Influence of Social Skills on Undergraduate Teacher Trainees’ Attitude Towards Social Responsibilities
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Date
2023
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Social Studies Association of Nigeria
Abstract
This study examined the influence of social skills on
undergraduate teacher trainees towards social responsi
bilities in Kwara State, Nigeria. This study adopted the
descriptive type of survey, the population consisted all
undergraduate teacher trainees in Nigerian universities.
Three hundred and fifty students were sampled using
purposive sampling techniques from the three institutions.
A researcher-designed questionnaire was used with
psychometric properties of construct validity. The data
were analysed using mean score and standard deviation
to answer the research question. The findings revealed
that communication skill, listening skills, problem solving
skills, voluntary engagement in self-motivated activity and
the ability to seek help and help others are the patterns of
social skill possessed by undergraduate teacher trainees.
Undergraduate teacher trainees’ often display their social
skills, which means the extent to which social skills are
displaced by undergraduate teacher trainees is on high level.
The findings of this research also show that loyalty
to institutional authority, political participation,
engaging in charitable acts, participation in community
development and respect for institutional authority are
social responsibilities expected of undergraduate teacher
trainees in the society. Undergraduate teacher trainees
show positive attitude towards social responsibilities in
the society. It was concluded that Good manners, problem
solving skills and critical thinking skills among others
are the social skills which influence undergraduate teacher
trainees’ attitude towards social responsibilities in the
society. Given these outcomes, the study recommended that
university education is more than just technical instruction
to prepare students for professional career; it should also
contribute to students’ overall personal development.
Description
An empirical study
Keywords
Social skills, Undergraduate teacher trainees, Attitude, Social responsibilities
Citation
Olokooba, I. N., Aromolaran, A. B. & Adeyemo, E. A. (2023). Influence of Social skills on undergraduate teacher trainees’ attitude towards social responsibilities. Journal of African Social Studies 4 (2), 31-43.