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Item Assessment of Kwara State Social Studies teachers of the adequacy of Upper Basic Social Studies Curriculum content for sustainable development in Nigeria(Universitatea"AlexandruIoan Cuza. Romania, 2015) Yusuf, A; Daramola, D.S.; Bello, M.B.; Obafemi, K.E.The purpose of the study was to find out the adequacy of upper basic Social Studies curriculum content for sustainable development in Nigeria as assessed by Social Studies teachers. 306 Social Studies teachers (109 male and 197 female teachers) from 341 upper basic schools in Kwara State participated in the study. A researcher-designed questionnaire was used to collect data that were analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square. The results showed that the content of upper basic Social Studies was not adequate, as assessed by teachers. It was also revealed that teachers’ assessment was significantly influenced by teaching experience, qualification and school type. However, the research showed that gender did not significantly influence Social Studies teachers’ assessment. Based on the findings, it was suggested that upper basic Social Studies curriculum should be reviewed and taught so as to ensure sustainable development in Nigeria.Item Mother tongue as a medium instruction: Lower basic school teachers’ perception(Social Studies Association of Nigeria, 2016-04) Yusuf, A; Bello, M.B; Obafemi, K.E.The purpose of the study was to find out the perception of lower basic school teachers on the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction. A total of two hundred and twenty-one (221) lower basic school teachers were randomly selected from eighty-one (81) Basic Schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. One hundred and one (101) teachers were male while one hundred and twenty (120) teachers were female. A researchers’ designed questionnaire titled, “Questionnaire on Caregivers’ Perception of Play as a Way of Learning” (QCPPWL) was used to obtain the data for this study. The data were collected using a researcher-designed questionnaire and was analysed with the use frequency count, percentage, t-test and Analysis of Variance(ANOVA). The findings revealed that lower basic school teachers had positive perception on the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction. The findings also showed that there was no significant difference in the perceptions of male and female lower basic school teachers on the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction. It was also unfolded that school type and teaching experience had significant influence on the perception of lower basic school teachers on the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction. Among others, it was recommended that government should ensure that the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction at the lower basic level was implemented.