Table of Contents

Securing the Learning Environment in Contemporary Nigerian

Educational System: Implication for Safe Schools Initiative in Nigeria

Johnson Agbonavbare Osaigbovo                                                                                           1 – 15

Nursery Education and National Unity

Ibrahim Aminu Buba                                                                                                               16 – 21

Empowering Youth for Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship

and Human Capacity Building

Ogbuoji Sylvia N. and Amadi Felicia N.                                                                                  22 – 28

Regression Analysis of Perceived Leadership Styles and Organizational

Commitment among a Sample of Nigerian Health Personnel

Okonkwo Ejike A., Ikegbuna C., Chigbo Chinwe M., and Nwandu Ikechukwu B.                     29 – 35

Effects of Mathematics Knowledge on Physics Students Performance

in Electromagnetism

Okey, Innocent Francis and Charles-Ogan, Gladysibibo                                                          36 – 49

Educational Value Chains as Spring Board for Sustainable Economic Development

Babalola Taiwo                                                                                                                       50 – 62

Effect of Cooperative Teaching Strategy on Senior Secondary School Students’

Achievement in Chemistry

Ogologo, Gift Allen and Gideon A. Wokocha                                                                          63 – 71

The Level of Burnout and Adult Literacy Instructors Effectiveness in Borno

State Agency for Mass Literacy

Aminchi Daniel                                                                                                                       72 – 82

THE LEVEL OF BURNOUT AND ADULT LITERACY INSTRUCTORS EFFECTIVENESS IN BORNO STATE AGENCY FOR MASS LITERACY 

Aminchi Daniel

Department of Continuing Education and Extension Service

University of Maiduguri, Borno State

ABSTRACT

The study determined the level of burnout and adult literacy instructor’s effectiveness in Borno State Agency for mass literacy.  The objectives of the study are to determine the level of burnout among adult literacy instructors, determine adult literacy instructor’s effectiveness. Two research questions guided the study, what is the level of burnout among adult literacy instructors? How effective are the adult literacy instructors?  The sample of the study covered two hundred and eighteen (218) adult literacy instructors and two hundred and eighteen adult learners were selected in some literacy centres across the six administrative zone of the Agency.  Fifteen (15) items questionnaire tagged questionnaires for adult instructor’s burnout subscale on emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment was administered to the respondent and Researcher Made Test (RMT) in English and Mathematic was also conducted on adult learners. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages, to answer research questions 1 and 2. The data collected presented in tables and analyzed using frequency count and percentages. The findings showed that there is a high level of burnout among adult literacy instructors in Borno state. Another finding also shows the poor performance of the adult learners in the researcher made test (RMT). Based on the above findings, the following recommendations were made: (i) That adult literacy instructors should have good condition of service so that they can be effective. (ii) Adult education administrators should provide conducive environment to avoid emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and personal accomplishment. (iii) The government should ensure that they recruit experience instructors because experience is important for effective teaching and learning in the literacy centres. (iv). Interactive session based on gender is important for effective instruction in the literacy centres.

EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE TEACHING STRATEGY ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMISTRY

Ogologo, Gift Allen and Gideon A. Wokocha

Department of Integrated Science

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education

E-mail: gift.alleno@gmail.com

EDUCATIONAL VALUE CHAINS AS SPRING BOARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Babalola Taiwo

Department of General Studies

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta.

Email: babalolataiwo33@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Today, the universities as higher education institutes are faced with a changing environment. Increasing international competition besides changing management paradigms in higher education, make universities encounter with new challenges. So knowing factors which improve management methods and create competitive advantage is very important. This study review researches on value chain in higher education and related fields. Some of these researches applied the basic Porters value chain model in explaining part of the activities. But some of them believe that the Porters model is designed specifically for business enterprises not social services organizations, and higher education as a service sector needs a specific value chain model which can explain process and components of value adding in this sector. This study recommends that the institutions of higher learning should try to implement these models in their own way and analyse the gaps in the value chain in order to improve on it. It is also recommended that researcher can use various methods to explore the value chain components. They can apply qualitative research methodologies which less used in recent researches. As well they can take advantages of quantitative research methods to describe this concept experimentally and fundamentally. This work comprises of introduction, history and development of value chain, conceptual issue, brief literature review, service value chain in higher education and conclusion and recommendation.

EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICS KNOWLEDGE ON PHYSICS STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN ELECTROMAGNETISM 

Okey, Innocent Francis and Charles-Ogan, Gladysibibo

Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

E-mail: franokey2000@yahoo.com & gladyscharlesogan@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The paper investigated the effects of Mathematics Knowledge on Physics Students Performance in Electromagnetism. A sample of two hundred students (200) Physics students in senior secondary school 2 (SS2) were randomly selected. The design adopted in the study was a quasi-experimental Pretest posttest control type with each group treated differently. The instruments physics performance test in electromagnetism in (PPTE) and Mathematics ability test in electromagnetism concepts (MATEC) with reliability coefficient 0.74 and 0.94 respectively, were used to obtain performance data of students. The data were analyzed using mean, percentages and the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of the study showed that students of high mathematical ability have greater mean percentage gain of 41.17% while those of low mathematical ability have 36.93%. Mathematics ability, instructional strategies and gender have positive joint relationship with students performance in Physics (electromagnetism) to a considerable extent 22.2% (r² = 0.22). It was recommended that Physics students should be properly groomed in mathematics, problem solving schedules should accompany conceptual treatment of numerical problems in the Physics classroom. Use of innovative teaching strategies would improve interactivity, understanding and application of concepts (numerical and non-numerical) in the learning of electromagnetism.

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG A SAMPLE OF NIGERIAN HEALTH PERSONNEL

¹Okonkwo Ejike A., ²Ikegbuna C., ³Chigbo Chinwe M., and ⁴Nwandu Ikechukwu B.

^1&2Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu,

³School of Postgraduate Studies, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu,

⁴Department of Public Administration, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

E-mail: aejyke@yahoo.com, chinwechigbo@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This study investigated perceived leadership styles as predictors of organizational commitment among 64 participants comprising 27 male and 37 female personnel with mean age of 42.23 and standard deviation of 2.74 drawn from University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Park-lane Enugu using Multi-stage sampling technique. Eighteen (18)-item perceived leadership styles questionnaire was and 27-item questionnaire on organizational commitment were administered. A Cross-sectional survey design was used. Result from multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived leadership styles jointly predicted organizational commitment R² = .869, F (3, 63) = 132.65 at P <.01. Democratic style contributed significantly to the prediction of organizational commitment (beta = .502), while authoritarian (beta = .206) and laissez-faire (beta = .269) did not show any significant prediction.

EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING

¹Ogbuoji Sylvia N. and ²Amadi Felicia N.

¹Department of Educational Psychology, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze

²Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze

E-mail: sylviaogbuoji@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The aim of the paper is to show the role entrepreneurship and human capacity programmes can play in the achievement of holistic development of youth, while also allowing youth to contribute to national development. One of the many challenges today is unemployment.  Many graduate youth roam around the street without jobs. The few that are self employed do not have the necessary training that could sustain their businesses. This paper therefore discusses the concepts of youth, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and human capacity, importance of youth entrepreneurship programmes for the acquisition of necessary life survival skills. Some capacity programmes for young entrepreneurs identified include: vocational entrepreneurship training, classroom training etc. Finally, the study further suggested ways of empowering youth through entrepreneurship to include quality education, finance, networking amongst others.

NURSERY EDUCATION AND NATIONAL UNITY

Ibrahim Aminu Buba

Department of Primary Education

Federal College of Education, Yola Adamawa State

E-Mail:- ibrahimbuba633@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper addresses the foundation of peace and unity in our pre- school system of education in Nigeria. We are all living witnesses about the multiple crises surrounding each state. Education is fundamental to. All changes in our society. It does not teach hatred and violence rather peace and unity. Some historical events were discussed on how Northern and Southern protectorates were amalgamated as one entity. The paper also enumerated possible ways unity can be achieved among Nursery pupils which include active participate in school games, meaningful storytelling, visiting friends and relations, music and drama Teachers and Parents role in delivery of good conducts.

SECURING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: IMPLICATION FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA

Johnson Agbonavbare Osaigbovo

Department of Education Faculty of Arts & Education

Benson Idahosa University Benin City, Edo State Nigeria

E-mail: drjaosaigbovo@yahoo.com, drjaosaigbovo@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper examines safe schools initiative and its implications for securing the learning environment in contemporary Nigerian educational system. Safer education is central to development and it is a fundamental building block for poverty reduction and human capacity development which is essential for inclusive economic growth. However, if the primary objective of education is to be met, it is very important that students stay in school and remain safe to complete their educations. This requires that classrooms must be a safe place for learning and should not entertain the problem of school-related violence against students. It requires that everyone in the educational system must do what is sensible to keep pupils and teachers safe and healthy as practically as possible. It was recommended that government should ensure sustainability of safe schools initiative in Nigerian schools so as to elicit conducive learning environment for students and teachers.