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STUDENTS’ PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

ABSTRACT: It is imperative to remember that each individual is a unique learner. Scholars have identified that some learners lean toward specific techniques/strategies for learning. These techniques, referred as learning styles or learning preferences. This study elaborates the preferred learning styles of business management students and its impact over academic performance in different universities of Pakistan. To conduct this empirical study Felder’s Index of Learning Styles is used to identify four learning styles: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuiting, Visual/Verbal and Sequential/Global. The data is collected from the five universities of public and private sector of different cities. The results are drawn from a sample of 343 business students. Spearman Rho Correlation is used to test the correlation and Kruskal-Wallis test is applied to evaluate whether there is any significant relationship between different learning styles on the basis of academic performance. The findings of the study show that predominant profile of respondents consists of following preferred learning styles: active, reflective, sensory and intuitive. It also suggests that the academic performance of business students does not effect by any specific learning style. Limitations, future dimensions and recommendation on the basis of results have been discussed at the end. 

Key Words: Learning style, Academic performance, Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuiting, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global. 

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SECONDARY EDUCATION CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA: CONTENDING ISSUES AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR THE FUTURE

ABSTRACT: This paper examined certain contending issues inherent in the implementation of secondary education chemistry curriculum in Nigeria and possible innovative approaches for the future. Curriculum has been described as a programme of activity in or out of the school under the guidance of the school. The major and specific objectives of secondary school education and those of chemistry education were highlighted. The concept of curriculum implementation was also discussed. Basic conceptual issues that were regarded as being contending to the implementation of secondary education chemistry curriculum were highlighted. Certain approaches considered innovative to improvement for the implementation for brighter tomorrow were pointed out, such as chemistry teachers and their students contributing to the provision of instructional materials through improvisation; involving the teachers in decision-making and the planning of curriculum since they are the key factors in the implementation of the curriculum. The need for the government to employ adequate number of qualified chemistry teachers was equally mentioned. Furthermore, appropriate recommendations were made among which is that stakeholders of secondary school education; the government, chemistry teachers and Parent Teachers Association should work as a unit in actualizing the objectives of the secondary education chemistry programme, whether major or specific. 

KEYWORDS: Chemistry, Curriculum, Implementation, Issues, Secondary Education,

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EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION YORUBA LANGUAGE CURRICULUM IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA

Abstract—The study evaluated the implementation of the Universal Basic Education Yoruba Language Curriculum in South Western States of Nigeria. The purpose is to determine the extent of the coverage of the Curriculum. It is also meant to determine whether the objectives of the Yoruba Language Curriculum are achieved. Also, it is meant to ascertain the attitude of the students towards the learning of Yoruba Language. The study is a descriptive research of the survey design. The population consists of all students and teachers that are teaching Yoruba Language in all upper Basic Schools in South Western Nigeria. A sample of 1500 respondents which consists of 1200 students and 300 teachers that are teaching Yoruba Language in upper Basic Schools was selected through the use of multistage sampling techniques. Three (3) Research questions and (2) Two Hypotheses were used and tested at 0.5 level of significance. Four instruments were used to elicit information. They are, Teachers’ Questionnaire on implementation of the Universal Basic Education Yoruba Language Curriculum, Questionnaire on students’ attitude towards learning of Yoruba language and Students achievement test. The students’ class notes were also used to know the extent of the work done. The data generated were subjected to descriptive analysis and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that, there was a low positive relationship between the Universal Basic Education Yoruba Language Curriculum and its implementation. 

Index Terms—evaluation, implementation, Universal basic education, curriculum, Yoruba language

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LECTURER SUPPORT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW CURRICULUM DURING THE COVID‑19 PANDEMIC

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The objective of the study was to assess the support provided to lecturers in the implementation of a new curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic to suggest early intervention strategies that address resources and knowledge deficiency gaps that have a negative impact on curriculum implementation. A survey design was used in the study. A representative sample of 30 lecturers was randomly selected from 5 Faculty of Natural Resources Management and Agriculture departments to complete the questionnaire between June and July 2020. The majority of the lecturers agreed that they were involved in the curriculum development. There was affirmation on the issue of professional development, leadership’s support for lecturers’ curriculum implementation and adequate time for curriculum implementation. Similarly, there was collaboration between university leadership and lecturers to plan curriculum implementation. On the contrary, funds for research necessary for curriculum implementation, instructional materials and supplies and technological resources were not adequately supplied. Hence, the paper becomes critical as it highlights the unavailability of technological resources which play a crucial role in online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords Curriculum implementation · Online teaching · COVID-19 pandemic · Instructional material

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SOCIAL VICES AND THE EFFECT OF CULTISM ACTIVITIES AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES OF EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADOEKITI, NIGERIA

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Background: Disruptive activities are widespread in the contemporary Nigerian Universities. This is evident in the deluge of social vices witnessed on regular bases. From a historical perspective, a social vice exists when there is sizable difference between the ideals of a society and its actual achievements. The most essential problem facing tertiary institutions in Nigeria is the problem of cultism here and there. The menace and the aggressiveness of cult members and cult related violent clashes and activities on most tertiary institutions campuses have caused the sudden death of lecturers and students. Objective: This study examines the main causes of social vices among undergraduate in Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, to ascertain the reasons why undergraduate are been engaged in cultism, and to identify some of the measures on how to curb cultism among undergraduates. Materials and methods: Both primary and secondary source of data were used and survey design was adopted in this study. A total number of 150 respondents were used for this study and it was made up of undergraduates from nine faculties of EKSU. A simple random sampling procedure was adopted in choosing the population of the study. Questionnaire and in-debt interview guide was used for data collection. The data here was analyzed, using descriptive and statistical packages. Result: The findings however showed that some of the causes of cultism are peer group influence, parental influence, to feel high, to be protected and secured, to gain power, for leisure etc Conclusion: It has been established in this study that the problem of cultism, among others, is a symptom of society, which is embroiled in moral decadence and where institutionalized and personal violence has become a way of life. However to curb this menace, government and non-governmental agencies and the media should step up their campaigns against cultism and its destructive tendencies. The evil nature of cultism should be explained to Students at all levels through sensitization, seminars, workshops, symposium, posters, handbills and public lectures.

Key words: Rapping, poverty, intimidation, frustration, violence

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THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WELFARE OF TEACHER LABOR MARKET IN NIGERIA

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The formulation of each educational policy level sets the stage for its implementation, which, according to Ukeje (1986), is perhaps the most crucial aspect of planning. Unfortunately, educational policies and goal attainment in Nigeria have been irreconcilable due to implementation problems, which have caused significant constraints on the welfare of the teacher labor market. The gaps between policy formulation and implementation arouse investigations to identify factors that constrain the effective implementation of educational policies in Nigeria and its implications on the teaching workforce. This review indicates the factors constituting problems of policy implementations in the Nigerian educational system and its influence on the welfare of the teacher labor market through an extensive discussion and review of literature on Nigeria’s education policy and implementation. This paper underpins that the lack of successful implementation of education policies in Nigeria, majorly caused by insufficient funding/corruption, accountability/governance, and lack of continuity of education policies, has led to the inability to meet desirable educational standards and goals and objectives even in the 21 century. These effects have caused significant influences such as negative image and status of teaching, the impact of a poor working environment on job satisfaction/teaching effectiveness, limited connections between teacher education and school need, and brain drain of qualified teachers/scholars on the welfare of the teaching workforce. The researcher recommends that the federal government of Nigeria works hand in hand with expertise in the formulation and analysis of educational policy to re-assess past and current factors that constrain effective education policy implementation and how negatively it affects the welfare of the teacher labor market in Nigeria. Then, reinforce positive change.

Subject Areas

Education

Keywords

Nigeria Education Policy and Problems of Implementation, Teacher 

Labor Market in Nigeria, Policy Implementation in Nigeria, History of 

Nigerian Education System, Education and Governance in Nigeria

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THE ROLE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

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The study investigates the role of ICT in educational system in Nigeria. ICT in Education is an instrument par excellence that a nation can rely upon to bring about self-reliance. The study observed that Nigeria still experience a lag in its implementation, and this continue to widen the digital and knowledge divides and the access to ICT facilities is a major challenge facing most African countries. The study concludes that despite the roles ICT can play in education, schools in Nigeria have yet to extensively adopt them for teaching and learning. Efforts geared towards integration of ICT into the school system have not had much impact. Problems such as poor policy, project implementation strategies and poor information infrastructure militate against these efforts. The study recommends that efforts should be made by government to post and provide teachers skilled in ICT to each school to impart ICT skills to the student and also should stabilize electricity supply in Nigeria.

Keywords: ICT, Education, Teaching, Learning, Instruments

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IMPLEMENTATION OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM IN NIGERIA PROBLEMS AND WAY FORWARD

Annotation: Junior secondary school education in Nigeria is one of the sub-components of basic education. The curriculum of junior secondary schools in Nigeria is faced with many problems of implementation in Nigeria. This paper examines problems facing the implementation of junior secondary schoolcurriculum in Nigeria. Primary and secondary data were employed in the paper. The secondary data were sourced from print and online publication. This paper identified inadequate funding, inadequate professional teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, inadequate instructional materials, poor supervision, corruption, and ineffective capacity development programme and insecurity problem as the problems preventing effective implementation of junior secondary school in Nigeria. To address these problems, the presenters hereby recommended the following; increase in the funding of junior secondary school, employment of more professional teachers, provision of adequate infrastructural facilities, instructional materials, Security in all junior secondary schools. Corruption in the ministries and school should be fought with anti-corruption agencies in the country, teachers in junior secondary schools should be exposed to constant training and retraining programme and junior secondary schools should be supervised constantly.

Keywords: Curriculum, Junior, Secondary, School, Education, Implementation, Problems.

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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICTs) IN EDUCATION

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ICT has given rise to a host of legal and ethical issues and challenges in the use of ICT for education. Pre-service and in-service teachers as well as students need to know to a reasonable extent about the issues and challenges in the use of ICT for education. As teachers or potential teachers and students, they need to be above reproach. Teachers and students should understand the basic issues (effectiveness, cost, equity, and sustainability,), as well as the challenges (infrastructure related challenges, capacity building challenges, challenges related to financing the cost of ICT use, to mention but few) surrounding the use of ICT in education and then apply those issues as principles in practice.

Keywords: Challenges, ICTs, Education, Use of ICT, Nigeria.

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ISSUES AND PROSPECTS OF EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN NIGERIA

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This paper digs into the issues surrounding effective implementation of new secondary school curriculum in Nigeria. This is based on the feeling that 21st century education is characterized with a dramatic technological revolution. The paper therefore portrays education in the 21st century as a total departure from the factory-model education of the past. It is abandonment of teacher centered, paper and pencil schooling. It means a new way of understanding the concept of knowledge, a new definition of the educated person. The paper argues that society institutionalized education as a tool to reform society and creates change for the betterment. Hence, authentic education addresses the whole child, the whole person and does not limit our professional development and curriculum design to workplace readiness. To this end, there is every need to review the status quo of secondary school curriculum in Nigeria in order to consolidate further the new basic education programme and to ensure the actualization of the Federal government national developmental programme especially in the area of human capital development. Finally, the paper recommends massive advocacy and sensitization of teachers, students, parents and school administrators and supervisors who are the end-users of the new curriculum for its effective implementation.

Keywords: Curriculum Implementation, Secondary School, Challenges, Way Forward.