LECTURERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE USE OF SEARCH ENGINES FOR RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITIES IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Ahmed Idris Issa; Amos Ochayi Onojah; Auwal Mohammed Bako; Adenike Aderogba Onojah

Department of Educational Technology

 Faculty of Education, University Of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Corresponding Email: Haymoresonojah@Gmail.Com

ABSTRACT: This study investigated lecturers’ attitude towards the use of search engines for research in universities in Bauchi State. Specifically, the study: (i) determined the lecturers’ attitude towards the use of search engines for research; (ii) investigated the lecturers’ attitude towards the use of search engines for research based on gender; and (iii) determined the lecturers’ attitude towards the use of search engines for research based on area of specialization. A descriptive research design of the survey type was used for the study. The samples were drawn from three faculties namely Education, Sciences and Management from two universities in Bauchi State. The respondents were 252 university lecturers which consists of 208 male and 44 females. The sample were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher-developed questionnaire validated by three experts from educational technology. A pilot study was conducted to establish the reliability of the instrument, coefficient of 0.74 were obtained. The research questions were answered using frequency count, mean and percentages while inferential statistics of t-test and ANOVA were used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.

 Findings of the study were that:

1. university lecturers had positive towards the use of search engines for research (3.2 > 2.5);
2. there was significant difference between universities lecturers’ attitude towards the use of search engine for research based on gender (t-value 2.279  > t-table 1.960) ; and
3. there was significant difference between universities lectures’ attitude towards the use of search engines for research based on area of specialisation (F-cal 5.628 ˃ F-tab 2.996).

The study concluded that universities’ lecturers had positive attitude towards the use of search engines. The study recommended that management of the universities should organises seminars and workshops to equip lecturers with the knowledge and benefits of using different search engines and also to provide them with research assistance.

Keywords: Attitude, Lecturers, Search engines, Research, Universities

BIOLOGY PERSPECTIVES TO ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RIVERS STATE

G. A. Wokocha

Department of Integrated Science

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt

ABSTRACT: The research examined biology perspective to entrepreneurial education for sustainable development in Rivers State. The study employed a descriptive survey with three research questions which guided its conduct. Questionnaire was the instrument used to captured data and all the twenty five (25) biology teachers in nineteen (19) senior Secondary schools in Gokana and Eleme Local Government Areas of Rivers State were used as sample size. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation at 2.50 criterion value. The statistical results obtained reveals that the application of discovery, inquiry, demonstration and project techniques can effectively enhanced the transmission of entrepreneurial skills in senior secondary schools. Also, the research identified the non-inclusion of entrepreneurship education on the school time table, the apathy biology teachers displayed toward entrepreneurial practice and the inability of biology teachers to transmit entrepreneurial skills due to lack of competence considered to be the major challenges biology teachers faced in transmitting entrepreneurial skills to secondary school students. And to solve these problems, the study identified the need to re-design biology curriculum and the need to train biology teachers to acquire requisite skills. The research also postulated that a learner should be able to showcase a micro-bio entrepreneurial venture before graduating from secondary schools.

CURBING CORRUPTION AND PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY IN NIGERIA: LIBRARIES AS PANACEA

                                    Bello Yerima   

Federal College of Education, Yola

                                        belloyerima1709@gmail.com

Abstract: Libraries, the world over has come a long way and no doubt has impact in curbing corruption and promoting transparency in the society because of its information resources and services in both print and non-print form, traditional and automated ways of providing services respectively.  This paper seeks to explain what corruption is, various forms of corruptions, reason for corrupt practices in Nigeria, countries with low tolerance for corruption and the roles Nigerian libraries play in curbing corruption and promoting transparency by preserving and disseminating information sources on corruption issues.  What are transparency and various ways in which transparency will help to curb   corruption?

Key Words: Corruption, transparency, libraries. Nigeria.

ETHICAL CLIMATE, JOB PRESSURE, AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR AMONG FACULTY MEMBERS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF NEUTRALIZATION

¹Michael Olalekan Adeoti, ¹Emmanuel Adesola Oluremi, ¹Azubuike Aham Samuel & ²Kabiru Maitama Kura

¹Department of Business Administration and Management

Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State, Nigeria

²UTB School of Business

University of Teknologi Brunei, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410

Brunei Darussalam

ABSTRACT: Extant research linking ethical climate and job pressure to counterproductive work behaviour have consistently yielded significant results. However, the psychological mechanism that underlies the relationships between ethical climate, job pressure and counterproductive work behaviour remains unclear. We addressed this knowledge gap by examining the mediating role of neutralization in the relationships between ethical climate, job pressure and counterproductive work behaviour. The proposed model was tested by applying variance-based structural equation modelling to data collected from 356 academic faculty members of two ethnically diverse public universities in Nigeria. As expected, the results showed that both ethical climate and job pressure were significant predictors of counterproductive work behaviour. Additionally, the results established that the relationships between ethical climate and counterproductive work behaviour is mediated by neutralization. In the same vein, the results showed that job pressure triggers neutralization, which in turn, predicts counterproductive work behaviour.

Keywords: Ethical climate, job pressure, counterproductive work behaviour, neutralization