ABSTRACT The study was designed to ascertain the opinions, level of satisfaction (acceptability), and the sources of dissatisfaction of members of the University of Lagos community regarding the current strategies toward self-reliance of the University of Lagos. It was also to ascertain the perception of the operational managers of the self- reliance programmes of the institutions, about the problems in the implementation and suggestions for future practice and to analyse certain identified t...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to investigate the different ways in which adults in Nigeria utilised radio for learning modern ideas. To this end, a random sample of six hundred adults, who owned or had access to radio sets was carried out. The geographical representation from which the selection was made were Ogun, Niger and Anambra states. Three urban and three rural communities, each with 100 respondents were selected. With the use of a questionnaire, they were asked to indi...
ABSTRACT The study reported here was prompted by the quest for an information about the degree or extent to which the Federal Government Core Curriculum for Primary Science 1980 is being implemented in Cross River State. Furthermore, there was the quest for confirming or refuting the appropriateness of the objective model for instructional planning which was used for the primary science programme. The purpose of the study that was in three parts, was to discover: (a) the patterns of instructi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated differential perception of educational stakeholders on Guidance and counseling practices in senior secondary schools in the 218t century. The sample comprised one hundred and fifty (150) youths (75 males and 75 females) who were randomly chosen from Kosofe Local Government Area, District IT in Lagos State. Three research hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. The instrument comprised researchers constructed questionnaire which measured perception...
Abstract The paper explores the interplay of sarcasm threshing and music during threshing of finger millet. In this paper the combination of work rhythm and sarcasm during jakwara is regarded as a tripartite system in which the social commentary phenomenon is enacted.
Abstract As the world is fast becoming a global village due to technological advancement musical element among other things have ceased to solely belong to their cultural proponent different musical culture are merging in a process of diffusionism thereby forming rainbow musical cultures.
ABSTRACT Bacterial counts of samples of freshly caught shrimp3, Penaeus duorarum and of see water from Nigeria, were carried out for a period of ton months, from April 1975 to January 1976. A monthly variation in the size of the bacterial populations of shrimps and son water was observed. Gram-positive bacteria were generally more abundantly isolated than Gram-negative bacteria from shrimps and 998 water. Coryneforns predominated the isolates. Next in abundance were micrococci, followed by s...
ABSTRACT The quest for the improvement in students' performance based upon their learning efforts in chemistry has continued unabated. This quest has led to the uncovering of new needs which con ameliorate both the teaching and learning transactions. Derived from theoretical and empirical work, the new needs, include the enjoyment of practicals, provision in lecturer-student interaction, and student involvement in decision taking. The present study is aimed at designing, implementing and eval...
ABSTRACT The level of academic performance of distance learners in Nigerian universities has generated concern among stakeholders owing to the vital roles which distance learning programmes play in the overall educational development of the country. Several studies have been carried out on conventional students’ academic performance, but not much on distance learning students. This study, therefore, provided a causal explanation of distance learners’ academic performance through the anal...
ABSTRACT This study sought to determine empirically the extent to which disparity in school location, resource availability and school type affect the performance of (rural and urban public and private) secondary school students in Lagos state. The study involved sixty secondary schools drawn from rural and urban settings across the five zones in the state using a combination of stratified and simple random sampling techniques included sixty principals 600 cachers, forty officials of the Stat...
Abstract As a discipline, one of the unique attributes that Geography has is fieldwork. The concept of fieldwork is well known all over the world. Shroder (2002) is of the view that fieldwork in Geography is an outstanding method in the discipline whereby new understandings of the physical phenomena can be incurred most clearly when combined with other comprehensive mapping tools in the Geographic Information Science (GIS) laboratory. According to Onn and PohPoh (2008), as a subject concerned...
Introduction 1 1.2 Background of the study 1 1.3 Statement of the problem 3 1.4 Research questions 3 1.5 Research objectives 4 1.6 Significance of the study 4 1.7 Delimitations 4 1.8 Assumptions 5 1.9 Limitations 5 1.10 Definition of terms 6 1.11 Summary 7 viii 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Background 8 2.3 Inclusive education in Zimbabwe 9 2.4 Character of inclusive education 10 2.5 What are the reasons for inclusion 11 2.6 Requirements for successful inclusive education systems 13 2.7 Various rese...
ABSTRACT This study examined the perceptions of teachers in implementing simulation games in teaching and learning of Geography at Zimbabwe Junior Certificate Level in Wedza District secondary schools. The problem was that teachers were not using simulation games in teaching and learning of Geography at ZJC. The study, therefore, investigated the perceptions of teachers and challenges faced by teachers in implementing simulation games. The study also looked at possible ways to improve the use...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore teacher and school capacity to deliver practicals under the new curriculum for science subjects in Zimbabwe. The study was carried out on a single school in the Midlands Province capital of Gweru in the Lower Gweru area. The main areas under study where teacher and school ability to effectively deliver practical lessons in O-level science under the new curriculum. The other area of study was on the challenges being faced by teachers to effecti...
ABSTRACT The research study sought to find the factors contributing to poor performance in English at ordinary level in rural schools in Umguza district. Qualitative research design was used. It enabled the researcher to look at various aspects of the study in their natural setting. Purposive sampling was used to select school heads, English teachers and ordinary level pupils who participated in the study. The researcher used interview and observation guides as well as document analysis to ge...