of Study                              -                            -                  10 Significance of the Study                            -                            -                  ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The major problem of learning within the conventional school setting is the undue emphasis on verbalism as the sole mode of communication between the teacher and the learners (Bolick 2003) Maduabum, (2000) have proved that words above simply make learning abstract and inactive as it address only one of the major sense of human understanding and communication. In some cases such as ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Education is the life wire of any nation. It is the catalyst that propels both economic and social development.  This explains why nations as well as individuals lay so much emphasis on the intellectual development of individuals. No individual or group of individual has ever disagreed on the efficacy of education in solving societal problem. Everybody all agrees that education is the panacea for ...

ABSTRACT This study critically exposes way in which the teaching and learning of social studies can be enhanced through the use of the library. Library practice is encouraging and relevant to learner centered Education because it exposes the educators and learners to thinking and researching. The use of the library will help students to learn faster and independently. CHAPTER 1 1. 0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Education is the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Social studies programme has been in existence in Nigeria for more than two decades, yet, there has been no comprehensive pro­gramme and endeavour at training social studies teachers. As a result, most of those who teach social studies never received any training in teaching social studies. Most teacher-trainers, themselves the pro­ducts of the traditional system, naturally experience difficulties in training their student-teachers in ...

ABSTRACT The need for Inquiry Based System of Education have be seen to be very vital to primary schools. This study has attempted to analyze the controlling of factors militating against teaching and learning  of social studies in primary schools in Udi Local government area of Enugu state. Using Inquiry Based System of Education with a holistic view of ascertaining its adequacy and important. Ten primary schools in Udi local government ...

ABSTRACT The needs for Community of Inquiry philosophy for children system of Education (COIP4C) have been seen to be very vital to primary schools. This study has attempted to analyze the arresting the factors militating against teaching and learning of social studies in primary schools in Udi local government area of Enugu state, using Community of Inquiry philosophy for children system of education (COPI4C) with a holistic vie of ascertaining ...

ABSTRACT This study investigated the difference in students’ performance in social studies based on the variables of school location, parents’ occupation, parents’ income and social group. The research participants consisted of one hundred and fifty (150) Junior Secondary Three (JS 3) students randomly selected from eight (8) out of the ten (10) public secondary schools in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The basic design of the ...

ABSTRACT This study investigated the difference in students’ performance in social studies based on the variables of school location, parents’ occupation, parents’ income and social group. The research participants consisted of one hundred and fifty (150) Junior Secondary Three (JS 3) students randomly selected from eight (8) out of the ten (10) public secondary schools in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The basic design of the ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study It is an unquestionable educational fact that involving learners actively in their learning experiences ensures that real experiences are retained longer than conceptual experiences. Instruction resources add elements of reality by providing actual examples to learning. Advances in technology have brought instruction projected and resources, especially the projected and electronic materials to the forefront as very radical tools of social development which ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1              Background to the study Education is seen as a tool of transformation. It is also a process of transformation. According to the website Dictionary, education is the act or process of educating as determined by the knowledge, skill or discipline of character acquired, also the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study. Patti (2009) also defined education as an act or ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Teaching is a very complex activity that is affected by the subject matter, the time available, the teachers factor, the disposition of the learners and resources. A distinction can be made between the pedagogical perspectives of teaching which includes the selection and organization of teaching material, method of organization of teaching materials, method of instruction and assessment as well as the interpersonal ...

ABSTRACT The need for Inquiry Based System of Education have be seen to be very vital to primary schools. This study has attempted to analyze the controlling of factors militating against teaching and learning  of social studies in primary schools in Udi Local government area of Enugu state. Using Inquiry Based System of Education with a holistic view of ascertaining its adequacy and important. Ten primary schools in Udi local government ...

CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Man’s capacity to learn, to organize learning, to communicate this learning as knowledge, to other members of the species, and to act on the basis of learning and knowledge constitute the subject matter of education (Golsin, 1965). According to develop his mental capacity in such a way as to arm him to play a specific role in a developing programme. It also ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Education is the life wire of any nation. It is the catalyst that propels both economic and social development.  This explains why nations as well as individuals lay so much emphasis on the intellectual development of individuals. No individual or group of individual has ever disagreed on the efficacy of education in solving societal problem. Everybody all agrees that education is the panacea ...

ABSTRACT This research work was aimed at identifying the extent of the use of instructional materials in teaching Social Studies in Nsukka Educational Zone. This work was necessary because the success of any classroom teaching depends more on the extent of the use of teacher resources than verbalization. Three research questions were posited to guide the researcher in the study. These questions are: (1) What instructional media are available for ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Education as a social representation has always incorporated, directly or indirectly, developments, attitudes and interrelations of both market tendencies and dominant ideology. Social change, class differentiation, perceptions of the role of the teacher as well as of the student in academic achievement and failure have been expressed in many ways throughout education systems with attributed different dimensions (Panagiotis and Efstratios, 2011). According to ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study According to Adeyemi and Adu (2010), it is widely accepted that education is one of the leading tools for promoting economic development as it covers some processes individuals go through to help them develop and use their potentials. Furthermore, Okeke (2007) said that, through education, individuals acquire knowledge, skills and attitude that are necessary for effective living. In an attempt to have sound ...

ABSTRACT  The study examined the Effects of educational field trip on academic performance of JSS social studies students in Kaduna state-Nigeria. The study used quasi-experimental research design and 120 JSSII students of the following schools were used as sample: Government junior secondary school Tudun-Jukun, Zaria, Government junior secondary school, Awai, Government junior secondary school, Aba and Government junior secondary school Muchiya, S/Gari were selected via purposive sampling technique. The study used ...