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Item Predictors of Graduates Employability of Pre-services Social Studies Teachers in University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.(Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin., 2021-11) Rasheed, S. A.; Adegboye, S. O.This paper examined the Social Studies challenges of acquiring social life skills as predictors of graduates’ employability among pre-service teachers in University of Ilorin. It specifically examined pre-service teachers’ challenges of acquiring social life skills as predictors of graduates’ employability based on gender. The study adopted the descriptive survey ex-post facto type. The population of this study comprised the entire undergraduate population of University of Ilorin, Kwara state. The sample comprised one hundred and sixty (160) Social Studies pre-service teachers selected among four levels of undergraduates in the Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Predictors of Graduates Employability of Pre-Services Social Studies Teachers in Univeristy of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria” was used for data collection and data collected was analysed using percentages, mean, standard deviation and independent t-test statistical technique at 0.05 level of significance . Results revealed that challenges of acquiring social life skills as predictors of graduates’ employability in University of Ilorin among Social Studies Pre-Services Teachers was negative. Also, the result suggested that negative challenges of acquiring social life skills as predictors of graduates’ employability of female Social Studies pre-service teachers were more than their male colleagues. It was concluded that there are several challenges hindering effective acquisition of social life skills which in turn affected the graduates’ employability.Item SELF-CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Social Studies Association of Nigeria, 2013-10) Abdulsalam, A. A.; Jimoh, M. I.; Rasheed, S. A.The study examined Self-concept and academic performance of Upper basic secondary school Social Studies students in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey design. The population for this study consisted of students of Social Studies in public Upper Basic Schools in Kwara State and the sample for the study consisted of schools that had been presenting candidates for Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE). The result showed that there was a significant relationship between self-concept and the academic performance of Social Studies students (r=.427). The study concluded that the factors determining the formation of the self-concept of an individual are: the environment, the people with whom the individual lives and who plays a very crucial role in the molding of individual's behaviours.Item Social Studies Educators Perceptions of Retrogression in Family Values as Source of Civil Unrest in North-central, Nigeria(Department of Educational Foundations, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2016) Rasheed, S. A.; Abdulsalam, A. A.; Jimoh, M. I.This paper is descriptive research, examined the Social Studies educators' perceptions of retrogression in family values as a source of civil unrest in North-central Nigeria. The populations for this study comprised Social Studies Educators in North-Central Nigeria.150 Social Studies Educators were randomly sampled in tertiary institutions offering Social Studies education in North-Central, Nigeria. The main instrument used to obtain data in this study was the researchers’ designed questionnaire. Four research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated. Data collected were collated and analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean ranking and t-test. Based on the findings of this study; the first three foremost perceived retrogression in family value that predisposed youth to civil unrest in North Central Nigeria are high rates of divorce and single parenthood with mean score of 3.80, changes in family roles and children exposition to peer group and mass media with mean score of 3.66 as well as the use of physical force to instill discipline in children with mean score of 3.63. The study thus recommended that marital disputes that would lead to divorce should be avoided, parent should also have adequate attention for their children despite their involvement in white-collar jobs. Moral talks and counseling approaches should be used instead of corporal punishment to enforce discipline.Item Social Studies educators’ perception of retrogression in family values as source of civil unrest in North-central Nigeria.(Social Sciences Education Department, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2016-03) Rasheed, S. A.