Table of Contents

Evaluation of Science Teachers’ Literacy on Information and

Communication Technology in Government Secondary Schools in

Awka Education Zone

Offiah, Francisca C. and Achufusi, Ngozi N. …………………………………………                   1 – 6

Effects of Christian Entrepreneurship on Business Education Youth

and National Development in Nigeria

B. O. Nwosu and Ohiwere, Franklin Ohiole …………………………………………             7 –16

Information and Communication Technologies as a Tool for Rural

Poverty Reduction

Chikaire, J., ² Adejoh, S.O., ³ Osuagwu C.O.and ⁴Jamilu, A.A………………………….     17-28

Entrepreneurship Education in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria Implication

for Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs)

Olaleye, F.O…………………………………………………………………………………       29-33

Effect of Concept Mapping on Students’ Achievement and Interest in

 Elementary Probability in Cameroon

            Nekang, F. N and U.N.V. Agwagah…………………………………………………….                      34-49

Electrochemistry Problem-Solving Approaches and Difficulties of Senior

High School Students

John K. Eminah and ²Anthony Assafuah-Drokow…………………………………….                       50-65

The Impact of Socio-Cultural Values on Gender Education in Agatu Land,

 Ekye Development Area of Nasarawa State

Ada Benjamin Ikwumokoni………………………………………………………………                     66-72

Entrepreneurship Development: The Role of Nigerian Higher Institutions in Producing Entrepreneurs.

Saheed Zakaree S and Alofun, G. O. O………………………………………………                        73-83

Techniques for Enhancing Introductory Technology Instruction in

 Edo State, Nigeria

Uwaifo, V.O. and  Edigin  J. E.O. ……………………………………………………              84-91

Integrating ICT into Learning Situation for Improved Learning

Adedokun Mary Olufunke………………………………………………………………                        92-97

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INTEGRATING ICT INTO LEARNING SITUATION FOR IMPROVED LEARNING

Adedokun Mary Olufunke

Faculty of Education

University of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

There is so much emphasis on the integration of ICT into teaching and learning processes for the out modeled education to witness revolution so as to make learning more meaningful and more individualized. ICT when well integrated into the teaching in learning situation can create condition that optimizes learning and this will inadvertently remove the drudgery that is associated with learning in an environment that is not conducive for teaching and learning. The paper opens up what ICT is capable of achieving in terms of interjecting improvement to the teaching- learning processes and exposes the fact that the use of ICT will bring about learning opportunities for all.

TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING INTRODUCTORY TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

*¹ Uwaifo, V.O.  and ²Edigin  J. E.O.

Department of Vocational and Technical Education

Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria

e-mail: vuwaifo@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Techniques are effective means of attaining competency in job or occupation. The techniques are important ways which when appropriately adopted results into effective teaching and learning of practical subjects. This study focused on identification of management techniques aimed at improving the teaching of introductory technology to achieve vocational education objectives in Edo State. The area of study comprises of the eighteen Local Government Areas (LGA) in the state. Survey design was employed for the study covering a population of 260 (120 principals and 140 introductory technology teachers). The hypotheses were tested at 0.05, level of significance. Findings from the study indicated various techniques for planning, organising, implementing, coordinating and evaluating instructions in introductory technology workshop. The result of the hypotheses showed that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of the respondents on the management techniques identified in the five areas of workshop instruction. However, it therefore recommended that the management techniques identified by this study should be integrated into the junior secondary school curriculum for introductory technology teachers to use during workshop training of their students in this current programme in Edo state.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF NIGERIAN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN PRODUCING ENTREPRENEURS.

*Saheed Zakaree S and ²Alofun, G. O. O.

*Department of Economics, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria

Department of General Studies, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria

e-mail: zakss_1@yahoo.co.uk

ABSTRACT

Entrepreneurship has been identified with economic development, and acknowledged as a creator of new employment, generator of new incomes, technology, benefits, as well as producers of goods and services to meet the needs of the society, and as such as an important source of economic growth. The objective of this paper is to find out how entrepreneurship can be developed in the country, especially the role of Nigerian higher institution in the development of entrepreneurship by producing entrepreneurship oriented graduates. The findings indicated that Nigerian higher institution can become organizations or institutions that produce entrepreneurs, only if the institutions could be transformed into entrepreneurial universities. Based on the findings, recommendations were made on how entrepreneurship can be developed in Nigeria.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Development, Role, Transformation, and Institution

THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL VALUES ON GENDER EDUCATION IN AGATU LAND, EKYE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE.

Ada Benjamin Ikwumokoni

Department of General Studies,

College of Agriculture, Lafia, Nigeria

ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of socio-cultural values on gender education in Agatu Land, Ekye Development Area of Nasarawa State with special attention given to the period of (2001-2010). Questionnaires were used to collect data from notable 50 heads of families from selected villages. The questionnaires gathered the opinions of the 50 respondents on the impact of socio-cultural values on gender education. Secondary data were also collected from Doma Zonal Inspectorate office, Ministry of Education and Planning and Statistics Department of Ekye Local Education Authority. The data were analysed using percentage. The results showed that cultural values influence gender education in the areas suggestions were made which include revisiting our societal cultural values with view to encouraging female education

ELECTROCHEMISTRY PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACHES AND DIFFICULTIES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

*¹John K. Eminah and ²Anthony Assafuah-Drokow

Department of Science Education

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

ABSTRACT

The acquisition of competencies by senior high school (SHS) science students in knowledge-based and computational problem-solving is an important objective of the WAEC chemistry syllabus in support of which this study was designed. Using the think aloud and pen and paper procedure, data were collected from 26 SHS science students as they solved problems based on Faradays laws of electrolysis and related electrochemistry topics. The students’ verbalizations were audio-taped as they worked. Analysis of the data showed that most (66%) of the students were analytic in their problem-solving approach while a smaller (19%) proportion was intuitive. A few (15%) of them were however unclassified. On the whole the students performed poorly in various tasks related to Faraday’s second law of electrolysis. None of them could state the law in words and in symbols. However a few (15%) of them were able to state Faraday’s first law of electrolysis in words and in symbols. The students’ performance in computational problems, based on the laws, followed a similar trend. Misconceptions held by some of the students included the belief that protons could be used to balance negative charges in redox reactions and that strong electrolytes (e.g. AgNO₃) could only be ionized with the passage of electricity through their aqueous solutions. In sum, the findings indicate that some SHS science students lack the conceptual understanding needed to ensure success in both knowledge and numerical problem-solving in science.

Keywords: Electrochemistry, Problem-solving, Computational, Conceptual, Misconceptions

EFFECT OF CONCEPT MAPPING ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY IN CAMEROON

*¹Nekang, F. N and U.N.V. Agwagah

*Department of Curriculum Studies and Teaching, University of Buea, Cameroon

Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of concept mapping on two groups of form five (final year secondary school) students’ achievement and interest in elementary probability. It also sought to find out the effects of concept mapping on the achievement of male and female students in probability. A 17-item-essay type Achievement Test in Elementary Probability (ATEP) and a 13-item Probability and Statistics Interest Inventory (PSII) were administered on 154 subjects before and after teaching. The internal consistency of ATEP (α = 0.70) and the reliability coefficient of PSII (α = 0.64) were computed using the Cronbach Alpha (α) formula. The subjects were randomly drawn from two schools in Bui Division, in the North-West Region of Cameroon. The study lasted for two weeks. Data were analyzed using means and standard deviations to answer the three research questions and a two-way (2×2) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), to test the two hypotheses stated at p ≤ .05 level of significance. Results showed that concept mapping enhances students’ achievement and interest in probability and statistics in Bui Division in Cameroon.  It was recommended among others that concept mapping techniques should be used by all mathematics teachers at all levels of instruction from primary to tertiary. Also, that students should apply the knowledge of concept mapping in other subjects, topics of mathematics, in summarizing their notes or other works and during examinations especially when answering essay-type questions and in self-evaluation.Keywords: Concept mapping, Achievement, Interest, Elementary Probability, Gender, Mathematics

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA IMPLICATION FOR MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS)

Olaleye, F.O.

Department of Educational Foundations and Management

University of Ado-Ekiti, Ado- Ekiti, Nigeria

                                                e-mail: funsolaleye@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper stresses the importance of redesigning tertiary institutions programmes in Nigeria to accommodate entrepreneurship education. The need to reduce poverty and unemployment among youth after graduation is imperative for sustainable growth of the nation’s economy. The paper examines the declaration in Millennium Development Goals (MDGS), one of which was poverty reduction. The implication of it on the teaching of entrepreneurship education in higher education as a way of reducing poverty. The paper concludes by suggesting various practical ways of teaching entrepreneurship education to all students in order for them to be self reliant.

Keywords: Poverty reduction, Entrepreneurship, Tertiary Institutions, Unemployment, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL FOR RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION

^1*Chikaire, J., ² Adejoh, S.O., ³ Osuagwu C.O.and ⁴Jamilu, A.A

¹Department of Agricultural Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri

²Demonstration Secondary School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

³Kogi State Community and Social Development Agency, Lokoja

⁴Department of Agricultural Management and Extension Technology, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo

ABSTRACT

Information is not a magic cure for hunger or poverty. However, the information at the right time can help in funding a solution. ICT includes or whole range of technologies that facilitate communication and the processing and transmission of information by electronic means from conventional radio and landline to computers, internet and mobile phones. There is much emphasis now in the development community of government, donors and NGOs to push for the widespread rollout of community access to ICTs as a tool for direct poverty relief. ICT will be an invaluable tool for those striving to meet the Millennium Development Goals of eradication poverty, equality and empowerment, education, training, jobs, political participation and the rest. Without the application of ICT, there will be no adequate measurement or tracking of progress on all the MDGs. It is only through modern survey and statistical techniques, heavily dependent on the advances of ICT, that one will be able to track employment, income, and other statistics relevant for growth and economic development. It is only by the application of ICT that there can be hope of adequate unraveling of the complex causal patterns of discrimination and inequalities. This paper argues that ICT used in the right way and purposes will enhance economic growth and poverty alleviation. It provides priority areas of attention, keys to successful ICTS for poverty derivation, and also suggests the way forward 

Key words: ICT, poverty, growth, education, development

EFFECTS OF CHRISTIAN ENTREPRENURSHIP ON BUSINESS EDUCATION

YOUTH AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

 ¹B. O. Nwosu and ²Ohiwerei, Franklin Ohiole 

¹Department of Business Education, Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State-Nigeria.

²Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Ambrose Alli University, Edo state, Nigeria.

E-Mail: Ohiolefr@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the effects of Christian entrepreneurship on business education youths and nation development. It revealed both positive and negative effects on youths, the progress made by some African countries in formulating policies that will enable them to empower youths in Africa through the following means; education training, empowerment, science and technology. Others are population, health, social services, sports recreation and culture. This paper uses historical survey in analyzing and evaluating the views of various authors in an attempt to inform researchers, business educators, scholars on current reasoning on the issue of effects of Christian entrepreneurship on business education. Conclusion and recommendations were made such as that youths should be given recognition of fundamental human rights such as freedom of political, cultural and religious expression as stipulated in the constitution of both national and international. Youths should be empowered. Youths should be in formulation of policies concerning them. Government should always give listing ears to the youths’ problems.

Keyword: religious, entrepreneurs, individual, profitable, business, God.