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Exploring Pragmatic Context in African Oral Literature for National Development in the 21st Century
Get PDFLanguage use in any speech community is mainly for communication. The purpose ofcommunication is therefore marked by the choice of medium or tool for communication.Apart from conveying meaning, language use within a speech community is subjected to thecommunity’s interactional and transactional norms. Hence, a language user decides what tosay, where to say it, when, how and for what purpose language should be used. As language isused based on the people involved and the situation that informs its usage, the concept ofcontext is very germane in this study. The issue of national development in Nigeria cannot bediscussed without considering its situational/contextual use. Therefore, this study examinesthe place of context of situation in African Oral Literature as a vital tool for achieving nationaldevelopment in Nigerian society. The functions of African Oral Literature and its relevance tonational development in Nigeria in the 21st Century are enunciated through selected prose,drama and poetry of African setting. This study revealed that context as a pragmatic tool iseffective in ascertaining the functions of language in African Oral Literature, and elucidatingthe contextual meaning of the message being disseminated through each of the genres used.It thus recommends that as African Oral Literature is a form of language use in context, it issuitable for enhancing positive societal change and development, by bringing sanity into theNigerian economic, political, educational and communal lives through its satirical, didacticand pedagogical, entertainment and therapeutic functions. Hence, teachers and learners ofEnglish as a second language and African Oral Literature should endeavour to teach and learnthe content of the subjects according to their context of usage, for a result-oriented language teaching and learning, and positive acquisition of knowledge for national development in the21st Centur
Self-Efficacy, Academic Buoyancy and Attitude towards Research among University of Ibadan Graduating Education Students
Get PDFThe study focused on the relationship among self-efficacy, academic buoyancy and attitudetowards research among University of Ibadan graduating education students. The studyemployed a descriptive research design of correlational type. A sample of ninety seven maleand female final year students was selected using the purposive sampling technique. Datawere collected with the use of a questionnaire containing the General Self-efficacy scale bySchwarzer and Jerusalem (1995), the Academic buoyancy scale by Martin and Marsh (2008)and the Attitude Towards Research Scale by Papanastasiou (2005). The three scales yieldinternal consistency Cronbach alpha coefficients of 0.78, 0.84 and 0.73 respectively. Thefindings reveal that attitude towards research among graduating university students is positivelyrelated to their levels of self-efficacy (r = 0.154, p<.05) and academic buoyancy(r = 0.084,p<.05). Also, there is no significant difference in the attitude towards research of male andfemale graduating university students (0.407>0.05). It is recommended that self-efficacyand academic buoyancy among university students should be fostered through therapeuticinterventions so that their attitude towards research can be improved on. 
Teaching Aids as a Determinants of Academic Performance of Pupils in Oluyole Local Government Area, Oyo State
Get PDFThe purpose of the study was to assess the effect of teaching aids on academic performanceof the pupils in some primary schools in Oluyole Local Government of Oyo State. The studyexamined relationship between teaching aids and performance of pupils in the schools. Thestudy employed qualitative and quantitative approaches. Three research questionnaire andtwo null hypotheses guided the study. The hypotheses were raised to guide the study andtested to ascertain the effects of teaching on academic performance of the pupils. Theresearch instruments used for assessment of the students’ performance were interviews ofsocial study teachers, observations of students in classrooms and questionnaire. To ensurecontent, validity of research instrument, the questionnaire items were subjected to validation.Descriptive and inferential statistics such as simple percentages, frequency counts andregression analysis were used to analyse the data collected during the research project. Thestudy findings showed that teaching aids contribute a lot to students’ academic performancein public primary schools in Oluyole Local Government Area. In fact, teaching aids is animportant determinant of academic performance of school pupils in a school setting.The researcher recommended that the Ministry of Education (SUBEB) and other stakeholders should get the teachers the different types of teaching and learning aids for effectiveteaching and making learning permanent and interesting. 
Influence of Reward and Punishment on Academic Performance of Secondary School History Students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
Get PDFIn order to avoid creation of anxiety that causes loss of concentration, fear, distortion and poorlearning attitude from the students, teachers need to use commensurable punishment thatcan bring about a desirable behaviour as well as the reward that will encourage students toacquire skills and knowledge for their own development, not for mere marks. Thus, this studyaimed at examining the influence of reward and punishment on academic performance ofHistory students in Senior Secondary School in Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State. Simplerandom sampling technique was adopted to select 27 History teachers and 90 Historystudents from the nine (9) selected Senior Secondary Schools in Ilorin metropolis as a samplefor this study. The instrument administered to collect data and information are questionnaireand profoma, using Pearson product moment correlation statistics at 0.05 level of significanceto test the three hypotheses generated in the study. The findings revealed that there was asignificant relationship between teachers’ frequent use of reward, punishment and academicperformance of History students’ in Ilorin metropolis. Based on the findings, it is recommendedthat teachers should cultivate the habit of using reinforcement techniques that would encouragelearners to put in extra efforts toward learning. Also, they need to understand that punishingstudents cannot determine an excellent academic performance. Therefore, there is need for theteachers to minimize the use of punishment so that students can perform better in schools
Teachers Perception on the Usage and Challenges of ICT Tools in Teaching-Learning Activities in Secondary Schools in Ikere Local Government Area, Ekiti States
Get PDFCountries must devote involve a certain percentage of their annual budget to education tofurther improve the education system and the quality of education process. The use of ICT inthe classroom is important in order to give students opportunities to learn and apply therequired skill needed in the 21st century. Hence, this paper tends to study the issues andchallenges related to ICT use in teaching and learning and how it can assist teachers inovercoming the obstacles and later become successful technology users. This study therefore,analyzes teachers’ perceptions of the challenges faced in using ICT tools in classrooms. Adescriptive research design was used to collect the data randomly from a sample of 100secondary school teachers in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State. Evidence has been collected throughdistribution of a modified adopted survey questionnaire. The study discovered that therewere limited technical support, poor network connection, lack of trained technical staff, lackof teacher’s competency and limited time. The paper therefore recommends that schoolsshould be adequately equipped with new technologies to further improve teaching andlearning process of students
Communication Strategy as Rudiments for Organizational Prospects in Ogun State, Nigeria
No full textOrganizational prosperity world-wide depends solely on the communications strategy andcoherent executable development plans such organizations employed and put to use in itsdaily transactions. Therefore, this study was carried out to actually find out the effectivenessof good communication strategy in the future prosperity of an organization. Descriptive surveyresearch design was employed, 250 Head Teachers and Principals were used for the studywhile a questionnaire titled Communication as Rudiments for Organizational ProspectsQuestionnaire‘ ‘CORUFOPQ‘ was designed and validated by the researchers was used togather information. The data were analyzed using simple percentages. It was discovered thatan organization would prosper, if and only if, it could process vital information speedily, storevalid important information, applying facts discovered in decision-making and equitabledistribution and treatment of staff issues and matters as at when due. Recommendationsincluded constant electric supply to all the units within the organization, provision of currentinformation technology gadgets like iPod phones, fax machines, computers and printersincluding regular and proper maintenance of the ICT gadgets among other
Age and Gender as Correlates of English Language Teachers’ Disposition to Computers for Pedagogy in Southwestern Nigeria
Get PDFThe determined relationships of age and gender with English Language teachers’ dispositionto the use of computers in western Nigeria. A total of 240 teachers was sampled throughstratified random sampling for the survey design of the ex-post facto type. A twenty-four-itemself-constructed questionnaire titled Language Teachers’ Computer Attitudes Questionnaire(LTCAQ) was used for data collection. Copies of the instrument that yielded 92.4 Cronbachalpha were administered to the teachers. Only 217 of the 240 copies were returned and thedata obtained were subjected to frequency counts, percentages and chi-square statisticaltools to answer one research question and test two null hypotheses. The findings showed thatthe teachers generally had positive disposition to computers, gender had significant relationshipwith the teachers’ disposition to computers while age did not. It was concluded that withmore advocacy, the teachers can be helped to translate their positive disposition to extensiveactual use of the facility. It was then recommended that government should help teachers toeasily acquire computers. English Language teacher education programmes should adequatelyprepare pre-service teachers for effective and efficient deployment of computers for languageteaching. 
Intervention of NGOs for Sustainable Community Development in Ilorin-South Local Government Area of Kwara State
Get PDFSustainable community development of not new and it enhances theidea of serving the present need of community people and meeting theneed of generation unborn in that same communities. The interventionof Non-governmental Organizations and their contributions cannot beover emphasised. That is why this paper is trying to examine theintervention of Non-governmental organizations for sustainablecommunity development in Ilorin-South. The data collected from thisstudy were quantified using descriptive statistic, mean and standarddeviation for the research questions. The findings show that there aremany private, social and religious owned NGOs in the local governmentarea of study. The findings also revealed that the role of NGOs improvesthe sustainable community development projects in the area of study aswell. The result also revealed that NGOs fund the sustainable communitydevelopment projects and that there are many NGOs in Ilorin-SouthLocal Government Area. It was also established that NGOs play animportant roles in improving sustainable community development projects that available in their communities for the betterment of theirliving. The paper recommended that NGOs should continue to intervenein community development services for the social, economic, welfareand development of peoples’ communities. Also, NGOs should focustheir interventions on activities that would enable them to reduce themarginalised and disadvantaged sectors of the communities to improvethe circumstances of the communities’ livelihood for sustainablecommunity development in their communities
Outdoor Play: A Key Element for Holistic Child Development
Get PDFEarly childhood educators consent to the fact that play is crucial to children?s learning and development irrespective of their cultural variations. Many of the developmental tasks such as exploring, risk-taking, development of fine and gross motor skills as well as the acquisition of basic knowledge needed for later years are most effectively learned through outdoor play. In the past, children enjoyed playing outside their houses, in the neighbourhood, gardens, open fields even on waste grounds. They were intimately involved with nature through climbing of trees, hunting, fishing, playing under showers of rain among other thrilling outdoor experiences. The same cannot be said of children of this contemporary world. Many of them seem not to be engaging sufficiently in these pleasurable and memorable activities as children of old. This however can be associated with the misconception of what outdoor play is and modern parents? perception of what children need for healthy mental, physical, social, emotional growth and development. This article, therefore provided some empirical-supported values of outdoor play and its place in the holistic development of children. Also, some factors responsible for the decline of children?s engagement in outdoor play our contemporary world was highlighted. Possible ways to maximize the free gifts of nature outside our houses wereequally discussed
Video Games as Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning Processes in Primary Schools, Ogun State, Nigeria
No full textVideo games can be viewed as an important tool for teaching complexprinciples, educational video games promote pupils engagement andenhance the learning process while making it fun. It teaches a systematicway of thinking as well as an understanding for how different variablesaffect each other. It also enhances reaction-based skills by providing the element of the unknown, which make the pupils react naturally. Thestudy was carried out to identify the video games are strategies neededfor effective teaching and learning process in primary schools in Nigeria.To achieve these objectives, two research questions were formulatedand answered. A 24-item structured questionnaire was developed bythe researcher. Survey research design was used in collecting data. Thepopulation consisted of 17 teachers from 17 primary schools in AbeokutaMetropolis of Ogun State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was face validatedby 3 knowledgeable experts in Computer Science department fromFederal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. An internalconsistency coefficient of 0.80 was obtained. The questionnaire wasadministered to all the teachers and the distributed copies were retrievedand analyzed. Mean and standard deviations were used in data analysis.The findings of the study showed that 22 video strategies would beneeded for effective teaching and learning process in primary schools inAbeokuta Metropolis of Ogun State, Nigeria. The standard deviation ofthe items were low, indicating that the variability of the responses fromthe teachers were low. It was therefore, recommended that, primaryschools teachers in Abeokuta township, Ogun State, Nigeria should adoptvideo games as strategies for effective teaching and learning process