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Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Music Assessment in Nigeria: Unpacking the Hegemonic Structures of Music Education and their Implications for Assessment
Get PDFIn order to confront the hegemonic structures that are common in music education and their implications for assessment practices, this research study investigates the use of a critical pedagogy of music assessment in the Nigerian setting. The study looks at the shortcomings and inadequacies in the ways that evaluation practices are currently used and suggests a framework that values critical reflection, participatory techniques, and cultural diversity. Utilising the theoretical framework of critical pedagogy, the research emphasises the applicability of this methodology in questioning and altering the dominant structures inherent in music education in Nigeria. It looks into the traits of hegemony in the Nigerian setting and examines how it affects methods of evaluating music. By scrutinising current evaluation techniques, the research pinpoints prejudices and constraints that sustain dominant frameworks. It makes the case for both student empowerment via participatory assessment techniques and the inclusion of various Nigerian musical practices and viewpoints in assessments. The study suggests tactics including professional development and training for teachers, working with local communities and cultural organisations, and incorporating critical reflection and self-evaluation to help establish a critical pedagogy of music assessment. The study recognises the difficulties and factors to be taken into account while implementing critical pedagogy in the Nigerian setting, such as cultural hurdles and opposition. It highlights how critical it is to overcome these challenges in order to guarantee the approach's scalability and durability. The study concludes by summarising the major conclusions and their implications for Nigerian music education and emphasising the necessity for more investigation and study in the critical pedagogy of music assessment. By adopting this approach, Nigerian music education may improve and preserve the rich musical legacy of the nation while also becoming more inclusive, culturally relevant, and empowering for students.
Keywords: critical pedagogy, music assessment, hegemonic structures, Nigerian music education, cultural diversity, participatory approaches, empowerment of student
Gendered Authority in Traditional Justice Systems: Unveiling the Role of Magajia in Customary Justice Systems in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria.
Get PDFTraditional justice systems in Africa are often perceived as exclusively patriarchal. However, the gendered authority of the Magajia in Auchi challenges this narrative. This study examines the role of the Magajia, a female traditional leader, in conflict resolution and moral guidance within Auchi’s customary justice systems. Using purposive sampling, thirty-six key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and participant observation at community court sessions were conducted. Findings reveal that the Magajia is usually an elderly woman appointed by senior women or traditional rulers to mediate disputes, upholds moral standards, and represents women’s interests. Though her judgments lack legal enforcement under the state law, but her influence within the community remains significant. Therefore, institutionalizing the Magajia’s role and providing training in leadership, legal literacy, and digital skills could enhance her relevance in modern governance structures. Above all, the study underscores the need to recognize and empower gender-inclusive traditional justice systems in Nigeria.
Keywords: Unveiling, The Magajia, Traditional Justice systems, Auchi, Edo State Nigeria
Enhancing Teachers’ Productivity Through Differential Continuous Training in Edo State, Nigeria
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to investigate teachers’ differential continuous training as a correlate of teachers’ productivity. The paper also presented the various needs of teachers and their concerns as it relates to job productivity. To guide the study, four research questions were raised. Two were answered while others were formulated into hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study was a descriptive survey research. It adopted the correlational research design. The population consists of one thousand, seven hundred teachers in Edo State senior secondary schools. Ten percent of the population was employed as sample size which was one hundred and seventy senior secondary school teachers in Edo State. The research instrument was Likert type scale questionnaire consisting of fifteen items. The instrument was validated by three experts. Split-half reliability method was employed and Cronbach alpha reliability statistic was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation while hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient at an alpha level of 0.05 and the fisher’s Z statistic. The findings reveal that teachers have individual needs and problems in their teaching career. It was also discovered that there is no significant difference between teachers’ differential training and job productivity. Teachers were to participate in in-service programs that address their needs. Teachers’ regular training should be funded to improve their productivity.
Keywords: Teachers’ Productivity, Differential Continuous Training, Seasoned Teachers, Teaching Professio
Public-Private Partnerships in Advancing AI-Based Logistics
Get PDFThe logistics sector is under increasing pressure to improve sustainability, resilience, and efficiency as global supply chains become more intricate. With its potential for real-time decision-making, autonomous systems, predictive analytics, and route optimization, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a disruptive force. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are frequently the most effective way to meet the requirements for implementing AI in logistics, which include significant investment, cross-sector expertise, and favorable regulatory regimes. This examines how important PPPs are to hastening the creation and implementation of AI-powered logistics solutions. PPPs can overcome major obstacles to the adoption of AI in logistics by fusing the private sector's potential for innovation with the public sector's infrastructure, policy backing, and long-term vision. In order to demonstrate how joint ventures have improved operational efficiency, cost savings, and service quality, the study looks at successful case studies such as smart port operations, last-mile delivery programs, and military logistics modernization. It also examines the difficulties that come with these kinds of collaborations, such as data governance, moral dilemmas, interoperability, and goal alignment. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are not only advantageous but also necessary for achieving the full potential of AI in logistics. They provide a viable pathway to scalable, sustainable, and inclusive innovation, ensuring that logistical networks around the world are better prepared to respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Additionally, this research outlines strategic frameworks for effective collaboration, emphasizing the importance of agile regulation, shared risk models, open data policies, and stakeholder trust.
Keywords: Public-private partnerships, Advancing, AI-based, Logistic
A Critical African Dialectics on the Question of Climate Sustainability
Get PDFThe study sought to identify the contradictions, tensions, and possibilities that foreground Africa's indigenous knowledge systems and their potential to inform climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. The qualitative method of dialectics was used to interrogate African traditional cosmologies, mythologies, and philosophies while interjecting the intricate relationships between humans, nature, and the spirit world. The study identified the principle of "ubuntu" (humanity towards others) as an African dialectical nexus, where individual and communal interests intersect with environmental sustainability. The study employed a dialectical approach in its exploration on the relationship between African traditional worldview and climate change sustainability. The study aimed to demonstrate how African traditional worldview in its emphasis on interconnectedness, reciprocity, and reverence for nature, can inform innovative climate change solutions. The findings of the study showed the significance of the African traditional worldview in addressing the complex and somewhat contradictory relationships between climate change, sustainability, and development, while advocating for an all-inclusive approach to the universal quest for climate sustainability.
Keywords: Dialectics, Climate change, Environmental sustainability, traditional African worldview, Humanity, Nature, Conservatio
Principals’ Administrative Behaviour and Teachers' Job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State, Nigeria
Get PDFThis study investigated the relationship between principals’ administrative behaviour and teachers' job performance in public senior secondary schools in Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational design. The population of the study comprises 132 principals and 1,090 teachers in 7 public schools in Edo South senatorial district. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample size of the study was 66 principals constituting 50% of the population. Three teachers per school constituting 198 teachers were purposively selected to provide data for the study. The multi stage sampling technique was adopted to select the sample for the study. "Principals' Administrative Behaviour Questionnaire (PABQ)" and Teachers' Job performance Assessment Scale (TJPAS)" were used to collect data for the study. The instruments were tested for reliability using Croubach alpha statistics which yielded 0.85 and 0.73 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson product moment coefficient. The findings revealed a positive level of principals' administrative behavior, while teachers' job performance was high and there was a significant relationship between principals' administrative behaviour and teachers' job performance. It was therefore recommended among others that serving principals should always be encouraged to sustain positive administrative behavior in the performance of their duties as an impetus for high teachers’ job performance in Edo state south senatorial district public schools.
Keywords: Principals’ Administrative Behaviour, Teachers’ Job Performance, Secondary Schools
Entrepreneurship Education in Business Education Programme in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: A Surest Way to Curb Unemployment
Get PDFEntrepreneurship education is believed to be a powerful instrument that will reduce the unemployment scourgeexperienced in Nigeria today. In recent times graduates of tertiary institutions roam major cities and urban areas in search of non-existent white-collar jobs. This national economic woe is not peculiar to any particular discipline in tertiary institution in the country. In the light of this scenario the paper examined entrepreneurship education in business education programme in tertiary institutions in the country. Entrepreneurial training will expose business education students to foundation knowledge and skills required for setting up private business after graduation. Based on this fact, the paper highlights the objectives, relevance, personal characteristics of the entrepreneur, and entrepreneurship investment opportunities in business education. The paper concludes that integrating entrepreneurship training in business education programme will make the recipients to become more skilled and self -confident to start their own business. The study recommends that business education departments in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria should diversify their curriculum to give room for balanced theoretical and practical training; business education students guided on how to establish business plans and pursue goals related to entrepreneurship knowledge and skill among others.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship skills, Relevance, Characteristics, unemployment, investment opportunities
Electronic Banking: A Sustainable Tool for Customer Satisfaction in the Nigerian Banking Sector
Get PDFElectronic banking has grown remarkably in Nigeria because customers view it as a way out of poor-quality services rendered on the counter which is labelled with the system of banking in Nigeria. The study seeks to assess the impact of electronic banking on customer satisfaction in the Nigerian banking sector while the precise objectives include; (i) determining the impact of mobile banking app on customer satisfaction of users of GT Bank within Ilorin Metropolis, and (ii) assess the influence of Web banking on customer satisfaction of users of GT Bank within Ilorin Metropolis. The descriptive survey design was adopted by the study, and a sample size of 397 was arrived at using the Taro Yamane technique for sample size determinant for an infinite population. The method employed for data analysis is linear regression analysis. The study outcome reveals that mobile and web banking significantly affect customer satisfaction. The study, concludes that electronic banking is significant on customer satisfaction, on of GT bank. The bank’s engagement in electronic banking tends to incur an increase or change in customer satisfaction. The study recommends that GTB should constantly ensure a very friendly App that will be easy to understand for their subscribers and a very secure web to ensure that customers’ transactions are save.
Keywords: Banking App, Customer Satisfaction, Electronic-banking, Mobile banking, Web banking
Effect of Entrepreneurial Education On Career Success Believes Among Undergraduate Learners of Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos
Get PDFEntrepreneurship education has firmly established itself in Nigeria, with numerous higher education institutions now having entrepreneurship centers where students acquire entrepreneurial skills to achieve self-sufficiency a midst rising unemployment. This research investigates the effect of entrepreneurship education on the beliefs surrounding career success (Career Efficacy, Career Decision Belief, and Career Problem-Solving Conviction) among undergraduate learners of distance learning institute, University of Lagos. Two research instruments, namely the Entrepreneurship Assessment Scale and Career Success Belief Scale, were utilized to gather data from 381 distance learners in their third to fifth year, selected randomly through a descriptive survey design. The collected data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis and correlation analysis. The results indicated significant relationships between the independent and dependent variables, implying that entrepreneurship education is instrumental in enhancing career efficacy, Career decision beliefs, and problem-solving abilities among distance learners. Findings were discussed and recommendations made.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Education, Career Success, Career Efficacy, Career Decision Belief, Distance learners
Reality Therapy as an Intervention for Smoking Behaviour: Evidence From Middle-Aged Individuals in Egbeda Local Government Area, Ibadan, Nigeria
Get PDFSmoking is a behaviour that afflicts many people, especially in this period of life when it poses greater health risks for middle-aged people. A lot of attempts have been made to quit smoking, yet many smokers continue to battle with it. Although addictions to behaviour such as smoking have found some efficacy with interventions like Reality Therapy, research has been scant on its efficacy in smoking cessation. This study seeks to determine the effects of Reality Therapy on reducing smoking behaviour among middle-aged individuals in Egbeda Local Government Area. The study was experimental in design, which included a pre-test and post-test. A total of 22 participants, 12 of who were in the Reality Therapy group and 10 in the control group, were recruited for this study. The age range was from 40 to 60 years. Participants in the Reality Therapy received a structured intervention. No treatment was given to the control group. Data from the participants were analysed using t-tests to compare pre-test and post-test smoking behaviour scores. The Reality Therapy group revealed significant reduction in smoking behaviour (mean difference = 6.1, t = 5.32, p = 0.000; while control group showed only a marginal reduction (mean difference 0.2), which was not statistically significant (t = 0.98, p = 0.330). The findings indicate that Reality Therapy is effective in reducing smoking behaviour among middle-aged men and women. Based on the findings, it is recommended that Reality Therapy be integrated into public health initiatives targeting smoking cessation, especially in middle-aged populations. Policymakers should also consider financing and supporting therapy-based intervention which inspires personal responsibility and informed choice in health behaviours. Long-term effects of Reality Therapy and its applicability across divides need to be examined.
Keywords: Reality Therapy, smoking behaviour, middle-aged individuals, behavioural interventio